The student population in college includes a large number of older students along with the youngsters. Some of the reasons why these students are attending college later in life than others may be due to various reasons such as being in the armed forces, or their priority to raise a family first etc.
Even though it seems like they would be adept at managing their time, with their extent of experience, it is interesting to note tha (more…)
Choosing a Law School can be a difficult decision. Besides the obvious things such as ranking, expense, location and reputation many potential law students are interested to know what famous attorneys came from the schools they are thinking of attending. Yet, unless someone does independent research on numerous institutions or wants to research the backgrounds of a particular attorney they are a fan of there is no real good resource that prov (more…)
The cost of education in a college is ever increasing and those who wish to pursue their education and complete their college degree can avail of student loan. The students may repay the loan after they have successfully completed their college education. Student loans are created to fund the education for those who are not in a position to afford various education expenditure such as academic fees, books and hostel fees.
There are va (more…)
A student loan is also known as an education loan and is used as financial aid for students. These loans do have to be paid back at a later agreed date. It is the student scholarships that do not have to be repaid as these are considered grants given to the students who qualify.
There are not many students who go into further education that do not need a student loan of some sort. The loan they get may fall into the following categor (more…)
Have you seen Pell Grants or free college money in the news recently? The White House and Congress have played ping pong lately with higher education programs. Some changes may affect you…
Good Changes in Pell Grant Program
The Pell Grant program stands to gain about $2.6 billion to help lower income students. This will allow the total grant to increase, though the cap may not go as high as you’d like for the max award. In (more…)
A dear friend of mine decided to go to law school at fifty years of age. This is something that she had always wanted to do but did not have the time or finances for until she was fifty. The first year of school she worked full time as a social worker in the same agency with me along with taking three classes. I could not believe that she was able to complete the tasks that she needed to do for our high stress jobs in addition to studying and rea (more…)
LAW OF TREATIES
Art. 38(1) (a) ICJ Statute: In deciding disputes regarding international law, the court shall refer to international covenants [treaties]…
Definition of treaty
Refer Art. 2 of VCLT
ELEMENTS TO MAKE A VALID TREATY (ART 2 OF VCLT):
1) Treaty must have international character
The treaty is to be concluded by an international legal person (more…)
Attorney Ruth E. Kochard, an equine law specialist, has joined the faculty of HorseCoursesOnline.com, the world’s leading provider of online equine study curriculum for colleges and universities. Kochard is the instructor for the equine study course Legal Aspects of Horse Management.
A cum laude graduate of the University of New Hampshire and the Pace University School of Law, Kochard formed her (more…)