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Global Law School Community Unites to Support Ukrainian Law Schools and Students

May 1, 2023

The purpose was to foster cultural exchange, resulting in the Global Legal Skills Virtual Workshop Series.

Judge Mahnoush Arsanjani and Professor Sean D. Murphy at the Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Professor Sean D. Murphy Briefs U.N. Delegates on a Possible Convention on Crimes Against Humanity

April 19, 2023

He briefed representatives of Missions to the United Nations on “opportunities for convergence on prevention and punishment of crimes against humanity.”

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GW Law Student to Serve in New Role at the State Department

April 10, 2023

Razi Hashmi, Class of 2025, has been selected to serve as Deputy Director of Near Eastern Affairs.

The Threat to Human Rights in the Regionalization of Bukele’s Model of Government

Book Discussion with Judge Charles Brower

Banning Asylum as an Emergency Measure

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"Can President Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act Over the Objections of State Governors?"

The National Constitution Center’s “We the People" podcast featured Laura Dickinson to discuss the history and meaning of the Insurrection Act.

"State Abortion Clashes Portend Potential High Court Intervention"

Bloomberg Law quoted Paul Schiff Berman on interstate disputes, further explaining the full faith and credit clause, "exacting,” and shield laws.