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Linda Kasonde is a lawyer and a civil rights activist. She is the owner and founder of LCK Chambers and is also the founder and Executive Director of Chapter One Foundation. Linda was admitted to the Zambian Bar in 2001. She holds an LLB Law from the University of Leicester and an LLM from the University of Cape Town.
Prior to setting up LCK Chambers and Chapter One Foundation, Linda worked in one of the most well-recognised commercial law firms in Zambia for fifteen years earning the position of named Partner. Her current practice centres on general dispute resolution, human rights and Constitutional law advocacy and strategic and public interest litigation. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration (MCIarb).She is the first woman to be elected as President of the Law Association of Zambia in the history of the Bar Association in Zambia. Linda has written a memoir called ‘Women, Resilience, and the Will to Lead’ about her experiences as a woman in leadership in Zambia between2011-2021 trying to challenge creeping authoritarianism in Zambia.
Linda has given several keynote speeches, appeared on various panels, and moderated several sessions including at various high level International Bar Association, Commonwealth Law Association, Pan-African Lawyers’ Union, SADC Lawyers conferences and Manufacturing Indaba. She has also appeared on various radio and television programmes, both locally and internationally, including ZNBC,SABC, BBC, VOA, DW, Canal France International, and is well-respected in her field.
Pan-African Lawyers Union conference presentation on ‘Women, Law, and Justice’ – 6th July 2023
• Law Society of Zimbabwe Winter School Keynote address on the theme ‘Explore, Connect, and Learn’ – 21st July 2023
• Society of Lawyers in India, gave a Keynote lecture under the title, Is Democracy Working for the World? Why we need Democracy Now More than Ever Before
• LAWASIA conference presentation on Constitution-making, Constitutionalism, and the Rule of Law – the Zambian experience November 2022
• LAWASIA conference presentation on the role of Law Associations in promoting the Rule of Law – March 2021
• International Academy of Family Lawyers Hot Topics in Family Law conference opening address – 5th February 2021.
• Pan African Lawyers’ Union Annual Conference – panelist on high level roundtable discussion on COVID-19 and what it means for the legal profession in Africa – 27th January 2021.
• International Bar Association’s Law Firm Management Committee webinar on the Regulation of the Legal Profession in Africa February 2020
• East African Law Society keynote address at Young Lawyers’ Forum in Kigali on 7th November 2019
• SADC Lawyers’ Association annual conference presentations on the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession in the SADC region and on the shrinking civic space in the SADC region in August 2019.
• Moderator – Manufacturing Indaba 2019 Johannesburg: Official Opening African Ministerial Panel: ‘Vision to Action: Manufacturing as a Powerhouse of Emerging Countries and Economies’
• Moderator 2018 Manufacturing Indaba
• Malawi Law Society annual conference opening keynote address ‘The Malawian Lawyer in the 21st Century February 2018
• Nigerian Bar Association Conference 2017 - speaker
• SADC Lawyers’ Association Annual Conference ‘Why Being a Woman in Leadership Matters’ August 2017
• Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU) Annual Conference, Durban, South Africa July 2017: ‘The Independence of The Bar and the Role of Lawyers in Democratic Transformation of Africa’.
• Pan African Lawyers’ Union (PALU) Annual Conference, Nairobi, Kenya October 2016: ‘Women, Resilience and the Will to Lead’
• International Bar Association Annual Conference Vienna, Austria 7th October 2015: ‘What Does the Future Hold for Small Law Firms and What is the Role of Bar Associations in Helping These Small Firms Prepare for the Future’
• International Bar Association Annual Conference Vienna, Austria 5th October 2015: ‘Removing the Glass Ceiling from Above: Diversity as a Leadership Challenge’
• International Bar Association Women Lawyers’ Business Initiative 22nd April 2015 Livingstone, Zambia: ‘The Art of Advocacy’.
LAWASIA conferences 2021, 2022
Society of Lawyers in India 2023 Keynote
