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International Law Weekend - Midwest

The American Branch of the International Law Association held a regional International Law Weekend at the University of Denver's Sturm College of Law on February 12 and Saturday 13, 2010. Approximately 125 people attended. The theme of the Weekend was "Sustainable Development, Corporate Governance, and International Law." The conference was cosponsored by the International Legal Studies Program and the Ved Nanda Center for International Law, the International Law Society, and the International Law Journal at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law.

The Denver Journal of International Law and Policy will publish papers presented at the Weekend.

The next ILW - Midwest will be held at Case Western School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio in early 2012.

The February 2010 Denver conference featured five panels and three distinguished speakers:

AGENDA
American Branch International Law Association
INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND - MIDWEST
Sustainable Development,
Corporate Governance, and International Law
HOSTED BY
The Ved Nanda Center for International Law &
International Legal Studies Program
Denver Journal of International Law & Policy
International Law Society
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Friday, February 12
3:05 - 4:20
Welcome: Professor John E. Noyes, ABILA President
Panel 1:
International Law and Sustainability
Chair Prof. Anita Halvorssen

  • Professor Anita Halvorssen, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Fellow, Nanda Center for International Law
  • Sherry Broder, Esq., Honolulu, Former President, Hawaii Bar Association
  • Professor James A.R. Nafziger, Thomas B. Stoel Professor and Director, International Programs, Willamette University College of Law
  • Professor Ved Nanda, University of Denver Sturm College of Law - Commentator


4:30 - 5:45 - Panel 2:
Sustainable Mining and International Law (ethics panel)
Chair Prof. Bruce Hutton
  • Professor Bruce Hutton, Dean Emeritus and Professor, University of Denver Daniels College of Business
  • Professor Catherine Keske, Colorado State University, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • Susan Wildau, Partner, CDR Associates, Leader of Sustainabl Development Practice Area
  • Luke Danielson, Esq. -- Former Director, Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development Project, International Institute for Environment and Development, London, U.K.
  • Professor David Aronofsky -- General Counsel and Professor, University of Montana School of Law


5:45 - Break
6:00 - 7:00 - The Henry and Mary Bryan Lecture

Daniel B. Magraw, Jr.
President, Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, D.C.

“Climate Change, the Green Economy, and Social Justice: Implications for Sustainable Development”

DINNER ON YOUR OWN
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Saturday, February 13
9:00 - 10:45 - Opening and Panel 3
Welcome
Presentation of the Leonard v.B. Sutton Prize

Panel 3:

International Issues for Sustainable Energy
Co-Chairs Prof. K.K. DuVivier & Prof. Lakshman Guruswamy
  • Professor K.K. DuVivier -- Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • Professor Lakshman D. Guruswamy -- Nicholas Doman Professor, University of Colorado School of Law
  • Professor Jon van Dyke -- Carlsmith Ball Faculty Scholar, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
  • Professor Frank Laird -- University of Denver Korbel School of International Studies
  • Professor Elizabeth Burleson, University of South Dakota School of Law - Commentator


11:00 - 12:00 - Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Lecture
Professor David Caron
C. William Maxeiner Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
President-Elect, American Society of International Law

"Imagining the Arctic: Reflections on Law, Politics and Sustainability"

12:00 -- Luncheon
Professor John C. Dernbach
Distinguished Professor and Director
Environmental Law Center, Widener University School of Law, Pennsylvania

"Agenda for a Sustainable America"

1:30-2:45 - Panel 4:
Sprawl in the USA and Sustainability: A Critical Historic
and International Perspective
Chair Prof. James van Hemert

  • Professor James van Hemert - Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute
  • Ms. Jessica Osborne - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
  • Professor Ved P. Nanda -- Evans Distinguished Professor; Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law and Director, International Legal Studies Program, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
  • Professor Federico Cheever - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law - Commentator


3:00 - 4:15 -- Panel 5:
Corporate Governance (ethics panel)
Chair Ian Bird, Esq.

  • Ian Bird, Esq. -- Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Norican Group, Wheelabrator, Inc.
  • Professor Peter A. Appel, University of Georgia Law School
  • Mr. Scott Noesen - Former Head of Dow Chem Global Sustainability
  • R. Todd Johnson, Esq., Jones Day, Palo Alto, California


4:15 -- Reception
 



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