Public and Professional Interest Division
Quote from the Chair
'Within The Public and Professional Interest Division (PPID) are programmes and committees focusing on issues and professional interests that make the practice of law a profession and not only an occupation. The Human Rights Institute, the Rule of Law Action Group, the Bar Issues Commission and the World Organisations Committee are all PPID initiatives of interest to a wide range of attorneys.
We invite you to review the committees and initiatives of the PPID, and we believe you will find activities of interest to you whatever your professional status or practice specialty may be. The division offers opportunities for information and involvement in a Young Lawyers' Committee, a Senior Lawyers' Committee, a Women Lawyers' Interest Group, an Academic and Professional Development Committee, a Judges' Forum and a Forum for Barristers and Advocates. Other committees of the division address additional issues of broad interest in our profession: anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility, law firm management, multidisciplinary practice, pro bono and access to justice, professional ethics, client protection, and war crimes.
We are sure you will find much of interest to you in the PPID. We welcome your active involvement and invite you to join one or more of the committees of the PPID.'
Robert A Stein
University of Minnesota Law School/ Of Counsel, Gray Plant Mooty
Chair, Public and Professional Interest Division
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Introduction to the Division
The PPID constitutes a wide array of projects, activities, committees and other entities focusing on issues and professional interests that make the practice of law a profession and not only an occupation.
The objectives of the Division are:
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to promote an interchange of information and views among Member Organisations of the Association and its individual members about the public and professional interest activities of the legal profession throughout the world;
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to support and promote those activities, the Rule of Law and the defence of human rights;
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to facilitate communication among Member Organisations and its members;
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to provide the opportunity to Member Organisations and all members to be active in the Division through its Bar Issues Commission ('BIC'), committees, fora and other groupings; and to undertake such related projects as may be approved from time to time by the Division’s Council.
Division Officers
Division Who's Who
The Public and Professional Interest Division Who's Who provides a listing and contact information for all Officers of Committees and other entites of the Public and Professional Interest Division.
Download a copy of the Public and Professional Interest Division’s Who’s Who.
Divisions Handbook
The Divisions Handbook provides information and guidelines on the International Bar Association.
Download the PPID Divisions Handbook.
Division By-Laws
Download a copy of the Public and Professional Interest Division’s By-Laws.
Division Conferences
Click here to go to the Conferences home page.
Division Resources
To find out more about the various committee, entities and activities of the Public and Professional Interest Division, download the PPID Brochure here.
Division Activities
Mentorship questionnaire
Division Projects Fund
The objective of the PPID Projects Fund is to provide financial assistance to the Division’s committees and entities, allowing projects and activities to be launched which would not otherwise be possible. The key criteria are that all such projects or activities must promote public interest and professionalism, and raise the stature and visibility of both the PPID and the IBA.