EVENTS

 

Pace International Law Review 2009 Symposium

 

"Comparative Constitutional Law: National Security Across the Globe"

 

in conjunction with the Blaine Sloan Lecture on International Law: "After Gitmo: Obama Grapples with Preventive Detention"



What: A day long discussion on the legal issues faced by various nations which must balance constitutional and civil rights with national security needs. The symposium will be comprised of a series of panel discussions and short lectures throughout the day.

 

Click here to view schedule and full brochure.

 

Where:

 

Robert B. Fleming Moot Courtroom, Joseph & Bessie Gerber Glass Law Center

Pace Law School
78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603


When: Friday November 13, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Who:

 

Speakers include:

 

 

Working papers:

 

Please contact the Symposia & Submissions Editor, Michelle Ross, at mross@law.pace.edu or pilr@law.pace.edu with any questions about the symposium.

 

Click here to view schedule and full brochure.

 

 

 



Past International Law Events

 

  1. Blaine Sloan Lecture on International Law with Scott Horton
    Date: Nov. 13, 2009
    "After Gitmo: Obama Grapples with Preventive Detention" with Scott Horton, Contributing Editor, Harper's Magazine.

      » View lecture video



  2. 2008 Genocide Awareness Week
    Co-sponsored by ILS and International Programs
    Date: Oct. 27-30, 2008
    Each year the ILS hosts Genocide Awareness Week (GAW). Our goal is to educate and inform the law school community about the horrors of genocide and how legal mechanisms can be used to achieve justice and reconciliation and prevent future atrocities. This year's GAW featured the following lecturers:
    Professor Ben Kiernan, Director of the Yale Genocide Studies Program, on his new book 'Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination.'
    Rupert Skilbeck, Esq., former Defense Counsel of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and current Litigation Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, on 'International Criminal Tribunals: Defending Genocide and the Rights of the Accused.'

  3. Panel on the Georgia-Russia conflict over South Ossetia & Abkahzia

  4. International Criminal Court Moot
    Date: Jan. 30-Feb 1, 2009
    The Pace/ICLN International Criminal Court Moot is a first-of-its-kind competition based on the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 2009 Moot opened with a keynote address by Professor Michael Newton. The final round of the competetion featured Santa Clara University, Yale Law School and Pace Law School. Final arguments were made before a distinguished bench of judges, including Justice Pierre Boutet from the Special Court for Sierra Leone; former UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson; Senior Legal Officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Roland Adjovi; and Legal Officer at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Grant Dawson. For more information on the competition, see http://www.law.pace.edu/icc.

      » View final round
      » View keynote address
           » View photos and read brief overview of competition



  5. International Careers Panel
    Co-sponsored by ILS and CCD
    Date: March 9, 2009
    Four practicioners in various fields of international law shared with law students their work and experiences and advice on how to get into the complex field of international law.
    • Int'l Criminal Law: Chris Santora, Trial Attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the case of Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor
    • Int'l Environmental Law: John Rousakis, Chair of NY City Bar Int'l Environmental Law Committee and Counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP
    • Int'l Arbitration: Jessica Vanto, Pace alumnus and Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    • Int'l Trade: Damon Schwartz, Pace alumnus and Clerk at US Court of International Trade

  6. First International Commercial Law lecture
    Co-sponsored by ILS and the Institute of International Commercial Law
    Date: April 14, 2009
    Dr. Ingeborg Schwenzer, Director of the Global Sales Law Project and Professor of Private Law University of Basel Faculty of Law (Switzerland), gave a lecture on the "The CISG – Success and Pitfalls".

    7.   » View lecture video

  7. Panel Discussion on Electronic Waste
    Co-sponsored by ILS, ELS, and Center for Environmental Legal Studies
    Date: April 21.
    In celebration of Earth Week, ILS teamed up with ELS to discuss the domestic and international dimensions of electronic waste. (Following excerpt is from Fall 2009 Green Law, written by Angela Garrone)

  8. Panel on E-Waste
    April 2009
    E-waste is an emerging problem both domestically and internationally, involving issues of environment, human rights, and trade. The panel began with a 60 Minutes clip on e-waste mismanagement and a brief explanation by Dean Jeffrey Miller about e-waste regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Panelists included EPA Region 2 attorney and Adjunct Professor Marla Wieder, ’93, who has been working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency to negotiate the cleanup of major hazardous waste sites in New York and the Caribbean. Wieder spoke on the complicated problems associated with e-waste: toxic and hazardous chemicals, the recycling-hindering design of electronic equipment, pollution caused by the recycling process, overstuffed landfills, and poor worker safety among e-waste handlers. Also part of the panel was Kate Sinding, senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Ms. Sinding specializes in New York urban and regional issues, including a variety of solid waste, air quality and land use issues. She addressed the need for federal legislation to control the exportation of American made pollution to other countries and also discussed regulations in NYC, which handles 25,000 tons of e-waste per year.

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