Opening Ceremony & Inaugural Webinar

Rule of Law in Governance: Public Sector Corruption

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Corruption and corrupt practices are seemingly endemic in the public sector. What are the current steps that have been taken to curtail or control them? How effective are these steps? Is there a need for new code of conduct that international law organizations can adopt to help combat this perennial menace?

LAWASIA, The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, is a regional association of lawyers, judges, jurists and legal organisations, which advocates for the interests and concerns of the Asia Pacific legal profession. For over fifty years, LAWASIA has operated as a platform to promote the cross-jurisdictional exchange of legal knowledge; as a voice of the legal profession; and as a conduit for encouraging adherence to mutually-held principles of the rule of law, professional integrity and the protection of human rights.

Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) is an international non-profit organisation which exists to promote and maintain the rule of law throughout the Commonwealth by ensuring that an independent and efficient legal profession, with the highest standards of ethics and integrity, serves the people of the Commonwealth. CLA seeks to uphold the rule of law by encouraging exchanges between members of the profession through projects, conferences and workshops and by driving improvements in legal education.

Law Council of Australia represents the Australian legal profession on national and international issues, on federal law and the operation of federal courts and tribunals. It works for the improvement of the law and of the administration of justice.
The Law Council is a federal organisation representing 65,000 Australian lawyers through their bar associations and law societies and Law Firms Australia (the Constituent Bodies).

South Pacific Lawyers’ Association - or SPLA – is a regional organisation which represents the legal profession in the South Pacific. SPLA is comprised of member organisations and lawyers’ groups representing seventeen jurisdictions across the South Pacific region.

Watch the Opening Ceremony

Access to this recording and presentation materials is an exclusive benefit of LAWASIA membership.

Become a LAWASIA member

Membership of LAWASIA offers to individuals and their law firms the opportunity to interact on a regional basis, to build their knowledge and understanding of legal issues and to develop a network of colleagues throughout the world with a common interest in the practice of law in this region.

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Watch the Webinar Recording

Access to this recording and presentation materials is an exclusive benefit of LAWASIA membership.

Become a LAWASIA member

Membership of LAWASIA offers to individuals and their law firms the opportunity to interact on a regional basis, to build their knowledge and understanding of legal issues and to develop a network of colleagues throughout the world with a common interest in the practice of law in this region.