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Professor John Q. Barrett, biographer of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson, was in Nuremberg, Germany, last week for meetings, research and lectures. He was a guest lecturer in Creighton University School of Law’s “From Nuremberg to the Hague (N2H)” summer school program and delivered a well-attended public lecture, “President Obama & the U.S. Supreme Court: A Status Report,” at the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut (DAI) – Amerika Haus.
John Q. Barrett
Rosemary Salomone, Kenneth Wang Professor of Law, published an article, “The Rise of English in Academe – A Cautionary Tale”, in University World News (London). In this piece, she uses a recent regional court decision from Italy to explore the legal issues and policy challenges facing Italian and French universities in particular as they increasingly move toward using English as the language of instruction. Professor Salomone explains,
Driving the debate over English are three related forces: the articulated need among European universities to remain competitive in recruiting students; the expressed concern among faculty members to remain relevant in the growing stream of scholarship conducted in English; and the increasing interest among students in expanding their options in a flagging job market where English proficiency carries considerable weight.
The full article may be found here.
Rosemary Salomone
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