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September 4, 2008: Upcoming events in Fall 2008
The Center for International Law will have four exciting lectures this fall semester on topics ranging from free trade agreements to punishing individuals responsible for committing large-scale human rights abuses. (See the brief listing below.) Lecture details are available at http://old.nyls.edu/pages/3190.asp. The lectures are free for members of the New York Law School community.
August 28, 2008: Appointment of new International Law Fellow
The Center for International Law has appointed Stuart R. Barden as International Law Fellow. During their semester-long appointments (with honoraria), Fellows provide timely international law memoranda to practitioners, government bodies, civic groups, and international organizations. In his fellowship, Mr. Barden will research and draft a law review article on the role and control of sovereign wealth funds in international law. A year-end report of a former International Law Fellow, Bryan Johnson, is available online.
A third-year student at New York Law School, Mr. Barden is a member of the New York Law School Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition Team. He also provided research assistance in several articles on topics ranging from international investment law to international human rights. Mr. Barden graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and a Minor in Spanish.
April 17, 2008: Latest Center newsletter now available
The Spring 2008 issue of The International Review is now available for viewing and downloading. You may also pick up actual copies on the bulletin boards outside of C-303. The International Review was awarded the 2007 Gold Award for “Best Edited Organization Newsletter” by the publisher of The Newsletter on Newsletters. It is also the only academic newsletter published by an ABA-accredited law school that reports on a wide range of contemporary international and comparative law issues.
April 16, 2008: Lecture by Russia expert
In 1997, both the European Union and Russia used the rhetoric of “strategic partnership” in describing their relationship. But the reality in early 2008 is quite different. George Bustin will address several issues between the EU and Russia, including the widening values gap concerning democracy, state control over energy resources, and internal legal conflicts. Mr. Bustin will also speak about his own experience in advising the Russian Ministry of Finance on its sovereign debt restructuring within the Paris Club and insights gained from that time.
April 8, 2008: Lecture by counterterrorism expert
- Title: Self-Defense from the Wild West to 9/11
- Speaker: Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah; and formerly of the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.)
- Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
- Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Location: Wellington Conference Center (5th floor, "C" building)
- CLE and general registration: Click here
Professor Amos Guiora will examine the concept of state self-defense and describe the inconsistency between modern-day armed conflict (where states fight against non-state actors such as terrorists) and existing international law, which largely views conflicts among nations only. He will also examine the development of a new state self-defense standard by using the American Wild West as a historical analogy.
February 20, 2008: Lecture by speaker from Human Rights Watch
Suzanne Nossel will address the imperative of restoring the U.S.'s leadership in the arena of human rights and the promotion of democracy, address the hurdles and challenges to doing so, and propose strategies and approaches to guide the way.
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