Post by: Tyler Fisher
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now, I have made it through Mongolia and have gotten settled into the research for
the Women’s Hope Center and Handong International Law School, the two entities
that I will be completing projects for. Handong International Law School is
located in Pohang, South Korea, and is a Christian law school that studies
American law, and the graduates receive a J.D. equivalent degree. The other
interns and I have been assigned several research projects, which we will be
working on throughout the course of the summer.
This
summer, made possible through the Center for Global Justice, the other interns
and I went to Mongolia, specifically Ulaanbaatar, the capital city, for a week.
The trip was led and organized by a professor from Handong International Law
School, and was attended by the Regent students, students from Handong, and
another professor from Handong. While on that trip, we went to different
entities, such as the Mongolian Parliament, where we met the only Christian
member of Parliament, Mongolian Constitutional Court, where we met one of the
current justices, the Mongolian Supreme Court, the Mongolian Stock Exchange,
the Mongolian Banking Association, the Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and
International Arbitration Center, as well as the summer home (which was more
like a mansion) of the leading historian on the Mongolian nation, especially
Genghis Khan. We also participated in several cultural experiences, such as
attending a show with traditional Mongol music, including throat singing,
visiting the largest equestrian statue in the world, a statue of Genghis Khan
riding his horse, staying in a gert (pronounced gair), and riding camels and
horses.
Once
we got back to Korea from Mongolia, we got settled into our apartments for the
summer and the next day we went to one of the places we would be researching,
the Women’s Hope Center. The Women’s Hope Center is like a crisis pregnancy
center. They offer counseling for women who are pregnant and there are some
complications that make having the child difficult, whether it be immigration
issues, financial issues, issues with the father of the baby, and things of the
like. The Women’s Hope Center also provides housing for their clients that are
in need. The Center assists the mothers in taking care of their children, helps
them find work, and makes sure that the mothers and children are taken care of.
In its course of business, the Women’s Hope Center runs into issues, generally
related to immigration and adoption, and those issues make up the projects that
myself and the other interns will be working on throughout the course of the
summer.
As
interns, we will also be researching various topics for the professors of
Handong International Law School. These projects have to do with topics such as
farming laws in the United States, international infrastructure plans, and
international treaties in the United Nations. These projects are ones that will
be continued throughout the course of the summer. The research that we are
doing will be used to inform and help the international community identify
problems, whether they are human rights problems or problems relating to law
and economics, so that the problems can be highlighted, and hopefully addressed
on a large scale. While the research may feel small in the grand scheme of the
world, we trust that the Lord will use it to glorify Him and make His Name
greater in all the Earth.
Please
continue to pray for us as the novelty of Korea wears off, that we do not get
discouraged and continue diligently in what the Lord has placed before us, not becoming
complacent.
This post was
written by a Center for Global Justice Intern. The views expressed in this post
do not necessarily reflect those of Regent University, Regent Law School, or
the Center for Global Justice.
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