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The International Law Workshop hosts prominent practitioners, jurists, policy makers, academics, and government officials to discuss topics that will capture the attention of a general law student audience. It is intended to introduce today's most debated issues in international and comparative law and to provide a forum to discuss critical global challenges as they relate to law and policy. Students, as well as faculty, are welcome. Speakers generally talk for 25 minutes, followed by discussion and questions. The Workshop is coordinated by Assistant Dean for International Affairs Roopal Shah and members of the Law School faculty. It is open to members of the University community.

Fall 2013 Schedule

October 7, 2013
4:15 - 5:15 p.m., Room 236 Hutchins Hall

"The Millennium Challenge Corporation: Why 'Challenge' is Our Middle Name" (flash webcast)

Melvin F. Williams, Jr.
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington, DC

October 21, 2013
4:15 - 5:15 p.m., Room 236 Hutchins Hall

"What Goes Around Comes Around: How the US Aided World Tax Evasion and What It Can Do About It" (flash webcast)

Professor Reuven S. Avi-Yonah
Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School

October 28, 2013
Law and Ethics Workshop - Inaugural lecture in the Law & Ethics Program
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Room 220 Hutchins Hall

"Goodness Grotius"

Professor Scott J. Shapiro
Charles F. Southmayd Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Yale Law School

November 4, 2013
4:15 - 5:15 p.m., Room 100 Hutchins Hall
(This talk will be an hour presentation with Q & A to follow for people who wish to stay.)

"The First War Crimes Trial of a Guantanamo Detainee - Salim Hamdan (Bin Laden's Personal Chauffeur)" (flash webcast)

Harry H. Schneider, Jr.
Pro Bono Counsel
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington

November 11, 2013
4:15 - 5:15 p.m., Room 236 Hutchins Hall

"Constitutional Rights in the Age of the Security State - Recent German Constitutional Court Cases" (flash webcast)

Justice Andreas L. Paulus
Federal Constitutional Court, Germany
Chair of Public and International Law, Institute of International and European Law, Georg-August-University Göttingen

Bruno Simma, former International Court of Justice Judge and Professor of Law at Michigan Law, spoke about "Conflicts Over Natural Resources Before the International Court of Justice" in 2010.

Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, spoke at an ILW event in 2009. Her topic was "U.S.-China Relations and International Human Rights."

Emilio J. Cárdenas, former Argentine ambassador to the U.N., presented "Latin America: The Political Landscape Facing the New U.S. President" during his 2009 ILW visit.

Katarina Mathernova, LL.M. '89, discussed social justice, solidarity and economic development in Europe during her 2008 ILW visit. She was director of regional policy for the European Commission.

European Court of Justice Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston presented "Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union" during a 2008 ILW event.

Lucy Reed presented "The Visible and Invisible World of International Claims Tribunals" in fall 2010. She is partner and co-head of the International Arbitration Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, New York.

Christine M. Chinkin, William W. Cook Global Law Professor and professor of international law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, presented "U.N. Women: Fragmentation or 'Delivering as One'" in 2011.

Susan D. Page, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, presented "The Role of Law and Conflict Resolution in Nation Building in South Sudan" in February 2012.

Wolfgang Schomburg, honorary professor at Durham Law School and former judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, spoke in April 2012.

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