Nov 14 Thu
2019

Arbitration in Times of Economic Nationalism

09:00AM - 05:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom

This event includes five panels featuring speakers whose works were selected and based on a call for papers.  Authors will share the panel with an expert in the field who will act as chairs:

Economic crises, financial volatility, social transformations, and political instability around the world have created a favorable environment for economic nationalism and other movements that may prove disruptive of the global economic world order that arose after the Cold War. International commercial and investment arbitration are particularly sensitive to such trends. The symposium seeks to critically assess the current status quo and the various options that lay ahead for international arbitration in times of  nationalism

 The final papers will be published as a hard copy in book format and in electronic format by the online journal Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), the media partner of this Symposium. Please click here to read more. 

The event is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is required. Please click here to register.

Program:

9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.    Opening Remarks and Symposium Introduction

Horacio A. Grigera Naón
Director, Center on International Commercial Arbitration
American University Washington College of Law                                

9:15 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.  Panel I:  Public Policy Considerations in International Arbitration

Panel Chair:
Jingzhou Tao, Managing Partner, Dechert LLP, Beijing, China.

10:30 A.M. – 10:40 A.M.  Break

10:40 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Panel II: Policy Trends Regarding International Commercial Arbitration: a Global Comparison

Panel Chair: Jane Y. Willems, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing.

12:00 P.M. –1:00 P.M.   Light Lunch

1:00 P.M. – 2:10 P.M. Panel III: Trends in the Regulation of International Commercial Arbitration                               

Panel Chair: Bjorn Arp, Adjunct Professor. American University Washington College of Law

2:10 P.M. – 2:20 P.M.     Break

2:20 P.M. – 3:40 P.M.     Panel IV: Nationalistic Trends in Investment Arbitration.                                      

Panel Chair: Arif H. Ali, Partner, Dechert LLP.

3:40 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.     Break

4:00 P.M. – 5:20 P.M.     Panel VI
Regional Trends in International Investment Arbitration: Fragmentation vs. a Global Approach.

Panel Chair: Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

5:20 P. M. – 5:30 P.M.    Closing remarks
Horacio A. Grigera Naón

This symposium is organized with the institutional sponsorship of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) in Bonn (Germany), the World Trade Institute in Bern (Switzerland), and the Externado University in Bogotá (Colombia).  Sponsors include ASIL and Dechert LLP. Media Partner: TDM.

  • Seminar
  • Open To Alumni AND Students
Nov 14 Thu
2019

Symposium on Salient Issues in International Commercial Arbitration

09:00AM - 05:00PM Tenley Campus - Warren NT01 Ceremonial Classroom

Economic crises, financial volatility, social transformations, and political instability around the world have created a favorable environment for economic nationalism and other movements that may prove disruptive of the global economic world order that arose after the Cold War. International commercial and investment arbitration are particularly sensitive to such trends. The symposium seeks to critically assess the current status quo through five panels featuring speakers whose works have been selected based on a call for papers.  Panel chairs include: Jingzhou Tao, Managing Partner, Dechert LLP, Beijing, China; Jane Y. Willems, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing; Bjorn Arp, Adjunct Professor. American University Washington College of Law;  Arif H. Ali, Partner, Dechert LLP; and Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

This symposium is organized with the institutional sponsorship of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS) in Bonn (Germany), the World Trade Institute in Bern (Switzerland), the Sharjah International Commercial Arbitration Centre (United Arab Emirates), the School of Law of the Tsinghua University (China), the Externado University in Bogotá (Colombia), and the World Trade Institute.  Sponsors include ASIL and Dechert LLP.  Selected papers will be published by Transnational Dispute Management (TDM), media partner of this Symposium.

The event is free and open to the public and will take place at WCL located 4300 Nebraska Ave. N.W., Washington DC.

CLE credit will be available for the Symposium at the registration desk upon payment.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 14 Thu
2019

Regulatory Aspects of the US-China Trade War

06:00PM - 08:00PM Tenley Campus - Capital C116 Weinstein Courtroom

Roiling financial markets for the past year, the U.S.-China trade war may be nearing a preliminary truce. Nonetheless, structural factors in the economic relationship between the two countries will continue to be sources of tension for the foreseeable future. This panel, featuring experts from the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, will delve into two of the more difficult issues that have confronted trade negotiators and will likely remain sticking points, namely, the rules around foreign investment and market access in China, and competition in the area of technology.

Speakers:

• Zhou Hanhua, Professor of Law and Deputy Director in the Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
• Liao Fan, Senior Fellow and Professor at the Institute of International Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
• Jennifer Daskal, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law (tentative)
• Jamie Horsley, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Visiting Lecturer-in-law at Yale Law School and Visiting Fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at The Brookings Institution.
• Neysun Mahboubi, Research Scholar, University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of Contemporary China
Moderator:
• Padideh Ala'i, Professor of Law and Director of the International and Comparative Legal Studies Program, American University Washington College of Law

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 15 Fri
2019

Food Integrity Campaign - 10th Anniversary Event

09:00AM - 05:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT01 Grossman Hall

November 15, 2019 – All-day Conference at American University Washington College of Law: This event will be held at Grossman Hall. Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30am. Join us for a full day of influential panelists and speakers discussing food integrity issue areas such as environmental impacts and climate change, worker rights, public health, and animal welfare. A climate-conscious lunch will be provided free of charge.

Conference Panels:
  • Underrepresented Truth: Exploring inadequate and unequal access to environmental justice (unique challenges of low-wage workers, immigrants, undocumented workers and the rural poor.
  • Overcoming legal bars to truth-telling: Legal professionals discuss industry tricks of the trade such as veggie libel, SLAPP suits, defamation threats, non-disclosure agreements, and sealing documents.
  • Contract Farmers and the Growing Resistance in Rural America: Former whistleblowers and their allies who challenge corrupt corporate farming models.
  • Fast Food: Impacts of USDA’s Increased Pork and Poultry Line Speeds. What does this mean for workers, animals, food safety and the environment?
  • Food and Climate Change: The truth about how what we eat can affect the planet. Panelist discuss the role of agriculture in the mitigation of our climate crises.

  • Conference
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
Nov 18 Mon
2019

Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?: A Conversation About the Different Roles Practitioners Play in the Field of International Dispute Resolution

06:00PM - 08:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom

The Young Members Group of the North America Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the American University Washington College of Law’s International Trade and Investment Law Society (ITILS) are hosting a panel discussion, followed by a networking reception. The program will take place at the American University Washington College of Law on Monday, November 18 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. The aim of the panel discussion is to demonstrate the different ways that one can be involved in international arbitration, litigation, and mediation.

Confirmed Panelists:

Gretta Walters, Counsel, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP, WCL Alumna

Devin Bray, Law Clerk for the Hon. Charles N. Brower

Hernando Otero, Mediator-Arbitrator

Maria I. Pradilla Picas, Associate, Jones Day  

Jeffery Commission, Burford Capital, Third-Party Funder


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