by Josefina Gamundi, Chiang Mai Volunteer When Bruce Lasky, one of the co-directors and founders of BABSEACLE, left Gainsville, Florida in 2000, to backpack around Asia, he had already been a public defender of marginalized people in the U.S. justice system for eight...
The View from Cambodia: Help Your Neighbor, Help Yourself! By Vidjia Phun, Director, Pannasastra University of Cambodia Clinical Legal Education Program For the first time since 2007, I attended a CLE regional workshop – Viet Nam’s 2nd National CLE Workshop,...
(please click on the coverpage to download) 2011: THE YEAR OF “SOCIAL JUSTICE INSPIRATION” Dear Friends and Supporters of Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia Community Legal Education Initiative (BABSEACLE), 2011 has come to a close and we’d like...
One man. One dream. One passion for ending injustice. The power of one. Before BABSEACLE, I had doubts about this notion of how one person can effectively mobilize change. I wanted to believe it. However, I frequently found myself feeling powerless in the face of...
I live in the Sky Park Guesthouse, Lonely Planet‘s number one recommended semi-budget accommodation in Phnom Penh. It‘s a bit of a change from the four bedroom apartment I share with Craigslisters in Manhattan, though the boss does speak better English than my...
Beginning October 2003, under the direction of Professor Bruce Lasky of BABSEACLE, Pannasastra University Cambodia began implementing a Clinic Legal Education Program at the PUC Faculty of Law and Public Affairs. Paññasastra University is an English based...
