Luz Nagle, As a Trustee, conducted fiscal review and approval of the IBAHRI Internship Programme Interim Report (IBAHRI Trust awarded £50,000 to support the IBAHRI Internship Programme in 2019. The grant made it possible to fund all the IBAHRI interns £2,000 each. The funding is fundamental in maintaining the caliber and the diversity of the candidates who apply to the program, IBA Human Rights Institute Trust, August 2019
Service Activities
Ellen Podgor, Participated in SEALS Prospective Law Teachers Workshop – Mock Interviews, SEALS, Boca Raton, FL, USA, July 2019
Luz Nagle, As Co-Chair of the IBA Crimes Against Women Subcommittee, gave comments on the UK’s February 2018 Supreme Court ruling in which two victims of serial rapist John Worboys won a compensation claim after the Court upheld that the police had failed in their duty under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights to investigate serious violence against women. Also discussed the application of the ECHR in criminal investigation and prosecution for violence against women, and its implications for rape trials going forward. Reviewed and commented on the national digital disclosure form rolled out in 2019, which has brought the controversial practice of requesting victims’ consent to review digital data in sexual assault cases back into the spotlight. The IBA article is at: https://www.ibanet.org/Article/NewDetail.aspx?ArticleUid=9F342818-0C6B-4344-B9D5-7044F00B7A00, International Bar Association Subcommittee on Violence against Women, July 2019
Ellen Podgor, Participated in NACDL Heeney Award Advisory Selection Group, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, June 2019
Paul Boudreaux, Attended and participated in the Congress for the New Urbanism meeting, Congress for the New Urbanism, Louisville, KY, USA, June 2019
Paul Boudreaux, Completed issue 22(1) of the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, which is now published, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, published through Taylor and Francis, June 2019
Paul Boudreaux, Drafted and sheperded through a new Sabbatical Leave Policy, Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL, USA, May 2019
Susan Rozelle, Executive Board (Summer 2014-present), Bruce R. Jacob-Chris W. Altenbernd Criminal Appellate Inn of Court, Tampa, FL, USA, May 2019
Susan Rozelle, Editorial Board (Spring 2014-present), ABA Criminal Justice Magazine, May 2019
Anne Mullins, Conference Chair, 2019 Biennial Conference, Association of Legal Writing Directors, Boston, MA, USA, May 2019