Regent University SCHOOL OF LAW
SUMMER 2015 INTERNS
Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law The Need Tremendous human rights abuses confront our world today. The Center for Global Justice combats these abuses at home and abroad, advancing the rule of law, protecting children, safeguarding religious freedoms internationally, and combatting human trafficking. The need is great. The numbers of the oppressed, enslaved, abused and trafficked are staggering — and no nation is immune. Right now, more than 35 million human beings are held as slaves — more than at any other time in history. During the last quarter-century in Uganda, corruption and lack of the rule of law enabled the abduction of over 30,000 children who were forced to become child soldiers. Throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, and Eastern Asia, millions of Christians are persecuted for their faith. Over 100 million children around the world live alone, without parental care, on major urban thoroughfares and dark byways. After two civil wars resulting in the deaths of millions, South Sudan faces the daunting challenge of changing from sharia to common law and instituting the rule of law to protect the rights of all. Human trafficking in the 21st century is the largest slave trade in history.
Our Response Regent has stepped forward to equip Christian advocates to promote the rule of law and to seek justice for the world’s downtrodden — the enslaved, the abused and the poor. The Center for Global Justice (CGJ) helps train law students to fulfill their callings as advocates for justice and supports advocates already in the field.
“ Our Center for Global Justice is at the forefront of the effort to use the rule of law to set captives free around the globe.” Michael V. Hernandez, Dean Regent University School of Law
“ Ministries that meet the needs of alienation and deprivation do not meet the needs of those suffering from oppression. These neighbors require a ministry of justice.” ary Haugen, President and CEO, G International Justice Mission
What We Do ACADEMIC PREPARATION The CGJ sponsors a wide variety of both classroom and experiential courses at Regent, including Human Trafficking, International and Comparative Human Rights, International Religious Freedom, Comparative Children’s Rights, NGO Creation & Management, the Child Advocacy Practicum, and the Immigration Practicum. These courses can be applied toward the JD, LL.M. in Human Rights, or M.A. in Human Rights.
INTERNSHIP GRANT PROGRAM Our internship grant program provides students funded internships with legal organizations around the globe where they work to combat human trafficking, advance the rule of law, protect children, secure religious freedom, and fight for human rights. More than 100 interns have served in public interest law firms, government agencies and nonprofit legal organizations in countries such as Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, France, Greece, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, Rwanda, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, in the Middle East, and throughout the United States.
STUDENT STAFF To provide Regent Law students practical experience in the legal protection of human rights, students volunteer with the CGJ each semester to plan events and work on legal projects, such as writing reports, drafting amicus briefs, and conducting research projects. The projects involve the center’s four focus areas — the rule of law, human trafficking, the protection of children, and religious freedom abroad — and are conducted in conjunction with legal organizations working in the field.
SPECIAL EVENTS The CGJ sponsors numerous special events including an annual symposium, summits, Christian lawyers conferences, continuing legal education programs and more.
EAST AFRICA INITIATIVE God has opened up a unique door in East Africa. The CGJ supports Regent Law’s summer abroad program in Uganda and sponsors a number of internships in East Africa every year. The student staff regularly work on legal projects for organizations operating in East Africa, including International Justice Mission, Kyampisi Childcare Ministries, and Land & Equity Movement. Beyond our student work, the center sends Regent Law professors to East Africa to provide legal training to law professors and attorneys. The center also is involved with supporting the creation of a Christian law school in the D.R. Congo.
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.” Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV) “Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” Isaiah 1:17 (ESV)
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Get Involved PRAY Please pray for the center’s students, staff and the organizations we support, that God would empower us to make a difference.
GIVE The Center for Global Justice needs financial resources to fund internships, increase course offerings and support outreach initiatives. Visit regent.edu/ globaljustice to make your donation online or ask us for more information. You can also support the center through AmazonSmile. http://smile.amazon.com/ ch/54-1061178
PARTNER If you are an advocate for the oppressed, we invite you to communicate with us. Please consider receiving and mentoring Regent interns, and let us know how we can best serve you and further the work you are doing. Regent University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associates, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404.679.4500 for questions about the accreditation of Regent University. The American Bar Association (ABA) fully approves the School of Law. The Council of the Section of Legal Accreditation and Admissions to the Bar, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654, 312.988.6738. Regent University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability or veteran status in admissions, or in the administration of educational policies, scholarships, loan programs, athletics or other University administered student programs. In addition, Regent does not discriminate based on religion, except as necessary to comply with Regent’s Standard of Personal Conduct and Statement of Christian Community and Mission. Questions or concerns regarding discrimination based on sex may be directed to the University’s Title IX Coordinator at T9Coordinator@ regent.edu, or the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights at OCR@ed.gov. Regent University is authorized to operate in the state of Virginia and is exempt from the requirements of certification by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. LAW150823