Global Law Scholars at Georgetown Law

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Joined November 2019

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    We are excited to launch the Twitter account for the Global Law Scholars program ! Founded in 2000, GLS prepares students for careers in the practice of international and transnational law. Learn more:

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  2. Today, the GLS 1L cohort had the opportunity to hear from Ambassador James R. Jones, a alum who formerly served as both U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1993-97) and as a congressman from Oklahoma's 1st district (1973-87).

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  3. "Jimmy Carter said Thursday that President Donald Trump's Middle East plan would violate international law and urged the United Nations to stop Israel from annexing Palestinian land."

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  5. "Alodah’s son, a legal scholar at Georgetown University, wrote in a poignant op-ed that his father was denied access to lawyers until his trial began a year after his arrest."

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  6. "If China did intentionally withhold information, that would not only be bad for public health but also illegal under international law."

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  7. "The name 'Invasion Day' does not just reflect an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. It also reflects the meaning of 'invasion' within a European system of law – international law as it operated in the 18th and 19th centuries."

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  8. "The court said Myanmar must 'take all measures within its power' to prevent its military or others from carrying out genocidal acts against the Rohingya, who it said faced 'real and imminent risk.'"

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  9. "In analyzing how Russia goes about promoting its status as a global power at the UN, the concept of international law stands out as Russia’s most important battle line."

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  10. "ASEAN’s top diplomats have reaffirmed the need to respect international law amid concerns over tensions in the South China Sea, where Chinese vessels have repeatedly violated other countries’ sovereign rights."

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  11. "...there is something in Dr. King’s rhetoric and in his argument that can inform and engage the work of international lawyers."

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  12. "If the information we have so far is accurate and the plane was indeed shot down by mistake (which I will assume for the purpose of this analysis), Iran most likely violated the law of armed conflict but did not commit a war crime."

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  13. 1L shares his thoughts on the latest implementing regulations for China's Foreign Investment Law in .

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  14. "...the past month also raised questions about Trump's lack of concern for or even understanding of international law, according to three experts who spoke to Newsweek."

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  15. "The premeditated killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani on Jan. 3 has sown confusion in the foreign-policy community about the legality of the act."

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  16. "The past 12 months have both highlighted the political limits within which international law operates, and the good it can achieve within those boundaries."

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  17. "The Trump administration’s killing of an Iranian military commander in Iraq raises questions about its legality under domestic and international law."

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  19. "US President Donald Trump ordered the drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq but what are the legal grounds for this course of action?"

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  20. "From Dec. 4 through Dec. 6, five judges in the ICC Appeals Chamber heard arguments about whether to open an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the armed conflict in Afghanistan..."

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  21. "In some ways, the [California Consumer Privacy Act] is looser than its European predecessor. It does not, for instance, insist that firms have a 'legal basis' for collecting and using personal data or restrict the international transfer of data."

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