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Post by danieljudd on Apr 25, 2022 6:59:17 GMT
I had a super long weekend. I ended up flying home for most of the weekend to celebrate Russian Easter with my family, had to pull an allnighter for a all night service and a bunch of other stuff. Just finally flew back today and arrived at ucla at 5 pm. As soon as I got to UCLA I got picked up by the coolest, most awesomest, big of all time ERIC. He picked me up from infront of sproul hall and then we set off on our adventure! I had no idea where we were going and Eric didnt wanna tell me because he wanted to make it a suprise for me. The first thing that we did was get boba for our fundraiser, we saw Jack on his interview with Hanna, after saying hello to them and getting two thai iced teas, we both set off to our next surprise destination of Kura sushi restaurant. Before sushi we stopped at daiso and looked at a lot of the stuff they had there, a lot of the things had funny print on them. We noticed a recuring trend of random word strings that formed a sentence technically, but didnt really make any sense. After laughing about all these random prints we went to the sushi restuarant cuz we got called off the waitlist. The sushi would rotate around us and we could grab whatever we wanted to, we could aslo order whatever we wanted and it would be delivered to us on a conveyer belt. Once you ordered five plates of sushi and deposited the plates for them an animation would appear that would be super fun to watch. After depositing 15 plates, we got a toy as a reward-- a temporary tattoo which Eric helped me put on. After dinner we had to rush to get to our next adventure: The AMC at the century city mall. We decided to watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which was pretty much a Nick Cage movie where Nick Cage plays himself. Ultra meta! The entire movie was really funny but slightly confusing as at a times it was too meta. I think that in the movie, Nick Cage was directing a movie about being Nick Cage. I had a really good time watching the movie, and then a super fun time talking with Eric about it as we left the theater. In the car we talked about the pledge process, school and Kappa Alpha Pi in general. I really enjoyed my time with Eric and now more than ever I am convinced that he is the perfect big for me. I was quite nervous about the pledging process and talking to Eric calmed me down. I had an incredible time during big little weekend and am really looking forward to hanging out with Eric more. I think we plan on meeting up again in the near future, and I cannot wait for family dinner when I get to meet the Bitches again in greater detail. I feel like I did not get to talk to everyone in my family as much at retreat as I hoped for, so I cant wait for an opportunity to do so again shortly.
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Post by danieljudd on May 1, 2022 19:28:43 GMT
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Post by danieljudd on May 1, 2022 20:53:13 GMT
An area of law/policy that I am really interested in is International Relations or International Business Law. Growing up in a family that is not from the US, I have always been interested in international relations, specifically how different country's governments interact with each other and what prevents them from taking advantage of each other or breaking commonly agreed upon rules. I have always been interested in working with an embassy as a diplomat or ambassador working in a different country. As the global political climate has become more shaky in recent years a need for diplomacy and cooperation has only grown. Those working for the State department do tasks such as grant Visas, advocate for US foreign interests in the nation, and act as a safety net for US citizens visitng, living, and working in the country. I remember how when I was in Russia and had trouble finding a hotel once or lost some documents, the US embassy was really helpful in helping me solve my problems. Although high-stakes, and dangerous at times, I believe that this type of job is incredibly rewarding because you get to move all over the globe discovering different countries and cultures. I've always loved traveling, so being able to move from country to country every 5 years for my job sounds really fun. In the recent global events of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US embassies have played crucial roles in acting as safe-harbors for refugees, and providing escape routes for many fearing for their lives. Although there are obviously many problems with the State department and the US Government as a whole, I hope that by joining it and working with the government I would be able to help bring about positive change, or at the very least try my best to do so. If working with the State Department wouldn't work out, then I would be interested in International Business or Corporate law. A lot of large companies and corporations have branches in other countries and can have legal issues in those countries. I would be very interested in working in one of these foreign branches tackling the legal problems there. Many countries have their own legal codes which have to be upheld by any corporation willing to do business there. These lawyers job is to make sure that the branch is following all local regulations while also following US business and trade laws, while also making sure that no individuals or companies sue their corporation in the courts of said country. While this is a lot of stress and a lot of work balancing all these potential lawsuits and legal issues, it is something that I would be genuinely interested in being a part of. Again I would have complimentary trips to different parts of the world where I could practice law while exploring the country in my free time. I believe that such a job that moves you to different places and allows you to explore the world is much preferable to a 9-5 office job where one sits in the same cubicle of the same office for decades of their lives. Such a job will prevent me from being bored with the same work everyday, give me many great benefits, and also allow me to try to make a positive change in the world either by helping other with the State Department, or hopefully working for a morally and ethically conscious business. Although I am not 100% sure what type what type of work I want to do in the future, something along the lines of what I just wrote about would definitely be of great interest to me.
