Introducing TrustLaw

TrustLaw is an international vehicle for pro bono legal support and a hub of legal information, run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the world's leading provider of news and information.

In common with all of the Foundation's programmes, TrustLaw aims to empower people through trusted information. We offer services to improve access to the rule of law and foster greater transparency. TrustLaw will initially focus on good governance and anti-corruption issues, pulling together a variety of initiatives alongside fresh material by our expert editorial team.

TrustLaw features a growing repository of information around anti-corruption and governance issues, including national legislation, international conventions, news, country profiles and law reviews from our own team, as well as from international institutions, law firms, governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and others.

TrustLaw is also dedicated to improving access to free legal assistance. At the heart of the project is an ambitious electronic platform called TrustLaw Connect, designed to create a new "marketplace" for international pro bono work. Our goal is to spread the culture of pro bono globally, taking it to countries where it is not common practice.

The TrustLaw Connect platform will:

Thomson Reuters Foundation

TrustLaw is a core programme of Thomson Reuters Foundation, which is committed to empowering people around the world with trusted information and free legal assistance.

In 2009, we launched Trust.org a portal bringing together three key programmes: TrustLaw, an international pro bono vehicle that will provide free legal assistance to organisations in need; an Emergency Information Service to get critical information to survivors of natural catastrophes; and Trust Media a greatly strengthened journalism and media training programme.

Together with AlertNet, our award-winning humanitarian news website, and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, the Foundation's initiatives are dedicated to putting the skills and values of Thomson Reuters at the disposal of those who can make a difference.

Our initiatives stand for better governance, greater transparency, more effective humanitarian relief and a robust global press. They are a call to action by our employees and partners. They are the embodiment of the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias.