International Law Weekend - West
 Mr.
Traynor's article
Mr. Traynor's article was originally presented as the keynote address at a
symposium entitled, '2021: International Law Ten Years From Now', held at
Southwestern Law School on February 26, 2011 as the ABILA's International Law
Weekend - West. This copy of the article is a pre-editorial
production/pre-publication draft. The article is currently undergoing revisions
and a final version will be published in volume 18(1) of the Southwestern
Journal of International Law.
About ABILA International Law Weekend - West, 2011
Every other year the American Branch holds International Law Weekend-West. The
most recent ILW-West took place
at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, which was
also celebrating its 100th anniversary.
The theme of the conference was: "2021: International Law Ten Years from Now." The conference examined
a broad range of legal areas including coping with and adjusting to the challenges of conflict, technology,
and globalization in the modern era. Panels identified significant developments or issues related to a
specific area of international law – e.g., international arbitration and litigation, international finance,
international transactions, international trade, international human rights, climate change and international
environmental law, international criminal law, and legal developments of note in Latin America or Asia –
and analyzed their potential impacts in shaping the future of international law. This conference
also examined
current international issues and trends by assessing what the future may look like.
Download the International Law Weekend-West, 2011 Brochure
Past International Law Weekend - West Events
International Law Weekend-West 2009 was held in March 2009
at Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon. The two-day program, chaired by Willamette Professor
James A.R. Nafziger, brought together legal practitioners, scholars, and students.
Panels discussed cutting-edge issues in public and private international law and international
transactions. Co-sponsors of the conference included the American Society of International Law,
the International Section of the Oregon State Bar, and the
Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution.
Professor Theodor Meron of New York University and International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
was the featured dinner speaker. He spoke on the theme "International Criminal Justice: Does It Work?"
Professor George Bermann of Columbia Law School and President of the International Academy of Comparative Law
spoke on "The American Law Institute Goes Global" at the ILW West 2009.
ILW West 2009 panels addressed the following topics:
- Prosecuting International Core Crimes in the United States: Problems, Prospects, and Solutions
- Bringing International Law to Bear on the Detention and Treatment of Refugees in the United States
- Empirical Approaches to the International Law of War
- Recent Developments in NAFTA
- The Role of International Law in Immigration Practice
- Discretion to Decline Jurisdiction in International Cases
- Shared Fresh Water and Sustainable Development in an Era of Water Scarcity
- International Technology Transfers—Challenges and Outcomes
- World Peace Through Human Rights, Law of the Sea, and the United Nations: A Tribute to Louis B. Sohn
- Taming the International Capital Markets: The Emerging Regime
- The Alien Tort Statute in the Post-Sosa World
- Transnational Intellectual Property Law and Enforcement Within a TRIPS Framework
Speakers’ papers will be published in upcoming issues of the
Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution.
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