Posted by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English I and others on the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been very involved over the past two years in providing Legal English support to Ukrainian law schools in connection with a larger rule-of-law initiative. What we hadn’t realized until my colleague Prof. John Dundon saw the below post … Continue reading “Supporting the Rule of Law in Ukraine: The role of the English-Ukrainian legal dictionary translation project”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Professor of Legal English On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the closing Zoom call for the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Peer-to-Peer Legal English Writing Project was held, concluding a second 6-week session of this continuing innovative project. (The first ran during the fall 2023 semester.) The project was initiated in 2023 by National University of … Continue reading “Ukraine/US peer-to-peer law student legal writing project completes second session”
Post by Heather Weger and Julie Lake Today, the second anniversary of the ground and air campaign on Kyiv in the early hours of February 24, 2022, we stop to reflect on Ukraine’s ongoing innovation during a full-scale Russian invasion. We, members from the Legal English team – Julie Lake, Michelle Ueland, and Heather Weger – were … Continue reading “Legal English for Ukraine’s War Crimes Prosecutors”
For lawyers and others involved in efforts to support Ukraine Thank you to Prof. Alan Blakely for his help compiling these resources, intended for law professors, legal English professors, and others involved in supporting legal education and the legal profession in Ukraine. Please feel free to email Prof. Stephen Horowitz at sh1643@georgetown.edu with suggestions for … Continue reading “Ukraine-related Resources”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to since the end of summer 2024. (Click here to see previous Updates from the Legal English Faculty.) **************** Heather Weger & Julie Lake The end of the semester is upon us! This fall, we were thrilled to welcome a … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (December 2024)”
Posted by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Very happy to share that I’ve just launched a new initiative to provide Legal English support for over 300 Ukrainian law students. It’s an expansion of the model I’ve been using to host and facilitate Legal English conversation sessions for Ukrainian law and Legal English faculty. The faculty … Continue reading “New: US law student + Ukrainian law student Legal English conversation project”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Lecturer of Legal English Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to since the end of the spring 2024 semester…. **************** Ben Cheng Returning from parental leave, Prof. Cheng is set to teach sections of Legal English I and Professional Responsibility this fall. Additionally, he is working on a … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (September 2024)”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Legal English Lecturer Here’s what the Georgetown Legal English faculty have been up to during the course of the spring 2024 semester…. **************** Craig Hoffman We were both extremely proud and at the same time verklempt while attending the retirement ceremony for Prof. Craig Hoffman, one of the original pioneers of legal … Continue reading “Updates from the Georgetown Legal English Faculty (May 2024)”
Post by Profs. Heather Weger and Julie Lake On April 24, 2024, just as the US was authorizing support for Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself against Russia’s ongoing war of aggression, current Two-Year LL.M. students (Salome Adeishvili, Vishnupriya Bhonsle, Zhicheng Hong, Junsik Park, and Daisuke Tomita) and faculty (Prof. Julie Lake and Prof. Heather Weger) attended a panel … Continue reading “Two-Year Students and Faculty Engage with Former Ambassador Williamson at GULC Event”
Post by Stephen Horowitz, Professor of Legal English I was very fortunate yesterday to be involved in kicking off a new collaboration among legal research and writing faculty from Ukraine, the U.S., and Canada. Organized by Artem Shaipov of USAID’s Justice For All project in Ukraine, the collaboration is an outgrowth of continued collaboration initiated in … Continue reading “Strengthening Capacity of Ukrainian Law Schools to Teach Legal Research, Analysis, Reasoning, and Writing Skills”
