International Law Events

The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law will host a student research symposium comprised of top students from the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law, the Harbin Institute of Technology School of Law and the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

This Moot Court Competition is aimed at promoting air law in India and worldwide, while at the same time training the participants for preparation of briefs, real life court appearances, and debating skills. It is organized by the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation and the International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University (IIASL).

CGGHR is an annual International Conference on Good Governance and Human Rights sponsored by Social Science and Humanities Society of IACSIT.

Abstracts Due: 1 November 2009

This conference aims to explore views and opinions on the requirements of arbitrator independence from the perspectives of a party, a party's counsel and an arbitrator. Judicial decisions on arbitrator independence will also be examined.

This 2-day forum covers: (1) managing and growing your legal department and (2) the role of in house legal counsel in corporate governance. Sponsored by Osborne Clarke, LexSite, and LexWitness.

This 2-day conference will provide a platform for the ICTY and stakeholders to share views of the Tribunal's legacy; how best to utilize its legal and institutional legacies; and how to exchange information about the legacy work that is being carried out by the ICTY, other UN and international organizations, national governments and courts, NGOs, and scholars. It is co-organised and co-sponsored by the Government of the Netherlands and the Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project at UCLA School of Law.

This workshop will explore the legal and economic aspects of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). It will provide a platform for the discussion and possible outcome emphasizing on the need to strengthen the legal cooperation and capacity building among the Member Countries. It will be held at the NALSAR University of Law.

This year's competition problem was developed by Professor Frank Pommersheim, an internationally recognized Indian law expert who sits on several tribal supreme courts. The Compromis involves issues of free exercise of religion in Indian Country. The Friday night dinner for the Moot Court Competition competitors and judges will feature hoop dancing.

This Summit aims to bring together many of the new generation of dissidents and human rights advocates with U.S. policy makers, officials from other democratic governments, and influential figures from the world of media, think tanks, universities, NGOs, and human rights and freedom of expression activists. The summit will produce an action plan for the Obama Administration, other governments and multilateral institutions in defense of democratic values and fundamental human rights. By invitation only. Some content to be available online.

Sponsored by the Institute for Energy Law (IEL). Conference co-chairs: David M. Castro (Assistant General Counsel, Hess Corporation, Houston) and Daniel M. McClure (Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston).

This moot court competition simulates a case before the International Criminal Court (ICC). It also provides students with the opportunity to become familiar with additional institutions in The Hague, such as the ICTY, the OPCW, the International Court of Justice and the Peace Palace Library.

This is the second year for this International Moot Court Competition. This year's moot problem (Compromis) involves a dispute over a Free Trade Agreement before the International Court of Justice.

In order to make the economy work for human rights, the question is no longer whether to regulate, but how to do so. Professors David Kinley and Robert McCorquodale will address these issues and will offer ways forward to resolve them.

This seminar will explore the roles, objectives, and methodologies of fact-finding missions examining alleged violations of international humanitarian law. Speaker: Naz Modirzadeh, Senior Associate at the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. Claude Bruderlein will host the discussion.

Discount Deadline: FREE

The discussion will focus on the relationship between international law and corporations, the legal risks associated with corporate complicity in human rights violations, soft law mechanisms, business and human rights due diligence and the corporate responsibility to respect human rights. The conference will also present the tentative conclusions of the joint Lauterpacht Centre/First Africa project on Corporate Complicity in Human Rights violations.

One-third of international arbitrations involve complex multiparty – multi-contract issues. This conference seeks to encourage a reflection on a selected number of fundamental issues arising from complex arbitrations. English/French. Sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce.

Discount Deadline: 9 October 2009

The overall theme of the meeting will be Internet Governance – Creating Opportunities for All. The theme reflects the basic purpose of the IGF to develop a common understanding of how to maximize the opportunities the Internet offers for all nations and peoples, and how to address the risks and challenges, while also raising awareness of the development dimension of Internet governance. Participation will be open to all entities accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Other institutions and persons with proven expertise and experience in matters related to Internet governance may also apply to attend.

Abstracts Due: 15 June 2009

Organized by the Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) in partnership with Peru Encuentros Casa de la Juventud, the Office of the Attorney General of Peru, and the Catholic University of Lima.

Abstracts Due: 30 July 2009

Discount Deadline: 15 August 2009

Featuring Sir Christopher John Greenwood of the International Court of Justice. This is a public lecture with free admission. Sponsored by Herbert Smith and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Discount Deadline: Free admission

Attendees will visit seven different Courts and Tribunals, from the Magistrates Court to The Court of Final Appeal. You will have the opportunity to meet with Judges, Barristers and Solicitors. Nine distinctive programs by members of the Hong Kong legal community will expose you to the Hong Kong legal system and contrast it with your own. Multiple networking opportunities will help you develop relationships in Hong Kong. Sponsored by the Litigation and Real Property Law Sections of the State Bar of California. 21 hours MCLE available.

The ICC International Court of Arbitration has a distinguished and long-standing history of international dispute resolution. Over the past five years it has received 2,963 requests for arbitration from all over the world. Of the 7,731 parties involved in the cases filed with the ICC Court, almost 12% came from Latin America and the Caribbean. Sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The ABA Section of International Law Fall meeting 27-31 October 2009 will take place in Miami just before this conference. ICC members who wish to attend can benefit from the ABA member rate. English/Spanish

The First Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking - "What We Know and What We Need to Know In Human Trafficking" is an intense and interactive conference formatted for those who have research results or ideas, or an interest in studying human trafficking. his conference is made possible through the interdisciplinary collaboration of the College of Business Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Journalism, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and the Department of Academic Conferences.

The conference will feature presentations and roundtables. One panel under consideration focuses on the issues relating to conflict and crime in Africa and the Middle East and their mitigation including genocide, terrorism, organized crime, corruption piracy, truth and reconciliation commissions, and democratization.

Abstracts Due: 1 June 2009

The American Branch of the International Law Association holds a weekend event each October in New York City. It provides opportunities networking among international lawyers from private practice, academia, the government, nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations, and other international organizations. The theme is "Challenges to Transnational Governance."

This conference will focus on the specific features of dispute resolution in international construction contracts and explore practical implications and current developments, with a particular focus on Turkey and the Middle East. Sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce and the FIDIC.

Discount Deadline: 31 August 2009

This conference will gather key scholars, practitioners, representatives of leading businesses, NGOs, and government officials in order to engage in a dialogue and debate on the changing role of private actors in a globalising world. The idea is to focus a discussion on the issues of public-private cooperation in setting and enforcing norms to meet transnational challenges. Sponsored by the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL).

