Reading Time: 8 minutes“When you can help to get someone a fair outcome for their case, you are giving time back to them and their family.” That is what pro bono work means to Ng Shi Yang, CLAS Advocate, Criminal Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS). Asia Law Network sits down with Shi Yang to learn how he made the transition […]
Lawyers in the Pro Bono Movement: Nathan Colless, Volunteer Co-ordinator, Hong Kong Centre for Pro Bono Service Ltd.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this feature, we speak to Nathan Colless, a volunteer co-ordinator at the Hong Kong Centre for Pro Bono Service Ltd (“the Centre”). Established in 2014, the Centre is an independent non-profit organization whose mission is to assist and empower the impoverished, distressed or vulnerable in Hong Kong, who are marginalized or disadvantaged due to a lack […]
Asia Law Network participates in the PILnet Global Forum on Pro Bono 2017
Reading Time: 2 minutesHUNGARY, 19 October 2017- Asia Law Network is proud to be a participant at the PILnet Global Forum on Pro Bono and Public Interest Law 2017, held in Budapest. The 2017 PILnet Global Forum connected leading activists, academics, pro bono professionals and public interest law champions from around the world to share the most effective […]
Asia Law Network participates in the 2017 Asia Pro Bono Conference
Reading Time: 1 minutesMalaysia, 2 October 2017- Asia Law Network is happy to be a participant at the 6th Asia Pro Bono Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur. The Asia Pro Bono Conference celebrates and emphasizes pro bono legal work and legal ethics, discussing ways to further the outreach of the pro bono ethos in Asia and around the […]