AOI: International and Comparative Law
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Briefs Spring/Summer 2018
News in Brief: Spring/Summer 2018
Skadden Fellow named | Michigan Law grads in high-ranking posts | 2L Megan L. Brown first African American EIC of the Michigan Law Review | and more...
Impact Spring/Summer 2018
Paying It Forward After Paying a Steep Price
Most students make sacrifices to attend Michigan Law, but the biggest price Myint Zan paid came after graduation. Zan grew up in Mandalay, Burma, and during his LLM studies in Ann Arbor, the Burmese government invalidated his passport because he had not received the proper permissions to study in the United States.
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International Dignitaries and Michigan Law Students Develop Guidelines on Refugee Protections
Hungary, after lining 109 miles of its border with razor wire, passed a law requiring asylum-seekers to remain in camps constructed from shipping containers while their cases are reviewed—a process that could take years. Human rights groups condemned the action, but does it violate international law?
Briefs Spring 2017
University Bicentennial Colloquium Features Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Susanne Baer, LLM ’93
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Justice Susanne Baer, LLM ’93, of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, headlined the first President’s Bicentennial Colloquium, “The Future University Community,” during a January visit to campus.
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Luxembourg Forum 2017 Convenes at Michigan Law
In April, the Law School hosted the official delegation of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a three-day visit. Thirteen members of the EU’s highest court met with faculty, students, the Michigan Supreme Court, and judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Features Spring 2017
South Africa Externship Turns 2L into Education Change Agent
During her externship semester, Joh helped a local school principal successfully install an app that can coordinate information-gathering around enforcement of a consent decree. It was during a phone call—a hushed conversation in a tiny library in South Africa—when Katie Joh realized she already had begun her career as an agent of change.
In Practice Spring 2017
Bringing Global Sports to Audiences in China
After working at international firms in Beijing (in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions) for nearly four years, Sam Li, ’06, was ready to move back to the United States. But then, in 2012, NBA China came calling, and the course of his career changed instantly.
In Practice Spring 2017
On the Front Lines of Europe’s Human Rights Concerns
Sometimes Bojana Urumova, ’96, works on high-profile issues with regional or global implications. Sometimes the work simply concerns individuals. But in her line of work, nothing is really simple.
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Geneva Externship Turns 10
Amy Bergstraesser, ’16, decided that she would, one day, make a difference in the world as well—by pursuing a career in the law. So it was natural that she would look for a law school with strong international offerings, and she chose Michigan Law in no small part because of the Geneva Externship program.
Impact Spring 2017
Cause and Effect: A Donor and His Scholarship Recipient Reflect on Their Connection to Michigan Law
Barbara J. Kacir, ’67, established the William J. Brattin Scholarship in 1990 in honor of her father. Jenna Neumann, a recipient of the Brattin Scholarshiop, is a 3L from Flint, Michigan, where she founded Chapter for Children, a program to promote literacy among future generations.