The International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA) is a forum for maritime arbitrators and lawyers from around the world to deliberate on and exchange views and news of professional interest. Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Evans will give the Cedric Barclay Memorial Lecture.

Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

The conference theme is "Building a Better Tomorrow: Youth, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement." It is intended for those involved in public education, legal education, law enforcement, social work, or youth advocacy or youth counseling. Sponsored by the ABA Division for Public Education.

Discount Deadline: 30 September 2009

The Forum will be a joint meeting of the American and European Societies of International Law (ASIL-ESIL).

Abstracts Due: 15 February 2009

The training will meet the practical needs of those involved in international trade and will simulate an ICC arbitration, highlighting differences in cultures and legal practices. Sponsored by the

The aim of this conference is to clarify the role that norms and law may play in future governance and regulation, including analysis of the governance potential of self-regulation and voluntary regimes. Sponsored by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL).

Abstracts Due: 24 April 2009

Discount Deadline: 31 July 2009

The conference will review and analyze the emerging practice on relevant matters such as repeat appointments, issue conflicts, duty of disclosure, financial interest, same-chamber barrister participation and others, with a view to discern good practices in this area for both counsel and arbitrators. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

By invitation only. This event is sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and convened by the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.

The theme for the conference is World Peace through Intercultural Understanding.

Abstracts Due: 30 November 2008

"Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage"

The Asian Society of International Law, upon hosting its Second Biennial General Conference in Tokyo, will take up this important issue of Asia's relationship with the international legal order under the main theme of "International Law in a Multi-polar and Multi-civilizational World - Asian Perspectives, Challenges and Contributions." All sessions are in English.

Abstracts Due: 31 December 2008

The aim of this workshop is to provide a leading edge forum to foster interaction between researchers and developers with the cyberspace safety and security communities. The focus is on the social and legal issues, authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy, confidentiality, dependability and sustainability issues of cyberspace.

Abstracts Due: 30 March 2009

The ABA's sections, divisions, and other entities are developing more than 250 CLE programs. The meeting will also feature a legal EXPO, providing an array of goods and services pertaining to the practice of law.

Discount Deadline: 29 May 2009

The National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata, India will hold the annual ILSA International Law Conference, bringing together hundreds of law students from around the world to learn and network with esteemed members of the international legal community. The Conference will feature panel discussions, student presentations, and social events. The Conference's overall theme is "Trade and the Environment: Does International Law Have the Answers?

Abstracts Due: 15 May 2009

This embraces such topics as globalization and localization, cultural translation, intercultural relations and transnational media. The conference will be preceded on 7th July by a workshop on broadcasting in a multilingual and multiplatform digital environment, run by SBS, Australia's multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster.

The theme is "Positive Reflections on Preliminary References to the European Court of Justice." Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the Europa Instituut of the University of Leiden.

Dr. Michael Strauss will examine the critical factor underlying everything at Guantanamo Bay: the century-old lease by which the United States controls this piece of Cuban territory. He will explore how the lease came about, how it has functioned, why it still exists, and what some scenarios are for its future after the U.S. prison closes. He will explain how the arrangement allowed it to fall outside the conventional legal frameworks of the U.S. and Cuba and how the terms of the lease turned Guantanamo Bay into a political and legal laboratory, raising questions about fundamental concepts of international law and the practice of states.

Registration Deadline: Advance registration

Discount Deadline: Free

This training will provide participants with an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge of the fundamentals of international arbitration and to learn about the latest developments and best practices related to serving as an international arbitrator. Organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Sponsored by the Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS).

Approximately 40 representatives from civilian government agencies, non- governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations and the armed forces will attend. Participants should be mid to senior level representatives from their communities with policy-making and/or experience working in the field. Sponsored by The Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies. No fees.

Registration Deadline: 8 May 2008

This three-week international seminar will focus on human rights and transitional justice in post-apartheid South Africa. Students will be trained in interest-based negotiations, mediation, and nonviolent conflict resolution. Students will have the option to visit other areas of South Africa. Co-sponsored with the University of Johannesburg.

This workshop will look at the UCP in some detail and highlight ways that correct application of its rules and a better structure of the letter of credit itself can help to alleviate many of the problems being experienced in the current global financial crisis. Speakers will offer their advice and guidance for future transactions. Participants should expect to share their experiences. Sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce.

The National Convention will provide participants with the opportunity to engage with exciting speakers, participate in rigorous debate and discussion of critical legal and public policy issues, and contribute to the development of a progressive vision of the Constitution, the law and public policy. Join hundreds of lawyers, judges, law students, policymakers, scholars and activists to learn, debate, and strategize.

Registration Deadline: 29 May 2009

The Summit will take place on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This bilingual Summit will begin an ongoing response on immigration/emigration and reframing and reorienting dialogues affecting the region, state, and global communities. Sessions will focus on such issues as human services, social stratification, existing systems, and promising best practices.

The conference aims at discussing research and studies which, though focusing on specific issues, reviewing bodies or sectors, contribute to academic reflection on the general subject of review of global administrative decisions and the development of global administrative law. It will be held at La Tuscia University.

Abstracts Due: 20 December 2008

The theme for this year's ABA Section of Business Law's Second Annual Global Business Law Forum will be legal developments impacting companies doing business in Asia and the Pacific Rim. CLE credits available.

Discount Deadline: 30 April 2009

This programme provides a timely forum for those wrestling with these issues to engage in cutting-edge discussions with Data Commissioners, governmental officials, leading jurists, privacy officers, corporate counsel, private practitioners and consultants.

ICAIL 2009 will be held under the auspices of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL), an organization devoted to promoting research and development in the field of AI and Law with members throughout the world. ICAIL provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest research results and practical applications and stimulates interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

The theme of the conference is "Business and International Law." Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Abstracts Due: 16 March 2009

Organized by ICC's World Chambers Federation (WCF), the World Chambers Congress is the only international forum open to the global community of over 12,000 chambers. Chamber delegates from at least 100 countries are expected to attend the 6th World Chambers Congress.

Featuring UCL Prof. Robert Sullivan, Keir Starmer, and BIICL Fellow Sarah Williams. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Jointly organised by Nepal based vibrant organisation - Collective Campaign for Peace (COCAP) and US based organisation - Global Majority. This even will contribute to achieving socially and politically sustainable peace and harmony in the South Asian Region at large with a vision of establishing a South Asia based on peace, justice and human rights.

The conference is co-sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries and the State Commission on Legal Education of the Ministry of Education, China. It will offer an overview of the Chinese and American law-making processes, the official and commercial legal print and online information resources, and the legal research tools of both countries.

An annual event featuring outstanding global youth participants in a simulation of the United Nations.

