Thu Apr 26, 2007

NYC EVENT: Achal Prabhala on Intellectual Property, Human Rights, and Public Health in India, Apr 30, 2007 @ 4:00pm

On Monday, April 30, 2007, Fordham Law School will be hosting Achal Prabhala, an activist and journalist from India. Achal has been working on a variety of projects linked to patents and public health issues with the Lawyer’s Collective and the Alternative Law Forum in India on a series of recent challenges to the Indian Patent Act. In one high profile case that has far-reaching implications for the intersection between intellectual property and public health, a Swiss pharmaceutical company is appealing the rejection by the Indian Patents Office of its application for a particular cancer drug — raising questions about whether property rights should limit public health considerations.

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Tue Apr 3, 2007

NYC EVENT: SABANY Public Interest Fellowship Benefit, Apr 19, 2007 @ 7:30pm

On Thursday April 19, 2007, the South Asian Bar Association of New York will host its fourth annual public interest fellowship benefit. The benefit raises money to provide fellowships for law students working in unpaid, public interest summer internships. At the event, the 2007 recipients will be announced. Each of them will be awarded a minimum $3,000 fellowship. Information about past SABANY fellowship recipients is available here.

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Sun Mar 25, 2007

NYC EVENT: Poetry Reading, Slide Show, and Book Signing with Purvi Shah, Apr 3, 2007 @ 12:30pm

Purvi Shah serves as Executive Director of Sakhi for South Asian Women, a community-based anti-domestic violence organization. She has presented routinely on Sakhi’s 16 years of work to build community awareness and change attitudes which perpetuate violence, and has been a featured speaker at national women’s conferences, government convenings, and policy panels.

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