New Pro Bono Legal Service Will Help Spread the Rule of Law

Thomson Reuters introduced a new international legal service with U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mohamed Elbaradei at LegalTech New York yesterday.  The new service would be pro bono and is designed to help extend and enforce the rule of law around the world. A website – TrustLaw – has been created to bring NGO’s and the lawyers who are willing to provide pro bono services together. “At the heart of the project is an ambitious electronic platform called TrustLaw Connect, designed to create a new ‘marketplace’ for international pro bono work,” says the site. “Our goal is to spread the culture of pro bono globally, taking it to countries where it is not common practice.” Elbaradei encouraged the 200 lawyers in the audience to take part in the initiative and help improve the lives of those living in poor countries as well as overthrow their totalitarian governments. He said this can help keep Americans safe by removing the root causes of extremists.