Georgetown Law Alumni Magazine - Res Ipsa Loquitur
Spring/Summer 2009 - Online Volume 1
Lectures and Events
Noteworthy
Acquired
In memory of its late director, Professor Robert Oakley, the Georgetown Law Library has acquired the The Newe Greate Abredgement (1551) by the famous lawyer and legal printer William Rastell (1508-1565).Only a few law libraries have this edition, which is considered one of the best starting points for legal research in the Tudor period.“The Newe Greate Abredgement is one of the first publications that organized statutes by subject matter, allowing students and attorneys to learn what legislation was in force at the time,” says Laura Bédard, special collections librarian. “This innovation in legal publishing illustrates how legal publishers and the law libraries that collect their books work to make the law accessible to lawyers and citizens.”
A New LL.M.
The Law Center recently entered into a partnership with the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, Switzerland, offering an LL.M. in global health law and international institutions. Beginning in 2009-2010, five to 10 U.S. and foreign-trained lawyers will begin the program at Georgetown Law on a full or part-time basis, then fly to Geneva for winter internships with organizations such as the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization. They will then complete another semester at the Graduate Institute.
“The partnership between Georgetown Law and the Graduate Institute is groundbreaking,” said Professor Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, announcing the partnership. “Students will have the unique opportunity to study under the best and brightest faculty in the world at the intersection of global health, international law and development.”
Soros Speaks
On January 12, financier and philanthropist George Soros spoke at the Law Center about the impact of the financial crisis on emerging powers such as Russia and China, and the role human rights issues should play in U.S. foreign policy. His talk was part of a round-table discussion with the Howard Gilman Foundation’s White Oak Foreign Policy Leaders Project and was co-sponsored by Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute.
