Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on a recent report by the World Food Program regarding growing rates of hunger and poverty in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

Law students in Ukraine are reporting on the latest developments in that country as it faces a series of internal and external challenges. Here Tanya Levchinskaya, a law student at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, offers her perspective from the northeastern city of Kharkiv, introducing readers to her city as well as to her hometown [...]

Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST on the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Canada’s capital that paralyzed the city for some three weeks. Here,  1L Mélanie Cantin reports.  For residents and frequenters of downtown Ottawa, the Freedom Convoy’s departure is welcome news after a fourth straight weekend of protests. The [...]

Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST on the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Canada’s capital that has paralyzed the city for some three weeks. Here,  3L Andrew Warkentin reports.  I could sense that there was something odd in the air from the moment I woke up this morning. Living just off [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on how surging poverty and hunger is forcing destitute families to sell their own children. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The [...]

Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary. To say that it’s been a busy week in the Canadian legal world is an understatement. For the first time in its history, the Emergencies Act was invoked by the Prime Minister, recognizing that policing efforts to date in the capital [...]

Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST on the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Canada’s capital that has paralyzed the city for some three weeks. Here, 1L Mélanie Cantin reports.  The Confederate flag and Nazi swastika were spotted on the first weekend the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa, but casual onlookers [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul discusses the deepening economic crisis. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice. [...]

Law students in Ukraine are reporting on the latest developments in that country as it faces a series of internal and external challenges. Here Tanya Levchinskaya, a law student at V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, offers her perspective from the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolitan area. Today, the situation in Ukraine cannot be [...]

From New Delhi, India Chief Correspondent Neelabh Bist reports for JURIST on recent legal developments surrounding Karnataka state’s “hijab row,” removal or reduction of COVID-19 restrictions and the resignation of a high court justice who became nationally notorious for her judgment in a child sexual assault case. The Karnataka High Court is currently tending to [...]