Good to see the Australian govt in concert with private practice promoting the notion of pro bono in the public sphere..
Lawyers Weekly reports..
International pro bono group launched
Attorney-General Robert McClelland officially launched the International Pro Bono Group in Sydney yesterday.
The aim of the group is to promote international pro bono work by Australia’s legal profession and linkages with the government’s international development assistance programs.
The group brings together private practice lawyers, government and non-government agencies with expertise in international pro bono and development assistance work.
At the group’s first meeting, the members agreed there was a need for a statement of principles for international pro bono work, to identify priority areas that Australian lawyers could help address and identity opportunities for better co-ordination and collaboration.
Members of the International Pro Bono Advisory Group are:
- Glenn Ferguson – Law Council of Australia and the International Legal Services Advisory Council
- Greg Mcintyre SC – The Law Society of Western Australia
- Diminity Fifer – Australian Volunteers International
- John Corker – National Pro Bono Resource Centre
- Amy Kilpatrick – PILCH NSW
- Bob Mitchell – World Vision Australia
- Justice John Mansfield AM – Federal Court of Australia
- Jame Farnsworth – Mallesons Stephen Jaques
- Mitchell Mathas – Deacons
- Michael Rosenfield – Sparke Helmore Lawyers
- Anne Cregan – Blake Dawson
- Nicky Friedman – Allens Arthur Robinson
- David Hillard – Clayton Utz
- Nicolas Patrick – DLA Phillips Fox
- Alexandra Richards QC – Victorian Bar Council
- Annmaree O’Keeffe – AusAID
- Ian Govey – Attorney General’s Department
