ILSA Chapter Happenings
Touro Chapter hopes to continue to provide the Touro community with plethora of knowledge and understanding in the international law field to help advance the study of international law.
SMU ILS
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Dallas, Texas USA
Aisha U-Kiu, ILSA President
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law’s International Law Society put on a series of great programs and initiated new projects for the 2011-12 academic year.
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For our J.D. members, we initiated a student-attor- ney mentorship program with the Dallas Bar Asso- ciation’s International Law Section. This partnership is the first of its kind for SMU International Law Society members. The Mentor Program is commit- ted to developing an interest in topics relating to international law. The program’s goal is to provide interested SMU law students with information and opportunities that complement their academic pro- gram and to help the participants gain a broader understanding of the field of international law by partnering them with an attorney-mentor practicing in a specific area related to the mentee’s area of interest.
To make the program most effective, the ILS Board matched practicing attorneys interested in serving as mentors with students interested in pursuing a career most related to the specific field of interna- tional law practiced by the attorney. By matching the mentors and mentees, based on practice inter- ests, geographic proximity, and similarity of expec- tations, we hope this program will enjoy continued success over the years to come. The duration of the mentorship encompasses the academic year (Sep- tember 2011 to May 2012), but may be continued by mutual agreement of the partners. Mentors are strongly encouraged to develop a relationship with
their mentee that exposes them to the practice of law in general, and to the practice of international law in particular. This may include educating their mentee about the field of international law, shar- ing advice about career paths and opportunities, as well as encouraging them to participate in related activities.
For our International LL.M. members, we initiated a LL.M. presentation program where LL.M. stu- dents share legal and cultural information about their countries of origin with ILS members at our monthly meetings (held on the first Wednesday of each month). LL.M. members from Indonesia, China, Korea, Thailand, and Japan presented over the course of three meetings during the fall semes- ter. They shared interesting facts, legal issues, and even famous tourist attractions from their countries. Each presentation lasted approximately fifteen min- utes. ILS catered lunch from local restaurants serv- ing the ethnic cuisine of one of the countries being presented. This program has not only served as an ice-breaker between our J.D. and LL.M. members, but it is also increased ILS active membership and attendance at our general body meetings. Addition- ally, the ILS Executive Board added a new position: LL.M. student representative. In addition to facilitat- ing communication between J.D. and International LL.M. students, the LL.M. representative contrib- utes monthly to the ILS Newsletter on various inter- national legal issues.
On October 20th, ILS hosted Ambassador Jerry Lanier, who is the U.S. Ambassador to Uganda. Mr. Lanier spoke on human rights abuses and the event was cosponsored by SMU’s Human Rights Legal Association. On October 25th, ILS partnered with SMU Energy Law Association and hosted a delegation from Qatar University. The delegation shared study abroad program information and pre- sented information on the latest technology offered by Qatar University in regard to energy law. For our final event of the semester, ILS hosted Professor Buckley, who teaches International Finance Law at the University of New South Wales and is co-editor
ILSA Quarterly » volume 20 » issue 3 » February 2012
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