Convenors

Professor Alan Paterson

Alan Paterson is a Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Professional Legal Studies at Strathclyde University Law School, Scotland. He is the Chair of the International Legal Aid Group being the co-organiser for the five conferences of the Group in The Hague (1995), Edinburgh (1997), Vancouver (1999), Melbourne (2001) and Harvard (2003];

Professor Paterson is also:

  • the Chair of the Legal Aid and Legal Services Group of the International Working Group on Comparative Legal Professions;
  • the Chair of the Legal Services Group of Citizens Advice Scotland;
  • currently serving as research adviser to the Scottish Legal Aid Board and to the Scottish Executive in relation to Community Legal Services;
  • a consultant on the Legal Services Commission project on the Public Defence Service in England and Wales;
  • a co-opted member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland;
  • a member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.

Educated at Edinburgh and Oxford Universities and qualified as a solicitor in Scotland, he has published widely in the field of legal aid and legal services, including:

  • Resourcing Civil Justice (OUP, 1996) (with T. Goriely);
  • The Transformation of Legal Aid (OUP, 1999) (with F.Regan, T.Goriely & D.Fleming); and
  • Paths to Justice Scotland (Hart Publishing, 2001) (with H.Genn).

Contact details: Professor Alan Paterson, The Law School, University of Strathclyde, Stenhouse Building, 173 Cathedral Street, Glasgow, Scotland G4 0RQ, Tel No: 0141 548-3341, Fax No: 553 1546, E-mail address: prof.alan.paterson@strath.ac.uk



Jeanne Charn

Jeanne Charn is a Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School.

She is also the co-founder and Director of the largest civil clinical program at Harvard Law School, the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center, and she is the Associate Director for Civil Clinical Programs. Additionally, she is the Director of the Bellow-Sacks Access to Civil Legal Services Project, which was established to explore expanding access to civil legal services for low- and moderate-income people. She has a long history of working in legal aid services in the United States and has worked extensively in exploring quality issues in the provision of legal aid services.

Jeanne Charn was educated at the University of Michigan and Harvard Law School and has written numerous articles on clinical legal education and legal services.


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