University of Wyoming College of Law Touch Lives in Namibia and Support Innovative Teaching at the University of Wyoming College of Law

By Jill Higham
"Students were learning how to respect a new culture, how to navigate a legal system, and how to work with grassroots organizations on the ground in those countries."

-- Professor Johanna Bond describing a similar program she developed at Georgetown University involving fact-finding investigations in Poland and Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

Funds Needed to Make This Course a Reality:

Student Travel - $14,400

In-Country Transportation - $1,200

Faculty Travel - $1,800

Human Rights Expert (to accompany team) - $1,800

Hotel - $3,600

Compensation for local human rights personnel - $2,000

Printing and mailing human rights report - $1,000

Total:  $29,400

 

To learn more about this opportunity or to make a gift, please contact Jill Higham, Director of Development, at (307) 766-6448 or jhigham@uwyo.edu.

Professor Johanna Bond, international human and women's rights expert and new UW College of Law faculty member, is launching an International Human Rights Law course for the 2007-2008 academic year.  This program will be structured to allow law students one semester of legal coursework, an on-site investigation in the country of Namibia, and a final semester spend authoring and publishing an extensive report.  The report will document human rights violations and assess whether or not Namibia is fulfilling its international human rights obligations.  Local human rights activists who collaborate on the project will then use the report as an advocacy tool within Namibia.

While a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, Bond successfully implemented a similar course as part of a clinical program.  This new course will bring an unprecedented international human rights dimension to the UW College of Law.

 

 

 

 

                                                         Photo of Professor Johanna Bond