UC Berkeley Law International Human Rights Clinic looks into freedom of expression violations
BERKELEY LAW — A new report from Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights finds that advocates across the Persian Gulf region and neighboring countries are increasingly being targeted by governments using anti-cybercrime and other criminal laws to stifle their online expression. “Who Will Be Left to Defend Human…
Read More about UC Berkeley Law International Human Rights Clinic looks into freedom of expression violationsLewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen Maloney publishes article on international human rights issues for women
LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Lewis & Clark Law visiting professor highlights the need for better legal advocacy prosecuting and convicting international crimes against girls—as children and as women—to promote equality in rights and reparations. Published in the May 2021 edition of Oxford’s Journal of International Criminal Justice, Visiting Professor Kathleen Maloney’s article, “Ending Impunity for…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Kathleen Maloney publishes article on international human rights issues for womenUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge Law immigration clinic assists local Afghan community
THE NATIONAL JURIST — The immigration law clinic at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law is assisting the local Afghan community with weekly workshops assisting refugees in filing out humanitarian parole applications. More than 30 McGeorge students have provided assistance recently, all under the leadership of Blake C. Nordahl, Immigration Law Clinic Director;…
Read More about University of the Pacific McGeorge Law immigration clinic assists local Afghan communityPenn Law celebrates the graduation of LLM students from 20 countries
PENN LAW — After weathering an academic year marked by unprecedented challenges of social distancing, frequent COVID-19 testing, and hybrid learning, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Spring Start LLM Class of 2021 will be honored at a graduation ceremony on December 10, 2021. “Despite the challenges in planning an event during the pandemic, we felt…
Read More about Penn Law celebrates the graduation of LLM students from 20 countriesPenn Law international students host annual Thanksgiving dinner
PENN LAW — Countless students across the country plan to take a much-deserved break this holiday weekend to spend Thanksgiving with their families and loved ones. For University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School LLM students, who are all international, Thanksgiving is a new tradition abundant with Penn collegiality and American holiday spirit. “Most of the LLMs do…
Read More about Penn Law international students host annual Thanksgiving dinnerHow colleges can prepare for Omicron COVID-19 variant
INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 appeared in South Africa, students at the Tshwane University of Technology were some of the first people to test positive for the variant, which the World Health Organization has labeled “of concern.” In response, officials at the public university in Pretoria delayed exams, the Associated…
Read More about How colleges can prepare for Omicron COVID-19 variantIn Memoriam: Isabel Marcus
THE BUFFALO NEWS — Isabel Marcus, a pioneering law professor whose advocacy for women’s rights spanned the globe, died Oct. 31 in Los Angeles after living with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was 83. Dr. Marcus recently returned to California after five decades in academia, mostly at the University at Buffalo, where she founded or led…
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TIMES OF ISRAEL — Isabel Marcus, a University at Buffalo law professor and women’s rights advocate who met with protesting students in China’s Tiananmen Square and confronted Operation Rescue protesters closer to home, has died. She was 83. Marcus spent most of her five decades in academia at the University at Buffalo, where she co-founded the Institute…
Read More about In Memoriam: Isabel MarcusDuke Law Immigrant Rights Clinic helps Afghan refugees
THE DUKE CHRONICLE — Since August, thousands of Afghan refugees have arrived in the United States. Besides grappling with the anguish of leaving home and the difficulties of building new lives in a foreign country, these refugees have also had to navigate the country’s complex and often bewildering legal system. The Duke School of Law’s Immigrant Rights…
Read More about Duke Law Immigrant Rights Clinic helps Afghan refugeesHarvard Law hosts discussion on Azerbaijani human rights violations
THE ARMENIAN MIRROR-SPECTATOR — On November 8, the Harvard Armenian Law Students Association (ALSA) and the Harvard Law School (HLS) Advocates for Human Rights hosted a discussion with State Minister and former Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan. Beglaryan, who holds the highest governmental position in Artsakh after the president and speaker of the parliament, presented the…
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