Experienced communications specialist with a demonstrated history of working in international development and legal services. Currently pursuing a Master of Jurisprudence from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, specializing in rule of law for development. Skilled in writing and editing, project management, and communications services. Currently looking for opportunities at international organizations in the European and Asian regions.
A consortium proposal to enhance resilience of Rohingya communities in their efforts to combat violence against women (VAW) and girls.
Adopted last week, the “New Deal for Refugees” vows to bring about real change to large-scale refugee crises. The 2018 United Nations (UN) Global Compact for Refugees seeks to assist countries facing such crises, particularly low- and middle-income countries, as well as relevant stakeholders in developed countries. Written on behalf of the international community as a whole, the compact provides a people-first approach to responses and recommendations, based on the principle of burden- and...
At the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI), the topic of refugees and migrants has been trending lately. With 65 million people on the move, according to the International Organization for Migration the world is seeing the largest migration of people since World War II.
ABA Rule of Law Initiative 2016 - 2017 Annual Report
Law professors and public speaking experts Robert Sayler and Molly Bishop Shadel are teaming up for the second time to evaluate what makes election speeches soar. Public speaking experts and University of Virginia School of Law professors Robert Sayler and Molly Bishop Shadel recently relaunched their blog, " Tongue-Tied Applied," to explore how rhetoric functions in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Students and alumni from 52 schools around the country gathered in Charlottesville last weekend for the 33rd annual North Grounds Softball League Invitational at the University of Virginia School of Law. The tournament raised more than $25,000 for the local charity ReadyKids and the Public Interest Law Association.
Second-year law students Kemi Adegoroye and Elaine Sylvester discuss their experiences with listening through the Listen First Project. Two University of Virginia School of Law students and Dean Paul G. Mahoney are participating in an effort to encourage listening as a way to bridge divides in a polarized world.
Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law recently traveled to Bogota, Colombia, to examine the ongoing peace negotiations between the Colombian government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the largest guerrilla group in the South American country.
Charis Redmond is the latest UVA Law student to hold an office with the National Black Law Students Association. University of Virginia School of Law student Charis Redmond will serve as the vice chair of the National Black Law Students Association for the upcoming year.
Eddie Sniezek '16, Willard Younger '18 and Yue Wang '17 recently won a competition designed to teach students to handle issues in transactional law. A team from the University of Virginia School of Law recently won two awards at a LawMeets moot court competition on transactional law, which advances them to the finals in New York City.
Kristin Marshall '17, Louis Evans LL.M. '16, Muhammad Syafruddin LL.M. '16, Patrick Dorsey '16, Yiqing Wang '16 and Professor Ashley Deeks Five University of Virginia School of Law students recently attended the fourth annual Salzburg Cutler Law Fellows Program, a national fellowship program that gives students the opportunity to establish connections and expand their interest in international law.
Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, Holy Spirit School in Annandale and St. Charles Early Childhood Education Center in Arlington will begin the school year with new options for students with intellectual disabilities. The schools join three others with established programs - Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries and St.
Ed Myers, a Sterling resident and a parishioner of Christ the Redeemer Church, has a new, environmentally friendly vehicle he uses to get to work. In May, Myers purchased an ELF FR, a low-speed electric bicycle that seats two people and has a battery-powered motor, which can be charged by a solar panel or an electrical outlet.
In 2012, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve shot himself in the head at a shooting range in Colonial Heights after renting a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The sound of gunshots at shooting ranges is pervasive. But the sound of suicide is becoming more common than anyone would hope for.
Virginia Closes Legal Gap on Human Trafficking By Lyndsey Raynor Capital News Service RICHMOND - Twenty-five years after the hit movie "Pretty Woman," Virginia is getting more serious about an issue that the film treats humorously - sex trafficking.