European law offices open doors to displaced Ukrainian law students
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…
Read More about European law offices open doors to displaced Ukrainian law studentsLaw Firms Respond to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: How the Legal Industry & the Public Can Help
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…
Read More about Fordham Law to host symposia exploring LGBTQIA+ identity through an international lensHarvard Law team advances in international moot court competition after win
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,…
Read More about Harvard Law team advances in international moot court competition after winLewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen M. Maloney advocates for forced marriage victims
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Visiting Law Professor Kathleen M. Maloney shared her expertise with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague this February, in a first of its kind appeal regarding groundbreaking convictions for forced marriages of young girls and women. The ICC is the world’s only permanent, independent tribunal with jurisdiction to investigate…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen M. Maloney advocates for forced marriage victimsLewis & Clark Law professor Dan Rohlf teaches environmental law course in Italy
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Noted environmental law professor Dan Rohlf received a Fulbright Award to serve as the Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Trento in northern Italy, teaching a class there entitled “Environmental Law, Sustainability, and Resilience” this Spring. The Fulbright teaching award is part of a busy year-long sabbatical for Rohlf…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Dan Rohlf teaches environmental law course in ItalyNorthwestern Law professor Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe represents asylum seekers in court
NORTHWESTERN MAGAZINE — Five floors up from the cacophony that is Chicago’s West Loop, inside a stone-still hearing room at the U.S. Department of Justice’s Chicago Immigration Court, where the ratcheted-up nerves and quickened breaths make for the sort of place you do not want to be, Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe ’96 is there to get the…
Read More about Northwestern Law professor Uzoamaka Emeka Nzelibe represents asylum seekers in courtPenn Law students Hermes Hein Aedo and Maria Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta apply lessons from law school in Chile
PENN LAW — Hermes Hein Aedo LLM’22 and María Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta LLM’22 came to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School together from their home country of Chile, where they both worked in different sectors of criminal law. As students in the LLM program, they have delved deeply into both U.S. criminal law and international…
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