The University of New Mexico School of Law will host lectures delivered by Dean Emilio Cortés and Professor Jaime Rossell of the University of Extremadura School of Law, Cáceres, Spain, on Wednesday, March 3. Both are free to the public.
Cortés will give the talk "Parallel Trials and Basic Rights of the Defendant" and Professor Rossell will address "Religious Minorities in Spain." Rossell will speak at 4 p.m. and Cortés at 5 p.m. in the law school, room 2405. Each guest will speak for about thirty minutes followed by responses from UNM faculty and open discussion.
The lectures were arranged under a March 2000 Agreement of Cultural and Academic Cooperation between UNM and the University of Extremadura. The agreement promotes faculty and student exchanges plus joint research projects, courses and conferences.
UNM School of Law Dean Suellyn Scarnecchia met Cortés last May when four UNM law professors presented papers at the University of Extremadura School of Law. The visit marked the first faculty exchange between the law schools under the cooperation agreement. The schools plan to alternate faculty visits each year.
"I am delighted that Dean Cortés and Professor Rossell soon will pay their first visit to New Mexico and the School of Law. The linguistic, cultural, and historical ties between Extremadura and New Mexico are very significant. In addition to renewing and reinforcing those ties, our faculty exchange with the University of Extremadura enhances the international aspects of our curriculum for our students," Scarnecchia said.
For information, contact Claire Conrad, UNM School of Law, 277-0080.
Contact: Laurie Mellas-Ramirez (505) 277-5915
Posted by kwentworth at February 25, 2004 01:34 PM