Duke Law Immigrant Rights Clinic helps Afghan refugees
THE DUKE CHRONICLE — Since August, thousands of Afghan refugees have arrived in the United States. Besides grappling with the anguish of leaving home and the difficulties of building new lives in a foreign country, these refugees have also had to navigate the country’s complex and often bewildering legal system. The Duke School of Law’s Immigrant Rights…
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THE ARMENIAN MIRROR-SPECTATOR — On November 8, the Harvard Armenian Law Students Association (ALSA) and the Harvard Law School (HLS) Advocates for Human Rights hosted a discussion with State Minister and former Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan. Beglaryan, who holds the highest governmental position in Artsakh after the president and speaker of the parliament, presented the…
Read More about Harvard Law hosts discussion on Azerbaijani human rights violationsUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge Law Immigration Clinic helps Afghan refugees with petitions for US entry
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC — The Immigration Law Clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is hosting weekly workshops to assist Afghan refugees file Humanitarian Parole applications. These petitions, if approved, allow those impacted by the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan to obtain permission to come to the U.S. More than 30 McGeorge School…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law Immigration Clinic helps Afghan refugees with petitions for US entryUSC Gould Law professor Henna Pithia discusses her role as supervisor of the International Human Rights Clinic
USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — Henna Pithia (JD 2015), visiting clinical assistant professor of law, has joined the USC Gould School of Law this academic year to supervise the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) during IHRC Founding Director Hannah Garry’s Fulbright grant-funded research semester in Norway. Pithia was a student attorney in the IHRC and,…
Read More about USC Gould Law professor Henna Pithia discusses her role as supervisor of the International Human Rights ClinicInternational college student enrollment begins to recover from pandemic drop
U.S. WORLD & NEWS REPORT — The coronavirus pandemic forced normal life to an abrupt halt in 2020, disrupting entire industries and national economies. Travel was limited and, in some cases, prohibited. The grim reality of what that has meant for international students and the U.S. colleges and universities that welcome them is detailed in the…
Read More about International college student enrollment begins to recover from pandemic dropUniversity of Cincinnati Law welcomes two Fulbright Scholars in new LLM class
UC CINCINNATI — Over the past three years, the LLM program at the University of Cincinnati College of Law has welcomed students from the Fulbright Foreign Student Program as part of its incoming cohort. This year, Cincinnati Law was proud to welcome two Fulbright students—Irina Zemkina, from Russia, and Julija Jurtoska, from North Macedonia—as part of its incoming class of LLM students, which includes 20 students from 10 countries. Fulbright students are selected by their…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law welcomes two Fulbright Scholars in new LLM classNorthwestern 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…
Read More about Northwestern Law to honor Afghan woman judges with global jurist awardHarvard Law students discuss social entrepreneurship during national pro bono week
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…
Read More about Harvard Law students discuss social entrepreneurship during national pro bono weekHarvard Law student Nathan Lowry discusses life as a law student after service as a Marine
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…
Read More about Harvard Law student Nathan Lowry discusses life as a law student after service as a MarineUniversities fear that visa restrictions on Chinese students threaten innovation (
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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