Wendy Morrish

Co-Founder/Co-Director – BABSEACLE

Wendy Morrish is the Co-Founder/Director of the not-for-profit organizations BABSEACLE, and BABSEACLE Foundation (Thailand), where she provides technical and education advisory support for pro bono and justice education programs through the Asia region.

Wendy, originally from Australia, is recognized internationally for her dedication and promotion of access to justice, pro bono, legal ethics and professional responsibility through a collaborative and inclusive approach to trainings, curriculum development, good governance, and technical support. With more than 15 years of experience working in developing countries and countries in transition, Wendy’s work primary has focused on initiatives that implement and/or strengthen justice education, access to legal service providers and pro bono initiatives.

She is collaborative and innovative in raising awareness of the legal needs of others and the positive role of lawyers and legal service providers have in the global community. Notably as one of the founders of the Asia Justice Marathon and the virtual Global Pro Bono Move both mass participation events with an objective to positively connect and bring awareness of the work of legal service providers and the broader community.

Since 2016, Wendy has been an active member of the Steering Committee/Board of Directors for the Global Alliance of Justice Educators (GAJE) and currently is the Chair of the GAJE Communications Committee. She has also served on International Organizing Committee of the regionally led Asia Pro Bono Conference and Access to Justice Exchange held in Laos (2012), Vietnam (2013), Singapore (2014), Thailand (2015), Myanmar (2015), Bali, Indonesia (2016) and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2017), Hong Kong (2018), Nepal (2019), the virtual conference & exchange (2020 & 2021), Laos (2022) and this year’s event in the Philippines (2023).