By Jessica Marsh
Legal Program Manager for Southeast Asia, Australia & the Pacific at TrustLaw,
the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono program
Increasingly, pro bono brings together non-profits, social entrepreneurs, the legal sector, and the private sector to create positive social impact. What is "innovative pro bono?" Jessica Marsh will share her insights on best practices performing pro bono to bolster sustainability and create transformational change around the world.
TrustLaw connects lawyers in more than 170 countries with high-impact NGOs and social enterprises. It is a rapidly growing community of over 3,000 members, including 550 law firms and in-house legal teams.
Jessica has broad experience in corporate legal practice as well as in the non-profit and social enterprise sectors. Before joining TrustLaw, she was a Judge’s Associate in the Federal Court of Australia; an advocate with the Mekong Migration Network; a refugee lawyer with Asylum Access; and a practitioner with UNHCR Ethiopia.
VENUE: Room 521 (5th floor), Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration
COST: THB500, includes lunch (THB300 for Sasin Alumni and Net Impact members),
free for Sasin students, staff and faculty, complimentary of CREATE
Free membership : www.netimpact.org/chapters/bangkok-professional
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