ELI trains Ukrainian legal professionals

The ELI-Ukraine connection continued in 2000 as 30 Ukrainian judges and lawyers attended programs at ELI. The programs in March and May were funded by a U.S. State Department grant which brought the Ukrainian legal professionals to Delaware for training in the American legal system and the administration of justice. The participants took classes and seminars in American family law, criminal law, court procedure, and corporate and commercial law. Each group also spent 10 days in hands-on internships and professional interaction with the Delaware Family Court, Superior Court, Department of Justice, Division of Corporations, Federal District Court, private law offices and a variety of government agencies. The participants have now returned to Ukraine and will pass on the knowledge they received by sharing it with their colleagues and putting their experience to practical use. Based upon the success of its previous programs, coordinator Chris Wolfe is happy to report that ELI has been awarded another federal grant to train an additional 30 Ukrainian legal professionals in the year 2001.

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