Taliban leaders enforce brutal restrictions against women, except for their own daughters

Read more about this hypocrisy from activist + Sisterhood and Solidarity founder Yalda Royan + USF School of Law Int'l #HumanRights Clinic student Molly Giguiere

#EndGenderApartheid

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Students spent their spring break at Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp interviewing refugees whose rights to health, education, work,& free expression are limited because they are restricted from moving outside the camp. Learn about the #USFLaw Clinic's efforts bit.ly/49QaJnJ

Read #employmentlaw scholar and #USFLaw Professor Michelle Travis' latest Forbes piece on the recent SCOTUS ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, MO and its impacts on employees and employers:

The feeling was mutual - it was a true honor for
USF School of Law #InternationalHumanRightsClinic students & I engage w/ the indomitable Farahnaz Forotan, leading Afghan journalist, alongside incredible Afghan women activists, inc
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Student-clinicians from #USFLaw  Internet & IP Justice Clinic w/ Prof Jessica Fajfar, hosted an Artists' Rights Workshop at kearnystreetworkshop & presented on copyright law for artists in the age of AI. Proud of our #futurelawyers for supporting our community while honing their skills.

How are digital assets regulated in the US?

Teaching Fellow, Professor Charles Belle, covers the topic of the 'crypto Wild West' regulations last week in his Decentralized Finance Law class.

Read his recap 📰→ linkedin.com/posts/charlesb…

New research reveals how rewarding overwork is irrational and gender biased. Men get bigger rewards than women who work the same extra hours. Overworkers get rewarded over equally performing and more efficient full time workers. #genderbias ⁦USF School of Law⁩ forbes.com/sites/michelle…

In February, #USFLaw students Brad Bergman ’25, Ben Libbey ‘24, Samara Salaheddine ‘25, & Lauren Silva ‘24 took 1st place at the Western Regional Division of the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. Read more about our #mootcourt champions: usfca.edu/news/law-team-…

TX lawmakers passed a law allowing state judges to deport unauthorized migrants apprehended near the border. #USFLaw Immigration Prof Jacqueline Brown says TX cannot enforce the law w/out cooperation from US & Mexican governments. Read more Dallas Morning News bit.ly/49pSbKy

Today Yalda Royan + I are presenting on: ' #AfghanAllies in Limbo: Discrimination in the U.S. #Immigration response' @ the 2024 USanDiegoLaw Symposium: American Law at the Border.

Yalda on her #asylum interview: 'To me it was not an interview, it was an interrogation...' 1/🧵

#USFCA USF School of Law Prof. Bill Hing spoke with KCBS 106.9 FM/740 AM about perceptions of current U.S. border policy🎙️bit.ly/3TWBwtE

Did you miss the Social Impact Summit?

Read the event recap and watch the recordings to see what you missed and how decentralized technology drives the future of social impact.

Social Impact Summit Recap → ffdweb.org/blog/how-decen…

Which session was your favorite?

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Today USF School of Law students deliver a sobering Primer on #GenderApartheid in Afghanistan w/ our partner Yalda Royan. Thanks student orgs WLA + MENALSA for co-sponsoring.

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Immigration &Deportation Defense Clinic students &supervising attorneys provided immigration consultation to community members at Contra Costa County Library. Honing their client-facing skills and serving the community, so proud of these hardworking #futurelawyers . #USFLaw

Finally, on Feb. 6, 2024, USCIS granted Yalda’s #asylum claim, granting permanent protection to her + her two daughters.

I am thrilled that the USF School of Law #InternationalHumanRightsClinic can partner with Yalda in her advocacy moving forward. (photo of Yalda working with students)

THANK YOU #USFLaw community, we did it! We raised $86,718 from 170 donors on this #DayoftheDons . Thank you for your participation and generosity. Your gifts will help the law school continue to educate excellent, skilled, and ethical legal professionals.  usfca.edu/usflawdotd

We've reached our #DayoftheDons goal of 125 donors! ANNOUNCING an additional challenge gift! If 20 more donors contribute before midnight tonight, Dean Susan Freiwald will donate $5,000 to Law Scholarships Fund. Help us reach this next hurdle and give today: usfca.edu/usflawdotd

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