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:
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Congressman
FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR: John L. Woods Jr, Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program & Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
John L. Woods Jr,
Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program & Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
FOUNDER & PROGRAM DIRECTOR: John L. Woods Jr, Co-Director, Howard University School of Law ADR Program & Managing Partner, Woods Global Dispute Resolution
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
Ivonne Garza
Senior Associate, O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)
Ivonne Garza – Senior Associate, O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)
Ivonne Garza – Senior Associate, O’Neil Institute, Georgetown University (U.S.)
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 (U.S.)
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sally Yearwood, Governor, Inter-American Development Bank (Barbados)
David Louis Rosenblatt, Economics Principal Advisor from the Country Department Caribbean (CCB), Inter-American Development Bank (U.S.)
Dr. Joy Kategekwa – Strategy Advisor on Africa, United Nations Development Programme (Uganda)
Efe Ukala – Founder, ImpactHER (Nigeria)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Alexandra Whitaker – Trade Staff Director/Chief Trade Counsel – Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives (U.S.)
Jan Yves Remy – Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) of University of the West Indies (St. Lucia)
Kholofelo Kugler – International Trade Lawyer, the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (South Africa)
Darren Riley – Partner/International Trade Lawyer, Riley Trade Law (U.S.)
U.S. PUBLIC POLICY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Richard Mattox – Partner, Mattox Woolfolk (U.S.)
Nicole Elam – President & CEO, Bankers Association (U.S.)
Nichole Francis Reynolds – VP & Global Head of Government Relations, Servicenow (U.S.)
TRANSACTIONS & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Angelique Strong-Marks – Chief Legal Officer, Cars.com (U.S.)
Shan Greer – President & CEO, BVI International Arbitration Centre (St. Lucia)
Jeannie Charles – Arbitrator & Mediator (U.S.)
Nania Owusu-Ankomah – International Arbitrator & Partner, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah (Ghana)
Arthur Matthews – Mediator & Professor, Penn State University (U.S.)
ETHICS
Dean Kwaku Agyemam-Budu – African Centre on Law & Ethics, Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration Law School (Ghana)
Kandis Gibson – President-elect, Women’s Bar Association (U.S.)
Howard Law Meets With U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and African Leaders to Examine New African Trade Agreement
Howard Law Professor and Students Discuss Denationalization of Black Dominicans of Haitian Descent with Dominican Republic President and Officials
Howard Law Professor on Denationalization of Black Dominicans of Haitian Descent
Howard Law Professor in the Integrate Africa Magazine
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