Lawyers, judges and professors from across the globe are visiting AU’s Washington College of Law this year for a U.S. State Department-sponsored fellowship program.

Hubert H. Humphrey fellows have been coming to WCL since 1980, according to the AU Web site. Through this program, practitioners of foreign legal systems learn about international law and the American legal system.

All united under a firm belief in the value of the rule of law in efforts to promote human rights, this year’s fellows come from Africa, South America, and Asia.  They will learn about specific topics such as anticorruption, clients’ and victims’ rights, judicial reform and modernization and globalization of court systems.

“For each of them, it’s part of a quest to improve the legal systems of countries that often face significant challenges,” according to the article by Sally Acharya.

The 2009—2010 Humphrey Fellows are Susana Ramos, Agustin Flah, Abudureheman Kadeer, Ahmet Imirzalioglu, Tania Tait, Alexandre Sankievicz, Elena Sapozhnikova, Mariah Singh, Phetdala Phoumalavong, and Brigitte Mensah.