University of South Carolina Law hosts lawmakers for forum on Ukraine
ABC COLUMBIA –South Carolina’s capital is more than 5,000 miles away from Kiev Ukraine, but what is happening overseas could impact us here at home. That’s according to two South Carolina lawmakers who were at the USC School of Law speaking on the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a roundtable discussion. “What we have is a choice,…
Read More about University of South Carolina Law hosts lawmakers for forum on UkraineYale Law professor Harold Hongju Koh represents Ukraine at World Court
YALE DAILY NEWS — Last week, a team of international lawyers including former Dean of Yale Law School Harold Hongju Koh represented Ukraine at the International Court of Justice, or ICJ, in the Hague. Koh is a Sterling Professor of international law at Yale Law School and has also served as Legal Adviser for the United States…
Read More about Yale Law professor Harold Hongju Koh represents Ukraine at World CourtDuke Law professor Laurence R. Helfer nominated as candidate for UN Human Rights Commission
DUKE LAW NEWS — The U.S. Department of State has launched a campaign to elect Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law Laurence R. Helfer to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Helfer was announced as the U.S. nominee for the position on the international monitoring body in December 2021. The Committee is comprised of 18 independent…
Read More about Duke Law professor Laurence R. Helfer nominated as candidate for UN Human Rights CommissionGift to Duke Law will endow LLM scholarship for international students
DUKE LAW NEWS — When Mengyu Lu LLM ’08 was considering coming to the United States to pursue graduate studies after earning her undergraduate degree at China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, she wasn’t sure her parents would support her financially. “They wanted me to stay in China,” she says. “They were afraid that…
Read More about Gift to Duke Law will endow LLM scholarship for international studentsDuke Law International Human Rights Clinc launches online tracker of human rights advancements
DUKE LAW NEWS — While governments around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that violate human rights, other official efforts have tried to protect rights from incursion or even improve them. To track measures that advance civil and political, equality, governance, and socio-economic rights, Duke Law’s International Human Rights Clinic has launched…
Read More about Duke Law International Human Rights Clinc launches online tracker of human rights advancementsHarvard 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…
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