We’re pleased to announce the launch of TrustLaw, the legal arm of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The new service will widen access to the rule of law and promote greater transparency, empowering people with trusted information and free legal assistance.
Monique Villa, CEO of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, said : “The Thomson Reuters Foundation has set itself an ambitious goal: to create a truly international new marketplace connecting those in need of free legal assistance with those able to provide it – anywhere in the world.”
TrustLaw will serve as a global online resource for anti-corruption and good governance, and brings together a repository of information, advice and best practice, along with agenda-setting material from the Foundation’s expert editorial team.
With the help of a unique new platform, TrustLaw Connect, social entrepreneurs, NGOs and government agencies will be able to readily access pro bono legal support from lawyers anywhere in the world – for free.
More than 190 organizations working in over 140 countries have already joined TrustLaw Connect, including more than 60 leading global law firms and 80 NGOs.
Pro bono work is particularly important to the legal businesses of Thomson Reuters, who work to help the legal system perform better – every day, worldwide. In 2009 alone, the company donated more than US$20 million in free Westlaw access for pro bono services.
Read the full news release here.
Posted by Nicole Hansen in:
Advocacy | Company Current |
