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Many lawyers describe themselves as "business lawyers." Indeed, according to one estimate, sixty per cent of lawyers identify business law as a significant part of their practice, and the range of their experiences is varied. Business lawyers may, for example, represent multi-national corporations in sophisticated financings, advise family-owned businesses on succession planning, or assist entrepreneurs in starting up a new business. They may serve as outside counsel to their business clients or join the business as inhouse counsel. Lawyers who are employed by, or practice before, federal or state governmental agencies can also play an important role in the regulation of business.
From time-to-time the Institute provides research facilities to visiting scholars. Recently, Professor Koshi Yamazaki, Faculty of Law, Kagawa University, Japan spent a year in residence and Ambassador J. Kenneth Blackwell spent six months in residence.
Depending upon the availability of funding, the Institute will place a number of Fellows in summer externships with human rights organizations, here and abroad. Fellows have been placed with the U.N. Centre on Human Rights in Geneva, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica, a human rights law firm in Pretoria, South Africa, law firms specializing in gender discrimination in Botswana and Katmandu, Nepal, Interrights in London, Article 19 in London, Rights and Humanity in London, the International Human Rights Law Group in Washington, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights in New York, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, Amnesty International USA, the South Africa Project of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in Washington, the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti (refugee issues), clerking for the U.S. expert on the U.N. Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities in Geneva, the Chilean Human Rights Commission, the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, the International Human Rights Law Group, Africa Watch, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Navajo Supreme Court and Legal Services Organization for the Navajo Nation, the ACLU, the Egyptian Human Rights Organization, Center for Justice and International Law, John F. Kennedy Foundation, Sierra Club and Colorado Legal Services. Fellows have also been members of the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
The Institute underwrites the participation of Fellows in important human rights meetings, such as Amnesty International, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the Canadian Foundation on Human Rights summer program, the International Studies Association, the International Institute for Human Rights in Strasbourg, and the International Human Rights Teaching Institute.
Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights
College of Law
University of Cincinnati
Clifton Avenue & Calhoun Street
PO Box 210040
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040
Contact Nancy Ent for more information:
v:513-556-0068
f: 513-556-2391
e: nancy.ent@law.uc.edu
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The program information on this site with some additional information is posted at http://blackboard.uc.edu Click on the tab "Community" and follow the link to "Academic Organizations." Either search for "International Human Rights Certificate" or jump to a later page and scroll down to reach that group. Click "preview" to access information and documents about the Certificate Program.
* Students can also obtain at the UC registrar's one stop website an international human rights certificate audit identifying previously completed courses that satisfy certificate program. Request an A&S degree audit for program code 15CERT2IHR.
Learn more on teaching Human Rights online here.
Each year the Institute awards between 10-12 fellowships to University of Cincinnati law students. The fellowships are divided approximately in thirds to each year of law students. The fellowships carry a stipend of $3,600 for the academic year.
Persons interested in applying for fellowships for the entering year should follow the normal law school application procedures through the admissions office of the law school. In addition, two items are necessary to complete the fellowship application: (1) statement of interest; and (2) resume. These materials should be mailed to: Fellowship Committee, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Box 210040, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040, or emailed to nancy.ent@law.uc.edu. The deadline for application is April 1. Decisions will be made by April 15.
Decisions will be based upon academic merit and will take into consideration previous activities in the human rights field and proficiency in foreign languages. Foreign languages are particularly important in overseas placements.
Students applying for fellowships in their second and third years will be notified through the appropriate law school organs of the application dates and procedures. It is necessary for students to apply each year for fellowships for the following academic year. Academic performance at the law school, as well as performance on projects, will be taken into consideration in making decisions upon applicants who have been Fellows in the preceding year.
Arthur Russell Morgan Fellows and Human Rights Quarterly Staff, 1979-2003
