Fordham Law welcomes a delegation of legal professionals from Brazil November 16–20 as part of the International Judicial Research and Training Program run by the Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs. The 25 visitors—judges, attorneys, and court clerks—come from the states of Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, and São Paolo and include three justices of state supreme courts.
This program has been organized in cooperation with the Escola Judicial and Poder Judiciário Tribunal de Justiça de Pernambuco and marks the fifth time that Fordham Law has hosted a group of judges from the State of Pernambuco.
“We are so pleased that the Pernambuco judiciary has once again chosen Fordham Law as the place for its judges to examine aspects of the U.S. legal and judicial systems,” said Assistant Dean Toni Jaeger-Fine, who directs the International Judicial Research and Training Program. “Each year, this program gives us a chance to learn from each other about the many differences—and similarities—in our systems. The relationship that the Law School has with the judiciary of the State of Pernambuco to offer this program is one of the developments in my office of which I am most proud.”
The program includes sessions taught by Fordham Law faculty on introduction to the U.S. legal system, the use of precedent and rules of stare decisis in the United States, class actions, privacy and data security law, and corruption and compliance. Special lectures will be delivered by Associate Dean Nestor Davidson on the Sharing Economy and Isabel Vincent on her book, Gilded Lily. The delegation will also have the opportunity to observe court proceedings and meet the Honorable Elizabeth S. Stong at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. The program will conclude with a celebratory luncheon and certificate ceremony.