Roundtable: Public interest law and litigation in Ireland
This event happened on 30 June 2006
Review of Event
A series of seminars in Spring 2006 was intended to provoke discussion around Public Interest Law and Litigation (PILL) in Ireland. It followed a major conference on PILL in October 2005 that brought together lawyers, NGOs and activists for contributions from people involved in PILL, in Ireland and further afield. A Proceedings from this conference is available online as a DVD of the event. You can also view clips from the conference.
This roundtable event was intended to discuss and hopefully reach agreement on elements of the possible shape and delivery of a PILL strategy. Community Legal Resource has been engaged as consultants for the process and will make a presentation at the conference on its findings as to how PILL should be developed in Ireland. Delegates had an opportunity to input into the final report through their participation in workshops on the day.
Resources:
You can download the papers of the event below:
Opening address
Roger Smith, Director, JUSTICE, UK
Public Interest Law - the pro bono Way - a view from South Africa
Odette Geldenhuys, Consultant, South Africa
Keynote address: Public Interest Litigation: benefits and limitations - the Australian Experience
Professor Andrea Durbach, Associate Professor of Law, University of New South Wales and Director of Australian Centre for Human Rights
A Draft Position Paper on a Strategy for PILL in Ireland
Dave Ellis, Community Legal Resource, Ireland
Equal Justice, Democracy, and Livability for All: Lessons from the Urban Park Movement
Robert Garcia, Executive Director, Center for Law in the Public Interest (CLIPI), Los Angeles
A Proceedings from the 2005 conference is available online as well as a DVD of the event. You can also view clips from the conference.