Dmitri Holtzman is the Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Education Law Centre (EELC). EELC is dedicated to advancing the right to basic education through strategic litigation and advocacy in South Africa. Prior to his work with EELC, Dmitri worked with Equal Education, a movement seeking to address poor quality and inequality in education. As a PILnet Fellow, Dmitri will develop a project to provide paralegal training for community based activists and organizations, involving public interest lawyers and law organizations.