Australian Pro Bono Centre - DLA Piper’s unique global pro bono vehicle, New Perimeter looks back on its first ten years

Lisa Dewey, Pro Bono Partner and Director of New Perimeter (Washington, DC), and Sara Andrews, Senior International Pro Bono Counsel and Assistant Director of New Perimeter (Boston), were interviewed by the Australian Pro Bono Centre on New Perimeter’s ten-year anniversary and its history, lessons and achievements. Lisa and Sara highlighted New Perimeter’s unique Advisory Board, consisting of senior, experienced professionals from the legal sector and nonprofit world, and New Perimeter's sustained presence in Kosovo, Mexico and East Africa, where after ten years of pro bono projects real social outcomes have been achieved.

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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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