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Akron Law signs partnership with Vietnamese law school

January 30, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON – The University of Akron further expanded its global footprint by entering into separate cooperative agreements earlier this month with Hanoi Law University.

Study shows Canadian law firm leadership lacks diversity

January 23, 2017

CANADIAN LAWYER – Despite much talk over the last decade around boosting diversity and inclusion in law firms, women and racialized lawyers continue to be under-represented in the Canadian legal profession.

Stanford Law’s Global Practitioner in Residence brings legal experience with war crimes trials

January 23, 2017

STANFORD DAILY – Ashraph, who served as co-counsel for Sesay in the trials following the Sierra Leone Civil War, joins the Stanford community for the winter quarter as the first 2016 Global Practitioner in Residence.

Law Society of Ireland’s ‘Street Law’ project inspired by Georgetown Law program

January 23, 2017

IRISH EXAMINER – The Law Society of Ireland’s diploma centre runs a programme called Street Law for trainee solicitors, who then pass on this knowledge in the school classroom.

St. Thomas University Law professor participates in international law conference in China

January 23, 2017

ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW – Professor Siegfried Wiessner participated in the 8th Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.

Term for Kenyan Council for Legal Education expires

January 23, 2017

STANDARD DIGITAL – The current office was appointed for a period of four years, which lapses in the next three weeks.

University of Chicago Law School organizes conference in Beijing to help western scholars understand Chinese judicial reform

January 17, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL – The conference, “Chinese Judicial Reform: The State of Play,” was co-organized by the University of Chicago Center in Beijing and the Peking University Law School.

Indiana McKinney Law hosts event in Vietnam focusing on Trans-Pacific Partnership

January 17, 2017

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW – More than 350 government officials, lecturers and students attended the conference hosted by IU McKinney and the Vietnam National University UEL on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Northwestern Law to honor Canadian judge with Global Jurist of the Year award

January 17, 2017

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY – Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, who serves on the Supreme Court of Canada, will receive a top honor for courage in the face of adversity from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center for International Human Rights.

Caribbean Law Clinic brings together Caribbean and U.S. law schools

December 19, 2016

FLORIDA RECORD – The November 2016 Caribbean Law Clinic was organized by the American and Caribbean Law Initiative, an association comprised of six Southern U.S. law schools and four Caribbean law schools.