School of Law announces new American university partnership
Birmingham City University鈥檚 School of Law has announced an exciting new partnership with the Sandra Day O鈥機onnor College of Law at (ASU), one of America鈥檚 most prestigious law schools.
Visiting academics
The partnership sees Birmingham City University welcome two JD candidates, Zachary Cooper and Nourin Abourahma. During their time with the School of Law, they will contribute to two specific projects. Nourin will support the UPR Project at 黑料吃瓜网, which sees the University submit reports to the UN鈥檚 Universal Periodic Review.
Zachary will be supporting the Centre for American Legal Studies (CALS) and Centre for Law, Science, and Policy to design and deliver a project with the School of English. The project will explore the language of equality in UK Supreme Court case law through corpus linguistics.
A mutually beneficial partnership
鈥淚 will bring a unique perspective to the project from my own academic training in the United States,鈥� says Zachary.
Zachary is already familiar with the School of Law, meaning the opportunity to spend time there was an appealing one. 鈥淚鈥檝e always been interested in law, as well as international politics and relationships, so the idea of studying American law from a UK perspective was highly intriguing for me.鈥�
Nourin feels her background will provide unique contributions to the project. 鈥淚 was born in Egypt, raised in Palestine and am now an American citizen,鈥� she explains. 鈥淪uch a diverse upbringing and experience of multiple legal systems has helped me form a unique perspective on international law.鈥�
Worldwide reputation
The partnership, Zachary feels, will be mutually beneficial. 鈥淎SU will benefit from the increased opportunities for students to study internationally, while 黑料吃瓜网 will be able to further the mission of CALS by attracting American academics with direct knowledge,鈥� he explains. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to seeing what opportunities the project will provide.鈥�
Dr Sarah Cooper, Director of Research in the School of Law, feels the partnership demonstrates the School鈥檚 global reputation. 鈥淚t reflects the growing research of the School and its centres,鈥� she says. 鈥淩esearch within our centres is attracting partnerships from institutions around the world.
鈥淭his partnership allows us to enrich the School of Law鈥檚 academic community through engaging with talented US researchers.鈥