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SUMMARY:Coffee with Sakena Yacoobi
DESCRIPTION:LIDS Coffee with Global Fund for Women’s Sakena Yacoobi\, founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute for Learning. Fellow Global Fund for Women board member Marissa Wesely will moderate. \nSakena is the founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute for Learning\, and a truly remarkable activist and leader\, who has focused on education and health care – with a particular focus on women – in Afghanistan for over 25 years. (http://www.afghaninstituteoflearning.org/dr-sakena-yacoobi-bio.html) \nLIDS will be hosting a casual conversation with Sakena\, from 10-11 AM on Wednesday\, February 19 in WCC 3016. If you are free\, it should be very interesting\, as Sakena has a fascinating personal story in her efforts to build AIL\, and also provides an interesting perspective on women’s rights – and the situation more generally – in Afghanistan today.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/coffee-with-sakena-yacoobi/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall 3016\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave. \, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140203T203000
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SUMMARY:Projects Training for Spring 2014 (HLS\, WCC 2009)
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/projects-training-for-spring-2014-hls-wcc-2009/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall Room 2009\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue \, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140127T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140127T130000
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SUMMARY:Projects Information Session for Spring 2014 (HLS\, WCC 3007)
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/projects-information-session-for-spring-2014-hls-wcc-3007/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall Room 3007\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue \, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131119T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131119T211500
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CREATED:20130910T044214Z
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SUMMARY:LIDS Board Meeting
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-board-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Room 2071\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131024T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131024T213000
DTSTAMP:20260406T190909
CREATED:20131022T204049Z
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SUMMARY:LIDS Fall Social Event
DESCRIPTION:Now that things have calmed down – memos are in\, the symposium has wrapped up – it’s time for the first purely social LIDS event of the fall! Mark your calendars for this Thursday evening for a LIDS-wide happy hour. Everyone is invited (yes\, that means you!) – whether you’ve had a chance to join a project\, attend a lunch talk\, participate in our awesome symposium\, or none of the above. If you consider yourself part of the LIDS family (or would like to)\, we’d love to see you this Thursday evening\, 7:30 PM\, at the Cambridge Common. For any questions in the meantime\, contact Veronica Sauer (vjsauer@gmail.com).
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-fall-social-event/
LOCATION:Cambridge Common\, 1667 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T190909
CREATED:20130907T025704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131015T211947Z
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SUMMARY:2013 LIDS Symposium
DESCRIPTION:This year’s LIDS Symposium\, entitled “Trade and Entrepreneurship: Linking Local Growth to  Global Markets\,” aims to highlight the legal\, political\, and economic barriers facing new businesses and aspiring exporters in developing countries. The symposium begins with the underlying notion that independent and sustainable development cannot occur without the emergence of successful\, exportable domestic industries. While approaches such as microfinance gained traction in the past decade\, efforts to grow subsistence-level producers and informal businesses into more efficient medium-sized enterprises in developing countries have remained frustratingly slow. Through the rich experience of the speakers\, the 2013 LIDS symposium aims to exchange valuable lessons from NGOs\, government\, academia\, and groundbreaking fieldwork in the search for solutions that to lead the way forward in this critical area of development. \nKeynote Speaker: ABHIJIT BANERJEE\nMIT Economist\, Co-Founder of the Poverty Action Lab & Best Selling Author of POOR ECONOMICS \nFor updates\, please check here.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/2013-lids-symposium/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall\, Milstein West\, 1585 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131010T210000
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CREATED:20131003T071735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131003T071735Z
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SUMMARY:IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner\, hosted by MIT
DESCRIPTION:Working on a project to help underserved communities? Need Funding? Want to recruit new members for your IDEAS Global Challenge team? Want to get involved\, but don’t yet have an idea?\n\nThen join the IDEAS Global Challenge Generator Dinner\, taking place at MIT from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday\, Oct. 10\, in Walker Memorial\, Morss Hall\, Building 50. \nCome hear what IDEAS Global Challenge and hear what other creative social impact projects teams are getting started on. This is the chance to pitch your idea and recruit teammates or pitch your skills to get hired onto a team. With the first chance to submit an Initial Scope Statement two weeks away (10/24)\, here’s your chance to share your idea\, meet teammates and form a team.\n\nRSVP at http://bit.ly/UPOCTN or email globalchallenge-rsvp@mit.edu with “Generator” in the subject to sign-up for a 60-second pitch opportunity. Include the following information\, choosing one of the following:\n\nCategory One – Recruit the IDEAS Dream Team\nCategory Two –  Get Yourself “Hired”
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/ideas-global-challenge-generator-dinner-hosted-by-mit/
LOCATION:Walker Memorial\, Building 50\, MIT\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Joint Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131009T130000
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SUMMARY:LIDS Event - Community Development in Rural India: An NGO Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Event: Community Development in Rural India: An NGO Perspective \nWhen: October 9\, 2013 at noon \nLocation: WCC 1010 \nSister Lucy Kurien is the founder of Maher\, an interfaith NGO focused on rural development and women’s issues in India. For 17 years\, Maher has been running projects all over India including homes for abused and battered women\, street children\, and the elderly. Currently Maher has 765 children and 240 women in its homes. Maher also trains destitute women in various tradecrafts such as sewing and jewelry making\, enabling them to live independently with sustainable income. So far\, 2230 women have passed through Maher’s training programs. In order to address the broader development issues facing rural India\, Maher also organizes 465 self-help groups in which Maher staff leads discussions with community leaders and women. The topics range from AIDS awareness and importance of education to sustainable farming practices and rainwater harvesting. \nSister Lucy’s talk will focus on the importance of addressing women’s issues for broader community development and the self-help groups. She will discuss the successes and improvements in these communities as well as the failures\, and where she sees the greatest challenges to India’s development objects and how we can turn them into opportunities for developing the country’s most impoverished areas.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-event-community-development-in-rural-india-an-ngo-perspective-2/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall Room 1010\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131003T120000
