African Law Association Symposium — Africa in Focus: Lawyering for Social Change & Good Governance

Join us to hear from leading practitioners and professors about the role of lawyers in advancing social change and good governance within African legal systems. Our speakers will share their reflections about the landscape of legal practice on the African continent. Their contributions will highlight how they have engaged the law as a tool to advance people-centered justice, promote development, and strengthen international cooperation.

Lunch will be provided. RSVP here.

Featured Speakers: 

Kwaku Agyeman-Budu (Dean of Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School)

Paolo Galizzi (Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Sustainable Development Legal Initiative, Fordham Law)

Themba Mahleka (Associate Director at Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, NYU)

Jacqueline C.A. Dugard (Senior Lecturer, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University)

Alice Adu Gyamfi (Associate, DLA Piper)

Emerson J. Sykes (Senior Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU Law)