The First Meeting of ANLUS on JULY 04, 2009

The Wait is Over!

The First Meeting of ANLUS on JULY 04, 2009

ASSOCIATION OF NEPALESE LAWYERS AND SCHOLARS IN THE US

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

[DURING THE ANA CONVENTION 2009]

ANLUS Invites all Nepalese Law Students in the US, Nepali Lawyers-Advocates, US Attorneys from Nepal, Law Faculty Members from Nepal and US, Nepalese Paralegals and Nepalese Legal Professionals to attend and be a part of the first meeting of our online legal community, here in San Francisco, California on July 04, 2009 during the 27^th ANA Convention. Exact Venue, Time and Program Schedule to follow. Law Faculty from Nepal Law Campus, Kathmandu School of Law and some major US Law Schools will also be invited.

Travel Grant Needed for Nepalese Law Students to participate in a MOOT COURT Competition (URGENT)

Association of Nepalese Lawyers in the US would like to request non-profit organizations, charities, and grant commissions or donors (individual, private or public) to help us raise Travel Grant for the deserving Nepalese students.

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2008 participants from Nepal seek Travel Grant sponsorship for the Jessup Cup.

Aftermath of Jessup Competition has been anecdotes of incessant advancement and contributions of the Jessup graduates beginning from success in Public Interest Litigation to petition for the human rights protection of poor migrant workers in India. We  have registered the Nepalese National Chapter (named as International Law Student Society, Nepal , ILS Nepal) of International Law Student Association (ILSA, organizer of Jessup Cup) of which I am elected as President. We will continue paying back for the investment done by the partners of Nepal through many other contributions to the Nepalese society.

We, the students, will be among the next generation of leaders in Nepal who will take up the project of further exploring benefits from international plane and int’l law to the country. Nepalese team is appearing for 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition in Washington DC from 6^th – 12^th April 2008. This competition is famous globally for its global character and wider participations from many countries of the globe. It is the largest and fastest growing moot court competition in the world, now involving more than 2000 students from nearly 500 law schools from more than 80 nations on six continents. Jessup’s former participants continue to enter foreign, finance, justice ministries in increasing numbers. They can be found in world finest law firms, corporations, universities, parliaments, international organizations. Request from government for written materials submitted in the Jessup Competitions increase every year. Jessup Network grows to make an ever great impression on students and professional in international law.

With the advent of Bilateralism and Multilateralism, the divergence standing in the international relations have been emerging as an essential part of inter-State intercourses; bilateral, multilateral or international legal regimes (e.g. treaties, executive order, coherent judicial adjudications) have been integral part of  international relations of the modern contemporary world. Similarly, in some arenas, importantly trade matters, decision making has been increasingly removed from national arenas and even from state-to-state negotiations. The WTO’s compulsory dispute settlement process is a prime example of the strongest supranational judicial decision making. Recent institution of International Criminal Court (ICC) has even transcended the frontier of national prosecution system by international criminal prosecution. These developments in international law, international adjudication, and international trade relations have obviously affected law fraternity, litigation practices and corporate intercourses of Nepal with rest of partners. Nepal’s memberships in the SAFTA, WTO and BIMSTEC have opened the avenue for exploiting benefits from such trading regimes only if we are well prepared to trade off our challenges and opportunities.

 

Not surprisingly, the financial burden participating in the Jessup Competition is significant. Unfortunately, the overall economic situation of Nepal has also affected the University budgets as well. Therefore we would very much appreciate it if you could support the Jessup Team from Nepal for this year. Any support will, of course, be recognized in the official capacity by the Purbanchal University, Kathmandu School of Law, as well as in the International Rounds in Washington DC, USA.

 

 It’s our great pleasure to share you that US Embassy in Nepal has promised to extend travel support to one member of the team out of 3 members of the Jessup Team.

Travel support to remaining two members is yet to be realized, which stands around US D 2800 as quoted from cheap fare from Aeroflot. Only sympathy is extended by the local lawyers community, no concrete support is promised by them. It is very frustrating for us to receive such apathy and lack of generosity to the Jessup Team.

 

We are very concerned to make sure additional travel grant, whether it be private or official sponsorship/ donation. We are expecting great cooperation from you in ensuring Jessup Cup participation from Nepal!

