IBA Bar Programme Scholarship
IBA Developing Bar Programme
Regrettably, IBA has had to postpone the Developing Bar Programme for 2023. Please check again in January 2024 to see whether the programme has been reopened
The IBA provides a scholarship programme to several selected bar associations and law societies located in developing countries, by which these associations and societies, in turn, are able to offer young lawyers (up to and including the age of 35) within their jurisdiction, the opportunity to participate in the IBA Annual Conference, but who may find it financially difficult to do so
Eligible persons (current members of the relevant bar associations or law societies, up to and including the age of 35, and with over 3 years legal practice and experience) who wish to apply for this programme must contact the relevant bar association/society directly to request application details.
Candidates who are presented to the IBA for consideration of the programme scholarship will be pre-selected by the individual bar or law society.
The IBA Developing Bar Programme Scholarship award includes the following:
- waived registration fee for the IBA Annual Conference
- contribution towards return economy flight to the conference city/country
- accommodation (room and breakfast) while attending the Annual Conference
- Stipend; £50 per day
Participating bars and societies are asked to submit their candidates to the IBA.
This programme is open to lawyers who meet the eligibility criteria and who have not attended a previous IBA Annual Conference.
Previous selected participants of the IBA Developing Bar Programme for Young Lawyers
Cape Verde
Ordem dos Advogados de Cabo Verde
Júlio César dos Reis Martins Júnior Sheila Maritza Timas Pinto Monteiro António Sérgio Veiga Monteiro
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Lawyers Association
Tirsit Agonafer Beyene Melkamu Negerasha Fasil Sileshi
Senaite Tassew
Ghana
Ghana Bar Association
Miracle Attachey Doreen Ohene-Asare
Michael Okyere Karikari-Yeboah
Kenya
Law Society of Kenya
Ramadhani Abubakar Mukira Doreen Belindah Areri
Priscilla Cynthea Achieng Onyango Humphrey Manyange
Malawi
Malawi Law Society
Bernadette Chikondi Mnyanga Lydia Sauti-Phiri
Louis Ulaya
Chiwala Wanangwa Chipeta
Mozambique
Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique
César Carlos Alberto Francisco Vamous Ver Abílio Daquene Sitoe
Vanessa Evelyn De Collen Onions Fernandes Dimetrio Raul Manjate
Nigeria
Nigerian Bar Association
Abdullateef Abdul Akinkunmi Akinwunmi Funke Bolodeoku Bunmi Musa
Chinedu Valentine Chukelu
Rwanda
Rwanda Bar Association
Faustin Bagaro Pie Habimana
Claudine Umugwaneza Sharif Yusuf Mugabo
Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Bar Association
Sadia Bakarr Ibrahim Bangura
Ebunoluwa Finda Tengbe Siman Mans-Conteh Aaron Mansa Conteh
Joel Tejan Deen-Tarawally
South Africa
General Council of the Bar of South Africa
Chandre Brown Mafeyisi Molea Sarah Pudifin-Jones
The Law Society of South Africa
Danielle Elizabeth Du Plessis Tshegofatso Motseto Ugeeta Pala
Zaheer Parker More-Blessing Phiri
Sudan
Darfur Bar Association
Tasneem Elzaki Abdalhameed Fadul Abdulaziz Osman
Tanzania
Tanganyika Law Society
Benedict Alex Ishabakaki Stanley Mabiti
Angelista Nashon
Uganda
Uganda Law Society
John Bosco Ssempijja Naomi Ingrid Byabazaire Pauline Murari
Oscar Mwebesa Kamusiime Mercy Odu
Zambia
The Law Association of Zambia
Chishala Gilbert Chama Soi Kaingu
John Kawana
Womba Silumbu-Kankondo
Zimbabwe
Law Society of Zimbabwe
Kudakwashe Chisekereni Emma Kate Drury Lauryn Mana Baxter
Patience Rufaro Samuriwo Ashford Simbarashe Rukawo