Attorney Mu Hongying gave up a successful private practice in 2002 to dedicate herself fully to helping those who need her most: the poor and rural residents of her county. One of the few...
This September, I took a leave from my job as an assistant state public defender in the Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender to volunteer with IBJ in China. A juvenile defense lawyer...
In the fall of 2007, a few of us were sitting around the conference table at the International Bridges to Justice, discussing IBJ’s programs in China, Cambodia and a nascent initiative in Burundi. IBJ...
The IBJ Fellow in Cambodia, Ouk Vandeth, recently conducted a training session for criminal defenders. The training was originally planned to accommodate for 15 participants. However, owing to an overwhelming amount of interest in...
From September 19-21, 2008, IBJ sponsored a Criminal Legal Aid Advocacy training at the Northwest University of Political Science Law in Xi’an. Co-hosted by Northwest University of Political Science and Law and Shaanxi Provincial...
IBJ and Shaanxi Research Association for Women and Family co-hosted “Women and Children Advocacy Training” at Meiyuan Hotel in Xi’an on August 21, 2008 to specifically address how to protect the legal rights of...
Five law schools in China have joined IBJ‘s Criminal Clinical Legal Education project by introducing clinical education designed to contribute to the development of China’s criminal justice system. The three-year initiative, which started in...
Just wanted to give a shout out to IBJ Summer 2008 Intern Bettina Roberts for being the poster girl for Duke Law’s Public Interest Program. Because of her unique experience – culminating in the...
One of the main challenges of the JusticeMakers competition was to find an innovative way to ameliorate some of the social justice problems that exist in one’s community. For Nepalese applicant Ram Kumar Bhandari,...
As we approach the term of the inaugural JusticeMakers Competition, I would like to reflect upon my experience with the JusticeMakers community members, the variety of challenges we both encountered and ways to streamline...
