South African Visiting Lawyer Program
The Visiting Lawyer Program seeks to address the continuing effects of apartheid on the South African legal profession by bringing young lawyers from historically disadvantaged backgrounds to New York City for an intensive, one-year fellowship at city law firms and corporate legal departments.

Conferences & Seminars (This section includes a Pro Bono Library)
The Vance Center has played a leadership role in organizing several international conferences on pro bono and access to justice. These conferences provide a forum for the diffusion of knowledge and the building of partnerships across borders among leaders in the private and non-profit sectors working on issues of access to justice and public interest law.

Global Network for Justice Initiatives
The Global Network for Justice Initiatives (GNJI) is a web-facilitated network of lawyers and advocates working to enhance access to justice and public interest law in their countries and regions. The project aims to promote an expanded, global concept of the legal profession's civic responsibility and allow greater collaboration among access to justice activists including lawyers in private firms, law schools, NGOs and bar associations around the world.

Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas
The Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas is a statement of principle and a plan of action for expanding the commitment of lawyers to provide legal services to the poor and underprivileged in the Americas.

Professional Responsibility Forum
In Argentina, the Vance Center is collaborating with the Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de San Andres on a Professional Responsibility Forum that will provide a space for young lawyers principally in Buenos Aires to discuss the social responsibility of the legal profession in their country.

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building
The Vance Center organizes technical assistance projects to support law firms, bar associations, law schools and social justice organizations in Latin America and Africa that use law in service of the public good. These projects have used telephone and videoconferencing, research papers, and internships and exchanges to promote skills- and knowledge-sharing.