GRANT/SPONSORSHIP SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO:

Kathmandu School of Law,

Bhaktapur, Nepal

P. O. No: 6618

Tel: +977 9841588830 (cell) +977 1 4335204

Fax: 6634801

Email: ils.nepal@gmail.com

Websites:

www.ilsa.org

www.ksl.edu.np

 

Donors may also contact for assistance on how to provide the grant to:

Santosh Giri, Coordinator

Association of Nepalese Lawyers and Scholars in the US [ANLUS]

anlusnepal@gmail.com

Please do NOT provide this grant to ANLUS.

 

 

 

Introduction: Kripa Upadhyay, Esq.

Having earned her Juris Doctor (J.D) degree from the Seattle University School of Law in 2007, Kripa is an Immigration Attorney with the law firm of Carney & Marchi, P.S where she practices all areas of Immigration & Nationality Law in addition to a limited practice in Criminal Defense.

Currently serving as the Chair of the Citizenshih Day Committee for the WA state chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Kripa is also actively involved with various social service organizations.

Kripa volunteers as a Pro-Bono attorney for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (www.nwirp.org), a non-profit organization that provides free legal assistance to low income immigrants and is also a board member for Nepalese Children’s Education Fund (NCEF), a non profit organization that educates children from economically and socially disadvantaged families in Nepal (www.nepalchildren.org)

Licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, Kripa is also licensed to practice before the United States Distrcit Court for the Western District of Washington.

Kripa can be contacted via the following:

Carney & Marchi, P.S

108 S. Washington Street, Suite 406

Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206 -224-0909

kripa@carmarlaw.org

Nepali lawyers visit School of Law to help foster mediation programs, April 7, 2006

April 7, 2006 > Nepali lawyers visit School of Law to help foster mediation programs

A delegation of law faculty and public-interest lawyers from Kathmandu, Nepal, recently visited the School of Law for two weeks through a U.S. State Department exchange designed to develop mediation programs in Nepal.The visitors made presentations to law school faculty and students on community mediation, legal education and the legal profession in Nepal.

Photo by Mary Butkus

Radhika Regmi Pokharel (left), coordinator and trainer for the Community Mediation Program of the U.N. Development Program’s Mainstreaming Gender Equity Programme in Kathmandu, meets with students during a recent alternative dispute-resolution class.

In turn, the delegation received advanced mediation training and met dispute-resolution providers in the St. Louis area, including private mediators and those with the family and juvenile courts. The delegation also networked with University faculty, participated in law school classes and special events, and attended the American Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference in Atlanta.

“In Nepal, we have been successfully implementing community mediation programs,” said Yubaraj Sangroula, executive director of the Kathmandu School of Law. “However, we gained many new ideas from the mediation programs in the U.S., which focus on consumers, juveniles and victims.

“The partnership with Washington University will bear fruits for both countries in the future.”

In addition to Sangroula, members of the delegation were:

• Sudeep Gautam, coordinator of the LL.M. Business and International Trade Law Program for Kathmandu School of Law and program coordinator of the Community Mediation Program at the Center for Legal Research and Resource Development;

• Radhika Regmi Pokharel, coordinator and trainer for the Community Mediation Program of the United Nations Development Program’s Mainstreaming Gender Equity Programme in Kathmandu; and

• Ratna Kaji Shrestha, human rights lawyer and mediation trainer for the Forum for Women, Law and Development in Kathmandu.

“The program design for our exchange visit was excellent because it gave us opportunities to both enhance our general conflict resolution skills and increase our understanding of mediation and dispute resolution in the U.S.,” Pokharel said.

“We’ve had the opportunity to visit an amazing number of agencies and programs and learn about multiple program designs and models.”

The law school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, directed by Karen Tokarz, J.D., professor of law, received a three-year, $244,000 grant from the State Department to establish exchanges between the University and Kathmandu law schools and between University and civil society nongovernmental organizations in Nepal.

C.J. Larkin, J.D., administrative director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, provided mediation training to the delegation and coordinated the visit. Larkin and other representatives from the School of Law will visit Nepal in June.

The State Department grant provides funding for the law school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program to offer intermediate and advanced conflict resolution training to Nepali faculty, students and organizations involved in community mediation. The training will be conducted both at WUSTL and in Nepal.