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SUMMARY:LIDS Event – Human Rights and Chinese Investment in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Event: Human Rights and Chinese Investment in Africa with Professor Muna Ndulo \nProfessor Muna Ndulo will discuss the human rights consequences of Chinese investment within Africa. Professor Ndulo is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of constitution making\, governance and institution building\, human rights and Foreign Direct Investments. He is a Professor of Law Cornell Law School and Director of the Cornell University’s Institute for African Development. He has previously served in a number of UN positions in various developing countries\, including South Africa\, East Timor\, Kosovo\, and Afghanistan. He has also worked for the World Bank\, African Development Bank and United Nations Development Program.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-event-human-rights-and-chinese-investment-in-africa/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall Room B015\, Harvard Law School\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130930
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CREATED:20130907T030355Z
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SUMMARY:LIDS Executive Board Retreat
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-executive-board-retreat/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130924T210000
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CREATED:20130907T030050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130919T063354Z
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SUMMARY:LIDS Projects and Committees Training Event
DESCRIPTION:Come to LIDS’s Projects and Committees Training Event! \nJoin the Law and International Development Society (LIDS) on Tuesday\, Sept. 24 from 7-9 pm in Austin West at Harvard Law School to learn about the organization and ways that you can get involved in the coming school year. We will be highlighting our fall projects\, which cover a range of topics such as micro-finance\, post-conflict constitution drafting\, and Islamic property law. We will also discuss ways to get involved in LIDS committees that make the magic happen by assisting with events\, the symposium\, and communications. \nNote that this event is mandatory for people that want to participate in projects! \n(If you have class at this time\, contact sweiner@jd15.law.harvard.edu and/or john.rennie@tufts.edu\, who will ensure you have the information you need to participate on fall projects.) \nAlso a reminder that applications to work on fall projects are due next Thurs.\, Sept. 26 at 7PM! Visit LIDS Live for more information on how to apply:\nhttps://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/2013/09/15/fall-2013-lids-team-member-applications-open-due-thursday-september-26-at-7pm/ \n 
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-project-member-training/
LOCATION:Austin West\, Harvard Law School
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130917T191500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130917T211500
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CREATED:20130910T044039Z
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SUMMARY:LIDS Board Meeting
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-board-meeting/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Room 2071\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:LIDS Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130916T130000
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CREATED:20130907T025947Z
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SUMMARY:International Student Organizations Info Session
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URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/international-student-organizations-info-session/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Joint Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130916T130000
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CREATED:20130907T024424Z
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SUMMARY:Compulsory License and Access to Medicines: The Indian Experience To Date
DESCRIPTION:Event Date:  Monday\, Sept. 16\, 2013  \nEvent Time:  12:00-1:00 p.m. \nEvent Location:  Wasserstein Hall Room B015\,  Harvard Law School \n\n \nDescription: \nMr. V. Lakshmikumaran is the founder and managing partner of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (L&S).  L&S is one of India’s elite law firms\, serving several Fortune 500 and top Indian companies in international trade\, tax\, intellectual property\, and corporate matters.   Chambers Asia Pacific recently declared several L&S’s practices to be in the top-tier and  exclaimed that Mr. Lakshmikumaran “possesses a virtual monopoly when it comes to indirect tax litigation” in India.  Besides corporate and tax matters\, L&S handles high-profile intellectual property (IP) cases and has been retained by the Indian government to argue several cases on its behalf before the World Trade Organization (WTO). \nMr. Lakshmikumaran’s talk will focus on India’s compulsory licensing regime\, which can be used to mandate that an IP holder license its IP right to another company or individual for a fee.  In 2012\, India’s government first exercised its power to issue a compulsory license\, allowing a generic pharmaceutical company\, Natco\, to manufacture a version of the cancer-fighting drug\, Nexavar\, developed by Bayer\, after finding\, among others\, the branded drug to be cost-prohibitive for India.  This action is being closely watched worldwide because of the important role played by Indian companies in supplying affordable generic versions of medicines globally.  In March 2013\, the Indian Patent Appeals Body rejected an appeal from Bayer; the case is now before the High Court of Bombay.  If upheld\, the development of this regime may be a game changer for global health\, opening the way for other Indian generic pharmaceutical companies to seek compulsory licenses to manufacture cheaper version of essential drugs.  In fact\, further applications have already been filed against Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Roche for other cancer-fighting drugs.  Mr. Lakshmikumaran will discuss recent global trends in compulsory licensing\, examine the Indian legal framework\, and discuss the lessons of the Nexavar dispute.  He will also explore the compatibility of India’s compulsory licensing regime with the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement. \nLIDS will be co-hosting this event.
URL:https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/event/lids-co-hosting-event-compulsory-license-and-access-to-medicines-the-indian-experience-to-date/
LOCATION:Wasserstein Hall Room B015\, Harvard Law School\, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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