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2022 National Legal Aid Summit convenes

REPRESENTATIVES from the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Philippine Judges Association, Department of Justice, Department of Migrant Workers, Commission on Human Rights, Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Philippine Bar Association, Philippine Association of Law Schools (PALS), Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), Alternative Law Groups (ALG), National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL), Public Attorney's Office (PAO), Legal Education Board (LEB), University of the Philippines-Office of Legal Aid, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates, law firms, American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI), European Union GoJust II Program (GoJust), and Asia Foundation Program (TAF) participated in the 2022 National Legal Aid Summit on Nov. 27 to 30, 2022 at L'Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

The summit, 'Reimagining the Art of Legal Empowerment: National Summit on Access to Justice through Cultivating Approaches on Legal Aid,' was a historic gathering among alternative law groups and legal aid organizations, serving as a platform for discussion on expanding access to justice through collaboration amongst different legal aid providers and stakeholders of justice.