Within a US State Department’s INL funded project, Regional Dialogue (RD) cooperated with the Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) and Lawyer’s Training Centerunder the Ministry of Justice in the organization ofa two-and-a-half-day international extended seminaron modern teaching methodologies in Tashkent from March23– 25, 2017. The seminar was attended by professors and lecturers of basic and continuous judicial education. For this purpose RD engaged four international subject matter experts – Federal Judge David Nuffer from Utah, USA; and three from the Federal Judicial Center (FJC): Mira Gur-Arie, Director of International Judicial Relations Office; James Buchanan, Senior education spe
At the end of March 2017 Regional Dialogue organized a working visit for Rector Kanyazov and Deputy Rector Kamalov of the Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL) to Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, DC. They were accompanied by RD staff, Ms. Sever and Ms. Cafuta. The group first visited Boston College of Law. They were warmly greeted by Dean Vincent Rougeau, Susan Simone Kang and other faculty members and students. They spent two days at BCLS, where they had a chance to learn about the legal clinic and other forms of experiential learning available to students. They also agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding between TSUL and BCLS which will make cooperation between these two institutio
On the occasion of the first anniversary of adopting the Ethical rules for State officials in Uzbekistan on March 2, 2017, Regional Dialogue conducted the Public Discussion on Challenges in the Implementation of Professional Codes of Conduct. The Public Discussion started off with a keynote address from Mjusa Sever, Director of Regional Dialogue. The panel discussion with Q&A from the audience was moderated by Umida Tukhtasheva, Head of the Department of Tashkent State University of Law (TSUL), and included one Uzbek and three international panelists: Esemurat Kanyazov, Rector of TSUL; Robert Cordy, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LL and retired Supreme Justice of Mass. Supreme Court, USA;
As part of its US State Department’s INL funded project, Regional Dialogue cooperated with the Research Center under the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Prosecutor General’s Office and Chamber of Advocates to conduct a two-day international interactive session in Tashkent from February 28 – March 1, 2017 with participating judges, prosecutors and lawyers. Held under the title “Judicial Independence and Ethics in the Justice System”, it engaged three international subject matter experts – Robert Cordy, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LL and retired Supreme Justice of Mass. Supreme Court; Hon. Judge Allen G. Swan, Mass. Appellate Court; and Daniel Small, partner at Holland &Knig
