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Laurence Pantin

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Program Coordinator, Transparency in Justice and Special Projects, México Evalúa

Full Biography

Laurence is the Program Coordinator for Transparency in Justice and Special Projects at México Evalúa. Previously she was Coordinator of Communication and Institutional Development. Before that, she served as the Head of the Press Service for the French Embassy in Mexico and as a reporter for the supplement Enfoque of the newspaper Reforma. She was also a correspondent in Mexico for various French and American media organizations. She received a Doctorate of Political Science from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO - Mexico), a Master's in Journalism from New York University (NYU), and a Bachelor's of Communication from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris (Sciences Po Paris).

Her areas of research include judicial independence, judicial government, judicial councils, judicial reform, judicial careers, transparency, combating corruption in the judiciary, and state judicial powers.

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Laurence Pantin

Program Coordinator, Transparency in Justice and Special Projects, México Evalúa
Si bien es acertado que le Poder Judicial de la Federación intente acortar la distancia que tradicionalmente existe con los ciudadanos –quienes a menudo no entienden cuáles son sus funciones–, una crítica que surgió fue que esta comunicación estaba demasiado centrada en la persona del presidente, quien parece apreciar los reflectores.