Opinion: US law schools play an important role in advancing the rule of law around the world
ABA JOURNAL — World leaders getting a degree in the law should not be surprising. Many in key positions in corporations or media and many other professions have studied law. Leading a country is just another area in which the skills attained in law school can be beneficial.
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UC DAVIS — GMC Affiliates Raquel Aldana and Joanna Regulska were featured as panelists during a recent UC Davis Law panel discussion on the current war in Ukraine. Aldana and Regulska both emphasize the humanitarian issues that stem from the event, noting incidents of racism and mass internal displacement due to the war.
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UCI LAW — UCI Law students, faculty and staff joined the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) at the Islamic Society of Orange County Saturday, March 19, 2022, to complete legal intakes for recent Afghan arrivals.
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW –Doctor Martin Steinfeld, Professor Amos Guiora, David Schwendiman and Professor Tony Anghie will discuss the Russia-Ukraine War. Dr. Martin Steinfeld is also the author of the forthcoming book titled, Fissures in EU Citizenship. This book argues that core concepts in EU citizenship law are riddled with latent fissures traceable back to…
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REUTERS –A group of international law firms and academics is working to get Ukrainian law students out of the country and into legal internships across Europe, organizers of the effort said as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine passed the one-month mark. So far organizers say 32 Ukrainian law students in Stockholm, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw…
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THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered ground troops into the eastern Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. Invading under the guise of establishing independence for the region on February 24, Russia started bombing key points of interest around the country, including the capital city of Kyiv. At the…
Read More about Law Firms Respond to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: How the Legal Industry & the Public Can HelpHarvard, Stanford, Yale Law project monitors law firms’ Russia pledges
REUTERS — The top three U.S. law schools have joined forces to track law firms’ policies on working for Russian clients in the wake of that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, accusing some of “splitting hairs about which clients they will avoid.” Law professors at Stanford, Yale, and Harvard categorized statements by major U.S. and U.K. law…
Read More about Harvard, Stanford, Yale Law project monitors law firms’ Russia pledgesCase Western Reserve Law report leads to recognition of Rohingya genocide by US State Department
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — It’s not often that law faculty get to shape the decision of the U.S. government on an important foreign policy matter. But CWRU School of Law faculty members and a prominent alumna got to do just that on March 21, 2022, when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced at a…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law report leads to recognition of Rohingya genocide by US State DepartmentFordham Law to host symposia exploring LGBTQIA+ identity through an international lens
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — To mark its ninth annual symposium, Fordham Law’s OUTLaws student association is bringing together those involved in the international human rights system to discuss the state of LGBTQIA+ identity around the world and how regional organizers are tackling issues pertaining to anti-LGBTQIA+ legislation. The symposium, “International LGBTQIA+ Rights: Bridging Activism from Grassroots…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School’s team has won the national round of the 2021-2022 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition and will advance to the international rounds, to be held from March 24 through April 10. The Harvard Law team, comprised of J.D. students Marta Canneri ’22, Katherine Shen ’22, Stephanie Gullo ’22,…
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