Symposia, Conferences, and Speakers

The Center for International & Comparative Law regularly invites distinguished speakers, including private practitioners, representatives of national governments and supranational organizations, members of the judiciary from around the world, and lawyers in non-governmental organizations, to the Law School for various symposiums and conferences.

Listed below are the symposia, conferences, and speakers scheduled, to date, for the year, arranged chronologically. We also have archived listing from previous semesters.

SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES AND SPEAKERS 2009

"Comparative Tax Law: Theory and Practice"
co-sponsored by The American Journal of Comparative Law, University of Michigan Law Schools' Center for International & Comparative Law, and the International Network for Tax Research
October 3, 2009
Ann Arbor, MI

"Convergence or Cataclysm:  Corporate Governance and Market Development in Asia"
Asia Law Society Symposium
March 21, 2009
Ann Arbor, MI

"Territory Without Boundaries"
30th Anniversary Symposium - Michigan Journal of International Law
February 6 and 7, 2009
Ann Arbor, MI

SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES AND SPEAKERS 2008

"Comparative Tax Administration: Chinese & US Perspectives"
Third Annual University of Michigan-Peking University Tax Conference
October 17 and 18, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI

"Law Schools Under Siege:  Any Way Out?"
Setsuo Miyazawa, Aoyama Gakuin University Law School
September 25, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI

"Activist Lawyers and Muckraking Journalists: New Pressures for Legal Reform in China"
Asia Law Society Symposium
March 15, 2008
Ann Arbor, MI

SYMPOSIA, CONFERENCES AND SPEAKERS 2007

"Realizing a New China"
Wang Dan, student leader, 1989 Democracy Movement
November 19, 2007
Ann Arbor, MI

International Judicial Conference
May 16-18, 2007
Ann Arbor, MI

Intelligence Gathering and International Law
Symposium hosted by the Michigan Journal of International Law
February 9 and 10, 2007
Ann Arbor, MI

Symposia, Conferences and Speakers 2006

Taxation and Development
November 3 - November 5, 2006
Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan Law Sponsors Free Screening of Award Winning Documentary, Lost Boys of Sudan
September 27, 2006
Ann Arbor, MI

John Pomfret, former Beijing Bureau Chief and present Los Angeles Bureau Chief of The Washington Post, to speak at the Law School
September 26, 2006
3:30 p.m., Room 250 Hutchins Hall
Ann Arbor, MI

Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Speaker at Law School Commencement
May 6, 2006
Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan-Illinois Workshop: Comparative Law Work in Progress
April 21-22, 2006
Ann Arbor, MI

"Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World: Statutes, Science and the Seas"
March 30 - April 1, 2006
Ann Arbor, MI and Windsor, Ontatio

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Justice Yvonne Mokgoro, Supreme Court Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa
"South African Justice in the 21st Century and American Civil Rights: A Comparison of Progress"
January 16, 2006
4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Room 250 Hutchins Hall
Ann Arbor, MI

Symposia, Conferences and Speakers 2005

Comparative Fiscal Federalism: Comparing the European Court of Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court's Tax Jurisprudence
October 21-22, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

Dean's Special Lecture
Luiz Olavo Baptista
Member, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization
Professor of International Trade, University of São Paulo, Brazil
October 20, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

2005 DeRoy Lecture
Seth P. Waxman
Former Solicitor General of the United States (1997-2001) and Parnter with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
October 11, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

Justice Dorit Beinisch, The Supreme Court of Israel
"The Role of the Supreme Court in the Fight Against Terrorism"
March 23, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

Judge Koen Lenaerts, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; Professor of European Law, University of Leuven
International Law Workshop series: "The Future Role of the European Union in Global Affairs After the Constitution for Europe"
March 21, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Former Singapore Ambassador to the U.N.; Former President of the Security Council; Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Singapore
International Law Workshop series: "America and the World: Strengthening or Undermining International Law"
March 7, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI

Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor,
"Data Protection in the European Union"
March 7, 2005
Ann Arbor, MI