Katie Ward is a Pro Bono Attorney at the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) since November 2021. Previously, Katie served as an Associate specializing in Banking & Finance at Clifford Chance from August 2011 to November 2021, which included a secondment to ISLP's Human Rights Program in late 2012. Prior experience includes a role as a Human Rights Advocate at Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ) in 2010 and as a Legal Assistant at Shearman & Sterling, LLP from August 2005 to June 2007. Katie earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from St. John's University School of Law in 2010 and a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Political Science, cum laude, from Georgetown University in 2005.
International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP)
The International Senior Lawyers Project provides pro bono legal assistance to governments, civil society organizations, and social enterprises in the Global South. ISLP’s leadership leverages global legal resources in alignment with client needs to support just, accountable, and inclusive development. We strategically mobilize highly experienced lawyers who advise our clients within carefully selected and structured projects, on an attorney-client basis in which the client is in charge. Our work spans five key focus areas to engage different strategies to help emerging economies make the most of economic development and to challenge both the economic loss caused by corruption, tax avoidance, inefficiencies, and power imbalances and the social harms caused by a failure to empower and respect the voices of marginalized communities. Our focus areas are: Natural Resource Management, Investment & Trade, Tax, Community-Inclusive Development, Anti-Bribery & Corruption, and Media Law and Freedom of Expression. For more information please contact us at info@islp.org.