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Distinguished academician to hold law talks today
Director of the University of London Postgraduate Laws Programme for International students, Dr. James J. Busuttil, is set to visit Guyana today.
Dr James J. Busuttil
According to a media release issued yesterday Dr. Busuttil is slated to make a presentation at 18:00 hours today on the LLM programme offered by the University of London at Nations University.
At present, the Law Programme at Nations University offers the LLB from the University of London.
Dr. Busuttil holds an AB (Harvard), JD (New York University School of Law) and DPhil (Oxford) and is also a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
The University of London’s Postgraduate Laws Programme for International students consists of the Master of Laws (LL.M.), Postgraduate Diploma in Laws (PG. Dip.Laws) and the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PG. Cert. Laws).
Over 3,800 persons from 150 countries study on this programme, usually while working full-time.
Dr. Busuttil has been Associate Professor of International Law and Organization at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands; Director of the British Institute of Human Rights at King’s College London; and Lecturer in Law at the University of Essex.
He has also worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and the Legal Adviser’s Office of the U.S. Department of State. He is an attorney admitted to practice before the courts of New York State and the District of Columbia, as well as numerous Federal Appeals Courts.
Dr. Busuttil has also been Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association’s Committee on Islamic Law and International Law, and a member of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, of the Council on Foreign Relations, and of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law.
He was appointed a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, in 2007. He has had a number of articles and books published.
A growing number of students are studying the University of London’s LLB programme through Nations University. Moreover, Dr. Busuttil’s visit is to further familiarize students holding an LLB of the benefits of studying for the LLM through the University of London. All are welcome to attend, the media release said.
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