by Lauriane Labourel | Dec 4, 2023 | All, Export, featured, Highlights
It is with great personal sadness, as well as enduring affection and admiration, that we memorialize the recent death of Sandra Day O’Connor. In addition to her storied and influential role as the first female Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Justice...
by Lauriane Labourel | Oct 31, 2023 | All, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Export, Highlights, Programs
Whistleblowing helps detect and address misconduct, including corruption, fraud, and human rights abuses, in the public and private sectors. Whistleblowers therefore serve a vital public interest function, calling out wrongdoing and deterring misconduct. In 2019, the...
by Lauriane Labourel | Oct 9, 2023 | All, Export, featured, Highlights
After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, officials in Kyiv and their allies around the world began working to find and seize Russian assets targeted by sanctions. The reason is simple: With the World Bank estimating that the cost of...
by Lauriane Labourel | Sep 22, 2023 | All, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Export, featured, Highlights
For legal professionals, public trust is an enabling component of their work. Without it, courts cease to function effectively. Alarmingly, though, Europeans’ view of the judiciary is poor. In 2022, only 53 percent of European Union citizens rated the independence of...
by Lauriane Labourel | Aug 31, 2023 | All, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Export, featured, Highlights
With the pace of digital transformation accelerating, the South Asia region has become a “ground zero” for cybercrime. As cybercriminals eye larger profits, financial data theft, credit card fraud, and even the targeting of critical national infrastructure is...
by Lauriane Labourel | Aug 17, 2023 | All, Building Legal Skills and Capacity, Export, featured, Highlights
As the war in Ukraine grinds on, international legal experts continue to lay the groundwork for holding Russia to account when the fighting ends. One element of that preparation took place at Villa Grébovka last month, as 32 promising young Ukrainian lawyers...
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