Sierra Leone LAWA Fellow 2001-2002 L.L.B. Hons., University of Sierra Leone L.L.M., Georgetown University Law Center Basma & Macauley 19 Siaka Stevens Street Freetown , Sierra Leone Work Phone: 23-222-2235-61 Work Fax: 23-222-224248

Affiliations: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights L.A.W.Y.E.R.S.

Profile:

In 2006, Ms. King published her report, “Women in Prisons,” for the Female Prisons Project, which she runs. The Female Prisons Project provides free legal representation to female accused persons and convicted persons, and secured the release of over half of the female prisoners at the Central Prisons in 2004.

As of 2005 she has been working on the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee on CEDAW-related initiatives as Chair of the Legal Drafting Team. She is currently President of L.A.W.Y.E.R.S. – a women lawyers group undertaking a female prisoners watch project providing legal representation, counseling and support.

LAWA Experience:

Ms. King’s graduate research culminated in her paper entitled, “Women’s Land Ownership and Property Rights in Sierra Leone.” For her fellowship internship, Ms. King split her time working for the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) and for the U.S. House of Representative for Arkansas 2 nd District, Vic Snyder.

Ms. King was the third LAWA fellow to participate in the Georgetown University Leadership Seminar, held in Washington, D.C.

Other Work Experience:

Prior to LAWA, Ms. King worked for Basma and MacAulay Barristers & Solicitors as a practicing barrister and solicitor beginning in 1994. In 2000, she was a leading member of the Women’s Forum Task Force, working to stem violence in Sierra Leone.

She has been a member and officer of the International Federation of Women Lawyers in Sierra Leone (FIDA) and a longtime Member of Legal Access through Women Yearning for Equality Rights and Social Justice (LAWYERS).

Publications:

“The Executive, Legislature and Judiciary in a Democratic Sierra Leone,” The Catalyst Magazine July-August 1996, Edition by C.L.C. Sierra Leone.

“The Bastardy Laws and Illegitimate Children in Sierra Leone,” published on the internet on the Sierra Leone web under Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.

“A Critique of the Fundamental Principles of State Policy contained in the 1991 Constitution,” Dissertation, dept of Law Fourah Bay College University of Sierra Leone in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of LLB Hons 1993.

“Registration of Trade Marks in Sierra Leone”, presented in partial fulfillment of Sierra Leone Law School’s requirement for the practicing Certificate of Utter Barrister at Law, 1994.