EAST AFRICA LEGAL EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT

Justice begins
with people.

Bringing law closer to communities across East Africa through dialogue rooted in lived experience.

OUR KAMPALA COLLABORATION ↗LOOK BACK AT LES 2025 ↗

2025INAUGURAL LES EDITION

4COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

8SESSIONS IN THE REPORT

2DAYS IN LODWAR

ARTICLE 43 INTERNATIONAL · CO-ORGANISED EVENT01 / KAMPALA

A SEPARATE EVENT FROM LES · INAUGURAL SUMMIT

Legal Elevate
Summit.

Article 43 International joins Lawpoint Uganda and Uganda Law Society to co-organise the inaugural Legal Elevate Summit.

DATES5–6 November 2026

LOCATIONKampala, Uganda

THEMERoots before Reach

You cannot reach further than your roots allow.

CO-ORGANISED BY

Article 43 International · Lawpoint Uganda · Uganda Law Society

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Law & Behold

For lawyers and law students. Contact us for enquiries ↗

VIDEO TO COMEKAMPALA
2026.Article 43 International · Legal Elevate Summit

VIDEO SLOT · AWAITING EVENT FOOTAGE

ABOUT THE SUMMIT

Law must work where people live.

Community paralegals, advocates, public institutions and local leaders come together to share what makes justice accessible, affordable and rooted in lived experience.

LES began in Lodwar, bringing grassroots voices into a regional conversation on law and justice.

EXPLORE THE FIRST EDITION ↗

LES25 delegates in a group photograph outside the venue

THE WORK BEHIND THE GATHERING02 / PURPOSE

Why we gather

To move the conversation on justice closer to the communities it serves.

Grassroots justice

Start with the legal needs and experiences of communities.

Cross-border learning

Share approaches across the Ateker region and East Africa.

People-centred law

Make justice more accessible and affordable in practice.

Working together

Bring community paralegals, advocates and public institutions into one room.

THE SUMMIT ARCHIVE03 / FIRST EDITION

Previous edition

The gathering that began in Lodwar, Kenya.

LES25 participants in a group photograph outside the venue

LES 2025 · LODWAR

15–16 SEPTEMBER 2025 · LODWAR, KENYA

No One is Below the Law

Advancing Justice through Grassroots Legal Empowerment.

4 countries represented8 sessions in the report2 days in Lodwar

SEE THE MOMENTS ↗

The 2025 report documents dialogue on alternative justice systems, community land, human rights and the Shirika Plan. The public report will be linked here once its final edition is approved.

LES 2025 IN PICTURES04 / FROM THE ROOM