University of Houston Law launches online English course for foreign law students
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — International students admitted to the University of Houston Law Center or prospective law students can brush up on legal language, oral communications and other skills as part of a custom-created online course being conducted by the UH Language and Culture Center. The English as an Additional Language Certificate course will…
Read More about University of Houston Law launches online English course for foreign law studentsColleges prepare for decline in international student enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Colleges prepare for big declines in new international student enrollments due to the coronavirus pandemic. But survey data show that about 90 percent of current students remain in the U.S.
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THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — The Optional Practical Training program, or OPT, allows international students to remain in the United States on their student visas after they graduate from college, so that they can work in their field of study for at least a year. According to news reports, the administration is considering restrictions in…
Read More about Trump Administration looking at limits on international student work programFordham Law professors Nestor M. Davidson and Geeta Tewari co-publish book on UN’s New Urban Agenda
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Law and the New Urban Agenda (Routledge)—the recently published third volume of the Juris Diversitas series, co-edited by Fordham Urban Law Center Faculty Director Nestor M. Davidson and Urban Law Center Director Geeta Tewari—offers an interdisciplinary legal lens into the New Urban Agenda (NUA) as a blueprint for systematic change in cities.
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THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — The Straus Institute offers classes for law students in dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration, and conflict management in two-week or intensive weekend formats. Programs began May 18 and will run through August 1, with a second session planned for later in the summer. Juris doctor candidates from an ABA-accredited law school can…
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW – Students at the University of Kansas School of Law will have a chance to train diplomats on indigenous issues and conflict resolution as part of a new partnership. The KU School of Law recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to…
Read More about University of Kansas Law to lead training sessions for UN diplomatsLewis & Clark Law students contribute to report on safety issues in US immigration detention centers
LEWIS & CLARCK LAW SCHOOL – Students in the Transformative Immigration Law course contributed to a human rights report published on April 22, 2020. The report addresses the issue of youths separated from their families and detained by ICE for months in juvenile detention facilities in Washington and at the Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility…
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law students contribute to report on safety issues in US immigration detention centersGraduate programs face lower enrollment and revenue
THE HECHINGER REPORT — The lion’s share of the decline? A drop in the number of international engineering students deciding to come to southern California, said Susamma Barua, the college’s dean.
Read More about Graduate programs face lower enrollment and revenueSurvey: Colleges expect decline in international enrollment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Eighty-eight percent of colleges expect declines in international student enrollments this fall, according to new survey results from the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit organization that collects data on international enrollments and study abroad participation. Seventy percent of responding college officials anticipate that some international students will not be able to come to…
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AROUND THE O — Michael Fakhri, associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, has been chosen to serve as the next United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
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