CIEL and the Alternative Lawyering Conference

Sepember 2001

CIEL co-hosted with the Alternative Law Forum (ALF) - a public interest law organization based in Bangalore, India - a conference on Alternative Lawyering in Bangalore in September 2001. The conference was primarily focused at exploring traditions of alternative lawyering in the context of a rapidly globalizing world. Participants included leading Indian public interest lawyers, advocacy groups, human rights practitioners, and law students. The conference provided an opportunity to explore possibilities of practicing alternative law in ways that address the foundational violence and injustice of many laws, and initiated the development of a network of alternative law practitioners.

For a detailed report on the event see: http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/global/issue/2001-2/alf.html.