California Western School of Law Signs an International Cooperation Agreement with the Organization of American States
On March 3, 2015, California Western School of Law signed an international cooperation agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS). OAS Assistant Secretary-General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin signed the agreement along with Niels Schaumann, President and Dean of California Western School of Law at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC.
Proyecto ACCESO Director, Professor James Cooper explained, “This agreement with the OAS demonstrates the seriousness that CWSL is approaching our work in Latin America. The OAS and its Department of International Law are the multilateral leaders in the growth of the judicial section in the region. This agreement will only make our collective work in building the rule of law in the Hemisphere that much more successful.”
The Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Albert Ramdin, who signed the agreement on behalf of the OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, said the signing of the agreement seeks to promote cooperation between the two institutions in areas such as legal cooperation projects; joint training activities; and exchanges of experiences and best practices; and therefore he added that the ideal partner within the OAS will be the Department of International Law. “This department plays a key role as legal advisor to the main organs that participate in the elaboration of international norms and also holds the historic memory of legal processes at the OAS.”
For his part, Dean Niels Schaumann, said the CWSL has extensive experience working with Latin America and expressed his conviction that the signing of the agreement with the OAS will open many opportunities to tackle new projects in the coming years. "That's why I'm more than delighted to be here today," added Dean Schaumann.
CWSL has trained thousands of private lawyers, prosecutors, public defenders, judges and students since 1997, working with many stakeholders in more than 15 countries.
CWSL first worked with the OAS just after 9/11 in Costa Rica, bringing lawyers and judges from around the Western Hemisphere to the ACCESO training programs in oral advocacy. Please see http://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/destrezas_jur%C3%ADdicas_para_el_mile.htm.
For more information about the cooperation agreement please see http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=E-064/15.
