Volunteer Linda McGill in India
Volunteer Bob Kinney with Bulgarian Public DefendersVolunteer Sara Hanks in Uganda

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ISLP IN THE NEWS

ISLP Featured on Maine Public Radio:

Maine Lawyers Recognized for Lending Helping Hand


UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC helps launch ISLP-UK in London October 17 <Read>

ISLP Board member Joe Bell
(Hogan Lovells) was  honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Lawyer Magazine for his lifelong commitment to using his corporate expertise in the energy and natural resource sector to provide pro bono assistance to citizens groups and developing country governments. His leadership in ISLP's Liberia program is cited among his significant achievements. <Read full article>


 "Attorney Aids Liberia as it Recovers from Civil War" - Denver Business Journal 5/6/2011

"Inaccessibility of Information: Unresolved Problem for Georgia" - Media.ge 5/20/2011

Reform of Gender Violence Law in Haiti - Duke Law News 4/12/2010

"Land Deals in Africa" - International Institute for Environment and Development  2/2011

Rep. of Georgia: "Broadcast Owners in Klieg Lights" - Tabula 2/2011


Hogan Lovells recognized for outstanding support of Liberian Ministry of Health 1/4/2011

McCarter & English honored for Haiti pro bono project - National Law Journal 1/3/2011

"A Canadian Lawyer in Liberia" - Toronto Globe & Mail 11/23/2010

"Pro Bono Lawyers Help Haiti Quake Survivors Get Loans" - Reuters TrustLaw 11/23/2010

"Shaken into Action" - American Lawyer Magazine 8/2010

"Pulling Their Weight" -Columbia Law School Magazine 1/2010

"Stretching a Contract" -Time 7/24/09

"Maryland Lawyers Aid Global Project to Train Colleagues" -AP 7/7/09

"Experienced Lawyers Lead the Way" -Metropolitan Corporate Council 7/2009

"A Flower Grows in West Africa" -Miller-McCune 6/29/09

"Top-Notch Lawyers Create a Sort of Attorneys Sans Frontieres" -Miller-McCune 5/25/09

"Breaking the 'Resource Curse' by Getting Contracts Right" -World Policy 5/01/09

"Experienced, Eager to Serve, Will Travel" -The New York Times 4/02/09

"Kelley Drye Advises Rwandan Govt in Negotiating Major Foreign Investment" -Metropolitan Corporate Council 4/2009

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PRESS RELEASES


Volunteer Lawyers Export Legislative Skills to Liberia - July 23, 2009

ISLP Elects Three New Directors to Board - Nov 18, 2008

International Senior Lawyers Project Honored With Public Service Award - May 20, 2008

ISLP Volunteer Leaders Honored by Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance - May 1, 2008

International Senior Lawyers Project Meets with Liberia's President Johnson-Sirleaf- April 29, 2008

W.K. Kellogg Grant Supports Expansion of Commercial Law Training in Botswana - July, 2007


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Fall 2009 ISLP Newsletter

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Spring 2008 ISLP Newsletter                                                  September 2008 Update

November 2007 ISLP Newsletter                                             April 2008 Email Update 

June 2007 ISLP Newsletter                                                                     February 2008 Email Update 

October 2006 ISLP Newsletter

November 2005 ISLP Newsletter

May 2005 ISLP Newsletter

November 2004 ISLP Newsletter

May 2004 ISLP Newsletter


 
NEWS, Continued

"Notable Pro Bono Work: Two ISLP Volunteers Share Their Experiences" Washington Business Journal, June 6-12, 2008

"Making a Difference: The International Senior Lawyers Project" by Jean Berman, The Legal Profession, December 2007

"Advancing Press Feedoms: Attorney Assists Media Law Foundation in African Nations" 
by Rebecca Berfanger, Indiana Lawyer, December 12, 2007

"Back to Africa" by David Marcus, The Deal, November 30,2007

"Legal Donations" by Josie Huang, Portland Press Herald, July 18, 2007

"Pro Bono in India: A Clinic Alum Plans Post-Retirement Professional Service" Bluhm Legal Clinic: News & Notes, Fall 2006

"Renewing Civic Engagement: Lawyers and Civil Society" by William C. Kelly, Jr. Experience, Volume 16, Fall 2005

"Tapping Talent, Experience of Those Age 60 -Plus" by Kelly Greene. Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2005

"Giving Expertise: The New Volunteers - More Than Envelope Stuffers" by Francine Russo. Time Magazine, November 7, 2005

"To Russia With Love" by Michael Bates Deakin. Massachusetts Super Lawyers, November 2005





International Public Service Award
ISLP was honored in 2008 to receive the annual Public Service Award bestowed
by the International Law Section of the Washington, D.C. Bar Association.
Prior recipients have included the Center for Constitutional Rights, Physicians
for Human Rights and the International Rescue Committee.






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