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Nicole Carle, rising 3L at WCL, has spent her summer working at the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a Majority Staff Intern learning about how foreign policy is crafted from the legislative branch. Just a few examples of the work Nicole has done this summer include: drafting a letter to the state department in support of the Uighur community; writing language on hybrid tribunal support; and providing the committee with a memo on treaty withdrawal. All of her work is in addition to helping the committee with floor activities. Way to go, Nicole!

Rising 2L Anna Isernia and JD/MA students Katie Dee and Meagan DeSimone celebrate with Professor Paul Williams at the UN in Geneva after working on drafting a comment for the ILC plenary meetings.

Rising WCL 3L, Shelsea Ramirez, is spending her summer in Colombia clerking for a judge in the Truth Recognition section of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP). In the photo above she is being sworn into the JEP by the JEP President, Patricia Linares Prieto. Shelsea researches international law as it relates to the ongoing cases at the JEP. She also listens to testimonials that relate to her cases, and participates in events related to the peace process.

Former PILPGer, Katherine Holcombe, and current WCL 2L, Anna Isernia, enjoy the view at the U.N. in Geneva with Professor Paul Williams after authoring a comment to be read in the International Law Plenary Sessions.

WCL students on the London/Brussels International Business and EU Constitutional Law program had the opportunity to visit the welcome center of the European Commission after attending a meeting on what the EU is doing to protect data privacy for its citizens.

Students from both WCL and partner institutions had the amazing opportunity to prepare for an alternative dispute settlement simulation at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. This group represents the EU and the US on a dispute involving the rights to a medical patent.

Rising 2Ls Rouben Gregorian, Chris Kimura, and Eric Wenz had the opportunity to visit Norton Rose Fulbright in London while participating in WCL’s Study Abroad Summer Program in London, Brussels, and Geneva. At this visit, the class learned about Corporate Social Responsibility in an international context, as well as what companies around the world are doing to include humanitarian clauses in their supply chain contracts.

This week, WCL student Anna Isernia observed testimony at the International Criminal Court for the case of Dominic Ongwen. Ongwen is the first former child soldier to be tried at The ICC. While his attorneys argue he is a victim, exploited as a child, prosecutors say his childhood experiences should not make him immune from accountability for crimes he may have committed as an adult. Ongwen currently faces 70 charges of war crimes against humanity, allegedly committed while a commander in Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army in the early 2000s.

Yesterday, Co-Founder Professor Paul Williams led a professional development session with PILPG’s summer team focused on the “Start-Up of You.” The session discussed how thinking of yourself as a start-up company can help you visualize your brand and make a plan for success.

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