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Welcome to the ILSP Events Calendar. Please contact Peri Shereen in Room 338 at x4112 or pshereen@wcl.american.edu for more information.



2008

April 2008

4/25 ILSP YouTube Premiere
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Student Lounges
 
4/22 The Role of Law Schools in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: 603
 
4/21 Prof. Michael Tigar Emeritus Status Dinner & Kickoff of the Role of the Law School in Promoting and Protecting Human Rights Conf.
Time: 07:00PM - 09:00PM
Location: 6th Floor
 
4/18 Does Red Lion Still Roar? Exploring Public Interest Regulation of Media in Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
4/18 Women and the Law Leadership Presents: Pamela Deese '83
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: Cosmo's Club
 
4/18 International Criminal Court Alumni Tour
Time: 12:30PM - 02:00PM
Location: 4910 Massachusetts Ave. Ste. 16
 
4/16 12th Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law
Time: 03:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: 6th floor Student Lounge
 
4/15 The Regulation of Adoption: Protecting Children and Families
Time: 09:00AM - 03:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
4/15 Murky Waters: Fighting World Bank-Financed Water Privatization
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL Rm. 602
 
4/14 International Commercial Arbitration in the Americas: A Look Ahead
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
4/10 Dean’s Diversity Council Speaker Series
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
4/10 The 2nd International Trade Law Society Distinguished Alumni Dinner
Time: 06:30PM - 09:30PM
Location: TBD
 
4/9 Examining the Client and the Cause in the Immigrants' Rights Movement
Time: 11:00AM - 03:00PM
Location: WCL - Room 603
 
4/9 The Tenth Annual Grotius Lecture
Time: 04:30PM - 06:00PM
Location: The Fairmont Washington DC, 2401 M St, NW
 
4/9 WCL Connections
Time: 05:30PM - 07:30PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
4/8 Coffee Hour with Tom Franck
Time: 04:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
4/8 9th Annual Peter M. Cicchino Awards
Time: 06:30PM - 09:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Dining Room
 
4/7 The Challenges Facing China
Time: 09:30AM - 02:40PM
Location: Sixth Floor
 
4/5 First Annual Criminal Law Brief Symposium
Time: 09:30AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
4/4 El Litigio Estrategico como Herramiento en la Proteccion de los Derechos Humanos
Time: 08:30AM - 05:00PM
Location: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella-Auditorio
 
4/4 Junior Federal Courts Faculty Workshop
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL 6th Floor
 
4/4 IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections
Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
4/4 Let’s Talk About Africa Panel Discussion
Time: 12:30PM - 02:00PM
Location: RM 601
 
4/3 Olympian Violence Erupting in Tibet
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL 602
 
4/3 ILSP Pre Registration Workshop
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Rm 526
 
4/3 Alumni Dinner in Buenos Aires
Time: 08:30PM -
Location: 'Happening' restaurant, Alicia Moreau de Justo 310, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
 
4/2 A Lunch and Roundtable Discussion with Debra Steger
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: TBA
 
4/2 Pathways to Employment in International Law
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: TBD
 
4/2 Civil Rights Movement 2.0: Reshaping & Rethinking the Role of the Civil Rights Movement in the 21st Century
Time: 06:30PM - 09:00PM
Location: Room 603
 

March 2008

3/31 International Perspectives on Implementation of the New UN Disability Rights Convention
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/31 Disability Rights Convention Strategy Session
Time: 12:00PM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/31 Alumni reception in Santiago
Time: 06:00PM -
Location: Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago
 
3/30 The Ninth Annual National High School Moot Court Competition (Day Two)
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/29 The Ninth Annual National High School Moot Court Competition (Day One)
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/28 Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project National Summit
Time: 09:30AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 401
 
3/27 Colombia - The Human Impact of Trade, War and the Rule of Law
Time: 09:00AM - 06:30PM
Location: Room 603
 
3/27 International LL.M. Career Fair
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/26 The First Richard S. Levick Annual Lecture in Crisis Communication and International Law: The Role of Media in International and Legal Controversies
Time: 05:30PM - 07:00PM
Location: 6th floor
 
