Human Rights
The Human Rights and Access to justice Program contributed to a recently-filed amicus brief challenging the application of Brazil’s 1979 amnesty law to crimes against humanity. The case comes i...
Pro Bono Promotion
(Photo Credit: Nick Starichenko) The Vance Center’s annual celebration of international pro bono excellence began with the announcement that the event in future will bear the name of Michael Co...
Good Governance
Vance Center Executive Director Alexander Papachristou joined a panel presenting at Breaking the Silence: Countering the Effects of SLAPPs on Independent Media, held by the Center for Independent...
Women in the Profession
The Vance Center and the South African Legal Fellows Alumni Network held a series of virtual onboarding meetings for the inaugural cohort of mentees and mentors for its Advancing Women in the Wor...
African Legal Fellows
The Vance Center continued its African Legal Fellows bi-monthly webinar series, with Aluko & Oyebode and Paul Weiss hosting a discussion on Cross-Border Legal Work in the Era of Covid-19. Afr...
Keep Families Together
The Vance Center last month held the second annual awards ceremony honoring 13 law firms from Angola, Central America, Dominican Republic and Ecuador for their participation in the Keep Families ...
