Sylwia Gregorczyk-Abram is an attorney-at-law and social activist, works with NGOs on developing a civic society and protecting the rule of law and systemic changes in the justice system. She is the co-founder of the Justice Defense Committee and Free Courts that monitor and archive political pressure on judges and lawyers, giving them legal aid. The winner of the “Golden Paragraph” in the category of the best lawyer in Poland, in 2016 she received the Pro Bono Lawyer of Year Award, she was also included in the Forbes ranking of “The most influential women in Poland” for 2020. In 2021 she was a fellow at Yale University as part of The Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellows Program.

This event was sponsored by The EU Center at Scripps College, the Keck Center for International and Strategic studies at CMC, and the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights at CMC.

Location: Kravis 321