Lam Ho

Legal aid activist

TED Fellow Lam Ho is a legal aid activist.

Why you should listen

Lam Ho is the founder and director of Beyond Legal Aid, an organization that embeds pro-bono lawyers within communities to support strategic litigation. Their particular focus is on empowering people who are often marginalized by the justice system. Beyond Legal Aid pushes the existing legal aid system by centering grassroots communities and shifting power to community-located, community-operated and community-directed legal aid programs.

Lam Ho’s TED talk

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Lam Ho

How to participate in your own legal defense

Posted Jan 2023

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Live from TED2022

A New Era: Notes from Session 1 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022

April 10, 2022

The TED Fellows program is built around a deep belief in and commitment to socially engaged innovation and human ingenuity. The mission: to shift the balance of power by supporting whole individuals, both personally and professionally. At Session 1 of TED Fellows talks at TED2022, 11 speakers and two performers shared world-changing ideas and innovations […]