Day three of NomoGaia’s Fundraise-a-Palooza. You guys are holding up brilliantly.

Short and sweet.

What we did: Gave lectures at the American University School of International Service, Waseda University in Tokyo, and CU Law School.

Why it’s cool: Academia has come at business and human rights from the theoretical angle, but increasingly, business and law schools are reaching out for practical knowledge. Mark is co-teaching a class on business and human rights at the University of Denver Sturm School of Law this summer – a practicum presenting real world challenges faced by today’s companies.

These law and business students will become lawyers and business people … if they carry some lessons from NomoGaia’s learning to their next jobs, those may be companies that NomoGaia never needs to assess.

On top of that, academic institutions are building partnerships, hosting dialogs and raising the bar on discussions about business and human rights. One of the Professors Mark met at a workshop on Teaching Business and Human Rights at Columbia Law School will join Kendyl at a congressional briefing on business and human rights next week. The chains link up and the commitments grow stronger.  Huzzah!