The American Society of International Law 104th Annual Meeting will be held March 24-27, 2010 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, D.C. This year's theme is "International Law in a Time of Change." The two keynote lectures will be delivered by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada and Harold Hongju Koh, the Legal Adviser to the U.S. Department of State. Additional featured speakers include: Georgetown University Law School Professor Edith Brown Weiss; International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes Secretary-General Meg Kinnear, and George Washington University Law School Professor Dinah Shelton. Onsite registration will be available. Select sessions will be available by live webcast. More

The E-Commerce and Tax Law Journal invites articles by academics, practitioners and policymakers on a variety of topics, including e-commerce, electronic contracting, technology-related torts, cybercrime, privacy, Internet taxation, and international taxation. The journal accepts full-length articles, book reviews, news notes, and opinion pieces. It is published by International Business Law Services in partnership with the Diamond Graduate International Tax Program and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Masters in Law Program. More

The Minnesota Journal of International Law now has an online companion for shorter and timely articles. Selected articles will be published on a rolling basis, after undergoing the same editorial process and cite-checking as the print journal articles. Articles should be between 1500 and 3000 words. Scholars and practitioners from all disciplines may submit articles. More

The American Bar Association Section of International Law Spring Meeting will be held on April 13-17, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. The conference will feature more than 70 programs and 8 optional social events. The pre-registration deadline is Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The deadline for a discounted hotel rate is Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Still pondering whether you want to attend? Here's my "Top 5 Reasons to Attend" this conference. More

The 14th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition concluded yesterday with the Law Society of Ireland, Cork as Applicant facing the University of Maryland School of Law as Respondent. This year's simulated case before the International Court of Justice focused on "Beaked Whales and Marine Seismic Surveys." Student attorneys made arguments under the Espoo Convention, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the duty to prevent transboundary harm under customary international law. More than 80 teams competed worldwide with 19 teams advancing to the international finals in Florida. And the 2010 winner is . . . More