The purpose of the conference is to stimulate the international exchange of ideas and research among members of the legal academy on the topics related to globalization. Sponsored by the Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University.

Abstracts Due: 1 March 2009

The Annual WTO Conference will address key events and developments that took place in the previous year. It will review their impact and significance with presentations being made by the leading lawyers, academics and WTO representatives.Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Annual meeting.

In May 2009, The Global Justice Network, with the support of the Centre for the Study of Social Justice and the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, will host a two-day interdisciplinary workshop on "International Law and Global Justice." Keynote speakers: Prof. Allen Buchanan, Duke University, and Prof. Terry Nardin, University of Singapore.

Abstracts Due: 29 February 2009

The Annual WTO Conference will address key events and developments that took place in the previous year. It will review their impact and significance with presentations being made by the leading lawyers, academics and WTO representatives. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in cooperation with others.

The ELSA Moot Court Competition is a simulated hearing in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system. Sponsored by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA).

Featuring Ambassador Richard Williamson, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN in Vienna and to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva and Ted Piccone, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director for Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution. Dick Rowson, President Emeritus, Council for a Community of Democracies (CCD) will moderate. I am helping organize this event.

This conference features franchise law practitioners, executives, and state regulators. It also offers an in-depth review of the year's most important cases and developments in franchise law. A "Basics Track" allows those with limited exposure to franchising to learn the building blocks of the discipline from seasoned franchise law professionals.

The Competition was established to train attorneys on how to use the Inter-American human rights legal system as a legitimate forum for redressing human rights violations. The Competition requires students to argue the merits of a hypothetical case written on a cutting-edge topic currently being debated within the Inter-American human rights legal system. All student team members must be enrolled in a Juris Doctor (JD) degree program or its international equivalent to participate as a team. The oral round sessions occur in May, in Washington, DC.

Speakers: Dr. Chester Brown, Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Anna Joubin-Bret, Senior Legal Advisor, UNCTAD, Geneva; Norah Gallagher, British Institute of International and Comparative Law; Dr. Lahra Liberti, Legal Adviser, OECD; Professor Vaughan Lowe QC, Essex Court Chambers, University of Oxford; Loretta Malintoppi, Eversheds, Paris; Margrethe Reinertsen Norum, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Trade, Norway; Margrete Stevens, Consultant, King and Spalding LLP, Washington DC; and Matthew Weiniger, Herbert Smith LLP. Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

This Conference will focus on the contribution that international and domestic tribunals have made and may make to the unity or fragmentation of international law. It will address this theme in the following four sessions: (a) methods of interpretation by international tribunals, (b) jurisdictional overlaps between international tribunals and compliance mechanisms, (c) dialogue or conflict between international tribunals and national courts, and (d) interpretation and application of international law in national courts.

Abstracts Due: 1 October 2008

This conference will bring together academics, practitioners and artists to explore ethical concerns surrounding the use of testimony. The conference coincides with the launch of the Journal of Human Rights Practice, hosted by the Centre for Applied Human Rights, University of York (UK), and Oxford University Press, in collaboration with Amnesty International, the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, and Panos.

Abstracts Due: 31 March 2009

Speakers H. E. Fernando M. Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the UN; H.E. Frank Majoor, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN; Edward Luck, Director, Center for International Organization, SIPA, Columbia University; Üner Kirdar, Senior Adviser to the UN; Bettina Luescher, Spokesperson, UN World Food Programme; Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Former Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN; W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of Law, Yale Law School. Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association.

This full day workshop is organized in cooperation with three thematic sections of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA): International and Intercultural Communication (IIC), Communication and Democracy (CD), Communication, Law and Policy (CLP) sections.

Abstracts Due: 20 March 2009

The main 3-day conference will be held from Monday to Wednesday, featuring a range of special sessions; paper presentations, technology demo sessions and panels.

Abstracts Due: August 15, 2008

More than 20 experts will discuss mergers and restructuring, collaboration in a crisis, intellectual property issues, remedies in the energy sector, and other contemporary topics. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in cooperation with others.

Topics will include: global compliance with employment, labor and discrimination laws; the convergence and harmonization of global labor and employment laws; best practices for managing HR and labor and employment legal issues in global M&As, restructuring, reorganizations and downsizing in a changing world economy; and retaining key and talented employees. Presented by the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee, Discrimination Law Committee and supported by the IBA European Forum.

The World Wide Web Conference is the global event that brings together key stakeholders and the standards bodies working to shape the Web. The conference will include refereed paper presentations.

Abstracts Due: 3 November 2008

The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) will join with the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) to host its Annual Conference.

The Journal of Private International Law will hold its third major conference at New York University. Topics include international commercial law, US and European conflicts methodologies, and transnational litigation and arbitration.

a world of competing 'great powers' and 'spheres of influence'? What relevance will the United Nations retain? Is there an 'international community' and, if so, does it exist on a multilateral or a regional level?

This conference aims to stimulate debate about the evolution and re-conceptualisation of property rights to meet the objectives of sustainability. The conference will create an opportunity to move discussion beyond traditional property rights approaches to conflict resolution and regulatory intervention. Keynote by Judge Christopher Weeramantry (ICJ 1991-2000).

Discount Deadline: 17 March 2009

The annual meeting will be held at the Fairmont hotel.

The objectives of this conference are to bring together scholars, scientists, experts and researchers, decision makers, and other stakeholders from the public and private sectors to discuss issues related to water rights and the state of the art in water and wastewater science and technology. It also will tackle the pressing human rights and hydropolitical issues. Hosted by the Palestine Academy for Science and Technology and the Palestinian Water Authority.

Abstracts Due: 30 October 2008

This years conference, "The Nuclear Order – Build or Break" will address the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offer policy recommendations to stop the spread and use of nuclear weapons and materials. Keynote speakers include: Celso Amorim, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Brazil and Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of AREVA.

Discount Deadline: 4 March 2009

This seminar will review recent arbitration decisions of the courts in Canada and England & Wales and consider whether they have adopted a supportive role to the arbitral process. There have been some interesting developments in both jurisdictions and the impact of these will be discussed. The main aim is to stimulate debate on whether the courts in both jurisdictions have been successful in striking the balance between assisting the arbitration procedure without overly intervening. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Governments around the world are facing increasingly complex challenges in the exercise of territorial sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction – and a growing number are arguably losing the battle, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. IBRU’s 20th anniversary conference will address a topic of growing concern to governments, scholars and boundary practitioners: The State of Sovereignty.

Abstracts Due: 17 October 2008

Foreign ministers and representatives of international organizations involved in security and reconstruction operations in Afghanistan will be invited to take part. The attendees will include delegates from countries that border on Afghanistan or are part of the wider region, countries that are part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and other countries and organizations which are contributing to reconstruction in Afghanistan. The one-day event will be held at the city's World Forum Convention Centre.

