Todung Mulya Lubis, S.H., L.LM. (born July 4, 1949 in Muara Botung, Kotanopan, Mandailing Natal,

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) is a

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and

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. He founded The law firm ''Lubis Santosa and Maulana'' in 1986, later ''Lubis Santosa and Maramis''.

Education and career

Lubis grew up on the island of

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. After finishing primary school in

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, he went to secondary school in

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and

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. After completing his studies in high school, Lubis became interested in the legal world. He completed his undergraduate Law degree at the

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(1974); his LLM at the

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; a second LLM at

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; and his JSD at the University of

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. He has been a senior Adjunct Member of the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia since 1990, where he was first appointed in 1975. From 1980-1983, he was director of Indonesia's

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, the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH). While still a student, Lubis became an activist. Protesting against the construction of the amusement park Taman Mini Indonesia, he argued that the support of teachers and other improvements in public service should have priority. In 1974, before finishing law school at the University of Indonesia, Lubis interned at the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation, where he would later become director of litigation. He founded the ''LBHs division for

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, which published its first report on the state of human rights in Indonesia in 1979, forming a template for similar reports that have been published since. In 1986 Lubis founded the law firm ''Lubis and Partners'', that later became ''Lubis Santosa and Maulana Law Offices'', "which comprises a major corporate practice as well as taking on human rights cases, often

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." Lubis has been listed as a leading lawyer in dispute resolution in Indonesia by "The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers", as well as by law firm guide "The Legal 500" (2006/2007).

References

External links

"Profile Todung Mulya Lubis"
'' Merdeka.com ''. Accessed 22 April 2014.
Todung Mulya Lubis matter of human rights advocates
'' Tokohindonesia.com ''. Accessed 22 April 2014.
Todung Mulya Lubis short profile
'' News.detik.com ''. Accessed 22 April 2014.

" Melbourne Law School Profile ". Accessed 9 May 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubis, Todung Mulya 20th-century Indonesian lawyers University of Indonesia alumni Academic staff of the University of Indonesia Indonesian Muslims People from South Tapanuli Regency People of Batak descent Harvard Law School alumni Living people 1949 births University of California, Berkeley alumni 21st-century Indonesian lawyers