International Law Weekend Midwest -- St. Louis -- September 19-21, 2013

The American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA or AmBranch) will hold a three-day International Law Weekend Midwest at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.  

Panels include:

• The South China Sea: The Intersection of Politics and Law
• International Contract Farming (UNIDROIT)
• The Role of Institutions in Developing and Enforcing International Human Rights Law
• A Keynote Address by ABILA President Ruth Wedgwood
• Trends in Private International Law
• Global Climate Change
• International Criminal Law
• Cross-Border Regionalism
• Human RIghts Litigation in the Wake of Kiobel

Confirmed speakers include:

• David E. Adelman, University of Texas School of Law
• Deepa Badrinarayana, Chapman University School of Law
• Shalanda Baker, University of San Francisco School of Law
• Andrea Bjorkland, McGill University Faculty of Law
• Kristen E. Boon, Seton Hall University School of Law
• Ronald A. Brand, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
• Bart Brown, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Maria-Vittoria "Giugi" Carminati, Berg & Androphy
• Donald Earl "Trey" Childress, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Shahram Dana, John Marshall Law School
• Marcella David, University of Iowa College of Law
• John N. Drobak, Washington University School of Law
• Paul Dubinsky, Wayne State University
• Rebecca Feldman, Immigration Law Project, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
• Henry Gabriel, Elon University School of Law
• Jennifer Green, University of Minnesota Law School
• James W. Houck, Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law
• Linda M. Keller, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Michael J. Kelly, Creighton University School of Law
• M. Imad Khan, Vinson & Elkins LLP
• Chuck Kotuby, Jones Day
• Peter Lindstrom, Mayor, Falcon Heights, MN; University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs
• Richard Longworth, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Lillian A. Miranda, Florida International University School of Law
• John E. Noyes, California Western School of Law
• Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame
• Mark Osiel, University of Iowa College of Law
• Hari Osofsky, University of Minnesota Law School
• Jacqueline Peel, University of Melbourne Law School
• Anjanette Raymond, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
• J. Ashley Roach, Attorney Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (retired)
• Christopher Roberts, University of Minnesota Law School
• Leila Nadya Sadat, Washington University School of Law
• Matthew Schaefer, University of Nebraska College of Law
• Michael P. Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
• Jennifer Schwesig, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
• Abbey Stemler, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
• Frank L. Steeves, Vice President & General Council, Emerson Electric
• David Stewart, Georgetown University Law Center
• Mark Sundahl, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
• Kent Syverud, Dean, Washington University School of Law
• Constance Z. Wagner, St. Louis University School of Law
• Melissa Waters, Washington University School of Law
• Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins University
• Annecoos Wiersema, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• David Wippman, Dean, University of Minnesota Law School

ILW-Midwest will be September 19-21, 2013.  Click here for more information about the conference and how to register for it.  The website currently lists the registration deadline as November 6, 2013, but since the conference is in September you might want to register before November!

Student memberships in the American Branch of the International Law Students Association are free.  Visit the ABILA Website for more information.

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