Students from the Mercer Law chapter of the National Security Law Society (which I advise) visited the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Brunswick, Georgia. During our visit we toured the facility, observed live training sessions, and met with the staff of the office of legal counsel. The students even had a chance to try out the state of the art virtual shooting range. It was an interesting and worthwhile visit! Thanks to Jason Knowles and Maggie McCoy for arranging the visit.
Visit to University of Swansea
During my recent visit to the U.K. I had the chance to visit the University of Swansea on the beautiful Welsh coast (Swansea is currently the home of Catherine Zeta-Jones, and was formerly the home of Sir Richard Burton). Mercer Law School and the Swansea Faculty of Law are currently developing programs that will enable faculty and student exchanges between the two institutions. I was thoroughly impressed with Swansea and their law programs, and I look forward to working with the folks there in the future!
Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Program
Ah, Oxford in springtime! Mercer Law school has been invited to participate in the annual Oxford Consortium for Human Rights program, and I was able to attend with Mercer 2L student Maggie McCoy. We discussed humanitarian law and practice with Hugo Slim and others from the international human rights community, and evaluated the current Syrian crisis.
During the program participating faculty members discussed their academic work. I spoke with my colleague Lyn Boyd-Judson from USC about our article "Toward a Better Contribution of Universities to a Global Ethic." We received great feedback on our article, and the discussion was a lot of fun!