Harvard Law student Shaza Loutfi leads efforts to assist women members of the former Afghan government
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Rangina Kargar has stared down adversity in a way that few others have. When she was running to become a member of Afghanistan’s parliament for the Faryab region in 2010, she received ominous warnings from those who disapproved of her candidacy and her advocacy for women’s rights. At times, the threats escalated…
Read More about Harvard Law student Shaza Loutfi leads efforts to assist women members of the former Afghan governmentUniversity of Miami Law announces scholarship to support Ukrainian law school graduates
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW — A new scholarship program in support of graduates of Ukrainian law schools has been announced by the University of Miami School of Law, offering one full-tuition scholarship for the academic year 2022-23 (current value $55,850) to attend one of the international LL.M. programs at Miami Law. “We all have to…
Read More about University of Miami Law announces scholarship to support Ukrainian law school graduatesUniversity of Minnesota Law Immigration and Human Rights Clinic help Guinean woman win asylum
MINNESOTA LAW — The Law School’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic recently helped a Guinean woman who faced persecution in her native country because of her religious beliefs, women’s rights advocacy, and public health work win asylum in the United States. The woman, a devout Christian, traveled to various regions within the Muslim-majority nation evangelizing. She was…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law Immigration and Human Rights Clinic help Guinean woman win asylumUniversity of Minnesota Law students provide legal support to Afghan refugees
MINNESOTA LAW — Several Minnesota Law students recently joined faculty and staff from the James H. Binger Center for New Americans to provide legal support to Afghan refugees on the Fort McCoy military base in Wisconsin. The team helped the refugees understand the complex and often challenging U.S. immigration system, prepare their asylum or special…
Read More about University of Minnesota Law students provide legal support to Afghan refugeesPenn Law will represent the US in international moot court competition
PENN LAW — The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Jessup International Moot Court team has achieved stellar results in the 2022 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The team is comprised of oralists Ravid Reif L’22, Peter Neal L’22, Axel Sarkissian L’23, and Noor Irshaidat L’23 as well as 1L Board Members Paul-Angelo…
Read More about Penn Law will represent the US in international moot court competitionSt. Louis University Law professor Monica Eppinger advocates for Ukranian refugees
THE UNIVERSITY NEWS — Monica Eppinger, Ph.D, J.D, a professor at the Saint Louis University School of Law, told the University News that she will call on SLU to assist Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. “We should be so lucky as to get refugees from Ukraine,” Eppinger said. “This is not a burden. This would be…
Read More about St. Louis University Law professor Monica Eppinger advocates for Ukranian refugeesTemple Law students Patrick Long and Joe Hogan go to Poland to aid Ukranian refugees
WPVI — Two Temple University law students spent their spring break helping Ukrainian refugees who escaped to Poland. Patrick Long and Joe Hogan, both Bucks County residents, said they felt compelled to help since they both have the resources, and since such a large Ukrainian population makes up this portion of our region. “I called Patrick and said,…
Read More about Temple Law students Patrick Long and Joe Hogan go to Poland to aid Ukranian refugeesUkranian students in the US struggle with emotional distress and financial hardship
MARKETPLACE — According to the Institute of International Education, more than 6,500 Ukrainian and Russian students attended college or grad school in the United States last school year. If being abroad during COVID-19 hasn’t been hard enough, now these students are dealing with war and changing economies at home. For the past several months, Hanna Onyshchenko has…
Read More about Ukranian students in the US struggle with emotional distress and financial hardshipColleges cut financial ties to Russia amid Ukraine invasion
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Arizona Board of Regents announced Monday it would exit all investments in Russian assets, adding the three-university system to a small but growing list of institutions that have severed economic ties with Russia as the country continues its invasion of Ukraine. The board “condemns in the strongest possible terms Vladimir Putin’s illegal…
Read More about Colleges cut financial ties to Russia amid Ukraine invasion‘The world will change now’: Law firms in Ukraine cope with Russian invasion
REUTERS — With Russia launching the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two, local and international law firms in Ukraine said they have taken steps to protect their employees and client work amid the invasion. Representatives for Baker McKenzie, CMS and Dentons, three of the largest foreign law firms with lawyers in Kyiv, Ukraine’s…
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