A prominent Afghan lawyer, Professor Negina Khalili worked in Afghanistan as a prosecutor of crimes against women and girls.  Her goals as a lawyer are to help bring justice and equality to the women and girls of Afghanistan and to support democracy. Professor Khalili was the first female prosecutor in Ghor Province, the province where she grew up, where she served under the first female attorney general, specifically prosecuting cases of violence against women.  She received her law degree in Afghanistan and served as a law professor there before the Taliban take-over, which forced her to flee her homeland last summer. During the 2022-23 academic year, Loyola is hosting Professor Khalili, a lawyer and expert in gender and the rights of women and girls. Through a partnership involving the College of Law and College of Arts and Sciences, Professor Khalili will serve as a guest lecturer at the law school and teach a human rights course for the undergraduate Honors Program at Loyola.