International Forum on Legal Aid
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November 1st, 2018 (Thursday)
November 2nd, 2018 (Friday)
November 3rd, 2018 (Saturday)
November 1st, 2018 (Thursday)
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Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speech:
Legal Aid as a Social Service: what implications has this for international programs?
Moderator:
Prof. Tzu-Yi Lin, Chair, Organizing Committee, 2018 International Forum on Legal Aid, Taiwan
Keynote speaker:
Prof. Alan Paterson, International Legal Aid Group
Lunch
Host Country Report: Taiwan
Moderator: Mr. Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Maryland Legal Aid (USA)
Speaker: Mr. Han-Wei Chou, Legal Aid Foundation (Taiwan)
National Reports 1:
Australia, Brazil, Burma, Canada, England&Wales
Moderator: Prof. Alan Paterson, International Legal Aid Group
Speakers:
Tea Break
National Reports 2:
India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia
Moderator: Ms. Mei-Ying Wang, Director-General, Department of Judicial Administration, Judicial Yuan,Republic of China (Taiwan)
November 2nd, 2018 (Friday)
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National Reports 3:
the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, USA
Moderator: Mr. Jerry Cheng, Presiding Lawyer of Justice Law Firm (Taiwan)
Speakers:
Tea Break
Panel 1:
Identifying and Targeting People in Need
Moderator: Mr. Ping-Cheng Lo, Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Lunch
Panel 2:
Client-Centered Lawyering
Moderator: Mr. Mark Benton, British Columbia Legal Services Society (Canada)
Speakers:
Discussant:
Mr. Yu-Liam Son, Secretary-General,Taiwan Labor Front (Taiwan)
Tea Break
Panel 3:
Working Together with Non-Legal Services
Moderator: Ms. Julie Bishop, Law Centers Network (UK)
Speakers:
Discussant:
Prof. Chung-Shen Wu, Consultant, Consumer Debtor Self-Help Associatio
November 3rd, 2018 (Saturday)
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Panel 4:
Developing Services for Specific Communities I
4A:Social Welfare Issues (Main conference room)
Moderator: Ms. Yu-Ling Wang, Member of the Control Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Speakers:
Discussants:
4B:Migrant Workers (Room103)
Moderator: Dr. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, Public Attorney's Office, Department of Justice (the Philippines)
Tea Break
Panel 5:
Developing Services for Specific Communities II
5A:Women and Children (Main conference room)
Moderator: Ms. Mei-Nu Yu, Legislator, the Legislative Yuan, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Speakers:
5B:Indigenous peoples (Room103)
Moderator: Prof. Awi Mona, Chairman, Legal Center of Indigenous Peoples, Legal Aid Foundation (Taiwan)
Speakers:
Discussants:
Break
Closing Ceremony
Lunch
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