More than 1,000 practitioners, academics, and students travel to Washington, D.C. each spring from all over the world to debate and discuss the latest developments in their field. ASIL's 103rd Annual Meeting, will reflect on the theme "International Law as Law." Sponsored by the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

Abstracts Due: June 16, 2008

The WJA’s Congress on the Law of the World is a highlight event – held approximately every two years – the Congress provides an open forum for legal professionals and others interested in the subjects at hand to gather as individuals and discuss the state of international law, domestic law and practical experience as they impact on the development of Rule of Law. The Kiev Congress will feature the Demonstration Trial, World Law Day, Embassy Night, approximately 14 panel sessions, and numerous networking opportunities.

The 2009 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds mark the 50th Anniversary of the Jessup Competition. The 2009 Jessup Compromis will address "The Power and Authority of the International Court of Justice." I will be judging. See you there!

Insights on sanctions, terrorism, the occupation of Iraq and UN peacekeeping from the Kadi, Saramati and Al Jedda cases. Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

This event will address investment protection, past present and future, highlighting the dramatic change that has taken place in the international legal investment regime. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

This is an inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project which seeks to explore issues surrounding evil and law, with a focus on state power and violence.

Abstracts Due: 3 October 2008

Featuring a dozen speakers. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

This lecture will look at how the European Union seeks to broker peace in the region and tries to balance this with upholding respect for international law and human rights. Dr Khaliq will argue that the Union's approach has a number of shortcomings and that the balance currently being struck needs to be reassessed so as to reflect more realistically events on the ground. Dr Khaliq is the author of “Ethical Dimensions of the Foreign Policy of the European Union: A Legal Appraisal”, published by Cambridge University Press, 2008.

This training will allow participants to learn about different techniques of amicable dispute resolution taking into account cross-cultural awareness and legal considerations.

Discount Deadline: 13 February 2009

Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

The success of international business depends on the quality of contracts signed. Too often, if the relationship between parties happens to deteriorate, loopholes in the contract make the situation worse; had the contract been better drafted the relationship could have been preserved. Negotiating and drafting a contract are skills and techniques that need to be learned, as does managing the "post-contract" and dealing with different kinds of conflict resolution.This seminar will focus on the main problems that arise in international contracts and particular attention will be given to avoiding disputes.

The Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (TLCP) at the University of Iowa College of Law, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Center for International Finance and Development (UICIFD), will hold a one-day symposium to identify the causes and origins of the current international financial crisis, to assess the regulatory responses in the U.S. and abroad, and to explore ways in which future financial crises can be prevented. The papers will be published in the TLCP in the winter of 2009.

Abstracts Due: 21 July 2008

Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Organised by: SOLON; the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London; and the Centre for Contemporary British History, IHR, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Sponsored by the International Intellectual Property Forum of Quebec (FORPIQ).

This seminar of the Institute's Investment Treaty Forum will look at the unfolding global financial crisis from an investment arbitration perspective. Will the crisis generate the wave of cases similar to the one triggered by the events in Argentina? Is arbitration an appropriate forum at all? Do the government measures breach investment treaty obligations?

Presenting the best of current scholarship and research within the area of international economic law.

As part of the celebrations marking the Institute's 50th Anniversary year in 2008/9, we are pleased to announce a series of evening lecture events on rule of law themes, showcasing the broad scope of the Institute's work across a range of topical legal issues, inviting fresh thinking and debate.

Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

The program will feature three plenary sessions, which promise to be extremely informative, interesting, and practical. The keynote panel Friday morning will be a traditional historical retrospective. Workshops will cover hot topics in libel and privacy, newsgathering, and the internet.

Like the contracts from which they arise, disputes in the aeronautical and space sector call for careful treatment. They may have widespread repercussions, involve sensitive issues. This conference will look at the different actions available to resolve such disputes, including State court procedures and international commercial arbitration. Special attention will also be given to class actions and compensation claims arising out of accidents, and the confidentiality and sensitivity of disputes relating to dual-use equipment and technology.

Offering more than 350 exhibiting companies and 15 continuing legal education (CLE) accredited educational tracks.

This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. Conference participants may submit papers for refereeing and publication to the International Journal of Technology, Law, and Society up until one month after the conference.

Abstracts Due: 9 October 2008

Speakers: Martin Pratt, Director of Research, International Boundaries Research Unit, Durham University; Dr Lindsay Parson, National Oceanography Centre and Head of the United Kingdom Technical Delegation on the Extended Continental Shelf; Chris Whomersley, Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Andrew Serdy, Lecturer in Law, University of Southampton; David Ong, Reader, Department of Law, University of Essex; Stephen Fietta, Partner, Latham and Watkins LLP; Ms Suzette Suarez, Legal Officer, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

A five-day simulation of the United Nations for secondary school students, taking place in The Hague.The theme of the Conference will be "Limits to Growth," the need for sustainable development.

With Dr. Angela Williams. Sponsored by The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

The lecture will give a summary of the detailed findings of the August 2008 international lawyers' delegation to Colombia. The delegation was able to visit Bogota and 7 other regions where they met lawyers, human rights defenders and prosecutors, judges, victims and non governmental organizations involved in the defense of human rights. They also visited Universities and University Law Faculties running human rights programs and Law Clinics. A total of 42 delegates went from the UK, and joined lawyers from Latin America, Canada, France, Germany and Spain.

The aim of the Consortium is to deepen and expand academic links throughout the world in the promotion of the internationalization of legal education. The Consortium will seek to build on various frameworks for improving legal curricula, develop student and faculty models of exchange, and establish innovative joint research activities.

The aim of e-Forensics 2009 is to bring together state of the art research contributions in the development of tools, protocols and techniques which assist in the investigation of potentially illegal activity associated with electronic communication and electronic devices. Investigative practice and requirements for presentation of evidence in court are to be considered key underlying themes. This might include discovery, analysis, handling and storage of digital evidence; meeting the legal burden of proof; and the establishment of the forensic chain of evidence.

Abstracts Due: 29 August 2008

The theme is "Towards Critical Mass." Panels will be chaired by legal scholars from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Confirmed keynote speakers include Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hirshon Professor in Political and Social Theory at the New School for Social Research, and Jean Cohen, Senior Professor of Political Thought at Columbia University.

Abstracts Due: 27 October 2008

The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), organizes an annual national level Moot Court Competition in the memory of the founder of the ICRC - Henry Dunant, at the month of October. A running trophy will be awarded to the winning team. In addition, a permanent trophy will be presented to winners and runners-up team. The best advocate and the best memorial prizes will also be awarded.

