November 11, 2026
Registration
9:00 am
Plenary
11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:30 am
The Power of Pro Bono to Make the Justice System More Just
Panel Discussion
11:30 am
Celebrate pro bono! Pro bono weeks, recognition lists and awards
Workshop
11:30 am
From Paper to Practice: The Legal Community and the Refugee Convention at 75
Roundtable
11:30 am
Safeguarding Civic Space in the Digital Era: Legal Responses to Shrinking Digital Space and Surveillance in Africa
Roundtable
12:30 pm
Justice at Work: Closing the Gap Between Rights and Reality for Refugee Workers
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm
Building Sustainable Pro Bono Models: Cross Regional Lessons for a Changing World
Workshop
1:45 pm
International and regional human rights mechanisms
Workshop
1:45 pm
Civic Space - role of lawyers in democratic backsliding
Workshop
1:45 pm
From Fragmentation to Flow: Building Connected Justice Systems for the Underserved
Workshop
3:15 pm
Coffee Break
3:45 pm
Role of Regional Bar Associations in Advancing Pro Bono
Panel
3:45 pm
Sexual Corruption: The Hidden Currency of Power
Hackathon/ Innovation Challenge
3:45 pm
Legal Lifelines for Media in Exile: From Risk Anticipation to Sustainable Operations
Workshop
3:45 pm
The Role of Pro Bono in Ensuring a just and Equitable Energy Transition in Africa
Fireside Chat
4:45 pm
Break
5:00 pm
U.S. Immigration Litigation - Current Landscape and Can We Predict What's Next & Asylum Access and Processes - Advocacy and Strategic Litigation in a Shrinking Protection Space
5:00 pm
AI and Access to Justice: practical use cases workshop
Workshop
5:00 pm
Pro Bono Superior Courts Litigation-Experiences from Brazil and Colombia
Roundtable
5:00 pm
Indigenous Rights, Resource Governance, and the Just Energy Transition in Southern Africa
Panel
November 12, 2026
8:00 am
Registration
9:00 am
Pro Bono Declaration for Africa: Strengthening Regional Commitments to Pro Bono Legal Practice
Workshop
9:00 am
Children rights session - YEXL simulation with Baker McKenzie
Workshop
9:00 am
Supporting civil society under threat
Closed door meeting
9:00 am
The role of private sector lawyering in advancing constitutional rights: A South African case study
Workshop
10:30 am
Coffee break
11:00 am
Building Sustainable Pro Bono Ecosystems: Lessons from Practice
Panel
11:00 am
The Right to Seek Asylum & Safe Third Country and other transfer Agreements
Workshop
11:00 am
Advancing AI Governance through People-Centered Justice
Roundtable
11:00 am
Guarding the Scales: Upholding Due process for POWs and Civilian Detainees during Armed Conflict
Workshop
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Crossing Borders, Claiming Rights: Co-Creating Pro Bono Strategies for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Migration Contexts
Workshop
1:15 pm
Co-Creating Ethical Practice: Collaborative Models for Legal Ethics Training
1:15 pm
Role of Pro Bono in Strengthening Civic Space: How Corporate Banking, and Finance Skills Can Expand Funding Options for CSOs
Workshop
1:15 pm
Implementing GenAI Responsibly in Pro Bono Legal Services and Building Practical AI Pathways for Pro Bono and Access to Justice
Workshop
2:45 pm
Coffee break
3:15 pm
Beyond the Margins: Legal Empowerment for Women in Vulnerability
Panel
3:15 pm
From Clinic to Court to Community: Building Pro Bono Ecosystems to Advance Citizenship and end Statelessness
Workshop
3:15 pm
Pro Bono Colloborations Co-Lab
Workshop
3:15 pm
Beyond Legal Precedent: Changing Culture in Restrictive Countries
Panel
4:15 pm
Break
4:30 pm
Pitching Session
4:30 pm
Advancing Citizenship and Digital Identity through Legal Empowerment in Fragile Contexts & Designing Rights-Based Digital Identity Systems: A Legal Strategy Lab on Preventing Statelessnesss
Hackathon / Innovation Challenge
4:30 pm
On Gender-Based Violence and Femicide: Advancing Justice through Accountability and Actionable Relief
Panel
5:30 pm
Break
6:15 pm
Buses to Awards Dinner
7:00 pm