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2/11/2013
Global Mondays - International Human Rights Work through the Law Firm Pro-Bono Section
William H. Gates Hall
117
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM
Hosted by the International Law Society
Evaluating International Legal Assistance Programs: Past Lessons, Ethical Dimensions, and DLA Piper - New Perimeter’s Model
Andrew Morgan, JD/LL.M. (SID) Candidate 2014, University of Washington School of Law; Master of Public Service (MPS) Clinton School of Public Service
Last summer, Mr. Morgan externed with DLA Piper’s Washington D.C. office in their international pro bono group, New Perimeter – a nonprofit undertaking high impact pro bono projects in post-conflict and developing countries. While at New Perimeter, Morgan conducted research on how to evaluate rule of law development initiatives, past and current, with an eye toward informing New Perimeter’s projects. The research focused first on the so-called “Law and Development” movement of the 1960’s in Africa, a highly-criticized effort by legal scholars to assist newly independent countries in Africa to develop law schools. To address many of the criticisms of that movement, Morgan sought to analyze the ethical dimensions of international rule of law assistance work broadly, to inform his analysis of how modern rule of law assistance programs address the concerns raised in the 1960’s. Finally, Morgan looked at program evaluation efforts in an attempt to marry the ethical considerations of rule of law assistance with modern participatory evaluation techniques.