The 4thSteering Group Meeting on Paralegalism in Bangladesh was held at BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka on 19th July 2017. The meeting was organized by the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University. Manzoor Hasan, Executive Director, CPJ, moderated the meeting while 23 representatives from leading legal aid organizations of Bangladesh, including 8 paralegals, were present at the meeting. The representatives were from the following legal empowerment organizations:
The Steering Group approved a ToR, which aimed to promote paralegalism in Bangladesh through policy advocacy, standardization of paralegal training and sharing of information and good practices among the legal aid organizations.