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Scholarships and Awards

IBA Bar Programme Scholarship

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SEERIL Law Studies Scholarships

Women Lawyers' Committee Conference Scholarships

Women Lawyers' Interest Group Conference Scholarships

IBA Aviation Law Committee’s scholarship winner report

Mansi Singh, the recipient of the IBA Aviation Law Committee’s Annual Conference Scholarship for 2017, recounts her experience of winning the award and attending the Annual Conference.

Legal and business news analysis - February/March 2018

IBA Global Insight February/March 2018 - Dubai moves to disrupt legal culture with future courts; Law firm diversity policies ‘found to be wanting’; Podcasts: Julian Assange on Russiagate and the ICC’s role in global justice; US presidency: Can the green rollback be rolled back?;

Legal and business news from the IBA - February/March 2017

IBA Global Insight Feb/March 2017 - legal and business news from the IBA. The American Presidency: Middle East reaction to Trump; Brexit: the court, the controversy and the constitution; IBA launches global survey on why women lawyers leave law firms

Interview with Christopher Vadja KC

Christopher Vadja KC was the UK judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) from 2012 until the withdrawal of the UK from the EU in January 2020 when his mandate ceased. During that time, he was party to judgments in a broad spectrum of fields, including banking, competition and state aid, data protection and privacy, energy, environment, private and public international law, public procurement, sanctions, tax, trade and investment protection agreements, and transport.

Legal and business news analysis - Global Insight February/March 2022

Legal and business news analysis - Global Insight February/March 2022

Legal and business news from the IBA - December 2015/January 2016

IBA Global Insight - legal and business news from the IBA - December 2015/January 2016: ISIS terrorist attacks; in memoriam; IBA award recipients; IBA Legal Policy and Research Unit; Trade in Legal Services Committee; Alternative Business Structures Committee; President's message on Annual Conference 2015; Judicial Integrity Initiative; IBA Fellowship

Insolvency and Restructuring International - September 2020

Insolvency and Restructuring International - September 2020

The impact of remote working on women in the workforce

A webinar presented by the IBA Women Lawyers’ Interest Group, 25 September 2020, 1500 – 1600 BST

Domestic violence: why and how should legal workplaces look to address it?

A webinar presented by the IBA Legal Policy and Research Unit. 22 September 2020 1300 – 1415 BST

IBA ICC Moot Court Competition

Since 2017, the IBA has collaborated with Leiden University's Grotius Centre for the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition, drawing law students worldwide to enhance their skills for future careers in international law.

IRAN: Organisations express concern over arbitrary imprisonment of Dr Reza Eslami and call for his release

In an open letter to His Excellency Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and other institutions call on him to take urgent, immediate action to release human rights professor Dr Reza Eslami and other political prisoners arbitrarily imprisoned.

Freedom of expression: over half of the world living in ‘crisis’

According to global human rights organisation Article 19, more than half the world’s population lives in a country where freedom of expression is ‘in crisis’.

US: Supreme Court rules that disqualifying individual under 14th Amendment is for Congress in Trump ‘insurrection’ case

The US Supreme Court has ruled that individual states don’t have authority to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in the 2024 presidential election. The Court said that the role of giving effect to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution – under which Trump had been disqualified from standing in Colorado – continues to lie with Congress.

Covid-19: China’s no tolerance policy in spotlight after unrest, economic woes

Report – IBA Annual Conference, Paris, 29 October – 3 November 2023

Meet the officer: Rolandas Valiunas, Co-Chair of the Law Firm Management Committee

An interview with Rolandas Valiunas, Co-Chair of the Law Firm Management Committee, discuss his approach to work and his IBA experience.

Interview with Scott Hemphill, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

Interview with Scott Hemphill, Professor of Law, New York University School of Law.

International Bar Association Conference: Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee Session 30 October 2023

A report on the Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee session at the 2023 IBA Annual Conference in Paris.

IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee: 2022 Annual Conference report

This report covers the IBA Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee’s session titled ‘Sustainability focus: Access to climate change justice for our most vulnerable citizens’ at the 2022 IBA Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, on 1 November 2022.

Eradicating Poverty Through Social Development: A Practical Guide for Lawyers

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1 – the eradication of poverty in all its forms everywhere – can be achieved by 2030, but it will require catalytic leadership and hard work by the legal profession. Active involvement in the elimination of poverty has become the ethical obligation of every lawyer. This book, edited and authored by members of the IBA Poverty and Social Development Committee, is a compilation of commentary and case studies about the broad variety of initiatives and actions that lawyers in all sections of the profession worldwide – law firms, law schools, bar associations and corporate law departments – are taking to achieve sustainable progress in the fight against poverty and the betterment of the communities they serve.

Profile: Samallie Kiyingi, Global General Counsel at Standard Chartered Bank

Global General Counsel for Corporate & Investment Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, Samallie Kiyingi, speaks to In-House Perspective about her career in banking and finance, the challenges facing general counsel and how law can be used as a tool for good.

Board chair and CEO roles: legal and practical experience from Cambodia

While the academic study of leadership roles found in a board of directors and management is not new, it is almost unheard of in Cambodia. This is not surprising given the country’s entire corporate governance and economic structure are still evolving.

Women in power

In a year of significant elections, Global Insight examines why women are underrepresented as candidates for office in many countries.

Legal and business news analysis - October/November 2018

IBA Global Insight October/November 2018 -Russian corruption: growing calls for tougher sanctions to combat ‘dirty’ money; The United Kingdom has long been recognised as a favoured destination for wealthy Russian investors, but the flow of ‘dirty money’ from Russia is tainting the country’s reputation. It is increasingly viewed as a safe haven for the Kremlin’s coffers, according to a recent report by the UK House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee

Fighting modern slavery in the Covid era

Covid-19 has exacerbated the economic conditions in which modern slavery thrives. Global Insight reports on how work on solutions continues despite the global turmoil created by the pandemic.