3/25 ILSP Paper Presentations
Time: 04:30PM - 05:30PM
Location: Room 627
 
3/24 "Social and Economic Rights: The South African Experience" by Richard J. Goldstone
Time: 05:00PM - 06:30PM
Location: WCL - Room 603
 
3/21 Innovations in the First Year Curriculum
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
3/20 Climate Change and Claiming the Arctic Circle
Time: 12:00PM - 04:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
3/20 EJF 15th Annual Public Interest Auction
Time: 07:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/19 The First Annual WCL Asian Pacific Americans and the Law Dinner
Time: 06:30PM - 08:30PM
Location: 6th Floor
 
3/18 The International Judge
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 527
 
3/18 Exploring Alternative Careers: Looking Inside, Outside and Around the Law
Time: 05:00PM - 06:30PM
Location: Room 603
 
3/18 First Annual Book Release Reception: Celebrating a Partnership Dedicated to International Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
Time: 05:30PM - 07:30PM
Location: 3rd Floor Dean's Suite
 
3/17 First Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration
Time: 09:00AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/12 Alumni dinner in Madrid
Time: 09:00PM -
Location: Alkalde, C./ Jorge Juan, No. 10, 28.001, Madrid
 
3/8 William H. Karchmer Spring Moot Court Competition for Local Marshall-Brennan Students
Time: 08:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/7 Right to Identity in the Americas: The Role of Civil Society
Time: 09:30AM - 01:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/6 What Do We Know About Tribal Courts? An Examination of the 30th Anniversary of Oliphant
Time: 09:30AM - 04:45PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/5 Eleventh Annual Hispanic Law Conference: Latino Perspectives on the 2008 Election
Time: 03:00PM - 09:00PM
Location: 6th Floor
 
3/5 Summer Session: Health Law and Policy Institute Q and A Meeting
Time: 05:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: Room 501
 
3/4 The Prohibition Of Torture Within The Context Of Emergency Situation
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
3/3 Resisting Military Rule: Leaders of Pakistani Lawyers Movement Speak Out
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: WCL 603
 
3/3 Third Annual Student Author Reception
Time: 03:00PM - 04:00PM
Location: TBD
 
3/3 Dean’s Business Law Lecture Series
Time: 05:30PM - 07:30PM
Location: WCL Room 600
 
3/1 American University Law Revue (Day Three)
Time: 08:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: TBD
 

February 2008

2/29 American University Law Revue (Day Two)
Time: 08:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: TBD
 
2/28 American University Law Revue (Day One)
Time: 08:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: TBD
 
2/27 Alumni dinner in Monterrey, Mexico
Time: 08:30PM -
Location: Atlantica Restaurant, Blvd. Rogelio Cantu 1000 L-50, Colinas de San Jeronimo, Monterrey, N.L., Mexic
 
2/26 The Referendum – a Presentation by award-winning Chilean author and former diplomat, Antonio Skarmetá
Time: 05:30PM - 06:30PM
Location: 6th floor Student Lounge
 
2/26 Alumni dinner in Jakarta
Time: 07:00PM -
Location: Pearl Chinese Restaurant, J.W. Marriott Hotel, 2nd Floor, Jalan Lingkar, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta 1295
 
2/23 Alumni Dinner in Bangkok
Time: 06:00PM -
Location: Boossa-Bar, 68/1 Lang Suan Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
 
2/21 The New U Visa Regulations: Understanding Their Application and Building Collaboration
Time: 09:00AM - 04:30PM
Location: TBD
 
2/21 GENEVA SIMULCAST: CERD Committee Review of US Compliance with Race Treaty
Time: 03:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: 4910 Large Conference Room
 
2/20 Thinking Big When Choosing Small: The Secrets of Small- and Mid-Size Law Firm Hiring
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 603
 
2/20 Coming to America: Cultural Fatigue
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Intl Student Lounge
 
2/20 Small & Mid-Size Legal Employer Panel & Networking Event
Time: 04:30PM - 07:00PM
Location: Room 603
 
2/19 Race in the US Today: Complying with International Norms and CERD?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: Room 100
 
2/19 Dual Degree Info Session
Time: 04:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 351
 
