By Nicholas Nalbantian
Two new
student societies were recently started by Georgetown Journal of International
Law students, the UN Association of Georgetown Law and the Georgetown China Law
Society.
UN Association of Georgetown Law
“An organization to promote and provide a
legal perspective on sustainability and human rights issues, and give
Georgetown Law students a voice at the UN."
UN Association of Georgetown Law |
Started by two LLM students, Bianca McDonnell and Elisabeth Resch, the UN Association of Georgetown Law is a new Georgetown Law chapter of the larger world federation of UN Associations. The society hopes to promote the UN’s work on campus, highlight human rights issues, and raise the voice of students within the UN organization proper. The advantage of having a Georgetown Law chapter of the UN Association, besides no longer needing to go to main campus, is the law school’s future representation at forums in headquarters in New York or at the World Bank in D.C.
Bianca and
Elisabeth are already providing a strong showing with over forty active
members. Such a large membership allows the UN Association to have multiple focus
areas, including business and human rights, sustainability, immigration, gender
equality, and international law and justice.
Current
plans for the society are really focused on the Spring 2017 semester. Bianca
and Elisabeth spoke of their main goal as being a “UN day” in April 2017. This
would be an opportunity to host panels on all the focus areas, leveraging the
UN Association network to fill the panels with both academics and
practitioners. For those who reminisce about their Model UN Team days, they are
also planning a mock treaty negotiation in the spring, so dust off that North
Korean/Iran/South Sudan lapel pin!
Georgetown China Law Society
“The Georgetown China Law Society is a
student group dedicated to studying and discussing legal issues related to
China at Georgetown University Law Center. It aims at providing a platform for
students who are interested in, or wish to further engage with, the role of
China in the American legal context.”
Georgetown China Law Society |
The second new student society started from within the ranks of GJIL is the Georgetown China Law Society. I was able to chat with Junqian Yao, who is really enjoying working on the article selection committee!
The
Georgetown China Law Society, or GCLS, is hoping to be a professional society
to facilitate Chinese legal issues in the international and US legal context.
In particular, GCLS hopes to participate in next year’s International Bar Association conference, reaching out to Chinese
scholars in the Washington area to share their expertise. An excellent
opportunity to increase familiarity with mainland China.
That being
said, GCLS also hopes to have a social element to its membership. An
opportunity to encourage cultural exchange between China and the rest of the
GULC community. With the help of Professor Feinerman, GCLS has already had a
successful launch party which attracted even Dean Treanor’s attendance. The
membership of GCLS also hopes to host a Spring Festival celebration to mark the
lunar new year at the beginning of next semester, an opportunity to cooperate
with APALSA. Regardless of what comes next, the GCLS is happy for all to share
in their upcoming events.
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