Aligarh: On Wednesday i.e. February 17, 2010, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the George Washington University's Law School in United States (US). The MoU is signed to facilitate faculty members and PhD or SJD candidates from each other institutions, to participate for a semester or two as visiting scholars for the purpose of conducting research.
According to AMU spokesperson, Rahat Abrar, the mutual cooperation envisaged for individual scholars from both the institutions to establish contacts for conducting research and other academic activities. He also mentioned that the major areas of research between the two institutes would include intellectual property law, Islamic law, constitutional law, international and comparative law and environmental law.
As per sources, Fredrick Lawrence, Dean, Faculty of Law at George Washington University welcomed the latest and pioneering academic partnership. Further, Mr Lawrence mentioned that George Washington offers more than sixty courses and it was providing the facilities to students from 55 different countries, including India.
