03/17/2023 (written by mdrury) –Justice in Mexico Director, Dr. David Shirk, and University of San Diego professor Dr. Emily Edmonds-Poli recently co-presented their research on U.S. extradition policy in a …
05/21/18 (written by Lucy La Rosa)- Amid unprecedented levels of violence, the criminal justice reforms in Mexico are facing renewed criticism from political opponents. The oral adversarial system, fully implemented …
Responses to the Critics of the Judicial Reform in Mexico Read More »
04/11/18- Justice in Mexico, a research and public policy program based at the University of San Diego, released its 2018 special report on Drug Violence in Mexico, co-authored by Laura Calderón, Octavio Rodríguez Ferreira, …
03/19/18 (written by dshirk) – Over the past decade, more than 200,000 people have been murdered in Mexico, including the record 29,000 murders that occurred in 2017 alone. According to …
New Policy Brief: The New Generation—Mexico’s Emerging Organized Crime Threat Read More »
01/07/18 (written by David A. Shirk) — Late on the afternoon of Saturday, December 9, 2017, Jose Santos Hernández, the mayor of the town of San Pedro el Alto, Oaxaca, …
11/29/16 (written by Rita Kuckertz) — On Monday, November 14, 2016, the University of San Diego (USD) celebrated national International Education Week by hosting a luncheon to honor all USD …
Dr. David Shirk Receives University of San Diego 2016 International Impact Award Read More »
9/6/16 —Less than two months ago, on July 23, two of Mexico’s mayors and one vice mayor were killed in seemingly unrelated attacks. The first case is of Ambrosio Soto …
7/22/16 (written by rkuckertz) —From July 4 to July 15, six faculty members and four students from the UNAM Law School (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Derecho) were selected to participate …
UNAM Law School Participants Complete OASIS Boston Study Trip at Harvard Law School Read More »
6/24/16 (written by ncortes) – On June 10th, Justice in Mexico co-hosted “Promoting the Rule of Law in Mexico” International Conference with USD’s School of Law at the Hahn University …
06/24/2016 (written by msmith) – Seven faculty and three students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico Law School (UNAM) were chosen to participate in a two-week study trip to learn …