2/18 Week of Activity Reviewing US Compliance with the Race Treaty (CERD)
Location: Various Locations
 
2/18 When the Law Meets the OB/GYN: The Intersection of Jurisprudence and Medical Ethics in Women's Health
Time: 10:30AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
2/15 Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Time: 12:00PM - 02:30PM
Location: room 601
 
2/13 Summer Law Program in Turkey Information Session
Time: 12:00AM - 01:00PM
Location: JD student lounge
 
2/13 Commercial Law Firms and International Pro Bono Work: Opportunities and Challenges
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 601
 
2/12 Rethinking the Future: The Next Five Years in Iraq (Day Two)
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
2/11 Rethinking the Future: The Next Five Years in Iraq (Day One)
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBD
 
2/11 The Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest Award Reception
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: TBD
 
2/8 International Negotiation Workshop
Time: 01:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: TBA
 
2/7 Equal Justice for All: Everything You Need to Know About Working in the Public Interest Sector
Time: 12:30PM - 04:30PM
Location: Room TBC
 
2/7 Staying Public: Survival Skills for a Lifetime Career in Public Service Law
Time: 05:00PM - 09:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
2/7 Alumni dinner in Bogota
Time: 08:00PM -
Location: Restaurant Di Lucca, Carrera 13 # 85-32, Bogotá, Colombia
 
2/6 The Role of Lawyers in Promoting Judicial Independence in Pakistan
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 603
 
2/6 Roma, Dalits, Pygmies and Serbs: The UN System of Protection of Minorities
Time: 04:30PM - 05:30PM
Location: 6th Floor Intl Student Lounge
 
2/6 Moving From the Past in the Legal Profession: Black History Month Opening Ceremony 2008
Time: 05:00PM - 07:00PM
Location: Room TBC
 
2/4 State Enforcement Strategies to Promote Access to Medicines
Time: 12:30PM - 03:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
2/1 Terrorists and Detainees: Do We Need a New National Security Court?
Time: 10:00AM - 04:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
2/1 Alvina Reckman-Myers First Year Moot Court Competition
Time: 10:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL Room 528
 

January 2008

1/31 Practicing Law in the European Union
Time: 02:30PM - 03:30PM
Location: Room 526
 
1/31 Tax Law and Cultural Property
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
1/31 LLM Welcome Dinner
Time: 07:30PM - 09:00PM
Location: International Student Lounge
 
1/30 The Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics and Law
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
1/30 Challenges for Data Privacy in Transatlantic and Global Perspective
Time: 12:00PM - 02:00PM
Location: Room TBC
 
1/24 Externship Fair
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Dining
 
1/24 The WCL Externship Fair
Time: 03:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL 6th Floor Dining Room
 
1/18 Basic Special Education Law for Special Education Hearing Officers
Time: 08:30AM - 04:30PM
Location: Room TBC
 
1/18 Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop
Time: 12:30PM - 02:30PM
Location: TBD
 
1/17 Basic Special Education Law for Special Education Hearing Officers
Time: 08:30AM - 04:30PM
Location: Room TBC
 
1/17 The United Nations Committee Against Torture Project
Time: 12:15PM - 01:05PM
Location: WCL Room 402
 
1/16 FOIA Community Conference on the FOIA Amendments of 2007
Time: 09:00AM - 12:30PM
Location: Room 603
 
1/16 What's the SAB?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: 6th Floor Student Lounge
 
1/16 The In-House Career Option
Time: 04:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 602
 
1/9 Turkey: At the Crossroads of Secular West and Traditional East
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: TBA
 
1/4 ILSP Orientation
Time: 08:30AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 503
 

2007

December 2007

12/5 Assessing Progess in Afghanistan
Time: 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: 1957 E Street, NW, Linder Family Commons, Suite 602
 
12/3 JD and LLM graduation reception
Time: 06:30PM - 09:30PM
Location: TBA
 

November 2007

11/27 Restoring Habeas: A panel discussion on Al Odah v. United States and Boumediene v. Bush
Time: 04:30PM - 05:30PM
Location: 6th Floor JD Student Lounge
 
