GAJE Newsletter: Volume No. 4 Issue 5 (October 2008)

Para el día 15 de Octubre de 2008, GAJE pondrá en su sitio web una traducíón al español del boletín. Visite http://www.gaje.org/E-Newsletter.htm

Contents

1.  GAJE events and news
2.  Other news, events and courses
3.  Disclaimer

1. GAJE events and news

Event:  5th GAJE Worldwide Conference, "Justice Education in a Community Context". 
Place: Law School of Ateneo de Manila University, City of Makati (metropolitan Manila), the Philippines.
Date: December 7-13, 2008.
Deadlines: Register by 15 October 2008 for reduced conference fee. 

The GAJE 5th Worldwide conference is only 2 months away!  Planning is moving along well. As indicated in the call for proposals, the program will be an opportunity for law teachers, law students, legal practitioners, jurists and social activists to acquire new ideas, models, and skills for the use of education to promote justice and to address implementation of new GAJE Justice Education Initiative. Most sessions will be interactive and will involve presenters from more than one country.         

The Conference Planning Committee has received an unprecedented number of proposals -- more than 70.  The committee expects to approve most of these proposals and has begun communicating acceptance decisions as of October 3.  The committee hopes to post a list of approved proposals on the conference website soon. Shortly thereafter a preliminary version of the program will be posted.  The final conference schedule will probably not be available until sometime in November.

Fees, Registration and Travel Grants: The conference fee is $US 350 ($US 450 after October 15, 2008). The preferred method of registration is online at the GAJE website: (www.gaje.org).  Persons unable to register online can register by mail.

More information:  For further information and updates go to www.gaje.org .

2. Other news, events and courses
 
Event: Conference on Promoting the Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Date: 1 - 4 July 2009

Theme: The conference, also sponsored by Academics Promoting the Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL) will focus on the development of curricula in legal writing for law faculties in Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on handling large, undergraduate class loads and teaching to students with a variety of language and educational backgrounds. A call for proposals will be issued shortly.

More information:  For more information contact Mimi Samuel, Seattle University School of Law, at msamuel@seattleu.edu.

 

Event: Six Clinical Theory Workshops at New York Law School 2008-09

Dates: September 12, 2008 Linda F. Smith, University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, "Judging Me: The Interview of an Adult with Intellectual Disabilities";

October 17, 2008 Carolyn Grose, William Mitchell College of Law, "'Wishing and Hoping and Thinking and Praying, Planning and Dreaming:' The Narrative Theory of Predatory Lending"

November 21, 2008 Kris Franklin, New York Law School, "Sim City: Putting Simulation-Based Clinics in Context";

February 27, 2009 Jane Spinak, Columbia University School of Law, "Reforming Family Court: Getting it right between rhetoric and reality";

March 27, 2009 Donna Lee, City University of New York, School of Law at Queens College, "Examining Anti-Violence Activism in Asia: Lessons to Learn and to Teach";

April 24, 2009 Nina Tarr, University of Illinois College of Law and visiting at California Western School of Law, "Law of Lawyering and Managing an Internal Law School Clinic"

All clinicians are invited to join, either in person or just by receiving the workshop papers by e-mail.

More Information: Contact Steve Ellmann, who chairs the workshops, at stephen.ellmann@nyls.edu.

 

Event: Conference on the Application of International Law in the Domestic Context at Valparaiso University School of Law, Valparaiso, Indiana, US.

Date: April 3, 2009

Theme: Until recently, international legal scholars in the United States could state that international law is a part of the domestic law of the United States, but that is not clear any more. The situation is somewhat different in many democracies, where international law is regularly considered in court decisions. The South African Constitution mandates the consideration of international law in the Constitutional Court’s jurisprudence. Similarly, regional courts consider international law as a matter of course, including the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Court. Scholarly contributions are invited that address this theme. One-paragraph abstracts should be sent by November 1, 2008 to Professor Penelope Andrews penelope.andrews@valpo.edu. The accommodation costs and meals of presenters will be covered.  There is some funding to cover the travel costs of presenters whose abstracts are accepted.  Please indicate in your abstracts whether you require funding.

More Information: Contact Professor Penelope Andrews penelope.andrews@valpo.edu

 

Courses: Call for applications for 2009 distance learning courses by Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)

Dates: Deadlines for applications are 1 December 2008, 15 February 2009 and 15 June 2009.

Courses:

Gender Mainstreaming (4 February-14 April 2009)

Human Rights Advocacy (4 February-14 April 2009)

Human Rights Litigation (4 February-14 April 2009)

International Tribunals, World Courts & Human Rights(2 Feb.-12 April 2009)

Le plaidoyer pour les droits humains (4 février-14 avril 2009)

The European Union and Human Rights (2 February-12 April 2009)

The UN Human Rights Council (2 February-12 April 2009)

Armed Conflict, Human Rights & Humanitarian Law (20 April-28 June 2009)

Business and Human Rights (22 April-1 July 2009)

Human Rights-Based Programming (20 April-28 June 2009)

Human Rights Monitoring (22 April-1 July 2009)

National Human Rights Institutions (22 April-1 July 2009)

Terrorism, Human Rights and Human Security (20 April-28 June 2009)

The United Nations Human Rights System (20 April-28 June 2009)

Transnational NGO Advocacy Networks (20 April-28 June 2009)

Genocide: What Role for International Law? (14 Sept.-22 Nov. 2009)

La Programmation basée sur les droits humains (16 sept.-24 nov. 2009)

Le Monitoring des droits de l'homme (16 septembre-24 novembre 2009)

Mainstreaming Human Rights (14 September-22 November 2009)

Monitoring & Evaluation (16 September-24 November 2009)

Monitoring Children's Rights (16 September-24 November 2009)

Monitoring Women's Rights (16 septembre-24 novembre 2009)

Project Development & Management in the NGO Sector (16 September-24 November 2009)

The European System of Human Rights Protection and Promotion (14 September-22 November 2009)

More information: http://www.hrea.org/courses 

 

 

News: Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia – International Legal Studies Internship Program

Details:  Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia recently completed its 5th Annual BABSEA Legal Studies Internship Program. The program began with an introductory training in Chiang Mai, Thailand and concluded with a community immersion program on the southern coast of Cambodia, involving over twenty law student interns from the US, Canada, UK, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. This year's program had law student interns placed with BABSEA in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Cambodia and its first two placements in Vientiane, Laos, working with civil society, grassroots communities, law faculties and lawyers to teach vulnerable groups their legal rights and to develop grassroots legal manuals and curriculum. As well, the program included a full week immersion program with a rural family in Thailand and participated as international election monitors in Cambodia. Next year's legal internship program looks to place law student interns in Malaysia and Vietnam, in addition to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

More information:  Information on the BABSEA 2009 International Legal Studies Program will be posted on the BABSEA website by October, 2008. (www.babsea.org) or information can be found by emailing Bruce A. Lasky at blasky@babsea.org

 
3. Disclaimer
The material in this newsletter is simply a collation of material submitted for distribution to GAJE members. The inclusion of any material in this newsletter does not constitute an endorsement of it by GAJE (www.gaje.org).

Prepared by Raven Lidman, Newsletter Editor
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