TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal programme where the best law firms and corporate legal teams around the world are connected with high-impact NGOs and social enterprises working to create social and environmental change.
The programme seeks to cover world’s leading legal teams to provide free legal assistance to organisations working for social and environmental change. Up till now, TrustLaw has helped NGOs and social enterprises to access $54 million worth of free legal assistance in 170 countries.
Areas of Interest
- Social: Organisations that seek to have a positive impact on the social fabric of the community and well-being of individuals and families. This may include organisations that support disadvantaged populations, uphold human rights and alleviate discrimination,
- Humanitarian: Organisations responding to humanitarian emergencies such as natural and man-made disasters with a primary objective of saving lives, alleviating suffering and maintaining human dignity.
- Environmental: Organisations that seek to protect, analyse or monitor endangered species or the environment against misuse or degradation.
Support to Members
TrustLaw supports a variety of legal requests. Technical Support is provided to legal matters that arise for NGOs and social enterprises such as general commercial advice, IP, and employment issues to large multi-jurisdictional programmes, such as researching laws across a number of jurisdictions or assisting with an in-depth analysis of laws.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants can be NGOs or social enterprises working around the world.
- Organisations working directly towards a social mission across mentioned focus areas are only eligible to apply.
- Organisations that are partly funded by government agencies are also welcome to apply for membership.
How to Apply for the Membership?
Organisations can apply for TrustLaw membership online through websie. Successful applicants will be notified within two weeks of the outcome.
For more information, please visit Trustlaw.
