International Law Weekend 2012 - Call for Proposals
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In anticipation of International Law Weekend 2012 – the premier international law
event of the fall season, to be held on October 25-27, 2012, in New York City –
the sponsors would like to invite you and your colleagues to submit proposals for
panels, roundtables, and lectures at International Law Weekend (ILW) 2012.
The overall theme of ILW 2012 is Ideas, Institutions, and Interests – Dynamics of
Change in International Law. International Law Weekend is sponsored and organized
by the American Branch of the International Law Association (“ABILA”) – which welcomes
new members from academia, the practicing bar, and the diplomatic world – and the
International Law Students Association (“ILSA”). ILW 2012 will be held in conjunction
with the 91st annual meeting of the American Branch.
We expect an audience that will include practitioners, professors, UN diplomats,
business leaders, federal and state government officials, NGO leaders, writers,
journalists, and interested citizens. This year, we plan to have a broad array of
public international law topics, but will also have dedicated tracks of private
international law topics in each program slot. Thus, we welcome suggestions of cutting-edge
issues in the international aspects of corporate, tax, securities, and investment
law, as well as international arbitration and other forms of international dispute
resolution. Equally welcome are topics in public international law and institutions,
including issues regarding the United Nations, human rights, peacekeeping, humanitarian
intervention, arms control, the development of regional and sub-regional organizations,
etc. We also encourage suggestions of varied formats, such as debates, roundtables,
lectures, and break-out groups, as well as the usual practice of panel presentations.
The unifying theme for this year’s meeting is to explore the mechanisms of change
in international law. Panels may focus on key regions undergoing particularly dramatic
change, for instance in the Middle East or China, and subject matter areas undergoing
rapid change, such as tariffs and trade, human rights and humanitarian intervention,
immigration, labor, public health, sustainable development and the environment.
The meeting will be held in Manhattan at the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York at 42 West 44th Street on Thursday evening, October 25, and at the Fordham
Law School at Lincoln Center on October 26-27. ILW 2012 is expected to attract an
audience of more than one thousand practitioners, academics, diplomats, members
of the governmental and nongovernmental sectors, and most importantly, foreign policy
and law students who are learning about the range of practice and career opportunities.
The program chairs invite proposals to be submitted on-line via the 2012 ILW Panel
Proposal Submission Form on or before Friday, April 13, 2012. Please provide a title,
brief description of the topic, and the names, titles, and affiliations of the chair
and likely speakers – but also describe what you think would be the most engaging
and exciting format, including ways to enhance participation by the audience.
One of the objectives of ILW 2012 is to promote new dialogues among scholars and
practicing lawyers; so formats should include presenters with diverse experiences
and perspectives. Additionally, extra consideration will be given to proposals including
at least one law student or recent graduate. The 2012 ILW Program Committee Members
are: Steve Hammond,
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, hammond@hugheshubbard.com; Nikolai B. Krylov, Winston & Strawn LLP, nkrylov@winston.com;
Vivian Shen, International Law
Students Association, vshen@ilsa.org;
Mark R. Shulman, Pace Law School, MarkRShulman@gmail.com; Michael Shewchuk, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs,
shewchuk@un.org; and Ruth Wedgwood,
ABILA, rwedgwood@jhu.edu (Ex officio).
The online Proposal Submission form can be found on the ILSA website, here:
2012 International Law Weekend Panel Proposal Submission Form
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