International Law Weekend 2010: Call for Panel Proposals

The American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association will present the annual International Law Weekend (“ILW”) in New York on October 21-23, 2010, in conjunction with the 89th annual meeting of the American Branch. ILW 2010 will bring together hundreds of practitioners, professors, members of the governmental and non-governmental sectors, and law students. The conference will feature numerous panels, distinguished speakers, receptions, and the Branch’s annual meeting.

ILW 2010 will take place at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on October 21, 2010, and at Fordham University School of Law on October 22 and 23.  

span>The overall theme of ILW 2010 is “International Law and Institutions:  Advancing Justice, Security and Prosperity.”  The conference will address the role of international law and institutions in reducing conflict, promoting security, fostering human rights, protecting the environment, facilitating trade and investment, and resolving public and private international disputes.  Panels will examine subjects such as the extent to which treaties currently under negotiation or consideration would further these objectives, and the operation and effect of international organizations, international courts, and arbitral institutions on the global legal order.

The Co-Chairs of ILW 20010 are Professor Elizabeth Burleson of the University of South Dakota Law School [Elizabeth.Burleson @ usd.edu], Hanna Dreifeldt Lainé of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs [dreifeldt @ un.org], Vincent J. Vitkowsky, Partner, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, [vvitkowsky @ eapdlaw.com], and Jill Schmieder Hereau, Program Coordinator at the International Law Students Association, [jshereau @ ilsa.org].

The Co-Chairs invite proposals for panels for ILW 2010.  Please submit proposals by email to each of the Co-Chairs no later than Friday, April 9, 2010.  The proposals should be structured for 90-minute panels, and should include a formal title, a brief description of the subjects to be covered (no more than 75 words), and the names, titles, and affiliations of the panel chair and three or four likely speakers.  The proposals should also describe the format envisaged (point-counterpoint, roundtable, or other).  One of the objectives of ILW 2010 is to promote a dialogue among scholars and practitioners from across the legal spectrum, so whenever possible, panels should include presentations of divergent views.

Hat tip to Jill Schmieder Hereau

Mark E. Wojcik, Board member of the International Law Students Association and Chair of the Teaching International Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association