We are pleased to share that we are once again partnering with colleagues in Moldova
A very special thanks to LARISA PATLIS and her students at the Free University of Moldova (ULIM)
and
Professor LIA BUTUCEL and her Anglophone Law Students at Moldova State University (USM)
we are also honored to have the counsel of
Judge Serghei TURCAN of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova who is also teaching a Human Rights course at ULIM this semester
as well as
Professor Aliona CARA RUSNAC, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova who is also the coordinator of the Anglophone Department of the Law Faculty of Moldova State University
Here is more about our distinguished collaborators, as included in the Comparative Legal Research Assignment:
Appendix VI
Moldova State University Collaborators
Professor Lia BUTUCEL
Lia Butucel currently is a lecturer at the Romance and Germanic Philology Department, Faculty of Letters, at the Moldova State University (USM), where she received her licentiate diploma and M.A. in Translation Studies in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and licentiate diploma in Law in 2010, PhD student ( research topic – Terminology)
She developed curricula for a number of academic courses: Legal English (English for Specific Purposes, Law Faculty), Typology of the English Texts (Faculty of Letters), Linguistics of the English Texts (Faculty of Letters), Pragmatics of the English Texts (Faculty of Letters), etc. She is also in charge with the implementation of PBL projects within the department, involving both, students and lecturers.
About Professor Butucel’s class:
Legal English
SYLLABUS
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Summary |
The Legal English course offers students the opportunity to direct their language knowledge and skills towards academic and professional training and information. They will also be introduced to the basics of academic and intercultural communication. The approach is learner-centered, it is oriented towards learning outcomes. Organized at the request of interested faculties, the course aims to develop professional language skills, with a focus on specialized instances in the field concerned. The main objectives are: the acquisition and use of concepts, strategies and working methods specific to the field (with linguistic support in English), with emphasis on the development of techniques and rules for writing scientific texts, as well as the acquisition of a varied specialized vocabulary. Students will thus have the opportunity to understand the specific format, structure and conventions of scientific genres in the field and to develop their ability to work with specific linguistic structures in English. The subject aims to develop the professional competences: Mastery of a linguistic repertoire suitable for understanding oral and written messages necessary for obtaining information for professional purposes, production of written messages of professional interest by using the assimilated arsenal of morpho-syntactic and orthoepic elements, possessing a specialized vocabulary necessary for understanding and producing professional messages, mastering a wide range of everyday expressions in order to take part in verbal interactions in various socio-cultural and professional contexts, and adapting and communicating coherently information and problems in the Legal Domain to specialists and non-specialists in the field. |
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Learning Objectives |
As a result of completing this course, students will be able to:
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Learning Outcomes |
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Grading |
Students will be graded throughout the semester on their participation in classroom activities and discussions, their knowledge of the course content through periodic assessment, and they also will be graded on a final exam.
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Professor will provide students with all necessary resources. |
Professor Aliona Cara Rusnac
Secretary of State at Ministry of Environment
Republic of Moldova
Aliona Cara Rusnac is the program coordinator of the Anglophone Department within the Law Faculty of Moldova State University (2003-present), developing projects in cooperation with the US Embassy, implementing PBL projects at the Anglophone Department, lecturing and developing curricula; Associate professor of the Law Faculty of Moldova State University (2003); Legal Consultant on daily basis matters referred to implementation of Talent Retention for rural Transformation TRTP (IFAD VIII), Rural Resilient Project PRR (IFAD BVII) and PRRECI (IFAD VI) projects. Coordinating elaboration of CPIU IFAD position paper on water legislation and policy documents on water. Expert on agricultural, environmental, construction legislation and juridical studies on environmental, agricultural and human rights. Participating in the working group of drafting the amendments of the Law of Water Users Associations for Irrigation. Participating in implementation of the PRR and TRTP Projects in particular on the subcomponents regarding plantation/monitoring of the forest strips, infrastructure, keeping direct control on litigations and reporting the situation of litigations to the competent authorities.
Aliona Cara Rusnac was a scientifical researcher at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2008-2015) and a project coordinator at the European Public Law Centre (2006-2010), conducting research, drafting reports, drafting proposal to submit to the European Union, Hellenic ministry of foreign affairs or other institutions on the Rule of Law. She also participated in training activities of the EPLC, notably elaborating conference documents, giving presentations to exchange students, academics or professionals, organized conferences and seminars.