This three day conference will include invited international and national plenary speakers and sessions related to the conference theme, conference streams related to the conference theme, a conference dinner and two other conference functions. The LSAANZ AGM will also be held during the conference.

Registration Deadline: 5 November 2008

Discount Deadline: Students

Sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

This two-day conference in The Hague marks the 60th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. In an interdisciplinary setting, both historians and lawyers will examine how to achieve a proper balance between the popular perception of genocide and its legal definition, based on the 1948 Convention. Keynote by Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo (Chief Prosecutor ICC). Sponsored by CHGS, Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and Peace Palace, The Hague.

Global counterfeiting is a multi-billion dollar haven for criminal networks and organized crime, growing at a fevered rate. What once was thought to be limited to luxury goods is now a massive, worldwide dilemma which ignores national boundaries and has spread throughout various industries, impacting virtually every consumer product imaginable.

Discount Deadline: 7 November 2008

ITF members will receive the British Institute of International and Comparative Law members' rates.

Discount Deadline: Members/Students/Academic

Each year, GigaNet organizes a one-day research symposium in conjunction with the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

Abstracts Due: July 15, 2008

Discount Deadline: Free of charge.

The 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2008) is co-organized by United Nations University IIST Center for Electronic Governance, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the German University in Cairo. The conference will continue pursuing the goal of building a global community of practice for Electronic Governance.

Abstracts Due: 16 June 2008

The purpose of this seminar will be to describe recent developments in this field in both jurisprudence and legislation, and to discuss the future perspectives for European intellectual property law.

Discount Deadline: 1 November 2008

The annual course in international law librarianship is the Association’s main meeting and educational event of the year. There are three main themes this year: mixed legal systems, regional and international legal orders in the Caribbean, and the challenges for small jurisdictions.

Registration Deadline: 1 September 2008

Discount Deadline: 1 August 2008

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ERA offers practitioners an annual review of recent developments and priorities in this field. The proposal of the European Commission to coordinate corporate taxation in the EU deserves special mention. In September a legislative proposal on the CCCTB will be presented and will be analysed in depth. In addition, an important Communication (COM/2007/785) regarding the application of anti-abuse measures in the area of direct taxation in the EU and in relation to third countries was published in December 2007.

Discount Deadline: 1 November 2008

The purpose of this conference is to provide an in-depth analysis of Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2006 creating a European order for payment procedure (OJ 2006, L 399/1), which shall apply from 12 December 2008; Regulation (EC) No. 861/2007 establishing a European small claims procedure (OJ 2007, L 199/1), which shall apply from 1 January 2009, and Regulation (EC) No. 804/2004 creating a European enforcement order for uncontested claims.

Discount Deadline: 24 October 2008

• Topics will include: corporate, commercial and finance; international and cross-border; regulation and government; and dispute resolution. Presented by the Institute for Energy Law (IEL) of the Center for American and International Law and the Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL) of the International Bar Association. Co-Sponsored by Energy Lawyers' Group (UKELG) and Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) of The Center for American and International Law.

The Annual Grotius Lecture of British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) will be given by the Retired Honorable Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG.

Discount Deadline: Members/Students/Academic

Hosted by the Institute for Energy Law (IEL) of the Center for American and International Law And The Oil and Gas Law Committee and the United Kingdom Energy Lawyers’ Group (UKELG) of the International Bar Association (IBA) Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL). Up to 11 CPD/CLE hours available.

Discount Deadline: 7 November 2008

Over the last decade immigration and asylum have been key elements of the European Union’s common approach to justice and home affairs as defined and developed in the programmes adopted at Tampere in 1999 and the Hague in 2004. This seminar will look at the challenges presented by legal instruments in this field. It will discuss the global approach to migration, which aims to formulate comprehensive and coherent policies - including external relations, employment and justice, freedom and security - that address the broad range of migration-related issues.

Discount Deadline: 13 October 2008

The scope includes: Information Technology - Cyber - E-Commerce - Corporate - Shari’ah - Media and Communication Industry - Criminal Justice - Dispute Resolution - Labour - Biotechnology and Genetic - Gender - Sports - Commercial Crime - Family and Islamic Family - Banking Transaction and Islamic Banking.

Topics will include: current state of US transportation infrastructure; definition of public private partnership (PPP); procurement; financing; delivery risks; risk allocation and risk management; concession financing and other related agreements; construction and O & M contracts; and long term performance monitoring. Presented by the IBA International Construction Projects Committee and supported by the IBA North American Regional Forum.

The conference is a key forum for understanding international commercial arbitration in Latin America and aims to shed light on the latest developments in the region. The topics covered will be of interest to practicing lawyers, corporate counsel, arbitrators, mediators, academics and those who either do business in Latin America, or simply wish to increase their understanding of international commercial arbitration in the region. CLE credit available.

The conference will be held by the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics of Guangdong University of Foreign studies, with the assistance of the School of English for International Business. Conducted in English and Chinese.

A conference co-presented by the American Bar Association Section of International Law and the IBA Litigation Committee.

The seminar will examine the current international legal framework concerning the surrender of fugitive persons with a comparison of the existing reality in different regions of the globe. Representatives from the USA, South America, Asia and Africa, as well as the European Union, will analyze and contrast their own systems. Conducted in English and Portuguese.

This three-day conference is the first in a series of planned biannual events on the subject of counter-terrorism legislation and jurisprudence in the European criminal justice area. The objective of the conference is to evaluate the impact of the fight against terrorism on EU legislation in the field of criminal justice and, in a second step, to analyze the interplay between EU and domestic counter-terrorism laws. Conducted in English, French, and German.

Annual conference of LAWASIA. Hosted by the Malaysian Bar Council.

Organized by the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques of the Italian National Research Council (ITTIG-CNR), acting as a member of the Legal Information Institutes network (LIIs). Discount for students.

Discount Deadline: 15 September 2008

Speakers will address legal implications relating to sales of all kinds from sales of artwork, to sales of financial services. An in depth look will be taken at antique smuggling, contracts and sales law, CISG, competition law, distributors, foreign trade, franchises, consumer protection, product liability, unfair competition, e-commerce and fraud. CLE available.

Arturo Sotomayor, assistant professor in the Department of International Studies at Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) and public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5734 or jzurek@jhu.edu.

Registration Deadline: jzurek@jhu.edu

This year’s seminar will feature a mock case that will be discussed principally from the perspective of the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association's (AAA) International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Through dynamic interactive lectures and scenario-based exercises, participants will be taught skills, strategies, and tactics for successfully conducting international arbitration cases on various factual and legal bases. CLE credit available. Sponsors: AAA, ICSID, ICC.

