by Wendy | Oct 13, 2012 | Australia, International, Thailand
From Old McDonald’s Farm to Bilingual Karaoke by Prof. Melinda Edwards, Queensland University of Technology, Australia From the moment I stepped off the plane in Chiang Mai, I could feel the warmth, both in terms of temperature and the tempera-ment of the community. I...
by Wendy | Oct 13, 2012 | Cambodia, International, Thailand, Vietnam
By Ed O’Brien, Executive Director Emeritus, Street Law Inc. Thirteen Years ago a young lawyer named Bruce Lasky called from Florida and said, “I am going to Cambodia and I want to learn about your Street Law program.” Fittingly, we agreed to meet for dinner at a...
by Wendy | Oct 13, 2012 | Externship Page, International, Thailand
By Ellen Rehnberg, Mount Holyoke College, USA Pre-trial detention — a term I had heard often, but never fully understood, until we started Professor Doug Colbert’s Pre-trial Detention Initiative project. All the BABSEACLE interns were introduced to this...
by Wendy | Oct 13, 2012 | International, Regional, Vietnam
National Economics University CLE Cinic in Hanoi to Develop a Small Business Clinic by Tue Phuong Nguyen, BABSEACLE Volunteer Lawyer, Hanoi, Viet Nam National Economics University (NEU) has been working with BABSEACLE as part of the network of CLE programs in Viet Nam...
by Wendy | Oct 12, 2012 | Externship Page, International
By Michaela Hermanova and Veronika Vanisova, Charles University, Prague It has been just a year since we first heard about the work of BABSEACLE. We belong to a group of students at our law school who want to pursue the law in practice, rather than only study law in...
by Wendy | Jul 9, 2012 | International, Laos, Regional
Vientiane, Lao PDR – The 1st Southeast Asia Pro-Bono Conference will be held September 28-29, 2012 in Vientiane Lao PDR. The conference theme is “Developing pro bono initiatives to strengthen access to justice in the Southeast Asia Region and Internationally”....