Vanderbilt Law professor Mike Newton helps Iraqi courts prosecute ISIS
TENNESSEE BAR ASSOCIATION — A new article from the Tennessean profiles Vanderbilt Law School Professor Mike Newton who, alongside his students, is helping judges in Iraq prosecute ISIS cases. Newton had worked on helping the Iraqi judiciary rebuild its court system after the reign of former dictator Saddam Hussein, but his work has now shifted to…
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BERKELEY LAW — On a cool autumn morning in the East Bay, a morning of ragged clouds and shifting light, Khwaga Ghani is at a stylish café having a coffee and thinking about the day ahead. Her schedule is packed with business meetings, family meetings, maybe a driving lesson from her aunt. An ordinary day, on…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law supports Human Rights center in fellowship for Afghan scholarsUC Berkeley Law International Human Rights Clinic looks into freedom of expression violations
BERKELEY LAW — A new report from Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights finds that advocates across the Persian Gulf region and neighboring countries are increasingly being targeted by governments using anti-cybercrime and other criminal laws to stifle their online expression. “Who Will Be Left to Defend Human…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law International Human Rights Clinic looks into freedom of expression violationsLewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen Maloney publishes article on international human rights issues for women
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law visiting professor highlights the need for better legal advocacy prosecuting and convicting international crimes against girls—as children and as women—to promote equality in rights and reparations. Published in the May 2021 edition of Oxford’s Journal of International Criminal Justice, Visiting Professor Kathleen Maloney’s article, “Ending Impunity for…
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — The immigration law clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is assisting the local Afghan community with weekly workshops assisting refugees in filing out humanitarian parole applications. More than 30 McGeorge students have provided assistance recently, all under the leadership of Blake C. Nordahl, Immigration Law Clinic Director;…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law immigration clinic assists local Afghan communityPenn Law celebrates the graduation of LLM students from 20 countries
PENN LAW — After weathering an academic year marked by unprecedented challenges of social distancing, frequent COVID-19 testing, and hybrid learning, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Spring Start LLM Class of 2021 will be honored at a graduation ceremony on December 10, 2021. “Despite the challenges in planning an event during the pandemic, we felt…
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PENN LAW — Countless students across the country plan to take a much-deserved break this holiday weekend to spend Thanksgiving with their families and loved ones. For University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School LLM students, who are all international, Thanksgiving is a new tradition abundant with Penn collegiality and American holiday spirit. “Most of the LLMs do…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared in South Africa, students at the Tshwane University of Technology were some of the first people to test positive for the variant, which the World Health Organization has labeled “of concern.” In response, officials at the public university in Pretoria delayed exams, the Associated…
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THE BUFFALO NEWS — Isabel Marcus, a pioneering law professor whose advocacy for women’s rights spanned the globe, died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles after living with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was 83. Dr. Marcus recently returned to California after five decades in academia, mostly at the University at Buffalo, where she founded or led…
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TIMES OF ISRAEL — Isabel Marcus, a University at Buffalo law professor and women’s rights advocate who met with protesting students in China’s Tiananmen Square and confronted Operation Rescue protesters closer to home, has died. She was 83. Marcus spent most of her five decades in academia at the University at Buffalo, where she co-founded the Institute…
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