17.2.4 Collaboration for SDG best practice
1- Hebron University receives a delegation from multiple universities in Los Angeles
In late September 2011, Prof. Awni Al-Khatib, President of Hebron University, and Mr. Frode Mauring, Special Representative of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Palestinian Territory, an agreement on the establishment of a legal aid clinic in Hebron University (HU).
2- Hebron University and Washington & Lee Law Schools set up a Program of Cooperation
Hebron University Law School has begun a program of cooperation with the Law School of Washington & Lee University, Virginia, which started by the visit of Professor Speedy Rice to Hebron University. The program comes as part of the mandate of the International Legal Foundation, a New York-based NGO, to establish a criminal law clinic in the District of Hebron. Professor Rice held four training sessions for law students and faculty members.
3- University and the US Salam Institute Organize a Training Course on Nonviolent Communication
The Hebron University College of Law and Political Science, through its legal clinics, in cooperation with the US Salam Institute (a Washington DC-based NGO), organized a specialized training course on "Nonviolent Communication Skills".