William and Mary Law LLM graduate Rigzin Dolma uses degree to assist her community in Tibet
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — The concept of dharma can be difficult to define. Encompassing duty, learning, and discovering one’s correct life path, it is a guiding principle in Tibetan Buddhism. For Rigzin Dolma, who earned her Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from William & Mary Law School in May 2021, the opportunity to earn…
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NPR WAMU — U.S. colleges are restarting study abroad programs after a year of cancellations brought by the pandemic. But the virus and travel restrictions have added new hurdles to an already complex process. Across the country, college study abroad programs are starting to ramp up again. That’s after most were put on hold last year because…
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ASU NEWS — Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, has been named the seventh recipient of the O’Connor Justice Prize. She was the first female professor at the University of Costa Rica Law School, founded the Human Rights Institute of Costa Rica and has served as the minister of justice…
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PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University has conferred the 2020-2021 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Ugandan climate justice advocate Vanessa Nakate and Professor Wang Xi, an environmental law scholar and advocate with Kunming University of Science and Technology in China. The award…
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DAILY HERALD — A handful of lucky Brigham Young University law students are going to be the first to embark on overseas studies that will parallel internships in legal and financial institutions in Europe. On Wednesday, BYU announced two new programs focused on preparing the next generation of leaders in the legal practice. BYU will offer Law…
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CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO — For most of her life, the U.S. was at war in her home country of Afghanistan. Now, 27-year-old University of Cincinnati law student Zamira Saidi says the Taliban resurgence threatens avenues for Afghan women. “There is a huge difference in what they do in the name of Islam and what Islam actually stands…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — President Borut Pahor of Slovenia made a special visit to Fordham Law School on September 22 during his brief stay in New York City for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. Dean Matthew Diller and Joseph Landau, associate dean for academic affairs, greeted President Pahor at the Lincoln Center campus. “It was…
Read More about Fordham Law hosts President of Slovenia for speech on elections and democracyVisiting Rutgers Law professor Sahar Aziz discusses book on discrimination against Muslims in the US
THE DAILY FREE PRESS — The Boston University School of Law hosted an in-person and live Zoom book symposium on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming publication of Aziz’s first book, “The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom.” Along with the author, panelists included Harvard professors Kenneth Mack and Tarek Masoud and BU law professor Robert…
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WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL — As the world watched Kabul fall, the William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic sprang into action. Founded in Fall 2019, the Immigration Clinic represents immigrants across Hampton Roads in a variety of immigration cases, especially those immigrants who are survivors of trauma, crime, and persecution. Since then, the Immigration…
Read More about William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic assists Afghan refugeesCase Western Reserve Law students advocate to the UN for release of detained Uyghur doctor
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Case Western Reserve University School of Law students Natalie Aguilar and Lucas Allison prepared and submitted a complaint to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and other UN Special Rapporteurs concerning the unlawful detention of a Chinese Uyghur doctor. They filed the complaint on behalf…
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