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Riverside judge and L.A. lawyer to speak on judicial reform in Afghanistan

By Jason Siegel

The partner in charge of Arent Fox's Los Angeles office and a federal judge in Riverside will report to the United Nations on Thursday after recently meeting with Afghanistan's legal leaders.

Arent Fox's Robert O'Brien give recommendations on how the U.S. State Department's Public Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan can assist Afghanistan's justice system, according to an Arent Fox press release. O'Brien is the co-chair of the group.

He recently went with U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson to Afghanistan, meeting with Afghanistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Salam Azimi, Attorney General Abdul Jabbar Sabit, the Legal Aid Organization of Afghanistan's executive director, members of the Afghan Prosecutors Association and others, according to an Arent Fox press release.

The Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan allows U.S. law firms to to give money to  low-cost "justice-related activities" in Afghanistan. The group's formation was announced by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in December.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).