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Sanford U. Mba's (S.J.D candidate) article published in a Nigerian leading daily 'Thisday'

September 14, 2016

The Nigerian economy is presently in recession. Incidentally, the country is also undertaking business insolvency law reforms. Sanford U. Mba (S.J.D. Candidate), in a recently published opinion argues that - like many countries that have undertaken insolvency law reforms -  the present economic circumstances present an important opportunity for policy/law makers in the country to pursue the much needed reforms.

CCL alumn Gedion T. Hessebon appointed head of Addis Ababa Law School

September 9, 2016

The Department of Legal Studies wishes to congratulate Gedion T. Hessebon (CCL LLM 2009, CCL SJD 2015) on his recent appointment as the head of the School of Law in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he is also a faculty member.

Department of Legal Studies hosted the SUN course Constitution-building in Africa

September 9, 2016

The Department of Legal Studies hosted the SUN course Constitution-building in Africa (https://legal.ceu.edu/events/2016-07-11/constitution-building-africa-sum...) between July 11 - July 22, 2016. The 2-week summer course was convened for the fourth time, with the generous support of International IDEA and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Faculty members in residence included H. Kwasi Prempeh, Omar Hamady, Babacar Kante and Horace Adjolohoun.

Undergraduate Summer Conference 2016

August 30, 2016

16 young law students or graduates from 14 different countries have been selected from a broad and highly competitive pool of candidates to present their research at the second CEU Legal Studies Undergraduate Summer Conference.