Other
A Judge at Risk: Vance Center at Work
Dear Friends of the Vance Center, Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifán courageously faced years of threats and attacks on her judicial independence and personal safety as a trial judge presiding over co...
Other
Dear Friends of the Vance Center, Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifán courageously faced years of threats and attacks on her judicial independence and personal safety as a trial judge presiding over co...
Human Rights, Other
The Vance Center team has expanded with the addition of one new staff member. Astrid Puentes joined as Staff Attorney in the Human Rights and Access to Justice Program.
Keep Families Together, Lawyers Council, Pro Bono Promotion, Women in the Profession
Vance Center program leaders convened events at the International Bar Association annual conference, highlighting work on diversity, pro bono practice, and the rule of law. Lawyers attending ga...
Ukraine Project
The War in Ukraine has galvanized the world, including the legal profession. Important and novel questions of public international law and domestic US law have arisen and warrant discussion and...
Environment, Events, Human Rights, Keep Families Together, Lawyers Council, Lawyers For Reporters, Women in the Profession
The Vance Center convened a full-day programmatic event with more than 60 participants, representing US, Latin American, European, and African law firms, NGO clients and other stakeholders.
Other
The Vance Center the South African Women Lawyers Association (SAWLA), the International Federation of Female Lawyers, and the South African alumni of the Vance Center’s African Legal Fellows Pr...