Carrie Cecil, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:I've been in Kiev for a little over a week, and every day something new in the landscape amuses or intrigues me, ranging from the incredible amount of cranes all over the city...
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Aleksandra (Sasha) Williams, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:The last five years have dramatically changed the appearance of Kiev, the fabled "Cradle of the Slavs". Always admired for its green parks and gardens, its sensible city structure, and its historical...
Elisa Mari, Pitt Law '10, files from Athens:A huge public outcry erupted in Greece in March when NATO expanded its membership, the reason being that the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) wanted to join the alliance under the name...
Aleksandra (Sasha) Williams, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:Until yesterday any American voter disgruntled by the current presidential election process could find comfort in realizing that at least there are several candidates to pick from. For example, compared to Russian...
Aleksandra (Sasha) Williams, Pitt Law '10, files from Kiev:On May 16, 2008, Ukraine became the 152nd country member of the World Trade Organization. Although the general Kiev population seemed rather unimpressed by this event, especially in light of the impending...
Andrew Wood, Pitt Law '08, files from Manila:The Philippines has a number of laws on the books that are geared towards protecting the environment, but effective enforcement of those laws is another story. This fact is evident in the aquarium...
Eric Linge, Pitt Law '09, files from Mumbai:The cruel irony is that the most pressing diseases are the ones that don't make money. Multinational pharmaceutical corporations from the United States and Europe can rake in the profits selling drugs that...
Eric Linge, Pitt Law '09, files from Mumbai:Currently I am a law student. In the future I want to be a lawyer — that is, employed as a lawyer. There are a lot of voices, however, including my school's career...
Mary E. Gibson, Pitt Law '08, files from Prishtina:Independence for Kosovo is nothing new — independence fervor did not begin in 1998 when conflicts escalated from Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević's ethnic cleansing of Albanians. Rather, it's been fermenting since before the Ottoman...
Andrew Wood, Pitt Law '08, files from Manila:As governments around the world work hard to implement legislation to aid in fighting terrorism, some common effects of such legislation are predictable and even inevitable; it is the nature of any anti-terrorism...
