The IBA Legal Projects Director oversees the Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU) and the Bar Issues Commission project lawyers. The team undertakes research, and develops and implements innovative strategies, projects and initiatives that are relevant to business and the rule of law, the global legal profession and the broader global community.
Legal Policy & Research Unit
Listen to the LPRU’s new Sustainable Law in Action podcast series
Meet the team
Flagship projects
Modern Slavery
The IBA has recently launched a multifaceted initiative on Modern Slavery, bringing together a working group of legal experts and international stakeholders.
View projectMental Wellbeing
The Mental Wellbeing in the Legal Profession project brings together research, resources, and representatives from around the world.
View project50:50 by 2030 Gender Project
The IBA ‘50/50 by 2030’ 9 year project aims to uncover the root-causes of the lack of gender parity at the most senior levels of the legal profession.
View projectClimate Crisis
The increase in global temperatures and rising sea levels represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to humanity and life on the planet.
View projectOur areas of work
Digital Disruptive Innovation
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Bar related project work
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Anti-corruption and Commercial
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Future Trends and Focus
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Business and Ethics
Read moreReports
The LPRU have created and contributed to a number of legal reports, articles and guidance documents.
See all reportsLegal Internship Programme
Intern positions are available for undergraduate law students, postgraduate law students, and newly qualified lawyers.
How to applyProject Proposal Processs
Could your project benefit from the support of the IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit?
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News and recent releases
Forthcoming public events
21
JUN
Report Launch - IBA Judicial Integrity Report in collaboration with the UNODC
Within the IBA’s Judicial Integrity Initiative, in this webinar, we will present the key findings of an IBA study which focuses on the processes that are in place to hold judges to account for their conduct.
16
JUN
IBA LPRU Business and sustainability podcast series
Ten years after the endorsement by the UN Human Rights Council of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, their author, Professor John Ruggie discusses the ever-changing landscape of human rights due diligence with the IBA in the first episode of a series of podcasts on business and sustainability. Click here to listen!
15
DEC
Webinar - Unwell: Lawyers, the well-being crisis and how to reverse the slide
The IBA's recent global wellbeing survey’s preliminary findings showed that we must raise awareness and destigmatise discussions around mental health and wellbeing, in addition to investigating how institutions can translate awareness into effective interventions to improve workplaces.