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Module 6: Achieving the SDGs through Pro Bono
Why should you attend this session?
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Hear from Subject Matter Experts
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Certification at the end of the Course (all 6 modules)
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Develop practical plans of action
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Hybrid in person / online delivery
Contributing to the SDGs Achievement through Pro Bono Legal/Judicial Support: Insights from the A4ID’s ROLE UK Programme
This lecture will be delivered by A4ID’s ROLE UK Programme team, who will deliver a presentation on their project work, and how this contributes to the SDGs, with particular reference to SDG 16. This session will invite participants to put in place all the knowledge they have learnt over the past modules, to reflect on how they can use this new knowledge in a practical way.
Connecting Your Legal Services with the SDGs Through Pro Bono Projects
Lecture 2 will be delivered by A4ID's Pro Bono Legal Services (PBLS) team. This will guide participants on the creative ways they can consider the SDGs in their practice. The PBLS team will share their expertise working with both pro bono legal partners and development organisations.
Meet the instructor
Dumisani Gandhi
Dumisani Gandhi is the Senior Programme Officer for the ROLE UK Programme and leads all project management aspects of the Programme’s Development Unit. Before joining A4ID in January 2023, he was the Senior Development Officer for Global Affairs Canada at the High Commission of Canada in Pretoria, South Africa. His portfolio included projects in health and governance in both the non-profit and public sectors. He is a human rights, development and media and communications practitioner with extensive experience in the non-profit and public sectors in Africa. Previously, he worked for the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe and subsequently for Gender Links in South Africa in the areas of media rights and gender equality in and through the media.
Dumisani holds a Master’s Degree in Media and Communication Studies from the University of Zimbabwe.
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Meet the instructor
Ronald Mutasa
Ronald is a Pro Bono Legal Officer responsible for the pro bono broker service to bring our legal partners together with development partners, touching upon a range of legal issues across a wide variety of jurisdictions. For the last decade, Ronald was a projects development lawyer with DLA Piper Africa Zimbabwe (Manokore Attorneys), responsible for helping US and UK-based firms to deliver complex infrastructure and renewable energy projects, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. He also proactively worked with the firm’s pro bono leads to initiate, participate in and lead pro bono programs, in many instances, bringing together lawyers from across DLA Piper’s global offices in Africa, Europe, and North America to deliver these programs.
Ronald holds an LLBS (Honours Degree) in Law from the University of Zimbabwe, a Diploma in International Arbitration and several post-graduate certificates in project management (Prince2) and research. He is a published author, experienced course trainer and regular speaker at international conferences.
Meet the instructor
James Aiken
James is a Pro Bono Legal Officer responsible for the pro bono broker service to bring our legal partners together with development partners, touching upon a range of legal issues across a wide variety of jurisdictions. Prior to joining A4ID, James worked in legal and policy positions across a number of UK human rights organisations at various levels – from volunteer to board of directors – and, in doing, built a wealth of first-hand experience of the needs of an NGO. This has included time both organising and working at pro bono legal clinics, providing targeted legal training for grassroots organisations, and coordinating pro bono support for protestors.
James is a qualified solicitor (non-practising) in England and Wales after training at Irwin Mitchell. His professional legal background is in litigation. He also holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy from the University of Exeter, and an LLM from the University of Law.
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