conference 2026
Meet our Presenters
Aaron Chan
Pro Bono Associate – Asia,
DLA Piper LLP
Brinda G. Lashkari
Projects Lead, Jann 16 Foundation
Charles Weisselberg
Yosef Osheawich Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Eiko Iwata
Director, National Institute for Defense Studies
Gauri Bharti
Supervising Legal Officer, Asylum Services and Knowledge
Hajime Akiyama
Co-Representative / Assistant Professor, Stateless Network / University of Tsukuba
Julia Mayerhofer
Co-Executive Director of PILnet
Lindy Christine
Senior Executive,
Net Zero Lawyers Alliance
Pramnath Vijayakumar
Head of Legal Operations, Pro Bono SG
Shevindri Manuel
South Asia Regional Manager, iProbono
Takeshi Nemoto
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)
Sabine Larribeau
Fund Manager, Global Statelessness Fund
Jean Renaldy
Associate, White & Case
Wong Kok Weng
Chief Public Defender, Public Defender’s Office
Taro Tanaka
Global Legal Officer, LEDGE
Abhishikta Mallick
Programmes Lead, Jann 16 Foundation
Daphne Quek
Director of the Access to Justice Office, State Courts of Singapore
Emi Rowse
Partner and head of Kudan & Partners’ Japan Practice
Hidemasa Onizawa
CEO, BLP-Network
Jasmin Kang
District Judge,
State Courts of Singapore
Lionel Blackman
Co-Founder, Centre for Law and Transformative Change
Prashant Mara
Managing Partner, BTG Advaya
Director, Jann 16 Foundation
Shaun McCarthy
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Legal Research, University of Newcastle School of Law and Justice
Shinya Fujino
Associate Professor, Vietnam Japan University
Tanguy Lim
Chief Executive Officer, Pro Bono SG
Wendy Morrish
Co-Founder/Co-Director, BABSEACLE
Subin Mulmi
Executive Director, Nationality for All
Saori Takahashi
Associate, White & Case
Sanjeewa Liyanage
International Program Director, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
Jimmy Hsu
Educator, National Fongshan Senior Industrial Vocational High School
Ashlynn Ong
Program Officer, PILnet
Dinesh Dhillon
Chairman of Pro Bono SG
Eric Nguyen
Senior Legal Executive (Japan), Net Zero Lawyers Alliance
Hitoshi Suzuki
Japan Network for Public Interest Activities (JANPIA)
Jefferson R Plantilla
Human Rights Educator
Minh Nguyen
Special Counsel of ACSV Legal
Ruby Lee
Co-director Pro Bono Centre, Singapore Management University
Sonya Kalnin
Partner at Watson Farley & Williams
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Assistant Professor, Chiba Keizai University
Wing-Cheong Chan
Professor of Law, Singapore Management University
Truong Le
Independent Lawyer/Regional Legal Counsel
Uranzaya Batdorj
CEO and Founder of Nomad Lawyer LLC
Itaru Matsuno
Head of the UNESCO Peace Education Promotion Department, Nagoya University of Economics Ichimura Senior High School
Anna Imai
Associate, White & Case
Toby Brown
Chair, UK Pro Bono Week
Avanti Durani
Executive Director, Jann 16 Foundation
Dorothy L. Fernandez
Senior Pro Bono Counsel, Morrison Foerster
Fuyuko Takahashi
Project Manager, UN Global Compact Network Japan
Jimmy Hsu
Educator, National Fongshan Senior Industrial Vocational High School
Larissa Ann Louis
Partner at Azri, Lee Swee Seng & Co
Miriam Chinnappa
Executive Director and Co-founder, Centre for Law and Transformative Change
Ryoko Yonamine
PhD student,
Osaka Jogakuin University
Soichiro Yamasaki
PhD student,
University of Tokyo
Tienshi Lara Chen
Founder / Professor, Stateless Network / Waseda University
Yasunobu Sato
Special Researcher, Waseda University Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies
Yuvraj Rathore
Senior Program Officer, Forced Displacement, PILnet
Vincent Goh
Manager Pro Bono Centre, Singapore Management University
Marjorie Kong
Senior Legal Manager, Pro Bono SG
Kyi Suu
Country Manager, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ)
Naoki Imai
President, Seinan Gakuin University
Bruce Lasky
Co-Founder/Co-Director, BABSEACLE
Bianca Janovic
Pro Bono Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Cassandra Thomazios
Partner at MahWeng Kwai & Associates
Edwin San
District Judge / Registrar, State Courts of Singapore
Georgina Beasley
CEO, Net Zero Lawyers Alliance
Joanita Britto Menon
Senior Legal Programme Manager Asia, TrustLaw and Thomson Reuters Foundation
Leni Mulyani
Lecturer, Pasundan University
GAJE Steering Committee Representative, East Asia
Nobuhiro Matsuo
Counsel, GI&T Law Office
Sadhana Rai
Chief Representation Officer, Pro Bono SG
Suzanna Brickman
Pro Bono Counsel, DLA Piper
Steve Downie
Legal Officer (Partnerships), Asylum Services & Knowledge
Ji Yang Lim
Associate, White & Case
Mark Woods
Director & Accredited Specialist, Tyler Tipping & Woods
Clarisse Ikeda Larcher
Global Legal Officer, LEDGE