Penn Law students participate in Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program on international law
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Students from Penn Law were selected to join their peers from 13 other leading US law schools in Washington, D.C. to explore the future of public and private international law at the eighth annual Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program. The two-day program (February 20-22, 2020) saw top law students engage with…
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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Irene Calboli co-organized the second IPIRA Conference in Indonesia in late February. Hosted by the IP & Innovation Research of Asia (IPIRA) Network, the Second IPIRA Conference was held at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia and welcomed over 150 presenters, chairs and other colleagues from countries in Asia-Pacific, North…
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor Irene Calboli co-organizes international intellectual property conferenceU.S. Department of Education launches investigations into disclosures of foreign funding at several universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Department of Education continues to step up its scrutiny of universities receiving foreign gifts and contracts. In going after Harvard and Yale Universities last week, the department sent a clear signal it was serious about enforcing the law, which requires colleges to report all gifts and contracts involving foreign sources valued…
Read More about U.S. Department of Education launches investigations into disclosures of foreign funding at several universitiesColumbia Law professor Sarah Cleveland and Amal Clooney discuss rights of journalists at UK conference
RAPPLER — Amid attacks against journalists across the world, a legal panel on media freedom recommended in a report drafted by Amal Clooney that governments and multinational institutions impose sanctions on human rights violations against journalists.The report recommended that laws on sanctions for violations of international human rights should be drafted to encompass the abuse of…
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OUTLOOK THE NEWS SCROLL — The Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens in India are among the several sensitive legal issues which have drawn the attention of the Cornell Law School for conducting a fact-based study on them. The US-based Ivy League law school, which launched its Cornell India Law Centre here early…
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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Starting next semester, Santa Clara Law students can expect to see an even more globally diverse campus as the Law School and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (“ITESO”) have signed a new exchange agreement that will open up exciting opportunities for law students and faculty…
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UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — UB School of Law Prof. Nienke Grossman recently returned to the United Nations to provide expert testimony on proposed changes to the nomination and selection process for judges in the International Criminal Court (ICC). With the Assembly of States Parties planning to elect six new judges in December, the meeting was…
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FORDHAM LAWYER — Two decades after the birth of Fordham Law School’s Belfast/Dublin Summer Program, the lessons students are learning about international law, conflict, and what it takes to make peace feel more crucial than ever. Here, a look at the milestones, and at what the future holds.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — For the second consecutive year, University of Houston Law Center students have won the Guadalajara Vis Pre-Moot. The contest was held on Feb. 7 at the Universidad Panamericana. The team will travel to Austria in April to participate in the Vis Moot Court Competition in Vienna.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Clinical Professor Geoffrey Hoffman was appointed today as an “attorney advisor” for the Mexican Consulate in Houston where he will serve as a consultant on immigration matters. His five-year appointment to the position was marked by a ceremony at the Mexican Consulate where Hoffman received a…
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