William & Mary Law School Immigration Clinic assists Afghan refugees
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…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law students advocate to the UN for release of detained Uyghur doctorCase Western Reserve Law event looks at international law through the lens of Star Trek
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — On Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 55th anniversary of the broadcast of the first Star Trek episode, CWRU Law School Co-Dean Michael Scharf discussed current controversial issues in international law by comparing them to the interstellar law encountered by Captain Picard and the intrepid crew of the Enterprise.
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law event looks at international law through the lens of Star TrekHarvard Law professor Intisar Rabb appointed adviser to the International Criminal Court
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL NEWS — PIL Faculty Director, Professor Intisar Rabb, was recently appointedSpecial Adviser on Islamic Law to the International Criminal Court. Professor Rabb was appointed as one of 17 experts selected to serve as Special Advisers to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A.A. Khan QC.
Read More about Harvard Law professor Intisar Rabb appointed adviser to the International Criminal CourtQuinnipiac Law student Brian Conaster continues studies while serving in the US Navy in Qatar
QUINNIPAC UNIVERSITY — For one Quinnipiac law student, learning doesn’t stop when duty calls. Navy Lieutenant Commander Brian Conatser, JD ‘21 balances his studies with military service as he performs active duty in Qatar, where he’s been stationed since mid-June.
Read More about Quinnipiac Law student Brian Conaster continues studies while serving in the US Navy in QatarUniversity of Cincinnati Law student Zamira Saidi draws upon experiences in Afghanistan to focus on gender equality
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW — Nestled away in the mountains, the village Khost in the Baghlan Province of Afghanistan is where Zamira Saidi (LLM ‘19, JD ‘22) began her education journey. Her family fled to Khost during the Taliban uprising in the 1990s, along with other families trying to escape Taliban rule. At…
Read More about University of Cincinnati Law student Zamira Saidi draws upon experiences in Afghanistan to focus on gender equalityHarvard Law environmental law clinic helps Massachusetts towns convert to clean energy
HARVARD LAW TODAY — Helping key players across the state, including the City of Boston and environmental nonprofits, hit the net zero goal is a focus for the Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School. For the past several years, students and staff attorneys in the clinic have worked on a number of…
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PACE UNIVERSITY — The Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies (GCELS) at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University successfully submitted and advocated for the adoption of groundbreaking motions to strengthen human rights and environmental protections at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, which took place in Marseille, France from September 3 to September 11,…
Read More about Pace Law Global Center for Environmental Legal Studies participates in IUCN World Conservation CongressUC Irvine Law supports Afghan academics through Scholars at Risk
DAILY PILOT — As Afghans flee their native country in search of safe harbor, following the recent takeover of capital city Kabul by Taliban forces, universities are engaging in a rescue mission to bring scholars and their families to California college campuses.
Read More about UC Irvine Law supports Afghan academics through Scholars at RiskNortheastern Law professor Alexandra Meise details efforts to assist Afghan refugees
NEWS@NORTHWESTERN — Alexandra (Xander) Meise was driving from Philadelphia to Boston en route to her new job as an associate teaching professor at Northeastern’s School of Law. The buzzing of her phone reminded her of more arduous journeys that were being attempted on the other side of the world. People she had never met were trying…
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