Global Alliance for Justice Education

5th WORLDWIDE CONFERENCE OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION

Justice Education in a Community Context

December 7-13, 2008   The Philippines

• GAJE will hold its 5th Worldwide Conference in the Philippines from December 7-13, 2008. Conference themes will include: new initiatives in justice education; developing and mainstreaming justice education curricula; teaching social justice through experiential learning; clinical legal education, including street law, legal awareness and live-client clinics; justice education and professional responsibility; and special areas of concern, such as human rights and violence against women and children.
• GAJE has already accepted more than 70 conference program proposals, representing 40 different countries.  For more information select "Sessions" at the left. 
• The conference will be hosted by the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC), a university-based institution engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines, in collaboration with Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA), a non-governmental organization working in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States.
• The primary venue will be the Law School of Ateneo de Manila University, located in the City of Makati in metropolitan Manila.
• The conference program will include opportunities to learn about local justice education activities, such as the AHRC internship program, in which law students are introduced to the field of alternative or developmental law practice through exposure to grassroots life and to human rights advocacy in the Philippines; non-government organizations from the coalition of Alternative Law Groups; paralegals based in rural areas serving marginalized sectors such as farmers and fisher folk; and various clinical legal education programs in the Philippines, including a mandatory program at the law school at the University of the Philippines.

• Please register using the on-line link at the left, which gives the option of paying by credit card or mail.

• Contact the Conference Planning Committee: gajeconference08gmail.com

• Conference Administrators: click here to access password protected conference administration pages

• Conference Presenters:  click here to access your presenter information web pages.

• Candidates for Steering Committee (election to take place 10 December)

Costs

The conference fee is $US 450 (which includes all lunches and two dinners). Persons who cannot pay the full conference fee can request a fee reduction. Options for conference housing range from $5/night to $150/night. For more information about housing options, select "Hotels" at the left.  A limited number of grants for costs of travel and/or accommodation will be given, generally only to persons playing a specific role at the conference, such as a session organizer, program speaker, or workshop leader. Therefore, unless you already have a confirmed conference role, you should submit a proposal to participate at the same time as your grant application.

• Call for proposals: presentations, workshops, train the trainer sessions
• Apply for travel grant and/or registration fee reduction

The deadline for conference proposals and grant applications was 15 September 2008, although later submissions may be approved at the discretion of the Conference Planning Committee.

GAJE is

a GLOBAL ALLIANCE of persons committed to achieving JUSTICE through EDUCATION. Clinical education of law students is a key component of justice education, but this organization also works to advance other forms of socially relevant legal education, which includes education of practicing lawyers, judges, non-governmental organizations and the lay public. Delegates from every continent and over 50 countries have participated in GAJE's first four worldwide conferences. Membership is open and free to anyone interested in justice education. For more information: www.gaje.org