This program will explore the challenges of economic recovery in complex environments. Best practices in use by the various response communities will be discussed and evaluated for their applicability in a variety of situations. The workshop will consist of a series of facilitated discussions; individual and panel presentations; group work on select problems; and country case studies. Additionally, a reception and group meals will support professional networking. Free for for practitioners from non-governmental organizations, government civilian agencies, and inter-governmental organizations.

Registration Deadline: FREE, application required

Discount Deadline: September 1, 2008

The 38th Asser Colloquium on European Law is dedicated to the many legal and policy questions arising in international and European law in respect of the implementation of climate and energy policy and law.

Discount Deadline: 13 September 2008

The objective of this one-day conference is to highlight the relationship of Islamic extremism, international terrorism and regional security in the context of tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The tribal belt within Pakistan is based on constitutional uncertainty and inadequate legal mechanisms for implementation of human rights and criminal justice system. The lawlessness within the tribal areas surrounding Pakistan has also created a safe-haven for Islamic fundamentalists: this conference critically examines the role of the international community and the States in developing an adequate legal framework and related institutions.

The effectiveness of the anti-fraud system and the protection of the financial interests of the European Community depend on the effectiveness of the process to identify, investigate and report fraud actions or suspicious financial operations, which can now result in asset confiscation and prosecution.

Discount Deadline: 20 September 2008

This conference explores animal law from diverse international perspectives. In addition to panels on animals in legal systems abroad, it will host speakers on specific issues of global interest, including religion, oceans and the military. Panels will also cover domestic legislation, criminal law. Podcasts available.

The Annual Conference 2008 will focus on climate change. Concerns about the effects of climate change are being considered at national and international levels in a variety of disciplines. The impact on international law has not been explored to any significant extent. This conference will explore the effects of climate change on international law, both from within and outside the law, and through international and comparative perspectives. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

The American Branch of the International Law Association will again hold its annual International Law Weekend in New York, featuring numerous panels, a distinguished speaker, receptions, and the Branch’s annual meeting. The Weekend’s overall theme is "The United States and International Law: Legal Traditions and Future Possibilities."

The symposium aims to assess the state of the art and recent progress made in the sustainable management of transboundary waters by different disciplines such as law, socio-economics and water science; review current major international programmes concerned with the assessment and management of transboundary water resources; and promote interdisciplinary approaches for integrated transboundary water resources management. Organized by UNESCO Chair INWEB in cooperation with UNESCO IHP, IGRAC, SAHRA and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Since 2000, ERA has organised a conference every two years that aims to give a progress report on recent developments in European foodstuffs law. This conference which, as in 2006, will take place at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will offer an overview of legislation, case-law and ongoing policy developments.

Discount Deadline: 16 September 2008

Please join the War Crimes Research Office and the Women and International Law Program of American University Washington College of Law for a full-day conference bringing together experts in international criminal law and feminist jurisprudence to examine advances and missed opportunities in the prosecution of sexual and gender-based crimes before the International Criminal Court and the ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals.

Registration Deadline: Requested.

Discount Deadline: Free

The Professional and Public Interest Division will examine the issue of judicial independence. The Legal Practice Division will report on and discuss its recommendations regarding extraterritorial jurisdiction. The Human Rights Institute will look closely at the complex issue of reconciliation and the ways that justice systems have worked to combat impunity to date. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

Registration Deadline: 1 October 2008

Discount Deadline: 25 July 2008

Wild cats, such as tigers, leopards and lions, are heading toward extinction in the wild. One of the main threats to their survival is poaching and illegal trade. How is this trade occurring and what can be done about it? Come hear leading experts in this area talk about private ownership, captive breeding, hunting, trafficking, trade, and transport of wildlife, with an emphasis on wildcats. The distinguished panelists will provide an overview and forum for discussion on recent developments in federal and state laws, regulations, and court opinions on wildlife issues.

Registration Deadline: $5,$10

Discount Deadline: Members, Students.

The 2008 U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference: "Connecting the Continent," a three-day business forum, will feature some of Africa's latest investment opportunities in key growth sectors like information communication technology, transportation, energy, and security. Participants will learn about infrastructure development investment and financing opportunities in Africa; network with key African and U.S. private sector and government representatives; and meet potential business partners.

Discount Deadline: August 24, 2008

This meeting's theme, "Domestic Crime to International Terror: Forensic Science Perspectives," reflects the great diversity of crimes requiring forensic practitioner expertise. Research and case-based studies will be presented by national and international experts drawn from over 25 forensic disciplines. In addition, specialist workshops and master-classes are in the planning stages and will run before, during and after the symposium. This event promises to attract over 600 practitioners from around the globe. Student pricing available.

Abstracts Due: 6 July 2008

Discount Deadline: 6 July 2008

J.J. Singh, governor of Arunachal Pradesh and former chief of army staff in the Indian Army, will discuss this topic.

Registration Deadline: southasia@jhu.edu

Professor Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, who was awarded the 2006 Prize, has chosen this topic in order to foster the knowledge and in-depth understanding of one of the major challenges facing the contemporary international community. The aim of the colloquium is thus to clarify the meanings of Jihad, its understanding and the manipulation of its sense since the rise of political Islam during the 1960s. It aims also at understanding the relationship between Jihad, Islam and national and international law.

Registration Deadline: Invitees only

Securecomm seeks high-quality research contributions in the form of well-developed full papers. Topics of interest encompass research advances in ALL areas of secure communications and networking. Securecomm brings together security and privacy experts in academia, industry and government as well as practitioners, standards developers and policy makers. Securecomm also serves as a venue for learning about state-of-the-art in security and privacy research. Presentations reporting on cutting-edge research results are supplemented by panels on controversial issues and invited talks on timely and important topics.

Participants in this Symposium will have the opportunity to examine the many components of the evaluation process, from drafting the initial order to the controversial and rapidly growing practice of consulting. A limited number of scholarships will be awarded. CLE credit available.

Established in 2006, the American University Washington College of Law Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration is delivered by a leading practitioner in the field of international commercial arbitration. The 2008 annual lecture will feature The Hon Sir Vivian Ramsey, QC, Justice of the High Court, London.

Registration Deadline: Required.

Discount Deadline: Free

investigation, policing and crime prevention, provision of safety and security, interdepartmental cooperation in crime control and crime prevention, crime control strategies, developments in crime prevention, and more.

Abstracts Due: 15 May 2008

Discount Deadline: 1 July 2008

Join the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the 2008 INTA/WIPO International Forum on Trademarks and Industrial Designs, a one-day, advanced-level conference that will venture beyond the border of trademarks into the world of industrial designs.

