A Harvard Law Professor Joins Bahçeşehir University

Prof. Dr. Philip B. Heymann, who teaches at Harvard Law School and served as prosecutor in the Watergate Scandal that left its mark on American political history, will teach at the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law starting next semester.

Philip Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law at Harvard University, also served as prosecutor in the famous Watergate Scandal that left its mark on the political history of the United States. Professor Heymann is also president of Altus, an alliance of NGOs and academic centers in Russia, India, Chile, Nigeria, Brazil and the USA working on justice sector reform.

Meeting with Harvard Kennedy School of Government Professor Christopher Stone, Bahçeşehir University Global Law Programs Director Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey said that a new project had been launched in partnership between the two universities. Within the project, nearly a thousand criminal case files will be examined as part of Scientific Research and Preparatory Meetings. Legal scholars at Harvard University and Bahçeşehir University will conduct research on "The Effectiveness of the Investigation Phase of the Turkish Criminal Justice System."

In addition, within the project, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law faculty member Prof. Dr. Feridun Yenisey will give lectures on Turkish Criminal Procedure Law at Harvard University. Likewise, Professor Christopher Stone from Harvard will organize courses for the Police and Gendarmerie within the Justice Services Master's Program at Bahçeşehir University. Within this framework, Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law students will also be admitted as visitors to the Criminal Law programs at Harvard University.

Master's agreements with William Mitchell College of Law and Northeastern School of Law in the USA have opened the way for Bahçeşehir University students to study in the USA and, upon successful completion, to take bar exams in the USA.