University of Houston Law professor Sandra Guerra Thompson named to Council of the International Association of Evidence Science
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson was recently welcomed as a member of the Council of the International Association of Evidence Science. Thompson, the Newell H. Blakely Chair and director of the Criminal Justice Institute, was nominated by UC Davis Law School Professor Emeritus Edward Imwinkelried. She was…
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NEWS@THEU — The University of Miami’s Natalie Barefoot is celebrating Thanksgiving week alongside orcas and humpback whales, as part of an all-women research expedition. As a member of an all-female excursion organized by Sedna Epic Expedition, a nonprofit named for the goddess of the sea and mother of all marine mammals in Inuit legend. Sedna teams…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy Anita L. Allen recently traveled to the Netherlands to receive an honorary doctorate degree, Doctor Honoris Causa, from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Allen spoke of her four recent concerns in her work: “First, why it matters that…
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SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL LOS ANGELES — This July, Southwestern Law School hosted distinguished guests from the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh, including the Human Rights Defender of each Republic, along with Board members of the Armenian Bar Association. Their goal: explore possible opportunities for collaboration between Southwestern and the Human Rights Defender’s Offices…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — Lawsuit challenges program that lets international students temporarily work in the U.S. Colleges say ending the program would harm students’ education and recruitment abroad. Colleges say that ending the program would severely harm the ability of U.S. universities to attract international students.
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UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO — University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Warren Distinguished Professor of Law Orly Lobel spoke on the issue of gig economy at the 17th National Summit of Hispanic State Legislators in Puerto Rico on December 4.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — “Open Doors” survey finds declines in total numbers of enrolled international students in 2018-19 and continuing declines in new enrollments, though the latter declines are less sharp than in prior two years.
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CARDOZO LAW — Professor Gabor Rona, Director of CLIHHR’s Law and Armed Conflict Project, submitted an amicus brief to the International Criminal Court (ICC) responding to the prosecutor’s request for an investigation into international crimes arising out of Afghanistan.
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — On Friday, November 22, Fordham Law School will host its 14th annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, “Key Issues in International Commercial and Treaty Arbitration: 2019.” This year, the conference is one of the culminating events of the inaugural New York Arbitration Week, which brings together arbitration advocates and academics from…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center’s Center for U.S. and Mexican Law led a dialogue on ways to address the growing amount of plastic in the world’s oceans during a roundtable discussion on the University of Houston campus. Experts from a variety of fields described the impacts that plastic…
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