Rutgers Law professor Jorge Contesse elected to United Nations Committee Against Torture

October 24, 2023

RUTGERS — Rutgers Law Professor Jorge Contesse was elected to the United Nations (UN) Committee Against Torture (CAT) on October 19, 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

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Temple Law sees increase in international student enrollment

October 24, 2023

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW — This semester Temple Law School received 69 international students and scholars in our Master of Laws (LLM), exchange student, SJD, and visiting research scholar programs.

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University at Buffalo Law welcomes first members of Scholars at Risk fellowship program

October 18, 2023

UBNOW — An internationally known scholar facing immediate persecution in his native Ethiopia. A former tenured professor of early modern Ottoman history who was harassed, taken into custody and put on trial by a threatening Turkish government apparatus. These two scholars are the first who have joined the UB faculty as part of the university’s

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Case Western Reserve Law hosts discussion on the role of international law in climate change

October 18, 2023

CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On Sept. 28-29, two dozen of the foremost experts in climate change and international law gathered at Woodland Hall at the Cleveland Botanical Garden to debate how to respond to the increasing threat of global climate change.

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Fordham Law Leitner Center releases report on humanitarian evacuations

October 18, 2023

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Can lessons be learned from the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 to prevent a future humanitarian crisis? A new report from Fordham Law’s Leitner Center for International Law and Justice examines the disastrous evacuations and provides a series of guidelines aimed at policy- and decision-makers and

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Rutgers Law Associates help abducted child return to Ireland

October 17, 2023

RUTGERS — RLA is on a list of law firms occasionally asked by the State Department to take on cases involving individuals from countries falling within The Hague Convention. 

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USD Knudson Law students take study abroad opportunities in Europe

October 17, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA — Seven second-year law students – Jessa Howes, Sarah Varney, Josh Brower, Caitlin Hoeffner, Kate Anderson, Lauren Alpers and Justin Larson – spent their summers abroad learning about the law through study abroad opportunities in different EU nations.

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American students in Israel consider leaving amid war

October 16, 2023

THE WASHINGTON POST — Amid war, U.S. students in Israel face questions of whether to evacuate. Violence in Israel disrupts study-abroad plans for American students.

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A look at the University of Miami International Moot Court Program

October 11, 2023

UMIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — Miami Law’s International Moot Court Program, the only one of its kind in the United States, is an extraordinary opportunity for law students to gain practical legal skills, exposure to international law, and the chance to compete in global moot competitions.

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