Recently, in Indiana, a white woman stabbed an Asian woman because, according to the white woman, “she was doing the world a favor.” That woman is now in custody and charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, and battery using a deadly weapon. It is not surprising, yet still frustrating, that, as a society, we have… Read more »
Yale, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Colombia, Georgetown, Stanford, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern, and UC Irvine have pulled out of the U.S. News & World Report rankings, a highly influential and controversial tool used by prospective students, employers, and Law School Deans and Council. One central message from Law School is that the rank disincentives programs that support… Read more »
Let’s talk about Hurricane Fiona—how a storm that caused significant damage to Puerto Rico revealed the island’s broken system. As the Editor-in-Chief of the Maurer Global Forum and a born and raised Puerto Rican, I would like to discuss Hurricane Fiona from a legal perspective to invite discussions on this forum. Some of you may… Read more »
“The glitches are there to help you to adjust your plans for success.” Unknown Author This story is about a “glitch” in my plan that led me to the success that I have now. It’s also related to the people around you who can contribute to glitches or success. This “glitch” is a grade I… Read more »
I am a Puerto Rican, U.S. attorney, and food blogger. I would describe myself as fun, funny, intelligent, and a “Jack of all trades, master of none” (a one-woman band).
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 AT 4 PM In this week’s Graduate Colloquium, Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh, Professor, and Dean at School of Law, UPES University, will talk about the internationalization of competition law and policy. Dr. Singh is having worked at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), an institute under the Ministry of Corporate… Read more »
Professor Emily Sanchez Salcedo will explain briefly how American Legal Education reached the Philippines and how Philippine law schools incorporated the Socratic Method of instruction and gave it a “unique” twist. Professor Salcedo will then share with the audience the result of her research on how it degrades students, more particularly women, and end by… Read more »
Atta is a 2nd-semester SJD student, whose research project examines the interrelation of trade secrets and the right of access under the US and EU data privacy legal frameworks. As a preparation for his upcoming dissertation proposal defense, Atta will talk about his research in this Graduate Colloquium session. Join us…Atta needs you. No lunch… Read more »
The norm among doctorate students is to publish one to three articles during their doctoral journey. On the contrary, the norm among our SJD students is to end the journey with no publications. Regardless of conference participation and few publications, our students have not published in any academic journal. Therefore, the Graduate colloquium holds the… Read more »
Despite the well-exercise of its political rights, Data have shown Indonesian democracy has been declining in the past few years. Indonesians are struggling for the freedom of civil society (Freedom House, 2021). The obstacles faced by the civil society movement in campaigning civil rights and freedoms reflect the democratic recession. Through several obscure legislations and… Read more »
