Jake Stevens

Independent Consultant

Jake Stevens is a legal and access to justice expert and consultant. For the past 12 years, he has worked in Myanmar developing, implementing, and leading legal aid and community-based legal empowerment programs, most recently with MyJustice, a European Union-funded initiative implemented by the British Council to improve access to justice for women, the poor, and people living in vulnerable situations. Elsewhere he has supported the development of what is now the Public Defenders Service of Nepal and delivered trainings for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in East Africa for police and prosecutors. A long-time USA public defender, Jake was a founding member of the Bronx Defenders which pioneered client-centered legal representation. He has also managed programs for LGBT victims of crimes and police abuse and was director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at Hofstra University’s law school. He has degrees from Harvard University and New York University. Further information can be found at www.jakestevens.net