RAROLC - Russian American Rule of Law Consortium

RAROLC events are held both in Russia and in the United States and feature programs developed jointly by the Russian and American partnerships in direct response to the needs of each community.

Recent Events

Vologda and Arkhangelsk: Bench/Bar; Planning Meetings; Law School Lectures May 05 - May 09, 2008

Republic of Georgia to New York: Open World Expansion Country Apr 28 - May 02, 2008

Washington State to Vladivostok Apr 21 - Apr 25, 2008

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Maryland to Leningrad Oblast

Date:	May 19 - May 23, 2008
Location:	LENINGRAD OBLAST
Partnership Sponsor:	Maryland ~ Leningrad Oblast
Topics:	Regional/Arbitrazh court initiative regarding appellate and ADR procedures; Domestic Violence
Participants:	Honorable Richard D. Bennett - U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Garmatz Federal Court Pamela Q. Harris - Court Administrator, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Montgomery County Judicial Center Dale P. Kelberman, Esq. - Miles & Stockbridge James Maxiener - Associate Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law John J. McCarthy - State’s Attorney for Montgomery County Rachel Wohl - Executive Director, Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office

Arkhangelsk: Juvenile Justice

Date:	May 19 - May 23, 2008
Location:	Arkhangelsk
Partnership Sponsor:	Maine ~ Arkhangelsk Oblast
Topics:	Juvenile justice
Participants:	Stephanie Anderson - District Attorney - Portland, Maine The Hon. Joseph Field - Maine District Court Faye Luppi - Project Director, Violence Intervention Partnership Christine Thibeault - Assistant District Attorney, Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office

Pskov: Presumption of Innocence

Date:	May 20 - May 21, 2008
Location:	Pskov
Partnership Sponsor:	Connecticut ~ Pskov Oblast
Topics:	Presumption of Innocence
Participants:	William F. Dow III - Attorney, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, PC Mary M. Galvin - State’s Attorney, Ansonia-Milford Judicial District, Superior Court Hon. Michael R. Sheldon - Superior Court Judge Hon. Jonathan E. Silbert - Judge, Connecticut Superior Court

Tomsk: Historic Preservation, Remediation of Polluted Building Sites, Mediation

Date:	May 20 - May 22, 2008
Location:	Tomsk
Partnership Sponsor:	Massachusetts ~ Tomsk Oblast
Topics:	Historic Preservation, Remediation of Polluted Building Sites, Mediation
Participants:	Glendon Buscher - Title Examiner, (Retired) Land Court-Dept of Trial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Jeanne Thompson - Senior Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Courts and Mass Media, Enforcement of Judgements, Witness and Jury Protection

Date:	May 26 - May 29, 2008
Location:	Khabarovsk
Partnership Sponsor:	Alaska ~ Khabarvsk Oblast
Topics:	Courts and Mass Media, Enforcement of Judgements, Witness and Jury Protection
Participants:	Joe Bottini - Hon. Alexander Bryner - Justice, Alaska Supreme Court The Hon. Philip Volland -

Novgorod: Jury Trials

Date:	May 26 - May 30, 2008
Location:	Novgorod
Partnership Sponsor:	Western New York ~ Novgorod Oblast
Topics:	Jury trials
Participants:	Mary Beth Feindt - Attorney Honorable Frank Geraci - Monroe County Court Judge, New York Ron Reinstein - Major Crimes Investigator Connie Walker - Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Frank P. Geraci, Jr.

Vermont to Karelia

Date:	Jun 02 - Jun 07, 2008
Location:	KARELIA
Partnership Sponsor:	Vermont ~ Republic of Karelia
Topics:	1) Juvenile Justice 2) Bench/Bar 3) Legal Aid 4) Administrative Law 5) Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Participants:	Hon. John Dooley - Associate Justice, Vermont Supreme Court James May - Director, South Royalton Legal Clinic, Vermont Law School Larry Novins - Licensing Board Counsel Mark Oettinger - General Counsel, Vermont Department of Education Robert Simpson - Interim Director, Criminal Justice Program, Champlain College

Sakhalin/Juvenile Justice

Date:	Jun 03 - Jun 05, 2008
Location:	Sakhalin
Partnership Sponsor:	Oregon ~ Sakhalin Oblast
Topics:	Juvenile justice
Participants:	Steven Briggs - David Koch - The Hon. Dale Koch - Hon. Kip W. Leonard - Circuit Court Judge, Lane County Courthouse

Media Relations; Court and Bar Association Publications

Date:	Jun 09 - Jun 13, 2008
Location:	Concord, New Hampshire
Summary:	Participants: Sergey Nikolayevich Khlopushin: Vologda Region Prosecutor, Vologda Region Prosecutor Office Lyubov Yuryevna Ovtsina: Deputy Department Head, Administrative Department of Law in Vologda Region Lyudmila Borisovna Yagodina: Judge, Vologda Regional Court Eduard Nasekhovich Zaynak: Regional Prosecutor Deputy, Vologda Region Prosecutor’s Office Yelena Valeryevna Vetrova: Coordinator, Russian American Rule of Law Consortium Aleksey Viktorovich Batov: Judge, Vologda City Court Lyubov Ivanovna Bileva: Judge, Vologodskiy Regional Court Sergey Sergeyevich Fokichev: Chairperson of Collegium, "Vashe Pravo" Cherepovetsk Bar Sergey Gennadyevich Nikulin: Attorney, The First Vologda Bar Andrey Leonidovich Khokhryakov: Deputy Head of Secretariat of the Head of the Court (Press-Secretary), Seventeenth Arbitration Court of Appeal
Topics:	Media Relations; Court and Bar Association Publications

Open World Ukraine, Columbus: Rule of Law

Date:	Nov 17 - Nov 21, 2008
Location:	Columbus, Ohio
Topics:	Rule of law

Open World Ukraine, Indianapolis: Rule of Law

Date:	Nov 17 - Nov 21, 2008
Location:	Indianapolis, IN