Recently, China staff gathered in Beijing to share the sources of inspiration that led them to commit themselves to IBJ’s mission of ”working to guarantee all citizens the right to competent legal representation, the...
On March 21, 2011, International Bridges to Justice successfully completed the drafting and publication of 1,040 copies of its Juvenile Training Manual for China. This manual—the product of fruitful exchanges between legal academics, practicing...
On the weekend of January 15-16, 110 judges, lawyers, prosecutors, academics, and government officials gathered in Beijing for the concluding conference of IBJ’s three-year project on juvenile justice reform in China. IBJ, in partnership...
Beijing, China—During the weekend of October 16-17, 2010, IBJ and Shangquan Law Firm co-sponsored their fourth annual conference gathering around 160 lawyers from across the country to discuss how to improve the efficacy of...
On December 4, 2009, International Bridges to Justices’ China offices participated in the annual Rule of Law Promotion Day. The goal is to increase awareness of the legal rights provided to Chinese citizens. Since...
September 7, 2009 saw the founding of IBJ’s South Defender Resource Center of China (“SEDRC”) in Wuhan, south of China. The opening ceremony was held in the Law School of Wuhan University, which is...
The following article was originally published in the December 2008 issue of the Montana Lawyer magazine: In January of this year I had the good fortune to travel to Geneva, Switzerland on behalf of...
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...
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...
