General Information:
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New office hours for International LL.M.
program assistants.
Tuesday: 10am - 4pm
Wednesday: 10am - 4pm
Thursday: 12pm - 5pm
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Shannon Gomery :
Wednesday: 2pm -
4pm
Thursday: 9am - 3pm
Friday:
10am - 5pm
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Student Worker Needed
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10 -20 hours per week
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Knowledge of web design and information technology preferred.
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Contact: Debra Kanoski at 312.906.5235
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Research Assistant Needed:
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Kosovo Economic Development research
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Contact: Scott Wagsespack at swagsep@kentlaw.ed
Upcoming Events:
(1) Thursday, March 30:
Round Table Discussion on cases within the European Court
Speaker : French Professor Mosseri-Marlio
(2) April 3/4 (tentative):
Chinese Judge delegation to visit Chicago-Kent.
Lunch presentation on current securities-related issues on China and
future challenges to the Chinese Securities market.
Time/Date/Location: TBA
Co-sponsored by the Stuart School of Business and the Center for
Labor and Financial Markets
Spring 2000:
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS / CONTACT LIST
:
Project: International Humanitarian Law Education Initiative
Date: On-going
Activity: Training session
Opportunity: Educating youths in Chicago high schools on international
humanitarian law
Contact: I.V. Ashton (hashton@kentlaw.edu)
Project: Refugee/Asylum Law On-Line
Date: On-going
Activity: Website publishing, research & writing
Opportunity: Students are needed to gather information on refugee
& asylum law to publish on the
Chicago-Kent website. The site serves as a database of
crucial research information, including
statutory requirements, briefs, and forms, for pro bono attorneys
representing refugees and asylum
seekers.
Contact: I.V. Ashton (hashton@kentlaw.edu)
Project: Rule of Law Projects
Date: On-going
Activity: Independent research
Opportunity: Students can initiate research and write on topics
related to the rule of law in emerging
democracies. Memos and reports contribute to Chicago-Kent’s
study on the development of the rule
of law around the world.
Contact: Assistant Dean Charles Rudnick (crudnick@kentlaw.edu)
I.V. Ashton (hashton@kentlaw.edu)
Project: Rule of Law Externship
Date: On-going
Activity: Academic/credit
Opportunity: Students conduct independent research, write a paper
and then work overseas on
advancing the rule of law.
Contact: Assistant Dean Charles Rudnick (crudnick@kentlaw.edu)
Project: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DADD) scholarship
program:
Program For International Lawyers 2000/2001
Date: Application deadline March 1, 2000
Activity: Scholarship opportunity
Opportunity: Eight-month study visit to the Federal Republic
of Germany for young lawyers (or recent
graduates who have passed the bar by the beginning of the scholarship
period).
Contact: Deb Kanoski (dkanoski@kentlaw.edu)
DAAD website: www.daad.org
Project: Kosovo Economic Development Project
Date: On-going
Activity: Independent research
Opportunity: Students are needed to research international commercial
transactional law
Contact: Scott Waguespack (swagues@kentlaw.edu)
Project: International Policing
Date: On-going
Activity: Independent research & website publishing
Opportunity: Students are needed to research and write on international
security and current activities
of the United Nations, NATO, and the OSCE.
Contact: Scott Waguespack (swagues@kentlaw.edu)
Project: Chicago-Kent Colloquium of International Law
Date: On-going
Activity: Student organization; On-line journal
Opportunity: Students can submit unpublished articles for publication.
Contact: Joseph Casas, Managing Editor (jcasas@kentlaw.edu)
Colloquium (ckcil@kentlaw.edu)
www.kentlaw.edu/cil/
Project: Landmine Action Symposium, Chicago-Kent Colloquium of
International Law
Date: TBA (April, 2000)
Activity: Symposium
Opportunity: Students are needed to research and write on the
issue of landmine actions and
administratively assist with symposium planning.
Contact: Joseph Casas, Managing Editor (jcasas@kentlaw.edu)
Colloquium (ckcil@kentlaw.edu)
www.kentlaw.edu/cil/
Project: War Crimes Documentation IPRO
Date: On-going
Activity: Interdisciplinary project
Opportunity: Students can take course for credit or volunteer
to assist with building a database of
accounts from Kosovar refugees. The database will be presented
to the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
Contact: I.V. Ashton (hashton@kentlaw.edu)
Spring 2000:
February 25, 2000
March 4, 2000
Global Perspective Discussion Series:
Topic: Anti- Personnel landmines and International
Efforts to Rid the World of Mines
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Kirkey Mine Action Scholar-in-Residenc
Landmines kill over tens of thousands of innocent people every year.
In 1997, the
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction,
signed by over 135 countries, marked a momentous event in the international
effort to eliminate mines. However, the U.S. government and public
have failed to commit to the Convention. Professor Kirkley endeavors
to increase awareness in the United States on the issues of landmines and
demining, and to secure greater support for the implementation of the Convention.
February 8, 2000:
Topic:
Student Activities Meeting:
Opportunities in International Projects
February 18, 2000:
Topic:
Ten Years of Freedom:
The Rule of LAw and the Free Market Economy in Poland
Fall 1999:
Thursday, December 2nd:
Topic:
Current Issues in the Middle East Peace Process
Global Law
and Policy Initiative and the Consulate General of Israel cosponsored a
lecture
and discussion
featuring Yehuda Blum. Yehuda Blum is the Hersch Lauterpatcht Professor
of International
Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Blum
served
as Law Clerk to the late Justice Goitein of the Israel Supreme Court,
and has
been a
professor at Hebrew University since 1965, writing widely on international
law
issues.
Professor Blum also served as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations
from
1978-1984,
and was on the negotiating team that led the Camp David Accords.
During
Professor
Blum's presentation he shared observations on the major issues facing
the Middle
East Peace
Process.
Tuesday, November 16th:
Topic: GLAPI GENERAL
MEETING
Representatives from each
of the following organizations presented information about their
upcoming programs.
Each group focused on opportunities available for student participation
in international law.
Amnesty International
Colloquium of International Law
International Law Students Association
International Moot Court Honor Society
Refugee & Asylum Law Externship I.P.R.O
War Crimes Documentation I.P.R.O
Thursday, November 11,
1999
Topic:
Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo: The
Challenges of Building a Democratic
Justice System
This panel
discussion examined current efforts in Kosovo to create a functioning judiciary,
a
legislative
framework, and a police force that respects individual liberties.
The panel included
Peter
Schuler, who served as a NATO lawyer in Bosnia and teaches a seminar on
international
policing, and Chicago-Kent's assistant
dean, Charles Rudnick, who just returned
from
two month in Kosovo, where he was coordinating a legal reconstruction program
for the
American
Bar Association.
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
Topic: CUBA: Human Rights Abuse & U.S. Embargo
.
The co-sponsored event with Amnesty International featured Luis Zunig who
was a political
prisoner in Cuba for 19 years and served on the United Nations
Commission for Human
Rights f rom 1989-1998.
Mr Zunig spoke to students and faculty about the current human
rights
and trade issues in Cuba.
Moderated by Professor Bart Brown.
Thursday, November 4, 1999:
Topic: The Danger
of Landmines: Experiences of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Demining
Commission
In this public discussion and luncheon,
the leadership of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Demining Commission discussed
with students, faculty and area leaders the impact of landmines in their
country and explained the Commission's efforts to rid Bosnia and Herzegovina
of these terrible devices.
Wednesday , November 3, 1999:
Topic: Russia in Transition: Overview of Current
Constitutional Issues
Dr. Irina Bogdanovskaia of the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy
of Science, is a leading scholar on comparative law in Russia. Currently
a visiting scholar at Georgetown, she spent three days at Chicago-Kent
as the guest of the Global Law and Policy Policy Initiative and the Institute
for Science, Law and Technology. During Dr. Bogdanoviskaia stay
GLAPI hosted a luncheon in which she discussed the current constitutional
development in Russia with students and faculty of Chicago-Kent.