Akron Law professor Patrick Gaughan to teach at Hanoi Law University as Fulbright scholar
AKRON LAW — Patrick H. Gaughan, associate professor of law and associate dean of global engagement at The University of Akron School of Law, has been accepted as a Fulbright Scholar to Hanoi Law University in Vietnam for next year’s spring term.
Read More about Akron Law professor Patrick Gaughan to teach at Hanoi Law University as Fulbright scholarToronto’s Ryerson Law introduces proposal to integrate traditional curriculum with practice experience
LAW TIMES — Ryerson University has a proposal that would allow graduates to bypass articling by putting practice preparation directly into its law school curriculum. The Integrated Practice Curriculum would be offered at a new school that would begin accepting applications this August and would open in September 2020.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The total number of international students studying in the U.S. at all levels declined by 2.7 percent from March 2018 to this March, according to quarterly data on student visa holders recently published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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NOTRE DAME LAW — For more than 50 years, judges and prosecutors from Japan have come to law schools throughout the United States as visiting scholars to gain a better understanding of American law and the U.S. judicial system.
Read More about Notre Dame Law hosts Japanese judges and prosecutors for discussion of U.S. lawYale Law student Ellis Liang selected for Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
YALE LAW — Ellis Liang ’19 is one of 14 law students and early-career attorneys chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) to participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland this spring.
Read More about Yale Law student Ellis Liang selected for Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional EthicsDrexel Law Professor Amy Boss leads seminars at women entrepreneurship summit in Cairo, Egypt
DREXEL LAW — Trustee Professor of Law Amy Boss led three seminars at the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Summit II, hosted by the School of Business at American University in Cairo.
Read More about Drexel Law Professor Amy Boss leads seminars at women entrepreneurship summit in Cairo, EgyptUniversity of Virginia students study legal remedies for air pollution in Colombia
UVA LAW — As part of the International Human Rights Clinic, our student group traveled to Bogota, Colombia, last month to meet with our partner organization, Dejusticia, in order to conduct interviews with researchers and practitioners involved in Colombia’s efforts to improve air quality.
Read More about University of Virginia students study legal remedies for air pollution in ColombiaNotre Dame Law professor Paolo Carozza appointed to international legal body Venice Commission
NOTRE DAME LAW — The U.S. Department of State recently appointed Notre Dame Law Professor Paolo Carozza to serve on the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, a prestigious international body of lawyers, judges, academics, and government officials.
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MIAMI LAW — Last month, second-year law students Gabrielle Wynn and Romney Manassa and Human Rights Clinic’s Associate Director Tamar Ezer had the opportunity to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to meet with the United Nationals Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UNAIDS, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
Read More about University of Miami Law Human Rights Clinic visits U.N. to address discriminatory drug lawsCornell Law professor Muna Ndulo appointed to U.N. Secretary General’s Civil Society Board
CORNELL LAW — Professor Muna Ndulo has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres to the Civil Society Advisory Board. The new board was created by the Secretary General as part of his strategy “to combat sexual exploitation and abuse alleged to have been perpetrated by those who serve this organization.”
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