Nov 18 Wed
2020

Pandemics and International Law

09:00AM - 12:00PM Online via Zoom

On October 16 from 12pm-1:30pm, Dean Emeritus Grossman organized a side event on the occasion of the meeting of the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal Committee). The Meeting was co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Chile, Portugal, Sierra Leone, Turkey and Vietnam. The recording of the session is attached below for reference. 

Additionally, Professor Grossman and Charles Jalloh (from Sierra Leone) presented a proposal to the International Law Commission (ILC), building on the work of the Institut de Droit International (IDI), to incorporate pandemics and international law into the long term program of the ILC. The idea is to get support from States to add this topic to the agenda of the ILC, with the purpose of preparing a Treaty designed to protect persons in cases of Pandemics. 

A follow up meeting will occur November 18 from 9am to 12pm, co-sponsored by WCL, the WCL chapter of the International Law Student Association, the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and the institutions of the ILC members - law schools in Chile, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, Portugal, and Sierra Leone. 

The event will also be streamed to Youtube Live: https://youtu.be/t-wcYGfv3-w

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 18 Wed
2020

Can we talk of an Arbitration Culture in Asia?

09:00AM - 02:00PM Online via Zoom

Arbitration practitioners will debate the culture of arbitration in Asia and the challenges that lie ahead in the region. Speakers include: Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Director, WCL Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Nicholas Peacock, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills; Thomas R. Snider, Partner, Al Tamimi & Company; Jingzhou Tao, Independent Arbitrator; Adriana Uson, Head (Americas), Singapore International Arbitration Centre; and Jane Willems, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law.

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 18 Wed
2020

International Suite Talk Series presents “Human Rights & Business: Advancing Corporate and Consumer Responsibility and Accountability" with Rayhan Asat

12:00PM - 01:00PM Online via Zoom

Rayhan Asat is an international specialist in Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. office. Rayhan works primarily with the Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice group. She also works with the firm’s arbitration group. She works with clients in anti-corruption internal investigations, compliance audits, business partner reviews and other due diligence efforts.  She also assists in the representation of clients in investment-state arbitration proceedings. Rayhan has extensive experience in Central Asia, Canada, Turkey, and China.

While at Harvard Law School, Rayhan was a teaching fellow together with a leading Harvard Business School professor on a course focused on emerging markets.

Prior to Hughes Hubbard, Rayhan worked in the Istanbul office of an international law firm, where she assisted with construction disputes, including construction arbitration matters. Before that, Rayhan worked in a leading business law firm in Istanbul, where she assisted with dispute resolution, as well as corporate and nuclear energy matters, involving negotiations with the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.

  • Seminar
  • Open To Alumni AND Students
Nov 18 Wed
2020

OAE 1L Lab: Preparing for Succss -- Multiple-Choice Strategies on Exams

12:00PM - 01:00PM Online via Zoom

This is the final workshop in a series of three designed to help prepare 1L students for success on their final exams.  This workshop will focus on multiple-choice exam strategies.  

  • Workshop
  • Open To Students
Nov 18 Wed
2020

Artificial Intelligence: Bias and the Implications of Algorithms, Facial Recognition, and Machine Learning Technologies A JGSPL Symposium Series.

12:00PM - 01:00PM Online via Zoom

The Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law is hosting a virtual 5-day Symposium Series. The panel will be held daily from 11/16/2020 to 11/20/2020 from 12 PM - 1 PM daily.

 

November 16th: Facial Recognition in Law Enforcement: Where will it take us?

November 17th:  AI’s Impact in Human Rights and Racial Justice 

November 18th: AI & Healthcare  

November 19th: Guided Keynote Interview  

November 20th : Emerging Technologies and the Future: What will Lawyers Do?

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff