PROLAW is offering a full scholarship to an applicant from Mexico for the academic year 2017-2018 for the LLM in Rule of Law for Development. The scholarship will cover all tuition and student fees, as well as a stipend for living costs for the eight months of study in Rome. Eligible candidates for this scholarship are Mexican legal professionals with at least two years work experience and with a demonstrated interest in rule of law. Applicants should submit their applications through the normal PROLAW LLM application process, ensuring to include a detailed Statement of Purpose that outlines their merits for the scholarship award. The scholarship decision will be announced in late spring 2017.
 
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"We need your help in identifying great candidates for one of the Department of State’s flagship exchange programs --  The Humphrey Program – which brings young and mid-career professionals from designated countries to the United States for a year of non-degree graduate-level study, leadership development, and professional collaboration with U.S. counterparts.  The program includes study at different U.S. universities around the country, leadership training, and professional development at NGOs or government agencies in the U.S. that work in the field of the Humphrey fellow. Please note that the program for which we are currently recruiting would begin in the fall of 2016.
The program fields are diverse and many match our key ICS goals.  They are as follows:                                                                                                                                                                                       Sustainable Development
Agriculture and Rural Development
EconomicDevelopment
Finance and Banking
Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change
Urban and Regional Planning
Democratic Institution Building
Journalism/Communications
Law & Human Rights
Public Policy Analysis and Public Administration
Trafficking in Persons Policy and Prevention
Technology Policy and Management
Human Resource Management
Education
Educational Administration, Planning and Policy
Higher Education Administration
Teaching of English as a Foreign Language
Public Health
Public Health Policy and Management
HIV/AIDS Policy and Prevention
Substance Abuse Education, Treatment and Prevention
More information on the specific program fields can be found at: https://www.humphreyfellowship.org/program-fields
Please share this opportunity with your contacts and encourage them to apply by the August 31 deadline.  They can find more information, in Spanish, at our COMEXUS site:  http://comexus.org.mx/hubert_humphrey.html  Or you can send them the attached flyers which are in English, as that is a requirement for applicants.
Thanks,"
Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath
Ministra Consejera para Diplomacia Pública/Public Affairs Officer
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en México / U.S. Embassy México, D.F.

Un resumen rapidísimo de lo que está pasando en FLDM Global…
En los últimos 20 días:

• hemos firmado 3 acuerdos de colaboración, con la Alianza Francesa (Monterrey), la Universidad Mayor (Chile) y la escuela de derecho de la Universidad de St. Thomas (Minnesota);
  
• hemos iniciado pláticas o intercambiado propuestas de convenio con 4 escuelas de derecho, de Argentina, Brasil, Estados Unidos y España;
  
• tuvimos una sesión de información con CampusFrance (Francia);
  
• tendremos una sesión de información con Southern Methodist University (Dallas); e
• iniciamos un proceso de selección de candidatos a becas para un programa de posgrado en Estados Unidos.

A ver qué viene después de este puente…

 

La Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (FLDM) ha sido invitada a nominar hasta dos personas que hayan terminado su licenciatura en esta institución, para ser admitidas y recibir una beca del 75% en el programa de Maestría en Derecho (LL.M. in U.S. Law) de la Universidad de St. Thomas, Minnesota.

Abajo, encontraran la convocatoria.