International law comes home at U.Md.

A increasingly globalized economy is pushing the University of Maryland to focus on international law.

The school boosted its reach with a conference in Baltimore this weekend that included some of the biggest names in the global fight for human rights. Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and high commissioner for human rights, joined Arthur Chaskalson, Nelson Mandela’s attorney and former chief justice in South Africa, and others at the conference, which was called to reflect upon the progress made in the 60 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was formed in the wake of World War II.