August 20, 2007

Dr. Carson Clements, Legal Analyst for the ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s Office of Research and Program Development, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) Faculty of Law in Kyiv, Ukraine during the 2007-2008 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

Clements will teach various courses, including: International Business Transactions, Drafting and Negotiating International Business Documents, International Commercial Law and Arbitration, and International Law and Organizations; work with the NaUKMA Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team; and assist with Bologna Process legal education reforms.

Clements is one of approximately 800 U.S. faculty, professionals, and students who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Scholar Program.  Established in 1946 under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Program's purpose is to build mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the rest of the world.

The Fulbright Program, America's flagship international educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  Since its inception, the Fulbright Program has exchanged approximately 273,500 people - 102,900 Americans who have studied, taught or researched abroad and 170,600 students, scholars and teachers from other countries who have engaged in similar activities in the United States.  The Program operates in over 150 countries worldwide.

For further information about the Fulbright Program or the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, please visit their website at http://exchanges.state.gov.