Mainstreaming
Mainstreaming the Rule of Law
The Rule of Law is not just about lawyers and the law. It is essential to the work of many disciplines and all sectors of society.
The WJP's mainstreaming is an initiative to advance the Rule of Law into the work of a variety of disciplines, such as the arts, architecture, business, education, engineering, environment, faith, finance, government, human rights, labor, law and the judiciary, media, public safety, public health, and science. The WJP's mainstreaming efforts include action-oriented multidisciplinary meetings and the Opportunity Fund.
The WJP holds action-oriented meetings with leaders from a range of fields to mainstream Rule of Law advancement and make strengthening the Rule of Law as fundamental to the thinking and work of all professionals as it is to lawyers. These action-oriented meetings are both convened in the United States and internationally.
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International Mainstreaming. The WJP has followed a multi-pronged strategy to engage the expertise and build the commitment of leaders from numerous disciplines on a worldwide basis.
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The second World Justice Forum took place from November 11-14, 2009 in Vienna, Austria. The Forum brought together some 325 governmental and non-governmental leaders from 84 countries and more than 15 disciplines. The inaugural Forum was held in Vienna, Austria from July 2-5, 2008.
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Regional meetings. The WJP convenes regional action-oriented multidisciplinary meetings to strengthen the Rule of Law. These meetings identify crucial areas where collaborative, cross-disciplinary efforts will advance the Rule of Law. The WJP held multidisciplinary outreach meeting on five continents with participants from 71 countries prior to the 2008 World Justice Forum, and held an additional regional meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on May 6 - 7, 2009. The WJP convened a Middle East and North Africa region multidisciplinary outreach meeting in Ifrane, Morocco on June 25-26, 2010. Two additional regional outreach meetings, for Latin America and Asia, are being planned for September 2010 and January 2011, respectively.
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Mainstreaming in the United States. In more than 20 states across the nation, state and local bar associations, law schools and other local leaders have worked with the WJP to sponsor state-level multidisciplinary outreach meetings to form multidisciplinary partnerships to strengthen the Rule of Law at the state and community level. In addition to other distinguished leaders and experts from around the world, we deeply appreciate the participation of the following Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States in The World Justice Project: Stephen Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor (retired), Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, and Antonin Scalia.
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The Opportunity Fund is the WJP's seed grants program for multi- disciplinary approaches to strengthening the Rule of Law worldwide. The Opportunity Fund supports action-oriented programs conceived by multidisciplinary coalitions formed at World Justice Forums and regional action-oriented meetings. These collaborative projects to strengthen the Rule of Law involve two or more disciplines, and each seed grant funded program is designed to address a concrete problem facing the grantee’s disciplines and/or region.
