GWU Law and AMU sign MoU

The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the George Washington University Law School for facilitating academic research and initiating a student exchange programme between the universities..Dean of GWU, Frederick Lawrence and Professor Karamanain of GWU were present at the media conference. “The major areas of research between the two institutes would include intellectual property law, Islamic law, constitutional law, international and comparative law and environmental law,” said an AMU spokesperson..GWU’s law school has been active in India for last few years. In 2006, GWU and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to mark the commencement of co-operation between India and the US in the IP space. GWU and IIT have jointly set up Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law which is offering a bachelors program in Law and Technology and Intellectual Property Law and a Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law