Report compiled by Canadian law students finds Canada’s participation in refugee agreement with U.S. violates charter

March 20, 2017

METRO NEWS CANADA – Law students from across the country issued a report that argues Canada’s continued participation in the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S. violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Pace Law hosts gathering for regional Latin American Law Student Association members

March 17, 2017

PACE UNIVERSITY ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW – This year’s conference theme is “Contra La Corriente” (“Against the Tide”) symbolizing the many different struggles that Latinos face in the legal profession.

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Vanderbilt Law students offer advice to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in amicus brief

March 13, 2017

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY – Vanderbilt law students are offering advice to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, arguing in an amicus brief that an Ethiopian anti-terrorist statute is overly broad, ambiguous, and criminalizes the right of Ethiopians to gather together to protest.

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Brooklyn Law signs memorandum of understanding with Indian university to engage in joint projects

March 13, 2017

INDIA EDUCATION DIARY – IFIM Law College, Bengaluru, and Brooklyn Law School, New York recently signed an MoU to enable future legal practitioners to evolve with the ever changing legal landscape and to improve the quality of legal education.

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UCLA Law LL.M program graduates from Africa take up case in South Africa

March 10, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES – The UCLA Law-Sonke Health and Human Rights Fellowship has brought 11 lawyers from South Africa and neighboring countries to Westwood to specialize in public interest law.

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Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to teach during South Texas Law Houston summer program in Malta

March 6, 2017

SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON – Law students from across the country will have the opportunity to learn from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this summer in Valletta, Malta.

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Legislators voice concern over cost of Nigerian Law School

March 6, 2017

THIS DAY – The House of Representatives has expressed worry at the continuing inability of most law graduates to attend the Nigerian Law School due to the exorbitant fees, even though the school is funded by the federal government.

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Kenyan School of Law ordered to accept students in neighboring countries

February 27, 2017

ALL AFRICA – The Kenya High Court in Nairobi has quashed a decision by the Kenya School of Law barring Ugandan, South Sudanese, Tanzanian, Rwandan and Burundian students.

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Northwestern Law partners with Spanish law school on joint degree program

February 27, 2017

DAILY NORTHWESTERN – The Pritzker School of Law and IE Law School in Madrid are partnering to create a new L.L.B. and J.D. program to launch fall 2017.

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University of Kentucky Law student interns for UN in Ethiopia

February 24, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY – Lesley Nash, a dual degree student at the University of Kentucky College of Law, moveD halfway across the world for an extraordinary opportunity with the United Nations Internship Programme.

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