Mino.Jur Bergen in collaboration with Bergen Resource Centre and Centre on Legal and Social Transformation have the pleasure to welcome you to an evening with the international litigator and activist Kimberley Motley!
You might know Motley from the documentary «Motley’s Law», attendance in TED talks, Oslo Freedom Forum and from her appearance on the talk show «Skavlan».
Kimberley Cy Motley is an American international attorney and is mostly known for being the first woman and foreigner to practice law in Afghanistan.
Kimberley Motley is known for her no-nonsense, unapologetic approach to litigation. In 2009 she represented a myriad of afghan clients in afghan courts, primarily women. Kimberley Motley will highlight how she used the law to secure afghan women and children`s rights in a chaotic legal system, through her experience as an international attorney and human rights activist.
After the seminar, the floor will be opened for questions.
Date: 31 may 2018
Time: 17:00-18:30
Place: Resource Centre, first floor, Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006, Bergen. The event will be free and light refreshments will be served.
If you have not yet watched «Motley’s Law», we invite you to watch it with us on Tuesday, May 29th at Det Akademiske Kvarter, Speilsalen at 18.00.
Trailer «Motley’s Law»:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc56yY04L1o
We hope to see you there!