Symposia, Conferences, and Speakers Archive

Symposia, Conferences and Speakers 2004

International Law Society Speaker Series
2004-05
Ann Arbor, MI

Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland and Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents 2004 Bishop Lecture
October 21, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

American Society of Comparative Law Annual Meeting
October 21-23, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

Live from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): A Review of Recent Developments in International Securities Regulation and Enforcement
October 7, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

This conference will be broadcast live from the SEC headquarters in Washington, DC to law offices in London, New York, and other venues around the world.

"Europe and International Law"
May 16 and 17, 2004
Florence, Italy

The University of Michigan Law School and the European Journal of International Law, one of the leading international law journals in the world, jointly organize a symposium every 18 months, on a subject related to European and/or U.S. perspectives on important issues of international law. This year's symposium is on Europe and international law with the aim of assessing the extent to which Europe takes account of international law in its own policy making.

Previous symposia have been on the following subjects: 'A War Against Terrorism': What Role for International Law? - U.S. and European Perspectives (October 18 and 19, 2002 - University of Michigan Law School) - see link below; Symposium: The Impact on International Law of a Decade of Measures Against Iraq - A European-American Dialogue (May 24 and 25, 2001 - Florence, Italy); The Role and Limits of Unilateralism in International Law - A U.S.-European Symposium (September 24 and 25, 1999 - University of Michigan Law School)

"Globalization, Law and Development"
April 16-18, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

This conference is designed to contribute to a debate renewed in the last several years on how best to promote development in an era of globalization. The UN began the process in 2000, by setting out a series of far-reaching and concrete "Millennium Development Goals", which aimed to significantly reduce global poverty by 2020.

Judge Bruno Simma from the International Court of Justice to Speak at the Law School
March 29, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Egypt: A Conversation with Saad Eddin and Barbara Ibrahim
March 29, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, School of Public Policy and the Center for International and Comparative Law.

"Indigenous Peoples in International Flora" - Symposium presented by the International Law Society and The Native American Law Students Association
March 26, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

"Reproductive Rights Under Siege: Responding to the Anti-Choice Agenda - Conference presented by Law Students for Reproductive Choice
March 5 and 6, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

"Diversity or Cacophony? New Sources of Norms in International Law"- 25th Anniversary Symposium presented by the Michigan Journal of International Law
March 19 and 20, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

Madeleine Albright, Former Secretary of State, Former Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations, Distinguished Scholar at the Davidson Institute, The University of Michigan Business School, to speak at The University of Michigan Law School
"A Conversation on U.S. Foreign Policy"
March 9, 2004
Ann Arbor, MI

Symposia, Conferences and Speakers 2003

U.S. Ambassador to China to Speak at the Law School
September 19, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI

Judge Bruno Simma from the International Court of Justice to Speak at the Law School
September 8, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI

"AGORA on Operation Iraqi Freedom"
April 10, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI

"The Future of Corporate Tax: A Comparative Perspective"
February 20 and 21, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI

"Invisible Effects and Unintended Consequences of EU Enlargement"
February 10, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI

Visit of Justice Yacoob of the South African Constitutional Court
January 27 and 28, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI