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First Place - California State Bar, International Law Writing Competition
My article, "The Legal Implications of Nearshore Outsourcing to Mexico," won first place in the International Law Section of the California State Bar Second Annual Law Student Writing Competition! The article is intended for practitioners in international commercial and trade law and cross-border data transfers. The article examines the potential legal advantages and pitfalls of IT outsourcing under the domestic laws of the United States and Mexico, NAFTA, and international law. The article provides pragmatic recommendations with regards to contractual provisions, tax considerations, and remedies for nonperformance and data breach.
The article will be published, subject to editorial approval, in The California International Law Journal.
The International Law Section is open to all attorneys. Members of the International Law Section receive the publications, discounts on events, opportunities to network with other lawyers, and access to additional online resources. Non-California attorneys may apply for Associate Membership, with full membership benefits. In 2009, the annual fee is $75 per year and includes the E-Brief and The California International Law Journal. Join the International Law Section.
Membership for students is free! See the E-Brief for listings of internship opportunities.
The article will be published, subject to editorial approval, in The California International Law Journal.
About the International Law Section of the California State Bar
The International Law Section of the California State Bar was founded in 1987 to serve lawyers handling international and trans-border legal matters in a variety of practice areas, including corporate and business transactions, litigation and arbitration, tax, regulatory and trade matters, bankruptcy, intellectual property, family law, and more. The Section organizes programs and events and publishes an online newsletter, The International Law Section E-Brief. The Section also publishes and distributes The California International Law Journal, a collection of practical articles on various aspects of international practice.The International Law Section is open to all attorneys. Members of the International Law Section receive the publications, discounts on events, opportunities to network with other lawyers, and access to additional online resources. Non-California attorneys may apply for Associate Membership, with full membership benefits. In 2009, the annual fee is $75 per year and includes the E-Brief and The California International Law Journal. Join the International Law Section.
Membership for students is free! See the E-Brief for listings of internship opportunities.
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Return of the StateThis article is the extended address by José E. Alvarez, the Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law, at the University of Minnesota Law School's conference on "International Economic Law in a Time of Change." Alvarez relects upon and rebuts a collection of papers on supra-nationalism presented at the conference. He argues that states, as sovereign entities, are making a comeback. The full-text is available online for free.
Whither Justice? Uganda and Five Years of the International Criminal Court Michael Drexler argues that the International Criminal Court is pursuing an inappropriate engagement strategy in Uganda by ignoring the impacts of criminal prosecution and investigation on the prospects for peace to the country's decades-long conflict. It is published by the peer-reviewed Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law (IJHRL) and is available online for free.
