Author: CMJ Department

Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks: Can Lawyers Be Effective At Mediation? by Florence Karimi Shako

  ABSTRACT This study focuses on the question of whether mediation training can equip lawyers with the necessary guidance and skills for effective dispute resolution. It has been suggested that the traditional law school curriculum inappropriately privileges an adversarial approach to disputes and pays undue attention to the case-based method at the expense of more […]

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Feb
09

Mediation plan will enhance access to justice, clear backlog by RLS Faculty Florence Shako

Article 159 (2) of the Constitution provides that in exercising judicial authority, courts should be guided by, among other principles, the promotion of alternative dispute resolution. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) refers to a set of practices aimed at resolution of disputes outside the courts. It involves techniques such as reconciliation, mediation, arbitration and traditional dispute […]

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Feb
05

My ICC Mooting Experience By Ruth Ogbewekon

My ICC Mooting Experience  By Ruth Ogbewekon Presented at the Guest Lecture delivered by Dr Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia, at Riara University on Wednesday, 27 January 2016 All protocols observed. My name is Ogbewekon Ruth Osaretin, fourth year Law student at Riara University.Many thanks for this […]

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Jan
29

Monthly Students Innovation Forum

The Monthly Students Innovations Forum is one of the activities of Riara University iCenter, anchored by the School of Computing Sciences. For about an hour, students and partners are given a platform to share their knowledge, skills, experiences and expertise in specific areas of interest. Students are therefore equipped with knowledge and skills they may […]

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Jan
28

Public lecture by Dr Serge Brammertz

On 27th January 2015, RU was privileged to host Dr Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia, for a public guest lecture which took place in room G15. The lecture was on the “Challenges of International Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions”.  The essence of the lecture was to give RU […]

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Jan
19

RLS Faculty represent RU at IGLP: African Regional Workshop in South Africa

The Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School is a collaborative faculty effort to nurture innovative approaches to global policy in the face of a legal and institutional architecture manifestly ill-equipped to address our most urgent global challenges. Global poverty, conflict, injustice and inequality are also legal and institutional regimes. The […]

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Dec
17

Study of the State of Art B2B Integration Patterns, Components and Architectures

  “Study of the State of Art B2B Integration Patterns, Components and Architectures” Prof. Felix Musau, PhD, the Dean Riara School of Computing Science Publication in peer reviewed Journals 2015(British Journal of Applied Science & Technology). British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, ISSN: 2231-0843,Vol.: 13, Issue.: 2 Review Article A Study of the State […]

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Dec
11

Public Lecture on ‘Child-Centered Innovation for Impact’

The public  lecture under the theme “From Start-Up to Scale-Up: Child-Centered Innovation for Impact” was done by Stuart Campo an innovation expert based in the Global innovation centre-UNICEF Innovation Lab. The lecture was be held on Friday, 11th December, 2015 at Room G/15. This lecture was organised in partnership with RU and African Center for […]

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