Mahmood Nawaz has worked for international organizations pushing for democratic reform in his home country of Afghanistan. A lawyer, he believes that working within the government is the best way to effect the rule of law — no small feat considering its history of Taliban rule, official corruption and tribal customs whereby local councils mete out justice.
To that end, he spent the past academic year in Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law’s LL.M. program, studying anticorruption, human rights and the rule of law. The degree will help him secure a government job back home and give him added legitimacy within the legal system, he said.
