InsideCounsel - Part 1: Into Africa, Lawyers from DLA Piper and Boehringer Ingelheim raise the bar for legal writing for law students in Zambia

By: Rich Steeves

InsideCounsel features Sara Andrews (Boston), Heidi Levine (New York) and corporate clients Anita Turpin and Sebastian Guntrum of Boehringer Ingelheim as instructors for a week-long class on the principles of legal writing and analysis at the University of Zambia School of Law. Ten DLA Piper and Boehringer Ingelheim lawyers and 90 Zambian law students participated in the New Perimeter project to strengthen legal writing skills and increase the passage rate for the bar exam.

Read the full article: Part 1: Lawyers from DLA Piper and Boehringer Ingelheim raise the bar for legal writing for law students in Zambia

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New Perimeter is a nonprofit organization established by global law firm DLA Piper to provide pro bono legal assistance in under-served regions around the world to support access to justice, social and economic development and sound legal institutions. Founded in 2005 as a result of our firm’s commitment to support legal advancement worldwide, New Perimeter’s vision is to harness the skills and talents DLA Piper lawyers to further a more just world for all.

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