Prof Dee Smythe joins DOI Advisory Board

The Institute is proud to announce that Prof Dee Smythe, Professor of Public Law the University of Cape Town, is joining its Advisory Board.
As a former Director of the Centre for Law and Society, a scholar of international repute and a widely respected activist for women's rights, she brings critical experience and skills into the Board. Click here for a full bio
 
She fills the vacancy occasioned by Adv Geoff Budlender completing his second term as member of the Advisory Board. The Institute is indeed very grateful to Adv Budlender for his unstinting support for, and constructive engagement with the work and the management of the Institute over the past six years. The Institute also takes this opportunity to congratulate Adv Budlender with his appointment to the National Director of Public Prosecutions's Investigative Directorate as Strategic Legal Advisor. We wish him wisdom, strength and courage in this critical assignment.