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The IBA’s response to the situation in Ukraine
Legal Policy & Research Unit
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.
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’ nine-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
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News and recent releases
Public Events & External Engagement
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SEP
Courts as Climate Activists
Recent LPRU intern Patrick Morrish has written an article on Climate conscious courts, and the differing approach of three major jurisdictions to the climate crisis and environmental law.
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AUG
Modern Lawyer: Pioneers, Purpose and Profit - towards a more sustainable law firm business model
Sara Carnegie contributed to an article in Modern Lawyer on the question of law firm purpose - what it is, what it could be, why it matters and how law firms should approach it.
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JUL
Podcast series: Sustainable Law in Action
The LPRU has released a new episode in its podcast series. In this episode Sara Carnegie talks to Ukrainian lawyer Nazar Chernyavsky about the role of a lawyer in wartime.
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JUL
European Economic and Social Committee
George Artley spoke at the EESC event The rule of law: understanding it better to defend it better in Slovakia.
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JUN
Collective Action Conference
Sara Carnegie spoke at this conference at the Basel Institute on Governance on the role of the legal profession in the fight against corruption.
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JUN
Webinar: Addressing bullying, harassment and discrimination in the legal profession - a view from the regulatory perch
Efforts to address discrimination, harassment and bullying in the legal profession are necessary. But what does that mean from a professional regulatory context? What is the IBA doing to help the global legal profession grapple successfully with these pervasive problems? Watch the webinar here.
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JUN
Legal Asia 2022: Re-Disrupting the New Norm
Anurag Bana spoke on Cyber Law: The Pursuit of Digital Sovereignty and its Legal Implications at Legal Asia's Kuala Lumpur conference. View his presentation here.