MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Advisory Board Member Larry B. Pascal, head of the Haynes and Boone, LLP Americas Practice Group, has been appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to Chair a Task Force that will make recommendations on the modernization of international law practice rules in Texas. Mr. Pascal, a former chair of the State Bar of Texas International Law Section, previously led an effort to reform the state’s rules on foreign legal consultants established in Texas.
Ijaz ul Ahsan (2008, Pakistan) was appointed as Judge of the Lahore High Court by the President of Pakistan last year. The High Court is the highest court of the province/state and has appellate as well constitutional jurisdiction. Ijaz writes: “The decision to leave an established commercial law practice, that I had done for the past about 20 years, to join the bench was not easy. But with the benefit of hindsight, I can say, I am glad I decided to join the bench. To be able to administer justice in accordance with law and the constitution has its own rewards. Having the power and ability to do good, to do justice and to act freely and independently in accordance with ones conscience is a great feeling. To lay down the law and interpret the constitution and to protect rights of citizens are challenging but very satisfying pursuits. The intense intellectual and academic debates on all sorts of legal, constitutional and jurisprudential issues, at the Academy, with the best professors in the US, have clearly done an excellent job. I feel more confident in dealing with the wide variety of issues and legal questions that are brought before my court in a regular basis.
I fondly remember, Dallas, the Academy, all my friends, the staff and the professors who made this experience so rich, rewarding and memorable. Let us keep in touch and hope that our paths cross again.”
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Christian Blum (2002, Germany) “In 2002, I had the honor to attend the 39th Academy of American and International Law. I am still amazed at how many of the wonderful people I met back then I am still in touch with today. Indeed, many of those new contacts have since matured into close and valued friendships. Looking back, I can say that the time I spent at the Academy was both valuable and enriching. The Academy broadened my interest in and my awareness of international legal issues. I am now a member of the Junior Chamber International Stuttgart. I also lecture in international succession management at the Stuttgart University of Cooperative Education (Duale Hochschule). I have been chairman of the examining committee for aspiring inheritance law specialists at the Stuttgart Chamber of Lawyers since 2005 and member of the Inheritance Law Committee of the German Chamber of Lawyers since 2008 and I chair the advisory board of the Steinbeiß Institute for Corporate Succession. I have just been made partner with CMS Hasche Sigle, Germany. As a new Alumni member of the Advisory Board, I am greatly looking forward to renewing contact with my fellow attendees from 2002 and getting to know other former participants.”
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Irakli Kandashvili (2007, Georgia) ”Having enjoyed the wonderful experience of the 2007 Academy, as well as being elected Secretary General of the Alumni Association, I continue to enjoy the fruits of my labor here in Georgia. I feel that the benefit from my attendance at the Academy has helped me in my career. Upon my return, I became the Managing Partner of the Law Firm Andronikashvili, Sachsen-Altenburg Baramidze & Partners and also an Assistant Professor of Tbilisi State University and University of Georgia in Private Law. In 2008, I worked with the American Bar Association in Trial Advocacy Skills and became an ABA trainer in Trial Skills and Legal Ethics - and of Unicef in Juvenile Justice as well as a local expert of the United Nations Development Program, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Georgia. I look forward to the increasing bond which is being established between the Alumni Association and the Institute of International and Comparative Law and would urge all the Alumni to become members. I sincerely believe that my membership and the networking that is involved is a helpful productive tool in my everyday practice of law.”
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Maria Leonor Tobia (2008, Uruguay) received the first “Future Latin America Jurists” Award. “I believe that the Dallas experience not only enhanced my curriculum vitae but it also allowed me to be more open-minded regarding the law. That invaluable contribution of the Academy is definitely one of the reasons I was able to access to this opportunity that has and will, without a doubt, keep changing my life … ” The Tecnologico of Monterrey (TEC) and the Spanish law firm Garrigues have awarded for the first time the "Future Latin American Jurists" award. The purpose of the prize is to recognize the excellence of the young Latin American lawyers and to contribute to the implantation of the concept of legal community in the region. 202 universities of Latin America were invited to submit nominations and 67 of them introduced candidates
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