The International Legal Foundation
Nicole Taylor is an Associate Vice President at The Posse Foundation, which provides high achieving students from diverse backgrounds with the opportunity to attend college and become leaders on campus and in the workforce. Ms. Taylor guides the operation and performance of the Career, Alumni, Graduate & Fellowship and Veterans Programs. She supports the development of an unparalleled network of Posse alumni, partners, career coaches and mentors that drives diversity in leadership across industry. Prior to joining Posse, Ms.Taylor was the managing director of the ILF for nearly eight years, and initially served as an International Fellow in the West Bank. An international expert in the field of legal aid and a criminal defense lawyer with over 15 years of experience, Ms. Taylor has trained and mentored lawyers and paralegals around the world to provide quality legal aid services for poor and vulnerable accused. Prior to working with the ILF, she practiced in the Philadelphia area for eight years, at the law firm of El-Shabazz & Harris, LLC and as a staff attorney at the Public Defender Association of Philadelphia. Ms. Taylor is a graduate of Howard University School of Law and Spelman College.
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The International Legal Foundation
Founded in 2001, the International Legal Foundation is the leading global advocate for the right to counsel for the poor. We are pioneering the establishment of public defender offices as countries rebuild and remake their criminal justice systems. Our team works in some of the world's most challenging places, where poor, vulnerable, and marginalized groups face discrimination and abuse. We achieve systemic change through litigation, advocacy, and policy reform. The ILF currently has programs in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Tunisia, and the West Bank. Over the years, we have represented more than 60,000 people and trained and mentored hundreds of lawyers. We are building a culture of defense and creating a new generation of skilled defense lawyers through multi-year, intensive mentoring. We also conduct high-level advocacy, pushing countries, international institutions, and donors to prioritize legal aid as a fundamental human right. We were a drafter of the United Nations Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Justice Systems, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2012. We also organized the first-ever international conference on public defense, held in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2014. Today, we are in the vanguard of global efforts to standardize public defense so quality legal services are measurable and accountable.