shawn
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Legal Empowerment Conference
Thu 22-Jan-09 03:43 PM |
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The Legal Empowerment Conference
Public legal education: Improving lives, empowering communities
The Public Legal Education Network invites delegates from the UK and abroad to its first annual conference.
23rd February 2009
Dexter House,
Tower Hill,
London,
EC3N 4QN
Chair: Sir Henry Brooke
Speakers:
Lord William Bach - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice.
Professor Dame Hazel Genn - Dean of Faculty of Laws, University College London
Dr. Diane Rhyason - Executive Director, Legal Resource Centre, Alberta Canada
Workshops:
- Advice services and PLE -
How can advice agencies use PLE to reach out to their local communities? The experience of a number of successful projects undertaken by front-line advice agencies …
- Adult education -
What is the role of adult learning in improving the provision of public legal education? Mapping PLE to the adult national literacy and numeracy curriculum; basic skills and PLE ...
- International PLE -
What is happening in the international PLE movement? The international clinical education movement; PLE in the development context ...
- Pro bono and PLE -
What is the role of pro bono in the delivery of public legal education? Advocacy skills, intermediary training and improving legal capability ...
- Research and evaluation -
How can we evaluate PLE effectively? Evaluation tools; research developments ...
- Young people and marginalised groups -
What are young people's needs for public legal education? Reporting on a qualitative research study measuring young people's legal capability; the needs of disadvantaged groups ...
Online booking is available or download the conference flier
For more details please contact Info@plenet.org.uk
Plenet is managed by Advice Services Alliance Advicenow Project.
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