June 27-28

Two quiet days in the office, preparing for the lawyers training program on Friday. Monday, I prepared PowerPoint slides, in English, to be translated into Mongolian. I prepared  presentations on: 1) public interest law in general, including a segment on the experience of public interest law in the civil rights movement in the South,  2) possible uses of international law, 3) Mongolian law in public interest litigation, and 4) standing and justiciability (editing my presentation to the student clinic down to a 30 minute lecture).

Tuesday, I went for what has become my standard morning run,  in a nearby riverbed, avoiding the hard cement and tile street surfaces. 

At the office, I prepared the last two presentations, on nonlitigation strategies to promote the public interest, and on the law of evidence, with special emphasis on the use of expert testimony in litigation. Chimge, who was translating my presentation from yesterday, was a little taken aback by my references to “Freedom Riders”, “Jail, No Bail” and the Ku Klux Klan in my presentation, but thinks they are references that the participants in the training program will enjoy having explained. 

My home for the weekend

Relaxing on my front porch after the afternoon hike

I hiked up to the ridgeline, the eastern border of the Terelj Valley, and most of the ridge that is visible.

Home.

I am attaching the pictures I took during my hikes in Terelj. As previously stated, these pictures do not do justice to the spectacular nature of the terrain.