The International Lawyers Project is a network of talented and passionate lawyers drawn from diverse countries and cultures across the globe. We mobilise teams of pro bono experts to support the policy and legal needs of poor communities and reform movements.

Founded in the UK in 2005, we are staffed by a group of lawyers dedicated to using the law to achieve economic and environmental justice through strategic pro bono legal support. Since then we have supported partner clients in more than 100 countries.

We are proud to have a diverse staff team reflective of the communities we support, from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the UK, and the USA, with extensive expertise in our focus areas as well as law and international development. We work primarily in the Global South, with active projects across Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

We are client-led and respond to requests from local actors to build their capacity, whether through advice, research, formal training sessions, workshops, representation, strategic litigation or through extended engagement and mentoring for communities, parliamentarians, and civil society representatives. To provide this assistance we draw on a bank of highly qualified lawyers from across the globe who offer their services for free. As a charity, our ultimate aim is to help our clients to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions.