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Campus film festival brings human rights issues home
Over the past three weeks, Georgetown Law’s chapter of Amnesty International hosted the 2009 Human Rights Film Festival. The festival wrapped up last week after showing seven films, all aimed at raising students’ awareness of human rights issues around the world.
Joint degree students want change
Thanks to an enterprising group of students and a responsive administration, Georgetown Law’s joint degree students have seen much positive change over the past year.
Street Law clinic holds mock trial
Last Wednesday, April 1, jittery high schoolers in suits gathered in the hallways of the D.C. Superior Courthouse. They were there to compete in the first rounds of the Street Law Clinic’s Mock Trial competition, the culmination of six to eight weeks of intensive study and preparation.
Japan’s criminal trials due to change
On Tuesday, March 31, Hideaki Gunji presented Japan’s new saiban-in system to students and faculty at Georgetown Law. Sponsored by Law-Asia, the event focused on the purpose, procedures, and issues of the saiban-in system.
Sorrell takes gold at Beaudry competition
On Thursday, April 2, Georgetown Law hosted the Barristers’ Council’s 58th Annual Beaudry Moot Court Competition. Virginia Sorrell, 1L emerged victoriously completing a sweep of the instraschool competitions by members of Section 3.
Voter protection takes forefront in Signer campaign
Michael Signer, a Democratic primary contender for the post of Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and long-time voter protection activist, addressed the Georgetown Law Democrats on Monday, March 23.
Regime change threatens investments worldwide
On Thursday, Mar. 26, the International Arbitration Society sponsored a panel discussion concerning the current state of investment arbitration in countries experiencing regime change.
Trafficking hits home at Georgetown
Second only to drug and weapons trafficking, human trafficking is the third-most lucrative criminal activity in the world, generating annual revenues of around $9.5 billion.
Microfinance practices face challenges
On Tuesday, March 24, Richard M. Greenberg, Senior Manager of Micro and SME Finance at Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), came to Georgetown Law to speak on “Current Developments in Microfinance and OPIC’s Role.”
UN expert talks rights, Guatemala
This past Wednesday, March 25, Dr. Mónica Pinto, Professor of International Law and International Human Rights Law at the University of Buenos Aires, spoke to members of the Law Center community about the democratic challenge of achieving human rights protections in Guatemala. She grounded her remarks in her three years of on-the-ground experience as a United Nations Expert for an Examination of the Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala, a job she held from 1993 to 1996.