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GAZETTE IMNAGEMN JUNE1993
During 1992 protests were made to
Heads of State in 23 countries at the
murder of, death threats to, or the
detention of lawyers. In June the
IBA gave £3,000 to six lawyers
defending eight Kenyan opposition
politicians who face the death
penalty. None is able to pay Court
fees or any fee to their lawyers. IBA
members also made individual
contributions.
Work for lawyers in developing
countries and new democracies
The IBA's fifth seminar for officials
of bar associations in Third World
countries was held in Cannes in
September immediately prior to the
biennial conference. The unanimous
reaction of delegates, as they went on
from the seminar to the conference,
was that many useful contacts had
been forged and valuable practical
tips learnt to help them make their
own associations more efficient and
provide better services to their
members and the public.
A seminar for officials and members
of the three Baltic States - Latvia,
Lithuania and Estonia - was held in
Riga, Latvia in November. Over 100
lawyers attended.
SERL conducted a series of
'Roadshows' in February and March
in, Budapest, Leipzig, Prague and
Warsaw.
The IBA's Southern Africa
Continuing Legal Education (CLE)
Network, set up following the IBA's
conference for officials of African
bars in Harare in 1991, organised a
series of travelling seminars in July
in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
56 Bar Associations are now taking
part in the IBA's TWinning
Programme under which a developed
Bar is linked with a developing Bar
to give advice, training and
assistance.
Section on Business Law Scholarship
Programme
Since the Section started this
programme in 1988 more than 200
young business lawyers have
benefitted from their attendance at
IBA and Section conferences. A
scholarship covers the cost of return
travel, hotel accommodation, a per
diem allowance, waiver of
registration fee and three years' free
membership of the IBA/SBL.
In 1992, 26 young lawyers from
Eastern Europe were awarded
scholarships to attend the Eastern
European Forum's Conference in
Budapest in June and 27 young
lawyers, mainly from Eastern Europe
and the French-speaking African
countries, to attend the Cannes
Conference.
The SBL has a continuing
commitment to this programme for
which £60,000 has been budgeted for
1993.
Activities in Eastern Europe
Reduced or waived IBA dues are
offered to Bar Associations and
lawyers in the region and 10 Bars
and 327 individual lawyers now
belong.
Activities in the Asia-Pacific Region
A new forum for lawyers practising
in, or with interests in, the Asia
Pacific region was launched in 1992.
The IBA already has over 3,000
members in the region and 1993
activities include a seminar on
International Construction Projects
in Tokyo in February and a
conference in Hangzhou, China from
17-19 November jointly with the All
China Lawyers Association.
The forum also plans a newsletter
and a directory of members.
Special Interest Groups
The IBA has groups for judges,
academics and ombudsmen which
meet at the annual conference and
publish newsletters.
The SBL has also formed a Capital
Markets Forum where both lawyer
and non-lawyer experts get together
and discuss matters related to the
regulation of capital markets. Its
European, Japanese and North
American Advisory Groups all met
during the year to discuss two papers
published by the Forum on "What is
an Exchange" and "The Efficient
Market Hypothesis: An Incomplete
Theory". The SBL also continues to
play an active role in the International
Capital Markets Group, which is a
joint venture with the Fédération
Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs
and the International Federation of
Accountants.
The IBA's 1993 programme of
activities, conference and seminar
programmes, catalogue of
publications and membership
information are available from:
Lorna Macleod,
International Bar Association,
2 Harewood Place,
Hanover Square,
London W1R 9HB,
England.
Fax: 0044 71 409 0456 •
Annual Conference
Booked Out
The Annual Conference of the Law
Society, which is taking place from
20 - 23 May, 1993 in the Connemara
Coast Hotel in Furbo, Co. Galway is
now fully booked out. There are no
places remaining for the conference
package.
However, any member of the
profession who would like to attend
the conference seminar or to
participate in some of the social
events taking place at the conference,
may do so as a non resident. To
obtain details of the fees payable in
this instance, or to make a booking,
please contact Mary Kinsella at the
Law Society, Blackhall Place, Dublin
7. Telephone: 710711. •
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to let from May onwards. Adjacent
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