Harris Institute Student Fellowships
DAGEN-LEGOMSKY STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Through the generosity of Mrs. Margaret Dagen, and in honor of Professor Stephen H. Legomsky, the Harris Institute awards two fellowships each year to students for summer work in the field of international or comparative law.
The Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellowship is an award of one full-tuition scholarship to The Hague Academy of International Law during the summer. Sponsored by the International Court of Justice, this intensive three-week summer course is indisputably the world's premier summer program in international law. Its faculty includes the leading international law scholars in the world. The Hague Academy reserves one spot each summer for the recipient of the Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship.
The Dagen-Legomsky Summer Public Interest Fellowship provides financial support to one student each summer in support of public interest work abroad. Applicants submit a statement of purpose and a proposed placement. The Harris Institute not only provides financial support to the recipient, but also assists in securing the desired placement. The 2007 Dagen-Legomsky Fellow spent her summer working UNICEF in Cambodia.
Harris World Law Institute Announces 2009 Fellows
The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute is pleased to announce the Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellow and the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellows for 2009. The Hague Academy Fellow will attend the three-week course in Public International Law at The Hague in The Netherlands; the International Public Interest Fellows will receive a summer stipend towards their unpaid internship at an international public interest organization.
We have an outstanding body of students who understand and welcome competition and are passionate about the opportunities offered in the field of international public law. This year was no exception and proved quite challenging. It is the pleasure of the Harris World Law Institute to announce the following awards:
Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellow – Shannon Dobson
Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellows – McCall Carter and Maggie Wichmann
Harris World Law Institute Announces 2008 Fellows
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The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute is pleased to announce the Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellow and the Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellow for 2008. We have an outstanding body of students who understand and welcome competition and are passionate about the opportunities offered in the field of international public law. This year was no exception and proved quite challenging. It is the pleasure of the Harris World Law Institute to announce the following awards:
Dagen-Legomsky Hague Fellow – Erika Detjen
Dagen-Legomsky International Public Interest Fellow
Thomas Burgess - will be going to Cape Town, South Africa, to work with the Black Sash and will be familiarizing himself with the South African context and work environment, assisting with research, acting as liaison with service providers, monitoring parliament, monitoring implementation of government programs, providing administrative assistance to paralegals, and sharing information and exchanging knowledge of social security systems.
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY INITIATIVE - CASH NICKERSON FELLOWS
Left to right: Stephanie Anne Nickerson, BA ‘09; Don Taylor, Harris Institute Executive Director and Cash Nickerson Fellow; Margaret Wichmann, JD ‘10; Sarah Placzek, JD ‘10; Leila Sadat, Harris Institute Director and Henry H. Oberschelp Professor of Law; Kathryn Minton, JD ‘10; and McCall Carter, JD ‘10.
Washington University Law's Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute has launched a two-year project to study the international law regarding crimes against humanity and to draft a multilateral treaty condemning and prohibiting such crimes. This endeavor is made possible by a generous grant from Steven Cash Nickerson and the United States Institute of Peace. In conjunction with this “Crimes Against Humanity Initiative,” five Fellows have been appointed who will be performing valuable research on the commission of atrocities from 1900-2009 and working on both the draft convention and the book during the documentation process.
