Irma van den Berg ’Most socially committed lawyer’

Irma van den Berg of the Lawyers for Lawyers foundation has been named the 'Most socially involved lawyer' in the Netherlands this year by SDU publishers. In the nineties she graduated from the Amsterdam Law School. Now her foundation is housed in the Amsterdam Law Hub. 'It is poignant how some countries deal with lawyers.' 'Lawyer died after 238 days of hunger strike'. Last August the newspapers headlined this about lawyer Ebru Timtik from Turkey, who died in prison after a hunger strike of eight months. Timtik was sentenced to a long prison term after an unfair trial. The reason: She, and 17 colleagues from the same law firm who have also been convicted, are assisting clients suspected of terrorism.