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Renate Jaeger
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Judge European Court of Human Rights. "Europe has become an integral part of our lives as women and lawyers. This is why I am a member of...

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German judges strengthen EU court, clarify Lisbon ruling

Saturday, August 28, 2010 By HONOR MAHONY EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Germany's constitutional court has laid down the ground rules for controlling decisions by the EU top's court, an area that had been left unclear after a controversial 2009 ruling by Germany's highest judges on the Lisbon Treaty, the EU's new rule book.In a ru... more

EU popularity plunges right across the bloc

Saturday, August 28, 2010 By VALENTINA POPEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – People's confidence in the the European Union has dropped to record lows in most countries amid a placid response to the rising unemployment and the troubles of the eurozone, a Eurobarometer published on Thursday (26 August) shows.Fewer than half of Europe's ... more

Mass gay kiss-off to highlight gap in EU law

Saturday, August 28, 2010 By ANDREW RETTMANEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - An Italian MP is planning to ask gay couples to hold a day of mass-scale public kissing in September in a fight against petty homophobia. But a draft EU law combatting the same problem is likely to stay off the agenda for years.Paola Concia, an MP from the P... more

EWLA: Influence of Globalisation on Family Law

Thursday, August 26, 2010 (Report by Regula Kägi-Diener) The family workshop at the 10th anniversary congress of EWLA dealt with the influence of globalisation on family law. The workshop took place on June 4th 2010 and was chaired by Regula Kägi-Diener, Prof. Dr. attorney-at-law, St. Gallen in Switzerland. Speakers in th... more

UNITED STATES: Google to Face Age Discrimination Lawsuit in Court

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - Internet and E-Commerce Law News - Will age discrimination play a more prominent role in the future workplace? It may, depending on the outcome of a lawsuit against Google that will now go to trial. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the California Supreme Court has ruled that an age dis... more

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

EWLA: A tendency to underestimate the position of women under the pretext of equal rights

The General Assembly of the European Women Lawyers' Association adopted a resolution at its 10th ann... more

Saturday, August 21, 2010

The US Senate confirmed Elena Kagan as new Supreme Court Judge

The New York Times - WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan to a seat on the Supreme Court o... more

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Woman confesses under threat

(BBC) Iranian state TV has aired what it says is a confession by a woman under threat of being stone... more

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Milano - EWLA 11th Congress in 2011

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Upcoming Events & Highlights

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The Arab ICT Legal and Legislative Forum with participation of EWLA in Beirut, Lebanon

The Arab ICE Legal and Legislative Forum will be held at the InterContinental-Phoenicia, Beirut, Leb...

Friday, May 20, 2011

EWLA 11th Annual Congress in Milan Italy (date to be confirmed)

More information on the European Women Lawyers' 11 th Annual Congress will be available in September...

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President's Message

In her welcoming address at EWLAs 10th Anniversary Congress in Brussels on 3 June, Herdís Thorgeir...

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Eithne Reid O'Doherty barrister at law

"Independent voice needed to balance lobbying of financial sector"
Banking interests make representations to legislators, but there is no organised counter analysis, writes Eithne Reid O’Doherty in the Irish Times on...

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