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The Evolving Role of Legal Practitioners in the Development Ecosystem #LJDWeek2025
How can legal professionals adapt their roles to advance solutions that help meet development goals? How can they leverage their unique expertise to be key innovators in the development space?
As the closing session for Law, Justice and Development Week 2025, this discussion will focus on how legal professionals can bring new ideas to tackle ongoing and emerging global challenges, as well as creative insights to unlock greater development impact.
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SPEAKER
- David Sullivan, Deputy General Counsel for Institutional Affairs, World Bank Group
- Christophe Soulard, First President, French Cour de cassation (Supreme Court) @CourdecassationFrance
- Jose Luis Sardon, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru to the OAS @OASVideos
- Jun Jin, Deputy General Counsel, United Nations Development Programme @UNDP
- Katherine Meighan, General Counsel, International Fund for Agricultural Development @IFADTV
- Vivienne Yeda, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Africa Finance Corporation
- Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Attorney General, Uganda
Moderator: Christopher Stephens, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank Group
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