Lawyers Against Poverty

Lawyers Against Poverty

WHAT WE DO

JUSTICE FUND

Collaborative global grant-making

TWINNING

Cross-border peer learning.

LEGAL CONFIDENCE

Legal education for at risk groups.

MENTORING

Support for students with little access to the law.

ROOTS2JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP

Legal support for Human Rights Defenders.

THEMATIC GROUPS

Collaborative learning spaces on women’s rights, refugee rights, land rights and ethical business.

WHO WE SUPPORT

WHO WE ARE

  • Caroline Ndindi

    Caroline Ndindi

    Legal Counsel – WWF International
    ‘LAP is about more than offering pro bono services. It’s taking an active position to fight poverty’

  • Antonia Benfield

    Antonia Benfield

    Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers – specialist in immigration, human rights and public law
    ‘I don’t think there’s another organisation that harnesses the energy in the legal profession for a common cause’

  • Louis Gitinywa

    Louis Gitinywa

    Senior partner at Kigali Attorneys Chamber, Rwanda
    ‘Lawyers should be an equaliser; always being on the side of the poor not the powerful’

HOW YOU CAN HELP