University of Miami Law students and faculty attend climate change conference in Egypt
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…
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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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CASE WESTERN RESERVE LAW — The Feb. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the international response has ushered in the most dangerous period since the height of the Cold War. Just this week, Russia mobilized 300,000 troops, organized a sham referendum on independence in occupied Ukrainian territory and threatened the use of nuclear weapons.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY THE DIG — Howard Law professor John Woods recently led a legal team which included Howard Law students to Accra, Ghana as part of a legal capstone project. This initiative, created by Woods, not only examines the legal and economic integration of Africa through the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement,…
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PEPPERDINE CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Pepperdine Caruso Law third-year student Bazil Cunningham’s article, “The Xinjiang Conflict: Why It’s Time to Try Mediation,” has been selected for publication in The Indonesian Journal of International & Comparative Law for its April 2022 edition.
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UDC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The USC Gould School of Law, through its Graduate and International Programs Office, has launched a new partnership with O.P. Jindal Global University, expanding the opportunities for students to study abroad and gain international experience during their time in law school.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Each year, accomplished lawyers from around the world join the University of Virginia School of Law’s Graduate Studies Program to obtain an American legal education and advance their careers in their home countries or pursue a career in the United States.
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