Penn State Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic supports Afghan refugees
PENN STATE LAW — Months after the fall of Kabul and the withdrawal of the last American troops from Afghanistan, students in the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic (CIRC) have helped to respond to the humanitarian crisis through community education and legal support.
Read More about Penn State Law Immigrants’ Rights Clinic supports Afghan refugeesPenn State Dickinson Law professor Dermot Groome provides resources for international humanitarian law in support of Ukraine
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome, a former war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations, has launched Justice for Ukraine, a webpage offering resources to support the work of prosecutors and human rights investigators in Ukraine as they gather and preserve evidence of international crimes. An expert in the field of…
Read More about Penn State Dickinson Law professor Dermot Groome provides resources for international humanitarian law in support of UkraineLaw Students Help Ukrainian Refugees Start Asylum Process
THE NEWSROOM — On April 3, more than a dozen Seattle University law student volunteers gathered at Everett Community College—overseen by professors and licensed attorneys—to help more than 30 Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country complete the initial paperwork required to seek asylum in the United States.
Read More about Law Students Help Ukrainian Refugees Start Asylum ProcessSeattle University Law launches India Center for Law and Justice
THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — The India Center for Law and Justice hosts distinguished speakers and conferences of legal scholars and lawyers from India and the United States. It also provides stipends for legal scholars from India to visit Seattle U Law to conduct research and interact with faculty.
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THE DAILY EGYPTIAN — Southern Illinois University (SIU) Law Professor Cindy Buys is visiting Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland as a part of its one-year International and Comparative Law Program for the next two months.
Read More about Southern Illinois University Law professor Cindy Buys to teach international and comparative law in PolandSouthwestern Law adjunct professor Iryna Zaverukha to give lecture on the invasion of Ukraine
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL — The discussion will address Russian manipulation of the international legal framework; the inefficiency of the global response to the Russian threat; and the Ukrainian fight for their very lives and for democracy.
Read More about Southwestern Law adjunct professor Iryna Zaverukha to give lecture on the invasion of UkraineSt. Louis University Law professor Afonso Seixas-Nunes participates in international war crimes conference
THE UNIVERSITY NEWS — On March 4th, the prestigious London-based policy institute Chatham House held a virtual conference attended by many leading academic and diplomatic figures. The goal of the conference was to explore the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute war crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Read More about St. Louis University Law professor Afonso Seixas-Nunes participates in international war crimes conferenceUniversity of Virginia Law students take prizes in international tax moot court competition
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — A team of students from the University of Virginia School of Law placed second in this year’s International and European Tax Moot Court competition, which culminated April 1. This year’s team members are Timothy Blauch ’22, James Collins ’22, Natalie Mauch ’23 and Hunter Shaw ’23, with Bolton Smith ’22,…
Read More about University of Virginia Law students take prizes in international tax moot court competitionWest Virginia University Law to host Notre Dame Law’s Michael K. Addo for lecture on international human rights
WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGE OF LAW — A specialist in international human rights law and business policy is delivering the annual Archibald McDougall Lecture at the West Virginia University College of Law. Michael K. Addo will speak at noon on April 7 in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom. He will address the United Nation’s guiding principles on business…
Read More about West Virginia University Law to host Notre Dame Law’s Michael K. Addo for lecture on international human rightsLaw schools and students across the country offer support to Ukraine
REUTERS — As a lawyer in Ukraine pursuing a U.S. law degree, Dmytro Tymoshchenko is well versed in contracts, negotiation and intellectual property. Over the past month, he has picked up new skills: preparing Molotov cocktails and sourcing supplies to help Ukraine’s military repel Russian forces.
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