Northwestern Law to honor Afghan woman judges with global jurist award
NORTHWESTERN NOW — Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) will award its seventh Global Jurist of the Year Award to all women judges in Afghanistan, in recognition of the courage they all have shown under the difficult circumstances of the last months. A group of Afghan women judges who have left Afghanistan will accompany…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — Growing up gay in Iraq, Amir Ashour ’24 saw firsthand many immediate needs for his nation’s LGBTQ+ community. “I wanted to be able to hold my partner’s hand in public and talk about being LGBTQ without fearing for my life,” the first year J.D. student said at a recent Harvard Law School…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — As is the case for many U.S. Marines, Nathan Lowry ’24 has strong feelings about the withdrawal of American military forces from Afghanistan this summer after 20 years of combat. Did the Biden administration do the right thing? “It’s a tough one,” says Lowry, who served five-and-a-half years in the Marines as a…
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — American universities and research institutes say the U.S.’s dominance in science and technology could be undermined by toughened U.S. visa requirements that are squeezing the flow of talent from China.
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — It was against the din of barroom conversation and clinking glasses at Grendel’s Den that new first-year Harvard Law School students Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 first realized how remarkably similar their lives had been up to that moment. They had both been raised in families scarred by mass atrocity. Both had studied in…
Read More about Harvard Law students Anoush Baghdassarian and Sondra Anton bond over dedication to international human rightsUniversity of Minnesota LLM students share their experiences
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL — Minnesota Law boasts a top-notch LL.M. program for international law students that has hosted students from more than 80 countries over its quarter-century-plus history at the Law School. International Jurist magazine recently recognized our LL.M. program as one of the “Best Overall Experience” LL.M. programs in the United States. Our current…
Read More about University of Minnesota LLM students share their experiencesStanford Law professor Beth Van Schaack nominated to US State Department global criminal justice post
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Beth Van Schaack, the Leah Kaplan Visiting Professor in Human Rights at Stanford Law School and faculty affiliate at Stanford’s Center for Human Rights & International Justice, was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice at the U.S. Department of State. Before joining Stanford Law…
Read More about Stanford Law professor Beth Van Schaack nominated to US State Department global criminal justice postUniversity of Virginia Law students help Afghan families reunite and resettle in the US
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW — The world watched the harrowing scenes of desperate families trying to get out of Afghanistan this summer before the government fell to the Taliban. In the Charlottesville area, just as elsewhere across the United States, residents with family ties to the country are still doing everything they can to rescue loved…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The concept of dharma can be difficult to define. Encompassing duty, learning, and discovering one’s correct life path, it is a guiding principle in Tibetan Buddhism. For Rigzin Dolma, who earned her Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from William & Mary Law School in May 2021, the opportunity to earn…
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NPR WAMU — U.S. colleges are restarting study abroad programs after a year of cancellations brought by the pandemic. But the virus and travel restrictions have added new hurdles to an already complex process. Across the country, college study abroad programs are starting to ramp up again. That’s after most were put on hold last year because…
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