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.)