Monthly Archives: January 2013
HLS welcomes spring-term exchange students
Left to right: Yuji, Henri, Alex, Valia and Ida.
Please join us in welcoming (and welcoming back) the eight students from HLS’ exchange partner schools who are currently studying here. Five of them arrived last week, to spend spring term continuing their research:
- Stavroula Valia Babis (Valia) is a student from the University of Cambridge. Her thesis work is on proposed legal frameworks for supervision, crisis management, and resolution of international banking groups.
- Henri Decoeur is also from the University of Cambridge. His dissertation examines possible criminal justice responses to state-organized crime.
- Alexandra Evans (Alex) is a student from Sydney Law School. Her thesis evaluates the current model of trust taxation in Australia.
- Yuji Fujioka is visiting from the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on international taxation and the taxation of business entities in Japan.
- Da Hea Lee (Ida) is from Seoul National University. Her dissertation looks at labor law and the human rights of migrant workers.
They join three more exchange students (not pictured) who are spending the fall and spring semesters at HLS:
- Delphine Dogot is visiting from Sciences Po in Paris. Her research focuses on the way in which international lawyers respond to changing patterns of war in the general context of globalization.
- Charles-Henry Frouart is also from Sciences Po. His research focuses on deconstructing and analyzing classical definitions of the legal concept of public domain in patent law.
- Adil Khan is a student from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. His research project examines the the making of international law pertaining to indigenous peoples.
Although this year’s incoming exchange students all happen to be doctoral students, our exchange programs are open to J.D. and S.J.D. students at HLS and pre-doctoral and doctoral-level students from our foreign partners. HLS J.D students may also conduct an independent semester abroad at law schools throughout the world.
Want to learn more? Visit the semester abroad and HLS-University of Cambridge joint degree program pages on our web site. (Applications to spend a semester abroad next fall are due by February 15.)
Chayes Program Applicants Should Schedule Interviews
A reminder to HLS students planning to apply for a 2013 Chayes International Public Service Fellowship: the deadline for submitting your application is Friday, February 1, but you must also contact International Legal Studies by Thursday, January 31 to schedule a 15-minute interview with a Chayes Program representative.
Interview times are available from 9 a.m. until 4:40 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, Thursday, February 7, and Friday, February 8. Applicants should call International Legal Studies at (617) 384-5284 or send an e-mail to ils@law.harvard.edu, no later than 5 p.m. on January 31, indicating times when you are available. You will receive a confirmation
e-mail indicating the time and place for your interview and the name of your interviewer.
This interview is an opportunity for you to further explain what you are hoping to do this summer and why; your background, skills and interests; and where things stand in your efforts to secure a placement. There is no dress code for the interview — you can wear whatever you would wear to class.
Detailed information about the Chayes Program and the application timeline and process is available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/spotlight/ils/fellowships/chayes-fellowship-info-for-students.html#ApplicationProcedures.
Upcoming event!
Cravath Fellow Victor Ban, JD ’13, on spending winter term in Japan
“I’m spending J-term in Japan researching agricultural trade policy. Specifically, I’m interested in Japan’s shift from multilateral negotiations in the World Trade Organization to bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (“EPA”) negotiations and the extent to which this structural transition in international law has impacted policy dynamics. I’m in the middle of a quick trip to Tokyo, where I’m meeting with government officials and picking up some documents and books. Meetings today were very helpful; officials from two agencies, normally on opposite sides of the agricultural liberalization debate, gave a fairly consistent and candid picture of the transition to EPAs, and also shared insights on trade policy more generally. Tomorrow, I’ll meet with an interest group representative well versed in EPA matters and then head to the National Diet Library.
Many thanks to the Cravath International Fellowship Program and the International Legal Studies team for making this project possible.”
To learn more about Cravath International Fellowships, please click here.