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Recent News
Alumni News
Joseph J. McBurney ’07 Sworn in as Associate Justice of the RI Superior Court
Joseph J. McBurney ’07 was recently sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court. McBurney served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division in the Office of the Attorney General prior to his appointment.
Stephen Bohara ’14 named Partner at Fox Rothschild in Denver
Fox Rothschild LLP announced that Stephen Bohara ’14 has been named Partner at the firm’s office in Denver. Bohara specializes in helping clients with a wide range of commercial real estate matters.
Dire Tladi ’00 LLM Nominated to International Court of Justice
The Cabinet of South Africa has nominated Dire D. Tladi, who earned an LLM in U.S. Legal Studies at UConn School of Law in 2000, to serve as a judge of the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court. Tladi is a professor of International law in the Department of Public Law at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, a fellow at the Institute of Comparative and International Law in Africa, and a former chairman of the U.N. International Law Commission. The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges who are elected to nine-year terms by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. Its headquarters are at the Peace Palace in The Hague, in the Netherlands. The election will take place in November 2023.

Shirley V. Hoogstra ’86 serves as Commencement Speaker at MACU
Shirley V. Hoogstra ’86 was the commencement speaker at Mid-Atlantic Christian University’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. Hoogstra has been the president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities since 2014, where she has overseen the introduction of various initiatives.
Faculty Scholarship
Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson publishes The Anti-Human Rights Machine: Digital Authoritarianism and The Global Assault on Human Rights (August 18, 2022). Human Rights Quarterly, Fall, 2022.
Alumni News
Joseph J. McBurney ’07 Sworn in as Associate Justice of the RI Superior Court
Joseph J. McBurney ’07 was recently sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court. McBurney served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division in the Office of the Attorney General prior to his appointment.
Stephen Bohara ’14 named Partner at Fox Rothschild in Denver
Fox Rothschild LLP announced that Stephen Bohara ’14 has been named Partner at the firm’s office in Denver. Bohara specializes in helping clients with a wide range of commercial real estate matters.
Dire Tladi ’00 LLM Nominated to International Court of Justice
The Cabinet of South Africa has nominated Dire D. Tladi, who earned an LLM in U.S. Legal Studies at UConn School of Law in 2000, to serve as a judge of the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court. Tladi is a professor of International law in the Department of Public Law at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, a fellow at the Institute of Comparative and International Law in Africa, and a former chairman of the U.N. International Law Commission. The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges who are elected to nine-year terms by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. Its headquarters are at the Peace Palace in The Hague, in the Netherlands. The election will take place in November 2023.

Shirley V. Hoogstra ’86 serves as Commencement Speaker at MACU
Shirley V. Hoogstra ’86 was the commencement speaker at Mid-Atlantic Christian University’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. Hoogstra has been the president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities since 2014, where she has overseen the introduction of various initiatives.
Faculty Scholarship
Leslie Levin

Leslie Levin publishes 'This is Not Normal': The Role of Bar Organizations in Protecting Constitutional Norms and Values (July 1, 2022). Washington University Journal of Law and Policy.