UC Davis Law students reflect on recent experience assisting asylum seekers in Mexico

April 25, 2022

UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Eight UC Davis law students traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, during spring break to consult with asylum seekers and deported immigrants in need of legal advice. Law professor Raquel Aldanaand Spanish professor Robert Irwin organized the trip and accompanied the students as part of Irwin’s Humanizing Deportation project.

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Harvard International Law Journal hosts discussion on international law and human rights

April 22, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal is to attack Ukraine and Ukrainians, but also to make the idea that “might makes right” into “the organizing principle of international legal relations,” said Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, at a discussion at Harvard Law School last week. “And it

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Harvard Law hosts women leaders from Africa for discussion of international law and problem solving

April 22, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — There have so far been 22 women heads of state in Africa. But until last month, no four of those women had ever been in a room together, even a virtual one. Even in Africa, few citizens are aware that so many women have served as president or prime minister — some for

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Harvard Law Immigration and Refugee Clinic provides free legal services to students, faculty, and staff

April 22, 2022

HARVARD LAW TODAY — As the conflict in Ukraine enters its seventh week, some Ukrainian members of the Harvard community worry that when their visas expire, they could be forced to return to a country at war. But there may be options to keep them and their families safe, says Mariam Liberles, a staff attorney at the

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Notre Dame Law visiting professor Philippa Webb honored for excellence in international law writing

April 22, 2022

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — Philippa Webb, visiting professor and distinguished fellow with the Notre Dame London Law Program, was recently awarded the top prize in international law publishing for her 2021 book on the right to a fair trial.

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University of Utah Law students attend human rights seminar in England

April 21, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Third-year law students Bernadine Ott, Kim Koeven, and Scott McMurtrey recently spent a week in England learning about human rights, armed conflict, foreign policy, peacemaking, and more.

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Colleges receive larger number of international applicants

April 21, 2022

THE WASHINGTON POST — Prominent U.S. colleges and universities are reporting a surge in international applications over the past two years, fueled by the easing of pandemic travel restrictions and new policies that allow potential students to apply without SAT or ACT scores.

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University of Utah Law students attend human rights seminar in England

April 20, 2022

S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — Third-year law students Bernadine Ott, Kim Koeven, and Scott McMurtrey recently spent a week in England learning about human rights, armed conflict, foreign policy, peacemaking, and more. The Oxford Consortium for Human Rights hosted a week-long workshop titled “Human Rights, Armed Conflict and the Struggle for Peace,” an especially

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Colleges receive larger number of international applicants

April 19, 2022

THE WASHINGTON POST — Prominent U.S. colleges and universities are reporting a surge in international applications over the past two years, fueled by the easing of pandemic travel restrictions and new policies that allow potential students to apply without SAT or ACT scores.

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Harvard Law hosts discussion on health care inequity in Latin America

April 13, 2022

THE HARVARD CRIMSON — The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School hosted a virtual panel Tuesday discussing the impact of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in addressing health challenges in Latin America.

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