University of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic aids in the release of environmental activists
UVA TODAY — In a case brought to light by the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law, the Supreme Court of Honduras in February overturned the convictions of six environmental activists that drew the ire of the international community. In 2018, eight environmental activists in Guapinol were arrested after setting up a…
Read More about University of Virginia Law International Human Rights Clinic aids in the release of environmental activistsInvasion of Ukraine sparks protests at colleges
THE WASHINGTON POST — Maria Smereka, a third-year student at Pennsylvania State University, spent late Wednesday and early Thursday watching the news come in as Russia launched missile attacks near Ukraine’s capital. Her parents and siblings were born in Ukraine and immigrated to the United States before she was born. The 20-year-old grew up in…
Read More about Invasion of Ukraine sparks protests at collegesUniversity of Arizona Law partners with Beacon Education to create online Master of Laws program in China
PR NEWSWIRE — Beacon Education, the largest provider of online graduate degrees to China, is proud to announce its newest partner, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and the introduction of China’s first online Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degrees directly enrolling online cohorts of Chinese working…
Read More about University of Arizona Law partners with Beacon Education to create online Master of Laws program in ChinaPenn Law to host World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for lecture
PENN LAW — On Friday, March 4, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will deliver the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s 2022 Leon C. and June W. Holt Lecture in International Law. Dr. Tedros will speak about the World Health Assembly’s recent consensus and global process currently underway to draft and negotiate a…
Read More about Penn Law to host World Health Organization director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for lectureAlbany Law and Albany County partner to provide legal services to Afghan refugees
WAMC — A new partnership between Albany County and Albany Law School will provide free legal services to Afghan refugees relocated to the Capital Region who are seeking permanent citizenship. County Legislature Chair Andrew Joyce joined school officials Thursday to announce a $50,000 grant to help pay for the legal services provided by the U.S. Committee for…
Read More about Albany Law and Albany County partner to provide legal services to Afghan refugeesCase Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal Court
NEWS 5 CLEVELAND — He has testified on Capitol Hill. He has been cited and interviewed in publications far and wide. But now, the co-dean of Case Western Reserve University’s School of Law will have the distinct opportunity rarely afforded to American attorneys: argue a case before the world’s highest criminal court, the International Criminal Court. Michael…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law co-dean Michael Scharf to argue before International Criminal CourtSyracuse Law welcomes international LLM students
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY NEWS — In January, the College of Law welcomed a new cohort of seven international students enrolled in the Master of Laws (LL.M.) program. “Despite the continued barriers and uncertainties caused by the coronavirus pandemic, this new spring cohort includes foreign lawyers representing the legal systems of six countries,” says Assistant Dean of International Programs…
Read More about Syracuse Law welcomes international LLM studentsCase Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf to present amicus argument before international criminal court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — Case Western Reserve University School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf will present an Amicus argument before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Feb. 14 from 8:45–9:15 a.m. ET. Scharf will address: Who has the burden of proof for the insanity defense—the prosecutor or defendant—in…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law dean Michael Scharf to present amicus argument before international criminal courtCase Western Reserve Law International Law Center files brief in US Supreme Court
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY — On January 24, the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law filed an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case about how to interpret the Hague Convention on Child Abduction. The brief was co-authored by Co-Dean Michael Scharf, Associate Dean Avidan Cover, Clinic…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law International Law Center files brief in US Supreme CourtUniversity of Cincinnati Law professor Yolanda Vázquez named fellow at European University Institute Migration Policy Centre
UCINCINNATI — Yolanda Vázquez, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, has been named a Visiting Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. The fellowship began in January 2022 and she will hold the position through mid-August 2022. In the role of Visiting Fellow, Vázquez…
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