About Lex:Lead
Lex:lead was founded in 2010 to continue the work of the Global Challenge, a group that had formed in 2001 under the International Bar Association to bring lawyers worldwide to the issue of development focusing on the least developed countries. Joining the Global Challenge in 2005, Anne was named its director. In 2010 the founding members set up Lex:lead as a New York Not-for-Profit registered charity with US Section 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
Lex:lead Directors/Officers:
Ann Bodley
President/Director/Founder
Queen Mary University of London, London UK.
Rudolf Ezeani
First Vice President/Director
Principal with Rudy Ezeani & Co., Lagos, Nigeria.
Lakwame Anyane-Yeboa
Vice President/Director, Deputy Treasurer
US Federal Government, Washington DC.
Sipho Limbe
Officer/Deputy Group Secretary
Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania
Dr Dina Mansour-Ille
Vice President/Director
Royal United Services Institute, London UK.
Daniella Geller
Officer/Treasurer
Netflix, Los Angeles USA.
Ashley Houlihan
Officer/Senior Group Secretary
University of Denver, Denver CO, USA
Senior Advisory Board
Hon Dame Linda Dobbs DBE
Patron, formerly UK High Court, London UK
London UK
Stuart Kerr
President, International Law Institute
Washington DC, USA
Yev Muchnik
Founding Partner, Launch Legal
Denver CO, USA
Nancy Kaymar Stafford
Immediate Past Chair, American Bar Association (ABA) International Law Section Council
Washington DC, USA
Pieter Steyn
Partner with Werksmans and Chair of the LEX Africa Alliance
Johannesburg, South Africa
Chris Edwards
Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity Director
Travers Smith, London UK
Matt Sparkes
Global Head of Sustainability, Linklaters
London UK
David Dunnigan
Senior Consultant, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
London UK
Danielle White
Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mayer Brown International
London UK
Anurag Bana
Senior Legal Advisor International Bar Association
London UK
Tyler Holmes
Senior Legal Advisor / Program Manager ABA Rule of Law Initiative
Washington DC
In Memoriam: Stephen Denyer
Director of Strategic Relationships at the Law Society of England and Wales
London UK
Advisory Board
- Dr Sabine Midderhoff (Germany) (2011) GIZ, Lusaka Zambia
- Sarah Elias Akech (South Sudan) , Kampala, Uganda
- Mr Brent Steurs (Belgium) , Berlin, Germany
- Ashley Houlihan (USA) , Denver, Colorado
- Mr Akila Tilitho (Tanzania) , Arusha, Tanzania
- Ms Catherine Maunder (UK) , London, UK
Join Lex:lead!
<p>The group welcomes applications to join its work, typically through appointments to its advisory board. To join us complete the attached form and email it to us at lexlead@yahoo.com. Thank you!</p>
Contact us
<p>Lex:lead</p><p>302A W12 Street, No 280</p><p>New York, New York 10014, USA</p><p><br></p><p>Old address (expired 24 March 2015):</p><p>676A Ninth Avenue No 109</p><p>New York, New York 10036, USA</p><p><br></p><p>London address:</p><p>95 Wilton Road No 364</p><p>London SW1V 1BZ, UK</p><p><br></p><p>The Global Challenge can be reached at:</p><p>Email: theglobalchallenge@yahoo.co</p>Privacy Policy:
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Lex:lead Newsletters
Other Publications
- Nov 2021: A&O Alumni Week, Introducing Lex:lead, founders' panel here
- Jul 2023: American Bar Association International Legal Developments (Year in Review) (2022), July 2023
- Aug 2021: American Bar Association International Legal Developments (Year in Review) (2020), August 2021
- Feb 2021: The Legal Impact of Covid19, American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law
- July 2019: American Bar Association International Legal Developments Year in Review (2018), Africa (p.465)
- July 2019: Taxation in Digital Services: Uganda's Social Media Tax Law, by Moses Baguma, (World Bank GFLJD newsletter)
- Sept 2017: Charity: Changing Legal Lives, See: Law Society Gazette
- Sept 2016: Lex:lead: Foundation Fund ing Launches Annual Scholarship Competition, See: International Bar Association Foundation
- May 2016: 2014 Winner Bereket Alemayehu Hagos, Is ADR a Knell for Litigation in Africa? See: International Bar Association
SELECT TESTAMENTS
"The opportunities and award I got from Lex:lead were indispensable in my progress and I would like to encourage my fellow Lex:leaders to seriously pursue them." 2014 Winner Nahom Abraham Weldeabzgi (Eritrea), April 2019
"The Lex:lead award helped a whole lot. If I hadn't paid that much I would have lost my place in school... The award was what helped me.... thank you so much again." 2017 Winner Nkandu Kunda Chota (Zambia), February 2018
OTHER PROGRAMS WE WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
- Internationl Laywers for Africa, www.ilfa.org.uk
- Internationl Law Book Facililty, www.ilfa.org.uk
- Inherit Your Rights, www.inherityourrights.org
- The Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/globalforumljd (we're a member)
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