Penn State Dickinson Law hosts faculty from Hanoi Law University
PENN STATE NEWS — Academic leaders from Hanoi Law University in Vietnam met with Penn State Dickinson Law administrators, faculty and staff on the Dickinson Law campus Jan. 15-17, to discuss collaboration between the two law schools. During the three-day visit, the delegation met with representatives from Academic Affairs, Admissions and Financial Aid, Alumni Relations, Career Services,…
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CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On Jan. 3, 2020, President Trump ordered a drone strike in Iraq, killing Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Five days later, Iran responded by launching 22 ballistic missiles at two U.S. military bases in Iraq. Was the U.S. airstrike a lawful act of self-defense under international law? Was it legal…
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NEW ENGLAND LAW BOSTON — Law students from across the country will have the opportunity to study with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during the summer of 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (CILE)—which includes California Western School of Law, New England Law | Boston, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and…
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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — On December 19, the Senate confirmed Professor Morse Tan to serve as the next Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, a key position in the State Department. Professor Tan, who has taught at NIU since 2011, is an expert on both North Korea and International Law.
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — Penn State’s Dickinson Law, the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) and Monash University have joined together to sponsor the “Privacy, Technology and Vulnerability Workshop,” which will be held at Monash University Prato Centre in Prato, Italy on June 22-23. The invitation-only workshop will create a platform for discovering…
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW — I recently had an opportunity to present my scholarship on unregistered patent rights at the 2019 Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property, in Zurich, Switzerland, September 11. I was selected to join international legal scholars, economists, jurists, students, and others at the conference on “The Future of IP.”
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CARDOZO LAW — The Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention (HRAP) Clinic, along with the UNISINOS Human Rights Centre, conducted an environmental and human rights impact assessment for the indigenous population in Autazes, a municipality in the Brazilian Amazon. The indigenous Autazes group Mura face displacement due to a potash mine that is being…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The Winter Institute, which is open to students and graduates of law schools outside of the United States, offers an intensive introduction to the U.S. legal system and the opportunity to study side by side with the Law School’s incoming master’s students. Optional sessions include preparing a U.S. style cover letter and…
Read More about Fordham Law announces winter institute on the U.S. legal systemLouisiana State University Law professor Alain Levasseur honored by University of Bucharest for work in comparative law
LSU NEWS — LSU Law Professor Emeritus Alain Levasseur has been honored by one of the top civil law schools in Eastern Europe with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. Levasseur’s connections to Romania can be traced all the way back to the 1970s and ‘80s, when his father was the French Ambassador in the country. As…
Read More about Louisiana State University Law professor Alain Levasseur honored by University of Bucharest for work in comparative lawCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf’s report on human rights violations in Myanmar cited at International Criminal Court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — The ICC’s decision liberally cites the report of the Public International Law & Policy Group, “Documenting Atrocity Crimes Committed Against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine State,” which was prepared by a team led by alumna Margaux Day ’09 (Vice President of PILPG) and CWRU Adjunct Professor Greg Noone. …
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