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Creation Date
4-14-2016
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Engaging Justice in South Africa
Two Events Today
I Thursday, April 14 I
CCHR Conversation
Engaging South African Constitutional Justice
Thursday April 14, 12:30 P.M./ 1130 Eck Hall of Law/ Lunch Will Be Served
An extraordinary gathering of Notre Dame alumni, South African graduates of the L.L.M. Program in International Human Rights Law, will discuss South Africa's transformative constitutionalism and the country's continuing pursuit of social justice. Participating in the conversation will be:
Mbuyiseli Madlanga, L.L.M. '90 Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Vinodh Jaichand,L.L.M. '88, J.S.D. '96 Dean of the Law School at the University of Witwatersrand
Judith Cohen, L.L.M. '95 International Coordinating Commitee Liaison Officer, South African Human Rights Comission
Jacquie Cassette, L.L.M. '95 Director of the Pro Bono and Human Rights pratice at Cliffe Dekker Hofneyr
Garth Meintjes L.L.M. '91, J.S.D '05 President of PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law
Moderator: Christine Venter, L.L.M. '93, J.S.D '95 Director of the Notre Dame Legal Writing Program
Clynes Lecture Judging According to Personal Attributes:
Tension with the Oath of Office?
Thursday, April 14 I 5:30 P.M. I 1130 Eck Hall of Law I Reception To Follow
Mbuyiseli Madlanga, L.L.M. '90 a Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the Judge James J. Clynes, Jr. Visiting Chair in the Ethics of Litigation within the Judicial Process, will deliver the Clynes Chair Lecture at Notre Dame Law School
Justice Madlanga will address issues of diversity on the bench, and discuss the various implications for transforming the makeup of a court- both its effect on the judicial decision-making and on the institution itself.
undergraduates welcome. Learn more at humanrights.nd.edu/southafrica