Appendix VII
ULIM COLLABORATORS
The Honorable Serghei Turcan
Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Was born on September 6th 1974, graduated from the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM) (1998); Doctor of law, Free International University of Moldova (2003).
Member of the Superior Council of Magistracy (2018-2019); Member of the Board for the selection and career of judges of the Superior Council of Magistracy (2016-2018); Member of the Working group for the improvement of the procedures regarding the selection and career of judges (2017-2018); Member of the National Legal Aid Council (2015-2016); Member of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (2009-2013); Member of the Working group for the review of the legislation regarding the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court (2016-2018); Member of the Scientific Council of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova (2007-2019); Member of the Commission for constitutional reform (2009-2010).
Awarded the "Civic Merit" ("Meritul Civil ") Medal (2016), "For Cooperation" ("Pentru Cooperare") Medal of the Security and Intelligence Service of the Republic of Moldova (2016), "Cross for Merit" ("Crucea Pentru Merit") 1st Class distinction of the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova (2013) and the ULIM Order (2019).
Named judge of the Constitutional Court by the Decision of the Superior Council of Magistracy Nr. 302/18 of 30.07.2019.
LARISA PATLIS
Larisa Patlis currently is a lecturer in International Relations and the coordinator of the European Union Information Center at the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM), where she received her licentiate diploma and M.A. in International Relations (European Studies) in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
She has conducted research and professional development visits in Poland (2008, 2009, 2013), Hungary (2009), Austria (2010), Lithuania (2010), Turkey (2011, 2022), Ukraine (2012) USA (2012/13), Georgia (2016), Germany (2018), Spain (2023). Larisa Patlis was a Carnegie Fellow in the Department of History and Politics and the Bishop Center for Ethical Leadership and Civic Engagement at USFSP (for Fall semester 2012), conducting a research on Devolutionary Trends in Moldova: the Case of Gagauz Yeri. In 2016 Larisa became a winner of the Carnegie Scholar Publication Program 2016 competition for alumni of the CRFP.
Appendix VIII
Professor Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan
Dr.
Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan (Ph.D. in Public Law, Rutgers
University 2003) is the Frank E. Duckwall Professor of Florida Studies,
an Associate Professor of Political Science and Founding
Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at the University of South
Florida St. Petersburg, where she teaches courses in American Government
and Public Law. McLauchlan is also the Lead Instructor for the USFSP
YMCA Civic Fellows Program, a statewide civics
education initiative in partnership with the YMCA Youth in Government
Program.
McLauchlan
was awarded the American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma
Alpha’s Certificate for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science,
USFSP’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence
in Teaching, the USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, the USF
Outstanding Faculty Award, the USFSP Chancellor's Award for Outstanding
Civic Engagement, the Lawson R. McElroy Award for Excellence in Engaged
Learning, the Campus Compact Graham Frey
Civic Educator Award,
AASCU’s
Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement, the APSA’s
Craig L. Brians Award for Undergraduate Research and Mentorship, the
Political Studies Association-American
Political Science Association Inaugural Award for International
Partnerships, the Gulf South Summit Award for Outstanding Collaboration
in Higher Education (for the USF YMCA Civic Fellows Program) and the
APSA Civic Engagement Section's Civic Engagement Project
Award (for Civic Fellows).
Her book
Congressional Participation as Amicus Curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court
explores how Members of Congress attempt to influence Supreme Court decision-making in specific cases.
Following
her Fulbright to Moldova, McLauchlan expanded
her research about whether and how courts can bring about change to
study the impact of the European Court of Human Rights on justice sector
reform in Moldova.
In
addition, McLauchlan is an active contributor to the scholarship of
teaching and learning. She has published numerous articles and book
chapters about the effects of integrating
civic engagement into the curriculum and has presented those findings
at regional, national, and international conferences.
McLauchlan was a Fulbright Scholar to Moldova (Constitutional Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process) in 2010 and 2012, and in 2017, McLauchlan was awarded a Fulbright to North Macedonia (Rule of Law and Civil Society). McLauchlan was awarded a Diploma from the Government of the Republic of Moldova, recognizing fruitful international cooperation and collaboration on research as well as the Medal of the Free University of Moldova (ULIM). She also received the Award of the City of Klos, Albania in honor of the promotion of democratic values, community engagement and volunteerism and a Leadership Excellence Award for "outstanding dedication and commitment to promoting rule of law, democracy building, and civic engagement" from the University for Business and Technology in Pristina, Kosovo. McLauchlan will be returning to Moldova as a Fulbright Specialist in 2023.
