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The Pacific Community (SPC) is an intergovernmental organization of Pacific nations. UC Law SF continued implementing a generous grant from SPC this year under the umbrella of a memorandum of understanding signed between our two institutions. Faculty Director of the International Development Law Center Jessica Vapnek, with support from several UC Law SF students and two graduates, has been working closely with the SPC this year developing and implementing an online asynchronous legislative drafting course.

Throughout the fall semester, Professor Vapnek, Peter Boaz '14, and Alex Sauerwein '20 graded assignments submitted by fisheries and legal officers from the Pacific Region.

Subsequently, with support from the grant, Professor Vapnek was able to travel to New Caledonia for an international workshop. The workshop brought together the first cohort of government officials from across the Pacific Region who had taken the online legislative ourse. The workshop cemented learning ed sharing of best practices from around n.

al students before her, Current JD iulia Marchi has begun a remote p with the SPC, where she will focus on nd American Samoan legislation on e fisheries,

I feel fortunate to have an externship for the SPC where I can work at the intersection of human rights, gender, and environment.

GIULIA MARCHI