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INSTRUCTORS & SPEAKERS

May 22-26, 2023
Legal Boot Camp/Seminar

Fellowship Components:  over the course of the fellowship, fellows engage in three major programmatic components: (1) Legal Boot Camp (training seminars), (2) Field Placement Assignments (legal internships & capstone projects), and (3) Policy & Diplomacy.       

Fellows are required to successfully complete the Legal Boot Camp/Seminar from May 22-26, 2023, prior to beginning field placement assignments.  Program curriculum integrates a “legal continuum” of targeted issues that impact or contribute to development efforts.  The following is an overview of the core curriculum, instructors, and speakers:

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries

U.S. Congressman

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Stacey Plaskett

U.S. Congresswoman

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 

Dr. Didacus Jules

Director General

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States – OECS

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FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR:

John L. Woods Jr.

 Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program

Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution 

SOCIAL JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS

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Gabriel Godoy, PhD

Chief of Mission in the Dominican Republic

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( Brazil)  

Ivonne Garza 

 Senior Associate

 O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)

Yannick Gill (former Fellow)

Legislative Counsel

Human Rights Lawyer

U.S. House of Representatives

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

David Louis Rosenblatt

Regional Principal Economic Adviser,  Caribbean Country Department (CCB)

Inter-American Development Bank (U.S.)

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Dr. Joy Kategekwa

Strategy Advisor on Africa

United Nations Development Programme (Uganda)

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Alexandra Whitaker

Trade Staff Director/Chief Trade Counsel

U.S. House of Representatives (U.S.)

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Jan Yves Remy 

Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law (UWI)

Trade Law and Policy Expert 

(Barbados/St. Lucia) 

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Kholofelo Kugler

International Trade Lawyer

The Advisory Centre on WTO Law (South Africa)

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Vincent J. Atkins

LDC Trade Policy/Technical Advisor

CARICOM Secretariat

(Barbados/St. Lucia)

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Darren P.  Riley

Partner/International Trade Lawyer

Riley Trade Law (U.S.)

U.S. PUBLIC POLICY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

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Richard Mattox

Partner

Mattox Woolfolk (U.S.)

Nicole Elam

CEO

National Bankers Association (U.S.)

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Nichole Francis Reynolds

VP & Global Head of Government Relations

Servicenow (U.S.)

TRANSACTIONS & INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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Angelique Strong-Marks

Chief Legal Officer

Cars.com (U.S.)

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Lakeshia Ford

President & CEO

Ford Communicatons (Ghana)

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Stephanie AduMudikongo

CEO

Colorbox Cosmetics (Ghana)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

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Allen Waxman

President & CEO

CPR-International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution  (U.S.)

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Shan Greer

President & CEO

BVI International Arbitration Centre  (St. Lucia)

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Jeanne Charles 

 Arbitrator & Mediator (U.S.) 

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Nania Owusu-Ankomah

International Arbitrator & Partner

Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah (Ghana)

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Arthur Matthews

Mediator & Professor

Penn State University (U.S.) 

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Scott Vesel

Partner

Three Crowns LLP (U.S.)

ETHICS

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 Kwaku Agyeman-Budu

Dean

African Centre on Law & Ethics

Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration Law School (Ghana) 

Kandis Gibson

President-elect

Women’s Bar Association (U.S.)

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Dr. Antonius R. Hippolyte

Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research)

Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus

(Barbados/St. Lucia)