News from the ACWL
Three trainees join ACWL under the Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers (2007-2008)
Lawyers from Bhutan, Kenya and Turkey have joined the ACWL under the Secondment Programme for Trade Lawyers. The Programme runs from September to June each year, and gives government lawyers from ACWL developing country Members and from the LDCs the opportunity to join the ACWL and work as staff members and receive training before returning to their posts.
Mr. Pema Rinzin, from Bhutan, is a senior Assistant Attorney General working in the Office of the Attorney General. Mr Rinzin is also one of a team that is working on the accession of Bhutan to the WTO. He has a B.A. (Hons) Degree from Delhi University, an LLB from Bombay University in India and an LLM from the National University of Singapore.
Ms Sophia Sitati, from Kenya is a State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Treaties and Agreements. Her responsibilities include advising government Ministries, departments and state corporations in negotiating and implementing international agreements and treaties. She has a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Nairobi and is undertaking a Master of Arts in International Studies at the same university.
Mr Talat Kaya, from Turkey, has worked as Foreign Trade Expert in Turkey's Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade. In that function, he deals with trade and competition policy issues and regularly attends Textile Committee meetings of the EU Commission. He graduated from Ankara University Law Faculty and received an LLM from Vanderbilt University, USA, where he wrote a thesis on the patentability of computer programs under the TRIPS Agreement.