Oct 10 Thu
2019

Grit, Resilience and Thriving in Law School

12:00PM - 01:30PM Washington College of Law

 Come learn about  Grit and Resilience and how to use them to Thrive in Law school!

  • Presentation
  • Open To Students
Oct 10 Thu
2019

Bar Exam Applications and Accommodations

05:00PM - 06:00PM Tenley Campus - Yuma YT17 Classroom

Join the Office of Academic Excellence, the Office of Student Affairs, and the Registrar's Office to learn about applying to take the bar exam and requesting accommodations in Room YT17 from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday, October 10.

  • Information Session
  • Open To Students
Oct 10 Thu
2019

2019 International Commercial Arbitration Annual Lecture

05:30PM - 08:00PM Off-site: Arnold & Porter - 601 Mass. Ave NW Wash.

The Honorable L. Yves Fortier practices law in Montréal as an independent mediator/arbitrator. He also has offices in Toronto and London. He is recognized as one of the top arbitrators in the world.

Mr. Fortier has served as Chairman or party-appointed arbitrator on more than 300 arbitral tribunals, either ad hoc or constituted by different arbitral institutions, including the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Court (HKIAC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the American Arbitration Association, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Canadian Commercial Arbitration Centre, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre and the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. He has served as Chairman or party-appointed arbitrator on more than 50 Investor-State International Tribunals. Mr. Fortier has also served on more than 50 panels of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC). He is a former Chairman of the SDRCC. He is also a member of the International Sport Resolutions’ Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators. From 1984 to 1989 he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. From 1998 to 2001, he was President of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). In May 2012, Mr. Fortier was appointed Chairman of the World Bank’s Sanctions Board. He served in that capacity until September 2015. In August 2013, Mr. Fortier was appointed a member of the Security and Intelligence Review Committee of Canada and sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of Canada. In August 2016, Mr. Fortier was appointed Chairman of the Enforcement Committee of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

From July 1988 until January 1992, Mr. Fortier took leave from his law practice to take up an appointment as Canada’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. During his term at the United Nations, Mr. Fortier was Canada’s Chief Delegate to the 43rd, 44th, 45th and 46th Sessions of the UN General Assembly. In September 1990, he was elected Vice-President of the 45th General Assembly. From January 1989 to December 1990, Mr. Fortier served as Canada’s Representative on the Security Council of the United Nations and in 1989 he was President of the Council.

As a trial lawyer with extensive experience in the practice of commercial, corporate and public international law, Mr. Fortier has pleaded important cases before all court jurisdictions in Canada and before domestic and international arbitral tribunals including the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He has also served as counsel to many Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry in Quebec and Canada.
This event is offsite at Arnold & Porter. Walk-ins WILL NOT be allowed. 

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Oct 10 Thu
2019

8th Annual Peter A. Jaszi Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Property with Professor Ruth Okediji, Harvard Law School

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

Ruth L. Okediji

Harvard Law School
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center

A renowned scholar in international intellectual property (IP) law and a foremost authority on the role of intellectual property in social and economic development, Professor Okediji has advised inter-governmental organizations, regional economic communities, and national governments on a range of matters related to technology, innovation policy, and development. Her widely cited scholarship on IP and development has influenced government policies in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America. Her ideas have helped shape national strategies for the implementation of the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). She works closely with several United Nations agencies, research centers, and international organizations on the human development effects of international IP policy, including access to knowledge, access to essential medicines and issues related to indigenous innovation systems.

Professor Okediji was a member of the United States National Academies' Board on Science, Technology and Policy Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era. She served as the Chief Technical Expert and Lead Negotiator for the Delegation of Nigeria to the 2013 WIPO Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (Marrakesh VIP Treaty). Okediji was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the 2015 – 2016 High Level Panel on Access to Medicines.

Professor Okediji is a recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching, research and mentoring. She is an editor of the Journal of World Intellectual Property Law and an elected member of the American Law Institute. Her most recent book, Copyright Law in an Age of Limitations and Exceptions, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.

Professor Okediji is a graduate of the University of Jos and Harvard Law School.

  • Lecture
  • Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
  • CLE
Oct 11 Fri
2019

The Case of Fernando Albán and the Violation of Human Rights in Venezuela

09:30AM - 12:30PM Tenley Campus - Warren N102 Classroom

In July 2019, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report urging the Government of Venezuela to take immediate, concrete measures to halt and remedy the grave violations of economic, social, civil, political and cultural rights documented in the country. The report states that during the last decade, particularly after 2016, the Government and its institutions have implemented a strategy “aimed at neutralizing, repressing and criminalizing political opponents and people critical of the Government.”  An example of this strategy is evident in the case of Fernando Albán. Mr. Albán was a Councilman of the dissident opposition party, Primero Justicia, who was arrested, tortured, and died in custody under suspicious circumstances 72-hours after his arrest. It is widely believed that his arbitrary detention and execution upon arrival in Caracas was the direct result of his participation in advocacy meetings that were critical of the government and its respect for human rights, which took place in New York in the framework of the General Assembly.  

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