Plenet Legal Empowerment Conference 2010

How does PLE advance a culture of civil and social justice ?

Wednesday, 10th February 9.30 - 5.00 p.m.
Inmarsat Global, 99 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX

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We will be exploring themes of democratic engagement, social justice, community cohesion and equalities. Delegates will also have the opportunity to see Theatre ADAD performing and running a workshop on theatre in education techniques.

Keynote speaker: Lord William Bach, Justice Minister

' How does PLE advance a culture of civil and social justice ?
Panel debate chaired by Andrew Phillips (Lord Phillips of sudbury) OBE

Panel members:

Julie Bishop, Director, Law Centres Federation
Dr Theo Gavrielides, Chief Executive, Race On The Agenda (ROTA) and Director, Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS)
Sarah McCoubrey, Executive Director, Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) and
Carol Taylor, Director, National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE)

Workshop and seminar topics

Advice and legal services led by Myles Kunzli, Law Centres Federation
Youth justice approaches led by Lewis Parle from IARS
PLE approaches to empowerment and anti-discrimination led by Roisin Cavanagh, BIHR
Adult learners and legal capability led by Howard Gannaway, NIACE
Research and evaluation: evidence of the effects of poor levels of legal capability led by John Seargeant, Independent consultant

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