University of New Mexico Law students participate in clinic on the United States and Mexico border

August 13, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF LAW — Six students from the UNM School of Law participated in the inaugural clinic at the Border Service Corps over Spring Break as part of the Border Justice Initiative’s Spring Break Intensive course.

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Stanford Law Global Quarter allows students to study global issues in a foreign country

August 12, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — The Stanford Law School (SLS) Global Quarter annually admits a small cohort of second- and third-year SLS students, called Franke Fellows, to an immersive program featuring seven weeks on campus studying the legal, economic and cultural challenges facing global businesses, followed by a three-week field study experience in business and financial centers around

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Columbia Law announces international trade law fellows

July 24, 2024

COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — The annual fellowships, supported by the government of India, are named in honor of University Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, the economist and trade theorist, and support LL.M. students.

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Notre Dame Law Global Human Rights Clinic helps free imprisoned Ukrainian priests

July 24, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — The Notre Dame Law School Global Human Rights Clinic, spearheaded by Professor Diane Desierto, helped secure the release of two Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priests, Fr. Bohdan Geleta and Fr. Ivan Levytskyi, from Russian captivity on Friday, June 28. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly announced the safe return and

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Notre Dame Law hosts gathering of Catholic law faculties in Budapest

July 24, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — Last year, Notre Dame Law School initiated an annual gathering of Catholic law faculties and scholars in Central and Eastern Europe committed to developing distinctive, excellent Catholic legal education.

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USC Gould Law convenes global competition law conference

July 23, 2024

USC GOULD SCHOOL OF LAW — The USC Gould/Analysis Group Global Competition Law Thought Leadership Conference took place June 6-7 at USC Gould School of Law.

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Stanford Law professor Sam Sasan Shoamanesh discusses expertise in international law 

July 23, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — War is hell, as Sam Sasan Shoamanesh knows too well. The turbulence of Iran’s Revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq War that soon followed formed the touchstones of his early life.

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Stanford Law hosts diplomat Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for lecture on international peace and justice

July 23, 2024

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, president and CEO of the International Peace Institute (IPI), former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the first President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), received the Jackson H. Ralston Prize in International Law at

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How legal English courses help foreign educated students in LLM degree programs

July 10, 2024

THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — If you are applying to LL.M. programs in the U.S., you may have come across the phrase “legal English.” And for good reason as language is a crucial component of U.S. legal education. I still remember buying Black’s Law Dictionary and looking up words in 2010 during my own 1L, sometimes

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Boston College Law professor E. Joan Blum named honorary professor at university in Uzbekistan

July 10, 2024

BC LAW MAGAZINE — BC Law’s E. Joan Blum was named an honorary professor of Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL), a renowned center of legal education in Uzbekistan. 

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