Texas A&M Law professor Nancy Welsh advises Scottish Government on mediation in civil justice system
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Nancy Welsh met with the Expert Group in February to discuss the U.S. experience with court-connected mediation. The Expert Group’s report, Bringing Mediation into the Mainstream in Civil Justice in Scotland, cites Professor Welsh throughout.
Read More about Texas A&M Law professor Nancy Welsh advises Scottish Government on mediation in civil justice systemCoronavirus could impact international student enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — U.S. colleges could see a major enrollment pipeline cut off this fall if the coronavirus epidemic persists. Meanwhile, Australian universities are missing more than half their Chinese students weeks before their fall semester begins.
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ALBANY LAW SCHOOL — On Tuesday, February 11, the law school hosted a group of 18 delegates from the Indian National Bar Association (INBA). The INBA planned its trip abroad to allow the group, a mix of students and young professionals, to learn about the United States’ legal practices and government, as well as to take…
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW — Professor Herman Schwartz began the panel with an introduction to the role of courts as a form of weapon in an authoritarian government. Moving to the European context, Professor Francesca Bignami spoke on the European Union and its role in controlling its member states when one state shifts away from…
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW — The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center recently held the Second Annual Schiefelbein Global Dispute Resolution Conference on Jan. 17, 2020, underwritten by Les Schiefelbein. Attendees, participating in person and online, were treated to discussions from a global cadre of arbitrators, academics…
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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON — “They also contribute to a richer, more worldly, law school experience for all our students,” Akron Law dean Christopher J. (C.J.) Peters said. “Right now we have a dozen international students among our J.D. (Juris Doctor) enrollment of about 420,” Peters continued. “Although we anticipate that the program will continue to grow, we take…
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LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law School and the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment (GNHRE) are hosting the first webinar in the GNHRE webinar series on February 10, 2020 at 11:00a.m. EST on “The Outcomes of COP25-Implications for the Climate Vulnerable.”
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY SCHOOL OF LAW — This past fall, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School hosted the UN’s former Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, author of the UN’s 2015 Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, to co- teach a course on the Women, Peace, and…
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BLOOMSBURG BUSINESSWEEK — At a glance the MBA might appear to be in trouble. Applications worldwide to advanced business programs dropped 6.9% this year, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which administers the GMAT test, a key benchmark for prospective students. But the world outside America tells a very different story. Bloomberg Businessweek spoke with deans…
Read More about International MBA programs see growth during drop in U.S. MBA enrollmentUniversity of Baltimore Law professor Nienke Grossman participates in UN panel on selection of International Criminal Court judges
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE SCHOOL OF LAW — Prof. Nienke Grossman, co-director of UB School of Law’s Center for International and Comparative Law, participated in a panel at the United Nations on ways to improve the selection of judges for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Oct. 31 event focused on a recently published report, Raising the Bar,…
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