Legal Pro Bono

Ensuring Access to Legal Support

A4ID strongly believes that the law and lawyers need to play an integral part in sustainable development, in order to achieve its mission of the eradication of global poverty. Organisations within the legal sector and the development sector can partner with A4ID to contribute towards promoting a global culture of pro bono.

Providing free-of-cost legal advice to those organisations that need it most can create lasting change – explore some of A4ID’s case studies below:

• Ratification of a Pan-African Medical Regulatory Body
• Establishment of the World’s First Free of Cost International School for Refugee Children in Kenya
• Establishment of the First Environment Tribunal in Ethiopia

Interested organisations seeking free legal advice, learn more here.

Interested law firms providing pro bono legal support, learn more here.

Programmes and Partnerships

Pro Bono Legal Service

A4ID’s international Pro Bono Legal Service brokerage brings legal partners together with development organisations who require their particular legal expertise. A4ID works with development organisations to identify their legal needs and find suitable legal assistance to provide spoort, free of charge. For legal professionals, a range of these vetted, high quality pro bono opportunities are offered to A4ID’s legal partners each week.

Learn more here.

Legal Pro Bono Rwanda (LPBR)

A4ID has partnered with Legal Aid Forum Rwanda to deliver the LPBR Programme, supported through Clifford Chance Foundation’s Cornerstone Initiative. The programme aims to ensure access to free legal support for the poorest and most vulnerable people and communities in Kigali, Rwanda. The LPBR Programme is implemented in collaboration with three civil society organisations: Human Rights First Rwanda Association; ARDHO – Association Rwandaise pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme ; and HAGURUKA.

Learn more here.