International Law Weekend-West 2005

Whittier Law School is pleased to host International Law Weekend - West, a two-day conference to be held on February 4th and 5th, 2005.

International Law Weekend - West is a biennial conference convened by the American Branch of the International Law Association. This is the third West Coast conference convened by the ABILA and follows two highly successful conferences held at Pepperdine Law School and Loyola Law School.

International Law Weekend - West brings together legal practitioners and academics to discuss cutting-edge issues in public and private international law. Panels will address a wide-range of topics, emphasizing the impact of globalization on the practice of law. Topics that will be addressed include international business transactions, international criminal law, international environmental law, international trade law, human rights law, and the law of war.

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Cosponsors
Cosponsors include: the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, American Society of International Law, Center for International Environmental Law, the International Environmental Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law, the International Law Section of the State Bar of California, the International Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar, Munger Tolles & Olson, and the University of Redlands.

Registration
International Law Weekend – West is open to the public. There is no charge for attending the conference although there is a $35 charge for attending the Keynote Dinner on Friday evening. To register for the Keynote Dinner, please submit payment to Whittier Law School.

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MCLE
This symposium has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education by the California State Bar in the amount of 9 hours. Whittier Law School certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved educational activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education. Whittier Law School is a State Bar certified provider for MCLE.

Accommodations
Discounted hotel rates are available at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa. Please contact: 877-836-0293 or www.hilton.com (Group/Convention Code: WLS).

Additional Information
For additional information about International Law Weekend - West, e-mail ilw-west@law.whittier.edu.

Program

FEBRUARY 4, 2005 (FRIDAY)

1:30-2:00
Welcome and Introduction

2:00 -3:30

-Torture and War
Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law (moderator)
Gerald Gray, Center for Survivors of Torture
George Harris, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Derek Jinks, Arizona State University College of Law
Michael Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law

-Anti-Dumping Actions Involving China
Arthur Rosett, UCLA School of Law (moderator)
John Greenwald, Wilmer Cutler Hale & Dorr (Washington)
John Peterson, Neville Peterson (New York)
Lei Wang, Eastern Associates (Beijing)

3:30 - 3:45
Break

3:45 - 5:15

-International Institutions and the Rule of Law
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Stanford Law School (moderator)
Andrew Guzman, University of California
Jenny Martinez, Stanford Law School
Steve Stedman, Institute for International Studies
Richard Steinberg, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law

-Dodging the Foreign Bullet: Invoking U.S. Reorganization Law in Cross Border Insolvencies
Arnold Quittner, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl, Young & Jones (moderator)
Jeremy Richards, Oxford University
Tom Kelch, Whittier Law School

5:30-6:00
Reception

6:00-8:00
Keynote Dinner
Donald Francis Donovan, Debevoise & Plimpton
Whittier Law School

FEBRUARY 5, 2005 (SATURDAY)

8:30
Breakfast

9:00-10:30

-Recent Developments in International Criminal Law
Greg Fox, Wayne State School of Law (moderator)
Diane Amann, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Jenny Martinez, Stanford Law School
Ron Slye, Seattle Law School
Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law
Russell Hayman, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

-So Many Treaties, So Few Results: Strengthening the Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
William Burns, University of Redlands (moderator)
Joseph DiMento, University of California, Irvine
Howard Schiffman, New York University
Durwood Zaelke, International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-12:15

-Current Issues in International Pharmaceutical Trade
Jeffery Atik, Loyola Law School (moderator)
Joel W. Hay, University of Southern California
Hans Henrik Lidgard, Lund University
Bryan Mercurio, University of New South Wales

-The Value of Comparative Law in Developing a Theory of Human Rights Remedies
Roger Alford, Pepperdine Law School (moderator)
Paul Dubinksy, New York Law School
Dinah Shelton, George Washington University Law School

12:30-2:00
Lunch: Discussion of ABILA activities

2:00-3:30

-Corporate Compliance with International Law
Hari Osofsky, Whittier Law School (moderator)
Rebecca Bratspies, CUNY School of Law
Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman LLP
Rebecca Walker, Walker Compliance, P.C.

-The Plunder of Cultural Property
Wayne Sandholz, University of California, Irvine
Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University

3:30-3:45
Break

3:45-5:15

-Choice of Forum and Enforcement of Judgments in International Transactions
Donna Weiss, Midstream Partners, LLC (moderator)
Julia Czarniak, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
Paul Dubinsky, New York Law School
Kimberly Heimert, Chadbourne & Parke

-Cross-Cultural Approaches to Bioethics, Disability, and Human Rights
Alison Renteln, University of Southern California (moderator)
Akiko Ito, United Nations
Maya Sabatello, University of Southern California
Lawrence Cohen, University of California

5:30-6:30
Reception at Whittier Law School