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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Rethinking Lawyering for the Underrepresented Around the World: An introductory essay -- 2 Lawyering for the Underrepresented in the Context of Legal, Social, and National Institutions: The case of Japan -- 3 Current Issues for Legal Aid in Japan - Reform Perspective -- 4 Current Reform Efforts in Legal Education and the Delivery of Legal Service in Korea -- 5 Legal Aid in the People's Republic of China: Past, present and future -- 6 Thammasat Clinical Education and the Delivery of Legal Services: A historical and personal perspective -- 7 Legal Education in Argentina and Chile -- 8 The Brazilian Bar Association in the Struggle for Human Rights -- 9 Discussing Legal Ethics with Eastem-European Judges -- 10 Transcending Borders: Escaping the confines of gender violence -- 11 Learning from Communities: Lessons from India on clinical method and liberal education -- 12 Meaningful Exchange: Collaboration among clinicians and law teachers in India and the United States

Public interest law has become increasingly globalized in the post-Cold War era, incorporated in national legal systems across the developing world, and deployed in transnational activist campaigns advancing social justice causes. This essay--the introduction to a symposium on public interest law across borders--examines the structural factors shaping the global trajectory of public interest law and offers a preliminary appraisal of its emerging global role. In Part I, we trace the historical movement of public interest law from an insular American project toward a more globalized set of practices and concepts. We suggest two reasons for this shift. The first is the ascendance of the Rule-of-Law movement, sponsored by international financial institutions and donor agencies, which has promoted public interest law around the world as a crucial component of good governance built upon a foundation of rights enforcement and political accountability. Against this backdrop, local activists, particularly in post-authoritarian countries, have turned to public interest law as a way to achieve the promise of new democratic orders while accessing crucial funding support. Second, the institutional framework of global governance has drawn public interest law into the contest over the impact of open markets and the power of human rights at the supranational level. Transnational activist networks have mobilized public interest law in efforts to hold international finance and trade institutions accountable for their distributional impacts, challenge the deregulation of global markets through multi-level advocacy efforts, and leverage the power of the human rights system to strengthen domestic social justice movements and build transnational solidarity. Part II explores the implications of these trends, suggesting that they point toward two evolving conceptions of public interest law: as a global institution and a technique of global governance. With respect to public interest law's institutionalization in developing countries, we outline the factors shaping its distinctively hybrid form, which incorporates elements imported by global sponsors, while building upon indigenous traditions and adapting to opportunities afforded by national structures. As a tool of global governance, we suggest that public interest law is associated with a broad range of problem solving practices targeted to the transnational context. We conclude by offering a provisional map of the new terrain of this transnational advocacy, highlighting the global arenas in which it operates, the strategies it deploys, and the networks it constructs.

What Is Global About Pro Bono / Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva & Louise G. Trubek -- Rationalizing Pro Bono: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Reinvention of Legal Professionalism in Elite American Law / John Bliss & Steven A. Boutcher -- Pro Bono Legal Work in Canada / Robert Granfield & Fiona Kay -- Two Tales of One Brazilian City : Individual Pro Bono Cases in São Paulo Corporate Law Firms / Fabio de Sa e Silva -- The Mandarins of Law : Pro Bono Legal Work in Argentina, Chile, and Colombia / -- Daniel Bonilla Maldonado -- Le Pro Bono : The Development of Pro Bono Practice in Europe / Edwin Rekosh & Lamin Khadar -- An explosion of legal philanthropy? : The transformation of pro bono legal services in England and Wales / Andrew Boon & Avis Whyte -- No Attorneys Without Generosity : Why Do Lawyers Practice Pro Bono? : A French Perspective / Louis Assier-Andrieu & Jeremy Perleman -- Narrowing the Justice Gap : Clearinghouses for Spain / Clearinghouses for Spain Clearinghouses for Spain Clearinghouses for Spain / Leire Larracoechea San Sebastián, Michelle Ha & S. Todd Crider -- Pro Bono in Portugal / Susana Santos -- Lawyers' Pro Bono Work in Denmark / Annette Olesen & Ole Hammerslev -- The Tripartite Effect of Pro Bono : Contemplating the Australian Experience / Fiona McLeay & Lucy Adams -- Pro Bono in South Africa / Thabang Pooe, Alice Brown & Jonathan Klaaren -- The Evolution of Pro Bono Legal Services in Nigeria / Jayanth K. Krishnan & Kunle Ajagbe -- The Evolving Contours of Private Pro Bono Practice in India : Local and Global Contexts / Arpita Gupta -- Pro Bono in Singapore / Helena Whalen-Bridge & Robert Granfield -- The Rise of Private Public Interest Lawyers in China / Jin Dong & Qian Cheng.