11/17 William H. Karchmer Fall 2007 Moot Court Competition
Time: 08:00AM - 07:00PM
Location: Room 600, 603, Dining Room and other various room in WCL
 
11/15 Torture Around the World
Time: 06:00PM - 07:30PM
Location: American University Museum in the Katzen
 
11/14 Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know
Time: 12:30PM - 02:00PM
Location: 6th Floor, J.D. Student Lounge
 
11/13 Munching on Human Rights: Exploring the Intersection of Human Rights and IP, Business, and Environmental Law
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
11/12 The Modern American Summer-Fall Issue Release
Location: Your Local Modern American Magazine Stand
 
11/12 Alumni Dinner in Geneva
Time: 07:30PM - 09:30PM
Location: Cafe du Soleil
 
11/9 Human Rights Advocates Under Attack!: A Lunch and Discussion with Guatemalan Activist Ruth Del Valle
Time: 12:00PM - 01:00PM
Location: 4910 Mass. Ave, Suite 16, Large Conference Rm.
 
11/9 Should Violence be a Public Health Concern? What Relationship does Gender and Ethnicity/ Race play?
Time: 07:00PM - 08:30PM
Location: Fairfax Government Center
 
11/8 Revisiting the Law School Diversity Imperative: Access and Definition
Time: 10:30AM - 08:30PM
Location: Ceremonial Courtroom (603) and 6th Floor Dining Room
 
11/8 Customary International Humanitarian Law: Assessing The Impact of the 2005 ICRC Report
Time: 02:00PM - 04:30PM
Location: 4910 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 16, Conference Room
 
11/8 Gonzales v Carhart and the Degradation of Abortion Provision in the U.S.
Time: 04:00PM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Room 600
 
11/8 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
Time: 05:30PM - 08:00PM
Location: Katzen Arts Center
 
11/6 International Externship Workshop
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 401
 
11/6 Launching CIEL's Citizens Guide to WIPO
Time: 12:00PM - 01:30PM
Location: Room 602
 
11/3 14th Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Location: WCL
 
11/2 14th Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Location: WCL
 
11/2 How Legal Rhetoric Shapes the Law
Time: 08:30AM - 05:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 

October 2007

10/26 The American Prosecutor: Power, Discretion and Accountability
Time: 08:00AM - 07:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/25 Live from the Securities and Exchange Commission
Time: 12:00PM - 02:30PM
Location: SEC, WCL Room 603
 
10/24 Investment Arbitration in Latin America
Time: 02:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/24 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: The Refugee All Stars
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 
10/23 Media Impact on Litigation in the 21st Century
Time: 12:00PM - 06:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/19 National Association of Administrative Law Judges Conference
Time: 08:00AM - 03:30PM
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel
 
10/19 The Art of Networking for LLM and SJD Students
Time: 01:30PM - 04:00PM
Location: Room TBA
 
10/18 National Association of Administrative Law Judges Conference
Time: 08:00AM - 03:30PM
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel
 
10/18 Full Truth Play
Time: 05:00PM - 06:30PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/17 Adoption Regulation
Time: 08:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/17 National Association of Administrative Law Judges Conference
Time: 08:00AM - 03:30PM
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel
 
10/17 Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Time: 12:30PM - 02:00PM
Location: TBA
 
10/17 Eighth Annual Human Rights Film Series: Devil's Miner
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Rm 603
 
10/16 Munching on Human Rights: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Inalienable Rights or New Concepts?
Time: 12:00PM - 01:20PM
Location: Rm. 401
 
10/16 National Association of Administrative Law Judges Conference
Time: 02:00PM - 05:00PM
Location: Washington Plaza Hotel
 
10/15 American University Washington College of Law Annual Lecture on International Arbitration Sponsored by Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP. 2007 Speaker: Dr. Julian Lew, Q.C., London, UK
Time: 06:00PM - 08:00PM
Location: WCL Room 603
 
10/13 Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition – Northeast Regional
Time: 08:30AM - 04:00PM
Location: Various Rooms & Room 603 - Final Round
 
10/12 Fourth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration: How to Handle Oil and Gas Industry Cases
Time: 09:00AM - 05:00PM
Location: Room 603