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3rd Lawyer Linguist virtual event

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Working as a Freelance Lawyer-Linguist for the UN, States and Other Non-State Actors

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Schedule:	This session ended at 15:30
Description:	Every year, hundreds of lawyer-linguistics throughout the world take part in the UN Universal Periodic Review Process, helping both state and non-state actors get their messages across to the UN Human Rights Council. In this presentation, we will look at what that process entails and how aspiring lawyer-linguists can join the international team that renders it possible.
Speakers:	Paula Arturo Paula Arturo is a lawyer, translator, and former Professor of Law. She is Assistant Administrator of the ATA’s Literary Division and Co-Director of Translating Lawyers, a boutique firm specializing in legal and financial translation. She is an independent lawyer-linguist for the United Nations Universal Periodic Review process of several Latin American States and a legal-linguistic consultant for various international organizations. She has translated several highly technical law books and publications in major international journals for high-profile authors, including five Nobel Prize Laureates, the deans of Yale Law School and the University of Palermo, and other renowned jurists.

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