Open World: Rule of Law

May 12
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May 20
Uzbekistan

GlobalPittsburgh hosted a delegation of five officials from the Ministry of Justice. Since 1999, this program sponsored by the Congressional Office for International Leadership is the first and only exchange program of the U.S. Legislative Branch bringing current and future leaders from nearly 20 countries to meaningfully engage with their American counterparts.

During their 8-day stay in Pittsburgh, the visitors met with leadership, faculty, and LLM students of the Center for International Legal Education - CILE, Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, Allegheny County Courthouse staff and Judge Susan Evashavik DiLucente, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby attorneys, United States District Court Western District of Pennsylvania and Judge Nora Barry Fischer, staff and officials at the City of Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Legal Services, Amy Kaminski of Mulberry Public Affairs, Michael Matesic of Idea Foundry, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Community Engagement Office.

The group enjoyed networking with the community members and the IVLP "NGO Management" delegates at the Global Intersector happy hour.