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.
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Members of the University of Minnesota’s Raptor Center were on the the Eagan, Minn. campus of Thomson Reuters, Legal, yesterday to demonstrate the wonders of wild birds of prey as part of Green Week activities. The raptor center specializes in the medical care, rehabilitation, conservation, and study of eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons.
But birds of prey aren’t the only feathered friends on the Eagan campus these days.
Two dozen wooden bird houses, four wood duck houses and three chimney swift towers (like the one above) were constructed by employee volunteers as part of the company’s Green Team efforts. The Eagan campus now has more than 40 birdhouses available for these migrating birds.
Watch Legal Current for more information about other Green Team efforts at the Legal headquarters this week including restoring a 10-acre prairie and planting a community garden.
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How do law enforcement officers know what to do when it’s been reported that a child is the victim of a predatory crime? A new partnership between The National Law Center for Children and Families (NLC) and Thomson Reuters’ CLEAR (Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting) services hopes to answer that question.
Created for law enforcement officers and government prosecutors, NLC PROTECTS is a seminar series that features experts on topics such as child pornography and online enticement investigations, human trafficking, the Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act of 2006, and other child sexual exploitation issues.
Training will incorporate Thomson Reuters’ CLEAR service, which provides public record information and analytics geared to the unique needs of law enforcement and government investigators.
“It’s rewarding to know our partnership with the NLC will help keep children safe from Internet predators,” said Steve Rubley, vice president and general manager of Risk, Fraud & Investigations for Thomson Reuters, Legal.
Since June 2006, the National Law Center has trained nearly 1,800 law enforcement professionals and prosecutors on child sexual exploitation case law and investigation procedures in seminars from coast to coast.
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This weekend, the Honorable Shelvin Louise Marie Hall was recognized as the 2009 Liberty Achievement Award recipient given by the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section. The award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, was established in 2008 to honor those lawyers and judges who take a leadership role in promoting diversity in the legal profession.
Legal Current was at the Liberty Achievement Award celebration in Chicago, where Thomson Reuters, Legal President and CEO Peter Warwick addressed attendees and congratulated Hall. View Warwick’s coments in this video:
And later during the event, we spoke to Hall:
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West just announced a new pro bono outreach initiative and a Web site to help lawyers displaced by recent layoffs manage the transition to their next assignment.
Do Justice supports law firm pro bono activities. At the heart of the program is a relationship with the Pro Bono Institute that makes more than $12 million in Westlaw access available to law firms to support their pro bono work.
Between Cases is a new online resource for displaced legal associates seeking employment and networking opportunities. Visitors will find job search tools, legal education offerings from West LegalEdCenter, information and resources for setting up a private practice, and special offers from Westlaw and other West services.
Between Cases also offers free resources for displaced attorneys seeking to initiate or continue pro bono work while looking for permanent employment.
Legal Current caught up with Tony Abena, senior vice president of Law Firms and president of Consulting Services for West, to hear more about Do Justice and Between Cases in these video interviews:
Do Justice (Runs :47)
Between Cases (Runs :58)
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Around the office, Thomson Reuters, Legal President and CEO Peter Warwick has challenged all of us to examine our work more deeply – to focus on our customers’ customers – and to see our efforts in the context of equal justice, the rule of law and human rights.
So we were proud to hear that Peter was being recognized by PAIR Project for his generosity and service to their humanitarian mission with their Outstanding Business Leader award. The ceremony was held last night in Boston as part of PAIR’s annual awards gala.
PAIR Project helps people escaping persecution in their home countries who are seeking asylum in the United States, primarily by offering pro bono legal services.
In the organization’s announcement, Sarah Ignatius, PAIR Project executive director, said: “Peter’s support and leadership from the corporate community has been tremendously powerful for PAIR. He’s an inspiring leader in many ways, and we’re extremely grateful that he’s stepped forward as an influential leader who’s passionate about human rights to help generate support for PAIR Project and its mission.”
Among his many roles, Peter sits on the board of trustees for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, which recently launched TrustLaw, a new initiative that will provide information, resources, legal news and support materials for global pro bono work. He also provides executive sponsorship for Thomson Reuters and West initiatives around diversity and pro bono support, notably through our “Do Justice” program, which provides advocacy and resources to support law firm pro bono activities.
Peter, who was born in the UK and has worked both in Europe and Asia Pacific, became a United States citizen in 2006. Peter was out of the country and not able to attend the ceremony, and accepted the award by video:
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How cool would it be to see your name in a John Grisham novel?
It could happen, if you are a corporate legal or compliance professional at a United States corporation. That’s who’s eligible in a contest launched today by West called ”Name Your Character.”
Eligible entrants just need to go to NameYourCharacter.com to register, today through April 30, 2009, and watch a short video clip of a movie scene modeled after Grisham’s style.
The winning entrant’s name will be drawn at random and the winner can either enter his or her name for the character or a fictional name they create.
That name will appear in the next Grisham novel, scheduled for release in 2010.
For every eligible entry received, West will make a donation to the Innocence Project of Minnesota, whose mission is to keep innocent people from being convicted, and to free people imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit.
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Thomson Reuters, Legal, President & CEO Peter Warwick offered his perspective on the company’s approach to the current economic reality in a panel discussion, “Adapting and Thriving in a Challenging Economy”, at the Minnesota Venture & Finance Conference.
The launch of WestlawNext brings a significant advancement in the way professional legal research is done.
A discussion about online privacy and “The End of Forgetting,” with law professor Jeffrey Rosen.