In
addition to her scholarly activities, Professor McLauchlan has extensive
experience in American government and politics. McLauchlan worked at
the U.S. Supreme Court (conducting historical
research in the Office of the Curator), the U.S. Senate Judiciary
Committee (on the confirmation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg), the U.S.
Department of Justice (for then-US Attorney Eric Holder, in the Violent
Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office
in Washington, DC), and the White House (during both terms of the
Clinton Administration). A veteran of several presidential campaigns,
she has managed statewide operations across the U.S., from Portland,
Maine to Portland, Oregon. (This includes work on the
2000 Recount in Florida and managing the first ever 100% Vote by Mail
presidential election in the U.S., as state director for the campaign in
Oregon.) She has worked on seven presidential primary campaigns in New
Hampshire, and now she teaches a course called
The Road to the White House,
in which she brings students up to New Hampshire for the primary. In
addition, McLauchlan participated in various roles at the Democratic
National Committee Conventions in Chicago in 1996, Los Angeles in 2000,
Boston in 2004, Denver in 2008, Charlotte 2012, Philadelphia 2016, and
Milwaukee 2020. She served as an International
Elections Observer during the Constitutional Referendum and the
Parliamentary elections in Moldova (September and November 2010).
She
was a Delegate to nine Florida Democratic Party State Conventions, and
she has served as an elected member of the Pinellas Democratic Party
Executive Committee, 2008-2020.
In 2014 McLauchlan was a candidate for the Florida Senate; she raised
$391,000 and earned 74,804 votes.
Appendix IX
Professor Judithanne McLauchlan’s
U.S. Constitutional Law 2: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Civil liberty, the great end of all human society and government, is that state in which each individual has the power to pursue his own happiness according to his own views and interest, and the dictates of his conscience, unrestrained, except by equal, just, and impartial laws.
Sir William Blackstone
Course Objectives:
Thomas Paine declared that a constitution is “to liberty what a grammar is to language.” And, indeed, in the United States, the source of our civil liberties is the Constitution, especially its first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights.
In this course, we will study the constitutional basis for civil liberties as well as the role of the Supreme Court in enforcing those constitutionally protected rights. We will immerse ourselves in the case law surrounding the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the freedom of and from religion, the freedom of speech and of the press, the freedom of association, the freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, the guarantee against self-accusation, the right to counsel and other criminal procedure guarantees, the guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment and the right of privacy – as well as the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of the equal protection of the laws. We will look at race discrimination in education, affirmative action and reverse discrimination, as well as non-racial classification and the equal protection of the laws.
Students will develop legal research and writing skills while working collaboratively in groups with students at Moldova State University and Universitatea Libera Internationala din Moldova (ULIM), the Free University of Moldova. For this comparative legal research assignment, students will compare decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of the United States involving similar legal questions. By learning more about legal issues in the EU and the workings of the European Court of Human Rights, students will learn more about the protection of civil liberties in Europe and will also better understand the Supreme Court of the U.S. and its role in American constitutional democracy.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
When you have completed U.S. Constitutional Law 2 (Civil Liberties and Civil Rights), you will be able to
ü Engage in legal reasoning
ü Brief
a Supreme Court opinion
ü Debate the role of the Supreme Court in American constitutional democracy
ü Research Supreme Court opinions using Lexis/Nexis and Westlaw as well as to use the Supreme Court website to stay abreast of cases being argued before the Court
ü Describe the constitutional basis for civil liberties as well as the role of the Supreme Court in enforcing those constitutional protected rights, including
Freedom of speech and of the press
Freedom of and from religion
Freedom of association
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
The guarantee against self-accusation
The right to counsel and other criminal procedure guarantees
The guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment
The right of privacy
ü Discuss the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of Equal Protection of the Laws and how it applies to race discrimination in education as well as to non-racial classification (gender-based discrimination, discrimination against gays and lesbians, and issues related to wealth, poverty, illegitimacy, alienage, age, mental illness, and retardation)
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