University faculty and students will observe Nepali mediators and receive training while in Nepal. Additionally, the law school will develop Internet dispute resolution resources for Nepali mediators.

The law school and the George Warren Brown School of Social Work have been developing partnerships with universities and nongovernmental organizations in Nepal for several years. Gautam Yadama, Ph.D., director of international programs and associate professor in the School of Social Work, began the collaborations through his U.S. Agency for International Development-funded project with Nepal Law School in 1999-2001. Yadama served as a Fulbright professor in Nepal in 2000-01.

Jane Aiken, J.D., the William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law, also served as a Fulbright senior scholar at Tribhuvan Law Campus during fall 2001. For three summers, WUSTL law students worked in Kathmandu through the public-interest stipend program, with placement assistance from Aiken and Larkin.

Advocate Indra Lohani in the US (Oct 2007)

ABA ROLI Strengthens Ties with Nepalese Lawyers, Advocates

Mr. Indra Prasad Lohani (center) examines the plight of the Maoists after their break from the seven-party coalition in September. (Not pictured: Mr. Shree Krishna Bhattarai, Under Secretary of the Nepal Supreme Court)

During a recent trip to Washington, D.C., a group of Nepalese law professors and advocates met with representatives of ABA ROLI’s Asia Division.  They came to discuss a critical and increasingly challenging moment for Nepal’s future—the election for the committee to rewrite Nepals’s constitution.

“Every community is demanding their rights,” Mr. Lohani, Secretary General of the Supreme Court Bar Association, explained, “and the government is just overwhelmed.”

His colleague Mr. Paudel from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, added, “We are trying hard to convince the Maoists that they should [cooperate] in the elections process.”

The Nepalese delegation met with ABA ROLI staff as part of their three-week program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State introducing them to the American judicial system, the U.S. constitution, and the rule of law in a democratic society. The group traveled to various regions with different ethnic populations to discuss paths toward egalitarian judicial systems in their own country.

Their trip also included discussions about gender issues.  Sneha Barot, Acting Director of the Asia Division, shared her past experience as a women’s rights lawyer with Professors Dhami and Bhetuwal, both of whom teach feminist jurisprudence at Kathmandu School of Law. The trio recognized a significant opportunity to work on gender issues in Nepal, where despite the existence of female suffrage, there remain few instances of women going to vote. “Is this written in the law? No. But it’s in the society,” Bhetuwal commented.

Mr. Lohani, who also hosts an influential political affairs television show on Nepal’s Kantipur Television, was very grateful for the chance to meet.  “We have a long, long way to go with American Bar Association,” Lohani stated.  “This is only the beginning.”

The Rule of Law Initiative has a civic education project in Nepal titled “Building Grassroots Support for Democratic and Legal Reform in Nepal.”  This project aims to foster the development of the rule of law in Nepal through increased public support of the reform and peace process. For more information, click here or contact Stephanie Le <les@staff.abanet.org>, Program and Finance Associate for Cambodia, Nepal and Vietnam.

Ratna B. Bagchand speaks at Nepal-US Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at Harvard.

On the occasion of World Indigenous Peoples’ Day [August 9, 2007], Nepal-US Indigenous Peoples’ Forum, [NIP Forumorgainized a special program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. Subash Thapa Magar and Anjana Budhathoki were  honored in the program. They have received the Best International Director [Documentary] award – for their documentary ‘A Tragedy For The Liberty’ in the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, Los Angeles March 2007. They also shared their thoughts on Nepal’s on going peace processes in the program. Others were Shyama Kumari Rai, President, United Kirat Rai Organization of America –  New England Chapter, Khadga Bhattachan – President, Boston Thakali Society , Dhan Kumar Gurung – President, Boston Tamu Samaj, Lok Bahadur Lama  – President, Boston Tamang Society [BTS], Binod Oli – President – Greater Boston Nepalese Community [GBNC] and Shiva K. Rai – President, United Kirat Rai Organization of America, Central Committee and Director, NIP Forum. Likewise, the following Speakers expressed their opinions: i) Sonja Darai: (Executive Director, Somerville Commission for Women), a native American, who has extensively traveled and worked in Nepal, will speak on ‘Emergency Preparedness’ ; ii) Ratna B. Bagchand: He has served as a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Nepal from 2005 onward, and is the Founder and President of the Lawyers National Campaign against Untouchability [LANCAU]. In 2003, he received the award for Outstanding Lawyer of the Kingdom of Nepal, 2003, conferred by the National Dalit Commission, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal for promoting social justice, equality, and human rights throughout the country; and  Maita Lal Gurung, Convenor, People’s Freedom Party [Green], will speak on the current socio-economic changes in Nepal. A Vote of Thanks was conveyed by  B. K. Rana, President, NIP Forum, The program was held at The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Graduate Students Lounge, Dudley   House, Harvard University on August 6, 2007.