Discount Deadline: 22 August 2008

CSRS will recruit participants (both international and US) from the four main communities involved in S&R operations: civilian government agencies, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations and the armed forces/police. Participants should be junior to mid-level practitioners with experience working in the field and/or in policy/advisory positions.

The Interact conference gathers together general counsel, compliance and risk officers, in-house counsel, legal IT professionals and department heads. Its program agenda is peer-driven and case study focused. The conference offers industry and technology tracks, CLE accredited courses, and an exhibit hall presenting vendor resources.

Discount Deadline: 15 June 2008

Keynotes by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Paul R. Michel and by Invitrogen Corporation CEO Gregory T. Lucier.

Discount Deadline: 31 July 2008

Topics will include horizontal mergers, behavior of dominant firms, and cartel and private enforcement issues. The conference will include a debate on a major antitrust case and an interview with an antitrust celebrity. Keynote speakers: Judge Nicholas J. Forwood, QC, President of the Chamber, Court of First Instance of the European Communities; and Hon. William E. Kovacic, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

Many lawyers have argued that the United States and its allies are at war with terrorists under the laws of armed conflict. Yet others counter that terrorism is fundamentally a domestic criminal offense and should be prosecuted under the law enforcement paradigm. This conference asks whether the law enforcement and international humanitarian law models are able to theoretically address the unique characteristics of international terrorism. Sponsored by the Washington College of Law, the National Institute of Military Justice and the Federalist Society, and in cooperation with the ABA Section of International Law National Security Committee.

Registration Deadline: Required. Open to the public.

Discount Deadline: Free

This workshop will draw together current thinking, experience and theory regarding nation-building, security and development in Timor-Leste, and how the nexus between these areas can be explored by the many parties working in Timor-Leste. Keynote Speaker: Julio Tomas Pinto, Secretary of State for Defence, Timor-Leste. This workshop is supported by the Flinders International Asia Pacific Institute, Flinders Law School, the Australian Federal Police, and AusAID.

The Energy Charter Treaty, with its 51 member states, plays a major role in guaranteeing energy security in the Eurasian region. Since the Treaty came into force 10 years ago, at least 18 investment arbitration cases - including the noted Yukos and Libananco claims - have been initiated on the basis of the Treaty's powerful investment promotion and protection provisions. This conference is therefore a timely occasion to review the Treaty's achievements, its strong points and its limitations.

Topics will include: how to reconcile corporate governance laws in Asia for private equity investors; intellectual property; acquiring regulated investments; insolvency practice in emerging-market countries; arbitration and ADR; acquisition finance; cartel and antitrust legislation; regulatory tax developments; international trade between Asia, the US and the EU; and offshore funds and trusts. Keynote by Mr Wong Yan Lung SC JP, Secretary for Justice, Hong Kong. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

Topics will focus on industry trends and opportunities, covering the full cycle of investment, from raising capital, investing it and repatriation of capital and profits, insolvency issues, and what is expected from lawyers servicing the industry. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

Co-Sponsored by WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Embassy of Liechtenstein.

Registration Deadline: Required.

For the last 30 years, the Chinese government has engaged in the restructuring of the Chinese economic and administrative system. As part of this process, it has worked on the recreation of the judicial and legal systems in China. As Chinese companies expand their operations into the rest of world, and China increases its integration into the world economy, it can be expected that the application of Chinese law outside China, either through extraterritorial legislation or through choice of Chinese law in contractual relationships, will become much more common. Sponsored by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Discount Deadline: Members

Staying on top of the legal and policy developments in the climate change arena is no small task. As a service to our institutional members, the Environmental Law Institute announces a new series of monthly conference calls with three national experts on climate law and policy to keep you up to date and to answer your questions. NOTE: This series of briefings is only open to those who are ELI members by virtue of their organizations’ support of the Institute. Please consult their list of institutional member firms/consulting groups, corporations, or NGOs to ascertain if you are eligible to join these sessions.

This symposium examines emerging and re-emerging issues in international law and policy in the polar regions. Sponsored by the United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (Japan) in conjunction with the University of Akureyri (Iceland), and with the involvement of Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Finland).

Organized in association with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.

This conference will be of interest to private practitioners, in house lawyers, contract managers and claims consultants. Topics will include: avoiding procurement pitfalls; structuring the project; alliancing, partnering and supply-chain management; lawyer's role during the construction phase; and recent developments in dispute resolution. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

In April 2008, Minister Gillard announced a national inquiry into occupational health and safety laws in order to produce a model law which could be enacted by all of the States and Territories. Professor Ron McCallum AO will comment on the main legal challenges confronting prosecutions amongst the several jurisdictions. He is a professor of labor law at University of Sydney, where he was Dean of the Law School 2002-2007. He was the foundation Blake Dawson Waldron Professor in Industrial Law from 1993 to 2007. He was the first totally blind person appointed to a full professorship in any field at any Australian or New Zealand university.

Trading, Hedging and Arbitrage of LNG Cargoes and Natural Gas and How You Can Add Value to Your LNG Contracts. Explore how recent changes in competition laws affect diversion of LNG cargoes and destination flexibility; learn to structure new forms of credit support; get new advice on how to manage risks and costs by properly addressing terminal liability, P&I insurance, and marine services; find out about how price re-openers are being used in the LNG industry and what to expect with downstream joint ventures with national oil companies. Hosted reception/dinner at the Petroleum Club. Featuring: Darcel L. Hulse, President and CEO Sempra LNG.

Co-hosted by the Wilson Center's Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity and Asia Program, and Center for Peace Building International, this event explored various aspects of Nepal's ongoing political transition, in light of a civil war spanning 1996 to 2006, and recent move from monarchy to a federal democratic republic in 2006.

The Conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants to come together, exchange ideas, and discuss emerging issues in IT law and the emerging technological environment. We invite contributions focusing on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues of IT.

Abstracts Due: 7 August 2008

The Conference, organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers, provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to discuss important issues relating to international law, trade, commerce, and information technology.

Abstracts Due: 7 August 2008

This symposium strives to bring together academics, practitioners, research students and others interested in this field. The aim is to review and examine the challenges facing international law relating to armed conflict and to identify gaps in knowledge, policy and practice. The symposium will provide an open forum where relevant issues and perspectives can be discussed and views candidly exchanged. The Conference is organised under the auspices of the Centre for Legal Research, the research arm of Bristol Law School, University of the West of England, Bristol.

Abstracts Due: 31 March 2008

Discount Deadline: 31 July 2008

This four-day event features educational content across 26 tracks. The educational content is entirely peer-developed. Bill Mertes, Enterprise Software Architect at Winston & Strawn LLP and Michele Gossmeyer, Global I.S. Administration Manager at Mayer Brown LLP serve as co-chairs for this year's event.

