Mitchell Hamline hosted Dr. Agron Bajraktari, rector of the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, Kosovo, earlier this semester as a next step toward establishing a possible collaboration between the schools.
“I think it’s very important to have this connection,” said Bajraktari, in an interview. “We want to learn the best practices from your law school.”
The connection between the institutions is Professor Kim Vu-Dinh, who has been working with the university in Kosovo since her previous faculty post in Arkansas. She was named a Fulbright specialist in 2019 when the University of Applied Sciences was a newly formed university in a nation that was barely 10 years old. Vu-Dinh worked with faculty and academic administration in helping them explore structures that would give students hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to future employers in the private sector while generating income for the fledgling school.
“This institution works extensively with applied sciences and engineering, and it has an interest in growing its curriculum to help Kosovars understand U.S. intellectual property law, and how U.S. tech transfer offices work,” said Vu-Dinh. “Part of helping Kosovo grow economically is to get more people there with rich understandings of things that might help them grow into markets outside their borders.
“Mitchell Hamline is an important place for that kind of law and others.”
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