How international attorneys can choose between an LLM and JD programs
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON — International attorneys considering a law-related career in the United States (or one overseas involving areas of U.S. law) have several options for degree programs. Although most international attorneys ultimately decide between an LL.M. degree or a J.D., it’s important to first understand all law degrees available and the benefits of each.
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UH LAW CENTER — Karen Jones, the University of Houston Law Center’s Executive Director of Global and Graduate Programs, is participating in a two-week seminar in France this October as a Fulbright International Education Administrator award recipient.
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami’s emergence as an international arbitration center is based on developing a sound and multifaceted infrastructure to support international arbitration and the existence of innate qualities that provide it a competitive advantage over other jurisdictions in the region.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Two recent graduates of the Notre Dame Law School LL.M. Program in International Human Rights Law are serving as clerks at influential international courts in Africa and Latin America.
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — At a ceremony at International Law Weekend Midwest on Sept. 30, Dean Michael Scharf and his co-authors, Dr. Paul Williams and Professor Milena Sterio, received the Association Internationale De Droit Pénal (AIDP) 2022 Book of the Year Award for “The Syrian Conflict’s Impact on International Law” (Cambridge…
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UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Faced with a growing energy crisis, record greenhouse gas concentrations, and increasing extreme weather events, attendees to the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seek renewed solidarity between countries to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement for people and the…
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THE OBSERVER — “People often say history repeats itself, but we allow history to repeat,” Commissioner Nury Turkel said in his conversation with Stephanie Barclay, a professor at the Notre Dame Law School, this Monday. In the talk, Turkel detailed the ongoing genocide against the Uyghur people in China.
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THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE — The University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Rio Piedras Campus (UPRRP) received a $550,000.00 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), to continue the efforts of the Post Sentencing DNA Project for an additional three years.
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY NEWS — The Newark-based Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSSR) has received a $50,000 gift to endow a fellowship for law students focused on researching and advocating for the civil and human rights of Palestinians and Palestinian Americans. The Bassem and Muna Hishmeh Endowed Student Fellowship will also train and develop…
Read More about Gift to Rutgers Law will create fellowship for Palestinian research and advocacyEnrollment of Chinese students at US universities decreased this fall
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The number of U.S. visas issued to Chinese students for the new academic year plunged from pre-pandemic levels, an alarming development for American colleges that have come to rely on tuition dollars from a booming Chinese market.
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