Details: http://www.nipforum.org

 

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE- AILA 2006

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONANNUAL CONFERENCE- AILA 2006 

Santosh Giri 

SESSIONS/EVENTS ATTENDEDWednesday5:00 PM- 8:30 PM RegistrationThursday9:00 AM- 10:00 AM Keynote Address10:00 AM- 11:00AM Agencies that Affect Immigration Lawyers11:00AM- 12:20 PM NIV Overview-Key Concepts1:00PM- 2:00 PM AILA Infonet Training/Searching2:00 PM – 3:20 PM Cutting Edge Issues in Asylum3:30PM-4:30 PM AILA Infonet Training/Basics7:30 PM- 10:00 PMPub CrawlFriday8:00 AM-9:15 AM Preparing I-129 petitions for Nonimmigrant Workers9:30 AM- 10:45 AM Non-employment based Immigrant Visas10:05 AM- 11:20 AM Athletes, Entertainers and Artists (Os & Ps)12:00 PM- 2:00 PM AILA Indian Sub-continent Interest Group Meeting2:00 PM-3:20 PM Consequences of Criminal Conduct3:00 PM- 4:15 PM Nuts and Bolts of PERM Application4:30 PM- 5:20 PM PERM StrategiesSaturday9:00 AM- 9:50 AM Study break: Keeping F-1 and M-1 students in Status10:00 AM- 10:55 AM L-1B-What’s so special About you?2:00 PM- 5:15 PM PERM workshop9:00 PM- 12:00 AM AILA Saturday Night Party

Law Conferences Worldwide

June 2006

28 ALSP2006 annual conference: Social Justice in Practice University College Dublin Ireland
29 Access to justice: How much is too much? Prato Italy

July 2006

02 Cairns Law Conference 2006 Cairns Australia
06 Metaphysics 2006: Third World Conference Rome Italy
06 First European Socio-Legal Conference Onati Spain
06 Society for Renaissance Studies National Conference 2006 Edinburgh United Kingdom
06 IP CRIME CONGRESS 2006 BRUSSELS Belgium
06 Business Ethics in the Corporate Governance Era: Domestic & International Trends in Transparency, Regulation & Corporate Governance Seattle WA
10 Security, Democracy and Human Rights AMMAN Jordan
10 The Supreme Court Business Docket: Lessons form the 2005-06 Term new york NY
11 Anti-Money Laundering Forum melbourne Australia
12 Eighth International Workshop on Deontic logic in Computer Science (DEON2006) Utrecht Netherlands
12 30th Virginia Law of the Sea Conference Dublin Ireland
12 Australasian Society of Continental Philosophy Melbourne (Geelong) Australia Australia
13 Passages: law, aesthetics, politics Melbourne Australia
13 Interactive Master Class on Trial Advocacy for Products Liability New York NY
16 Social Work and the Law: The Cutting Edge of Forensics Chicago Illinois
27 Lumos 2006: A Harry Potter Symposium Las Vegas Nevada
28 QLS Personal Injuries Conference Brisbane Australia

August 2006

03 Ethics, Creativity & Copyright Calgary/Banff Canada
Ethics, Creativity & Copyright is aninterdisciplinary conference that examines therole of copyright in the creative process.
18 QLS Family Law Conference Brisbane Australia
26 THE GREEK LEGAL AND MEDICAL CONFERENCE MELBOURNE Australia
27 XVII World Congress of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates Belfast United Kingdom
30 XVI. Conference of the Europena Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) LJUBLJANA Slovenia

September 2006

13 Achieving Commercial Success in the Face of Food Regulation & Litigation Chicago Illinois
13 China New Labour Law & HR Practices Shanghai China
14 South African Sports Law Conference CAPE TOWN South Africa
14 3RD NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CREATING AND ENFORCING MUNICIPAL BYLAWS Toronto Canada
15 QLS Commercial Law/Commercial Litigation Conference Brisbane Australia
15 Affordable Justice South Australia Australia
18 EMPLOYING FOREIGN WORKERS Calgary Canada
18 PRODUCT LIABILITY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Toronto Canada
18 Law Firm CFO Summit New York NY
18 2nd E Discovery new york new york
19 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SYARIAH & COMMON LAW 2006 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
21 IPR Protection of Software: Copyright, Patent, and/or Open Source? Helsinki Finland
28 KEY BUSINESS AGREEMENTS Toronto Canada
29 2nd Australasian Business and Behavioural Sciences Association (ABBSA) Conference Adelaide, Australia Australia

October 2006

09 The Fourth IASTED International Conference on LAW AND TECHNOLOGY ~LawTech 2006~ MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge Massachusetts
10 Youth Crime and Violence: Policy, Prevention and Intervention in the OECS Castries, St. Lucia
12 ADVANCED INSOLVENCY LAW & PRACTICE Toronto Canada
13 QLS Succession Law Conference Brisbane Australia
19 Making Aboriginal Policy: A Conference Ten Years After the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Saskatoon Canada
20 After Ricoeur: An Interdisciplinary Conference Oklahoma City University Oklahoma
27 Globalisation, Law and Justice Perth Australia

November 2006

03 Law for Non-Lawyers Waterloo Canada
10 QLS Property Law Conference Brisbane Australia
13 Onomastics and the Semiotic of Names Lagos Nigeria
16 12TH ANNUAL REGULATORY COMPLIANCE FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Toronto Canada
19 LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND ENDANGERMENT Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria. Nigeria

December 2006

05 International Conference on Busines , Law and Technology Copenhagen Other
06 Advanced Identification Systems & Biometrics Washington DC

February 2007

09 Second Nature: Rethinking the Natural Through Politics Evanston, IL Illinois
19 The International Conference on the Environment : Survival and Sustainability Nicosia Cyprus
The Conference aims to bring together around 2000scholars and researchers from over 90 countriesaround the world to discuss environmental issuesfrom a variety of perspectives.

March 2007

19 Elder Law Italian /Australian -Series Florence/ Perugia Italy

June 2007

09 Istanbul Conference on Democracy and Global Security Istanbul Turkey
28 INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW wollongong Australia

July 2007

03 3rd International Congress of Psychology and Law in conjunction with the 27th Annual Congress of ANZAPPL Adelaide Australia
05 Julius Stone Centenary Conference Sydney Australia
16 Fourth International conference on Law Athens Greece

September 2007

15 THE GREEK LEGAL AND MEDICAL CONFERENCE KOS GREECE Greece

Source: http://www.conferencealerts.com/law.htm

Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, California

Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development (Annual)

Application period closed on January 13, 2006 for 2006. Apply before January 2007 for 2007 Placement.

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at the Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, California invites policy makers and activists from countries undergoing political, economic and social transitions to participate in its second annual summer fellows program on democracy, development, and the rule of law to be held July 31 – August 18, 2006 at Stanford University on its California campus.

This program offers a unique approach to studying the ways in which democratic institutions and institutions that foster economic development can be established and strengthened in varying country contexts. In contrast to other programs of democracy promotion that seek to transfer ready made models to countries in transition, the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development program provides a comparative perspective on the evolution of established democratic practices as well as a conceptual background into issues of democracy and good governance. The curriculum draws on the combined expertise of Stanford scholars and practitioners in the fields of political science, economics, law, sociology, and business and emphasizes the links between theory and practice.

While traditional programs focus either on democratization, economic development, or the rule of law, the Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development program endeavors to locate the points of interaction among these areas. Ideas and learning flow two ways. Participants are exposed to the knowledge of Stanford faculty and, in turn, they bring their country and professional experiences into the seminars to help faculty and one another develop case-specific methodologies for addressing actual problems of democratic and economic development.