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Note: McKinney CLE events are highlighted below by the red boxes on the right. (CLE-RSS)
Also, check out Student Events
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Contact: Perfecto "Boyet" Caparas at pcaparas@iu.edu
Room 355-2, Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
Registration is now closed. Walk-In CLE is still available.
Topic: Jordan – History of Migration and Consequences
The speaker will shed light on the history of migration to Jordan and its impact on nfrastructure, employment, education, political and civil rights, natural resources, economy, and population. She will focus on the last wave of Syrian migration to Jordan. She will discuss the role of NGOs and the Jordanian government during the Syrian refugees’ crisis given that Jordan has not ratified the 1951 refugees’ convention. She will highlight the concerns over the fate of the refugees, in terms of deportation or resettlement without endangering Jordan’s social balance.
Speaker: Tamara Al Banna
A licensed lawyer from Jordan, she received her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Aleppo-Syria. Throughout her career as a corporate lawyer, she has been involved in corporate and commercial issues relevant to companies and corporations, in addition to drafting agreements and contracts for various clients. She has an extensive experience in many of the take-over transactions and corporate financial deals. Tamara acted as the key lawyer and focal point for legal consultations. She provided assistance to local and international NGOs who operate in Jordan, such as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Committee of the Red Cross, Plan International, Futures Group, Shoman Foundation, and Hani Qaddumi Scholarship Foundation, in terms of their humanitarian operations and compliance with local laws and regulations.
Topic: Do personal laws discriminate against women’s and girls’ rights in Sri Lanka? A comparative study of marriage inheritance laws in Sri Lanka
There is an ongoing debate in Sri Lanka that all current personal laws, which divide people into different categories according to their geographical locations, customs, religious and ethnical beliefs, should be banned and all the people living in the country should be under one common law. Most of all those laws, which have not been changed over the past years, relate to women. The accountability for those personal laws always relates to women and children which seems unfair. Those ancient laws that relate mostly to customs have been challenged by developed common laws or international human rights laws during the past decades. My talk will include how marriage and divorce laws discriminate against women and girls in Sri Lanka.
Speaker: Mahesha Tennekoon
I am an LL.M. candidate in the American Law for Foreign Lawyers track at IU McKinney. I joined as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in December 1996. I practiced mainly civil law before moving to the United States. After completing my LL.M., I would like to join the government sector as a legal advisor.
Topic: The menace of human trafficking in Nigeria: Women empowerment as a means of curbing it
I will discuss the incessant cases of trafficking in Nigeria. I will relate it with the states in Nigeria which are notorious for sending out their female children for purposes of trafficking. I will discuss the efforts of social organizations in rescuing some of these victims. And lastly, I will discuss the role social organizations play in reintegrating these victims back into society. Women empowerment serves as a fundamental means of reintegrating them.
Speaker: Ibironke Bunmi Ogunleye.
My name is Ibironke Bunmi Ogunleye, I am studying in the LL.M. Health Law, Policy and Bioethics track. Prior to my LL.M program, I have practiced as an attorney in my home country where my law practice focused on corporate practice, mediation, property, and real estate. I also worked with an NGO for several years and have networked with other national and international NGOs in the area of women empowerment and human trafficking.
Parking is available for a nominal fee at the campus Gateway Garage, located on the corner of Michigan and California Streets (Address is 525 Blackford Street). Parking is also available for a nominal fee at the Natatorium Garage two blocks west of the law school.
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