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Human rights scholar to join School of Law faculty

Monday, July 16, 2007

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Penelope Andrews, a legal scholar who helped shape South Africa’s post-apartheid constitution, will join Valparaiso University School of Law's faculty this fall as a Visiting Professor.

Andrews is a respected expert in international human rights law who has won several awards for her public interest work. She has served as a consultant on the effect of racism on women and governance to the United National Development Fund for Women, evaluated labor law programs sponsored by the Ford Foundation around the world, and helped draft and promote affirmative action legislation for the new South African government. Andrews is co-editor of The Post-Apartheid Constitutions: Perspectives on South Africa’s Basic Laws and the forthcoming book Comparative Constitutionalism and Rights: Global Perspectives.

Since 1993, Andrews has served on the faculty at City University of New York Law School, and has held visiting faculty posts at the University of Saskatchewan, Tuoro Law School, Columbia Law School, Sydney University School of Law and University of Aberdeen. She earned her master of laws from Columbia University School of Law, and a bachelor of laws and bachelor’s degree in economics and comparative African government and administration from the University of Natal.

 

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