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Law School Hosts Legal Delegation from South America
09/21/2009
On September 25, the IU School of Law – Indianapolis will host a delegation of lawyers, judges, law professors, constitutional scholars, ministry officials and journalists from a dozen South American countries . The U.S. State Department is sponsoring this visit to help these officials examine the U.S. civil, criminal, military and juvenile justice systems and explore legal education and the practice of law. The program on the 25th will include discussions on a range of topics, including judicial case management, alternative dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation, plea bargaining, trial by jury, juvenile justice, the civil rights movement, affirmative action, family law, domestic violence, human rights, judicial activism and indigenous dispute resolution. It will also focus on legal education for foreign students and officials in the U.S. The proceedings will be conducted in Spanish with interpretation. Professor George E. Edwards is organizing the delegation’s visit to the law school.
