Increasing law students opportunities for a career in Public Interest Law and the enhancing the capacity of Universities, NGO’s and legal professionals in the Lublin/Lviv region in the area of Public Interest Law

Project Purpose:

Increasing law student opportunities for a career in Public Interest Law and enhancing the capacity of Universities, NGO’s and legal professionals in the Lublin/Lviv region in the area of public interest law.

Project Organizers:

Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Law – Center for Advancing Legal Skills

Ukrainian Catholic University

Non-formal partners:

Kinga Stasiak Fund for Excellence in Legal Education, Polish Legal Clinics Foundation, Association of Legal Clinics of Ukraine, New Justice USAID Legal Reform Project

Planned Project Events:

• Opening International Conference: (online) The Importance of Public Interest Law in Emerging Democracies.
• Training for law students on Public Interest Law and legal skills (Lublin and Lviv).
• Public Interest Law Fellowships for Polish and Ukrainian Law Students.
• Small Grant Program for law fellows to design and implement their own small public interest projects in Lublin and Lviv.
• Public Interest Law Career Fair for Law Students in Lublin and Lviv.
• Concluding International Conference: How Universities, NGO’s, legal practioners and business can encourage and nurture public interest law in the Lublin/Lviv Region.

Project Director:

Professor Delaine R. Swenson, Faculty of Law, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Director of the Center for Advancing Legal Skills; Chair of the Council of Founders of the Rule of Law Institute.

Period of perfomance: 1 September 2020 – 31 December 2021

Project is funded in part by a grant from the United States Embassy in Poland