3rd Asia CLE Conference - CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS NOW OPEN!
We are excited to invite submissions for paper presentations or interactive sessions for the 3rd Asia CLE Conference, which will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 23 - 25 May 2025
Paper sessions
Paper sessions are 40-minute presentations, designed to engage participants actively and in an interdisciplinary way, inclusive of a brief question-and-answer session at the end of the presentation.
Interactive sessions
60 or 90-minute interactive sessions that show and describe a technique for clinical legal education, where participants may be involved in a variety of ways, such as small-group activities, role-playing, case studies, problem-solving, and hands-on instructional activities, providing attendees with the opportunity to broaden their clinical legal education horizons.
Submission Deadline: 14 February 2025 (11:59 pm Bangkok Time)
This conference will feature a wide range of discussions focusing on the development, institutionalization, and expansion of CLE programs both locally, regionally and globally.
Session Themes
- Building and Maintaining CLE Community Partnerships
- Building and Sustaining CLE Networks
- CLE Ethical Practices
- CLE Lessons Learned: Historical Experiences Fostering Future Successes
- CLE Policies and Procedures
- CLE Scholarship and Writings
- CLE Supervision
- CLE through Students’ Perspectives
- Cross-border CLE Programs and Partnerships
- Delivering CLE in Rural Communities
- Establishing and Sustaining CLE Programs
- Exploring the Various Models of CLE
- Institutionalizing CLE
- Introduction to CLE Methodology
- Measuring the Impact of CLE
- Rationale for Developing CLE Programs
- Successful CLE Advocacy
- The Academic Value and Pedagogical Method of CLE
- The Context and Environment of CLE in Asia and Internationally
- The Diversified Goals of CLE
- The Intersection of CLE and Pro Bono
- Thematic and Specialized CLE Programs
- Virtual Clinical Legal Education Initiatives
- What is CLE
2025 Events and Initiatives
Providing Legal Support Services for Juvenile Clients
Building on the success of the workshop organized in Chiang Mai, Thailand, BABSEACLE, in collaboration with White & Case LLP and the Foreign Trade University (FTU), is pleased to announce that the workshop will be hosted at FTU in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 1-2, 2025.
This impactful workshop is designed to equip participants with practical skills while emphasizing ethics and professional responsibility. Attendees will explore essential ethical considerations in providing legal support to juvenile clients, ensuring they develop both technical proficiency and a strong sense of ethical obligations as future legal practitioners.
Dates: 1-2 March 2025
Venue: Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam
3rd Asia Clinical Legal Education (CLE) Conference
The Asia CLE Conference is an engaging event dedicated to enhancing Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programs. Explore a variety of models and methods aimed at strengthening clinical legal education and improving access to justice. The conference features interactive sessions, workshops, and strategic planning discussions, providing participants with valuable insights and practical strategies.
Dates: 23-25 May 2025
Venue: Uniserv CMU, Chiang Mai, Thailand
13th Asia Pro Bono Conference & Access to Justice Exchange
The conference organized by a network consortium from throughout Asia and globally, is the largest annual gathering of persons supporting and engaged in access to justice, pro bono and public interest law in Asia.
The APBC will be an opportunity to share experiences, advocacies, and ideas not only among Asians but to learn as well from experts, practitioners, and policymakers from other regions of the world.
Date: APBC 3 - 5 October 2025
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Who Are We?
We are BABSEACLE, a 501-C-3 U.S. not-for-profit, access to justice/legal education organization which collaborates globally in the development of justice education and access to justice initiatives while simultaneously fostering generations of pro bono minded champions. BABSEACLE has been working collaboratively with universities, law students, law faculties, lawyers, members of the legal community, justice-related organizational partners, government and the private sector since 2003 to develop justice education and pro bono related programs throughout Asia and globally. These programs assist in providing access to justice services while simultaneously helping to build the next generation of social justice, pro bono minded champions. These programs and clinics assist communities, provide legal aid services and simultaneously help to build the next generation of social justice, pro-bono minded champions.
Over 1,100 Legal Trainings
Since 2003, BABSEACLE has a proven record of inspiring training workshops with law teachers, lawyers, legal service providers, students and community members through Asia and globally.
100% Collaborative
BABSEACLE seeks to develop and strengthen positive partnerships and networks locally, regionally and internationally. We endeavor to link access to justice programs to civil society organizations, law firms, corporations, governmental policy makers, municipalities, and justice sector institutions. We welcome partnerships to support these access to justice champions.
Global Pro Bono Move
A Virtual Walk Run Jog Bike Swim Wheel Hike Ski
Are you ready to move around the globe together VIRTUALLY this year?
Together we have 365 days to walk, jog, bike, swim, wheelchair, hike, ski, & other ways to move around the globe. BABSEACLE’s Global Pro Bono Move is an annual awareness and fundraising event which supports greater access to justice and helps to build Rule of Law to protect the poor, vulnerable & marginalized.
2024 Achievements
2025 Annual Access to Justice Play: Hangman
7 – 30 November 2024 | Chiang Mai, Thailand
Move for Justice: Global Pro Bono Move for the 16 Days of Activism Against GBV
25 November – 10 December 2024
The Professional Responsibilities and Legal Ethics in Business Law Practices Workshop
10 November 2024 | Holiday Inn Silom Bangkok, Thailand
MOU Signing Ceremony Between the Ministry of Justice of Lao PDR and BABSEACLE Laos
23 September 2024 | Lao PDR
The Future Lawyer Skills Program
16 – 20 September 2024 | Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Providing Legal Support Services for Juvenile Clients Workshop
6 – 7 July 2024 | Faculty of Law Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
The Future Lawyer Skills Program
10 – 14 June 2024 | Faculty of Law Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
