International Symposia, Conferences, and Speakers Archive

The Center for International and 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.

2010 Events

"An American International Law?"
William W. Bishop Lecture in International Law
Presented by Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State
November 11, 2010

5th Annual University of Michigan-Peking University Tax Conference
October 1-2, 2010

Roundtable on Interdisciplinary Research on International Justice
April 9-10, 2010

"Doing Business in Asia Without Selling Your Soul: Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Influence on the Rule of Law"
Asia Law Society Symposium
March 20, 2010

"Corporate Governance Reform in Korea 1997-2009: An Epic Journey"
February 18, 2010
Co-sponsored by the University of Michigan's Center for Korean Studies and Michigan Law's Center for International and Comparative Law and Asia Law Society

2009 Events

"Comparative Tax Law: Theory and Practice"
Co-sponsored by The American Journal of Comparative Law, Michigan Law School's Center for International and Comparative Law, and the International Network for Tax Research
October 3, 2009

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

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

2008 Events

"Comparative Tax Administration: Chinese and U.S. Perspectives"
3rd Annual University of Michigan-Peking University Tax Conference
October 17-18, 2008

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

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

2007 Events

"Realizing a New China"
Presented by Wang Dan, student leader, 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement
November 19, 2007

International Judicial Conference
May 16-18, 2007

"Intelligence Gathering and International Law"
Michigan Journal of International Law Symposium
February 9-10, 2007

2006 Events

"Taxation and Development"
November 3-5, 2006

Screening of Award-Winning Documentary Lost Boys of Sudan
September 27, 2006

Presentation by John Pomfret, former Beijing Bureau Chief and Los Angeles Bureau Chief of The Washington Post
September 26, 2006

Michigan Law commencement speech presented by Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
May 6, 2006

"Michigan-Illinois Workshop: Comparative Law Work in Progress"
April 21-22, 2006

"Slavery and Freedom in the Atlantic World: Statutes, Science, and the Seas"
March 30-April 1, 2006

"South African Justice in the 21st Century and American Civil Rights: A Comparison of Progress"
Presented by Yvonne Mokgoro, Supreme Court Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa
January 16, 2006

2005 Events

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

Dean's Special Lecture
Presented by Luiz Olavo Baptista, member, Appellate Body, World Trade Organization, and Professor of International Trade, University of São Paulo, Brazil
October 20, 2005 

"Terrorism in the Courts" (Michigan Law DeRoy Lecture)
Presented by Seth P. Waxman, former Solicitor General of the United States (1997-2001) and partner with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
October 11, 2005

"The Role of the Supreme Court in the Fight Against Terrorism"
Presented by Justice Dorit Beinisch, The Supreme Court of Israel
March 23, 2005

"The Future Role of the European Union in Global Affairs After the Constitution for Europe"
Presented by Judge Koen Lenaerts, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and Professor of European Law, University of Leuven
March 21, 2005

"Data Protection in the European Union"
Presented by Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor
March 7, 2005