Beijing established the Winter Olympics Pro Bono Legal Service Group

The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice on January 19 that as the countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics and the capital's public legal service workers have taken active actions, the Beijing Lawyers Association and the Beijing Arbitration Commission (Beijing International Arbitration Center) recently set up a public interest legal service group for the Winter Olympics to give full play to professional advantages and help the Winter Olympics.

It is understood that the Public Interest Legal Service Group for the Winter Olympics is composed of 23 professional lawyers who are familiar with foreign-related sports arbitration and dispute resolution and have strong English skills. The specific work is coordinated by the Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association and the Beijing Arbitration Commission (Beijing International Arbitration Center), including the establishment of public service mailboxes, unified acceptance of consultation, case entrustment, etc. With reference to international practice, the service targets of the Winter Olympics Pro Bono Legal Service Group are athletes from various countries and regions participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and needing pro bono legal services. The Winter Olympics Pro Bono Legal Service Group will provide legal advice; sports dispute resolution agency services, that is, according to the entrustment of the parties, on behalf of the parties to initiate or respond to the corresponding procedures initiated by the International Court of Arbitration for Sport and other legal services.

The reporter noted that the official website of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport recently announced the 9 members of the Provisional Arbitration Tribunal of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, of which 3 are arbitrators of the Beijing Arbitration Commission (Beijing International Arbitration Center), and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport also announced the relevant information and contact information of the Beijing Winter Olympics Public Interest Legal Service Group. (All-media reporter Xu Weilun)

Source: Rule of Law Daily