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Post by danieljudd on May 8, 2022 20:47:54 GMT
A law school that I have always been interested in attending is Georgetown Law School. As someone really interested in International Relations and government being in Washington DC would be the perfect location. Georgetown is a 12 minute walk away from the capital and has strong connections with The Hill and other areas of the US government. Georgetown is known for its renowned International Affairs program through the Walsh School of Foreign Service. This is one of the best schools for international relations and trains many of our countries diplomats and other people in the state department. Its location in DC gives great internships with political figures in the legislative branch and also provides many positions for the judicial branch of the government. Most students at the law school work with the judicial system at some point interning with SCOTUS or other federal courts. Georgetown Law offers simulation courses where students take on the role of lawyers in hypothetical situations where they have to practice their skills of public speaking and critical thinking in high-pressure environments. Georgetown also promotes its students obtaining externships and internships with local law firms in their area of interest. In a clinical course, students represent real clients facing real legal challenges. They are responsible for all facets of their case and project work, collaborating closely with clinical faculty to ensure proper and complete representation. Through this process, students learn how to better evaluate their own legal work as well as the legal work performed by others. Every clinic student acquires valuable legal skills not accessible in the regular classroom setting, and gains firsthand insight into the strategic and ethical dimensions of the legal profession. Georgetown’s clinics are very intensive; the student-to-teacher ratio is five-to-one, and most students work between 25-35 hours each week on their clinical tasks. As a result, students receive focused, individualized attention from full-time faculty and graduate teaching fellows who can tailor their supervision to the students’ specific needs and learning targets. Georgetown offers over 500 JD course and 300 Graduate courses, in areas such as: Business and Financial Regulation, Criminal Law, Consumer Protection Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, Human Rights, Race and Gender Law, and International and Comparative Law. Many of these sections are only offered at Georgetown as the schools curriculum is one of the largest and most diverse of all law schools in the nation. Out of all these programs offered I think that I would be most interested in International and Comparative Law, this combination of business, politics, and law, seems the most interesting to me and can be coupled with an LL.M later to complete the legal learning experience. The JD program at Goergetown is completely flexible, it can be offered as a full time experience, or as an evening program for those needing to work during the day and still wanting to gain legal experience and a JD. Georgetown also offers to joint degrees with their schools of public policy, public health, business, government, philosophy, and many choices from their school of foreign service. The school encourages a multidisciplinary approach to law-making students take courses from many different fields of law before they finally decide which specific field they want to focus in. One final aspect of Georgetown law is its ability to offer Practiums. This program combines hands on work helping legal professors with their research and working with under represented groups in the community, with very small 5:1 ratio seminars with professors learning about their experiences with law and then making the students conduct research on the area of law that the seminar was about. In general I would be very interested in attending Georgetown law school, I think that its location and programs offered would be a great match for me.
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Post by danieljudd on May 23, 2022 3:57:37 GMT
I have decided to write about the International Rescue Committee NGO. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a voluntary organization that provides global humanitarian aid, relief, and development. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein as the International Relief Association, and changed its name in 1942 after merging with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee. The IRC provides emergency and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster. The IRC works in over 40 countries and 26 US locations, resettling refugees and assisting them in becoming self-sufficient. It is primarily concerned with health, education, economic well-being, power, and security. Most recently the IRC has been working with a lot of developing countries making sure everyone has similar legal rights and upholding global human rights standards.According to peer-reviewed research conducted by the IRC, conflict and humanitarian crises in the DRC have claimed the lives of 5.4 million people since 1998. In seven Congolese provinces, the organization undertakes projects in health, education, civil society development, emergency response, and gender-based violence reduction. The IRC has increased its sexual violence aid and protection programs as militias involved in the conflict have increasingly utilized rape and other types of sexual violence as a strategy of war. Between 2002 and 2018, the IRC provided medical care, counseling, and financial assistance to nearly 40,000 Congolese women and girls who had been victims of sexual violence.Gender-based anti-violence initiatives at the IRC are designed to meet the needs of women and girls who have experienced or are at risk of gender-based violence. The IRC strives to empower communities to lead efforts to challenge beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that perpetuate or condone violence against women and girls by partnering with communities and institutions. Community education and mobilization projects around gender-based violence, training and capacity-building for NGOs and governments, coordination of humanitarian services, and advocacy efforts to advance laws preventing violence against women and the enforcement of those laws are all implemented and supported by IRC programs.The IRC's 22 regional offices assist newly arrived refugees in the United States and provide a variety of services to refugees and human trafficking victims. Providing urgent assistance, such as food and shelter; assisting with job placement and work skills; and providing clothing, medical attention, education, English-language lessons, and community orientation are all examples of resettlement services. The IRC provides immigration services to refugees and those who have been granted asylum in the United States, as well as specialized services to victims of human trafficking in the United States.The IRC aims to draw policymakers' attention to humanitarian crises and the needs of refugees, internally displaced people, and other war victims. It honors "exceptional efforts to the cause of refugees and human freedom" with its annual Freedom Award. The International Rescue Committee has led a campaign to persuade Congress to pass the International Violence Against Women Act, which is currently before Congress. The organization has also lobbied for the United States to complete ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has been ratified by 196 countries (including the United States) and is the only UN country that is not a party to it. I would be interested to work with this organization because it promotes the rights of people throughout the world and has many similar ideals and goals as I do. I also plan on going into international relations at some point, so I would love to be a part of an NGO that is truly global and has a very far reach for millions of people.
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