Pictured (from left): Diego Sierra Laris, Jaime Chávez Alor, Justice Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, Justice Belen, and Michael Fernandez. Photo credit: Vance Center On May 15, the Vance Center and the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana de Abogados) brought together two distinguished judicial actors, Hon. Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice and Hon. Ariel E Belen, retired Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, for a timely discussion surrounding judicial independence. Over the hourlong conversation, the two judges outlined the parallels and contrasts between the... read more
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Vance Center Continues Judicial Independence Series with Conversation on the New York and Mexican Judiciary
Posted on May 25, 2024
Vance Center Celebrates 20 Years of Groundbreaking Work in Sub-Saharan Africa
Posted on October 31, 2023Keynote conversation between Justice Dunstan Mlambo, Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa, and former U.S. Attorney General Hon. Loretta Lynch, October 11, 2023. Photo: Abbey Sebetha/BakonePix The event, “The Lawyer as Rule-of-Law Activist: Activating the Next Generation,” brought together more than 200 leading legal practitioners, African Legal Fellows Program alumni, advocates, academics, and others from across the continent for a celebration of the Vance Center’s anniversary and 20 years of the flagship African Legal Fellows Program. This celebration concluded a yearlong series of anniversary events, beginning in New York City in October 2022,... read more
Vance Center Leads Panel on International Pro Bono Practice and Rule of Law at World Law Congress
Posted on July 31, 2023On July 20, the New York City Bar Association hosted the first day of the World Law Congress, as Vance Center staff and Committee members participated in multiple panels. read more