Discount Deadline: 15 July 2008

Featuring a legal track on administrative aspects of IS. Track chair is Rónán Kennedy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland. Topics include regulation of electronic commerce, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic funds transfer (EFT and EFTPOS), rights management, and privacy.

Abstracts Due: 15 April 2008

Covering Brazil´s foreign policy and how it affects intellectual property.

Discount Deadline: 31 July 2008

This forum is for legal practitioners in the Latin American equipment leasing and financing industry, including in-house counsel, law firms, and government officers throughout the region. It will be conducted entirely in Spanish. Implicaciones jurídicas de la aplicación de las normas contables internacionales. Primer Foro Legal Latinoamericano de Leasing.

Discount Deadline: 15 July 2008

This conference will cover themes such as access to justice, consumer law, human rights law, bankruptcy, arbitration, reform of the UN Security Council, space law, and biotechnology. Sponsored by the International Law Association (ILA).

This conference features a host of speakers from the participating jurisdiction on current topics relating to arbitration. Participants are invited to the run the Brunei Hetero Hash Harrier on Friday.

The theme of the 2008 conference will be "Justice in a Diverse Society." Keynote addresses by John Braithwaite (Australian National University), Timur Kuran (Duke University), and Irene Watson (University of South Australia).

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section, with the Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters, the National Libraries Section, and the Section on Bibliography, are holding an Open Session on the theme of ""Libraries Without Borders: Navigating Towards Global Understanding."

The ABA Divisions, Sections, Committees and Commissions are developing over 200 CLE programs that will help you improve your professional skills and expertise.

Mexico is one of the largest emerging economies and a solid U.S. business partner. Yet, after many years of free trade under NAFTA, new business opportunities under new rules seem to be appearing in different areas, such as telecom, energy and trade. This half day program co-sponsored with the U.S. Mexico Bar Association will deal with the new legal aspects of doing business in Mexico. The high ranking speakers from the U.S. and Mexico will deal with those issues. The Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. will make a keynote presentation on business opportunities in Mexico.

Registration Deadline: $20,$30,$45

Discount Deadline: Members, Students

The Conference will reflect on whether the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), as defined by the ILO in Forms of Child Labour Convention No.182 (C182) and its associated Recommendation (R190), address the right issues, in the light of 21st century concerns with nationalism, identity and globalisation, or whether new approaches to protecting children’s rights are needed.

This year's theme, "Universal Action Now," underscores the continued urgency of the pandemic and reminds us of the responsibility we have to take individual and collective action. More than 25,000 participants and 3,000 members of the media are expected to attend the conference. Student discounts and scholarships available.

This conference will focus on contemporary policy, research, issues, interventions and advocacy to address what is widely perceived as the social exclusion, vulnerability and marginalization of indigenous communities in the developed and developing world and to propose programs and strategies to meet these challenges. It also will include research and discussion that underscores the linkages between indigenous communities' value systems and cultures with the sustainability of their natural and environmental resources.

The general theme of the Congress will be developed within three significant areas of the current state of crime and its control in the main regions of the world: transnational crime, urban crime, and victims and criminal justice.

More than 1,300 attendees attended ACA's 2007 convention. ACA International is the association of professional businesses and individuals involved in the credit and collection industry.

Building on the success of its 2007 'Healing the Wounds' Workshop, the Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies will hold a follow-up 3 and a half-day workshop focused on the development of sustainable healthcare systems in the aftermath of conflict. The focus of the workshop will be efforts to develop human resources, technical capacity, and local trust in local healthcare service providers. Practitioners and scholars have noted the tension between efforts to provide emergency healthcare relief during armed conflict and efforts to reconstruct sustainable public healthcare services in its aftermath.

The 2008 conference will focus on sharing ideas to meet future challenges in targeting IP Crime. It will also provide an excellent opportunity for law enforcement and other stakeholders to expand local and global partnerships, ultimately resulting in successful investigations and convictions.

The three primary young international arbitration organizations joined again with ITA and presented a special program on the eve of the Workshop. The Roundtable included two substantive panels of young and not-so-young international arbitration specialists and concluded with a networking reception. The Roundtable was designed for young lawyers under the age of 40 who are practicing or interested in practicing international arbitration.

The topics will include: Public International Law, Private International Law, International Institutions, International Trade and Business Law, International Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Rights, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, Refugee Law and International Criminal Law with special reference to International Criminal Court.

IFCLA, the International Federation of National IT Law Associations, supported by the majority of National IT Law societies, focuses on the impact of changes in technology, regulation, business and legal practices. Speakers will include IT specialists drawn from legal practice, the academic world, the judiciary, industry and government.

Speakers from Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia will examine the most common issues confronting lawyers engaged in crossborder matters: intellectual property (trademarks, patents, copyrights), mergers and acquisitions, employment and business immigration, arbitration, litigation and dispute resolution, franchising and licensing, sales, finance and investment, bankruptcy and insolvency, taxation, telecommunications and the Internet. Sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

Among the topics: jurisdiction in cyberspace; mobile; e-signatures; e-forensics; consumer protection; virtual worlds and taxation; telecommunication; IP rights; licensing; cybercrime; and outsourcing.

Abstracts Due: 1 August 2008

The Conference, organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers in cooperation with the University Economics Prague, provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to dialogue on important issues relating to international law, trade, commerce, and information technology.

Abstracts Due: 15 August 2008

The American Society of International Law (ASIL) will convene its 102nd annual meeting at a time of political change. Accordingly, with a theme of “The Politics of International Law,” the meeting will explore such issues as the relationship between politics and international law, the politics of international organizations, and how political change affects international law.

Led by Conference co-chairs Yas Banifatemi (Shearman & Sterling LLP, Paris) and Jeremy K. Sharpe (U.S. Dept. of State, Washington, DC), the 5th Annual ITA ASIL Conference was held April 9, 2008, at The Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by Institute for Transnational Arbitration's Academic Council and the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

The sessions will examine copyright and competition issues; national developments in the a global environment, pharmaceuticals, biotech patents, domain names, and employer's rights to IP. Sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

The Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS) is offering this session on security sector reform.

Using the same problem as the Vienna competition, and with substantially identical rules, the Vis (East) gives law students the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong to compete, on a date just before or after the Vienna orals. The Vis (East) is not a regional elimination prior to the Vienna orals, but a separate competition. Any law school may enter teams in either the Vienna competition or the Hong Kong competition, or both. There will be a winning Vis team in Vienna, as always, plus a winning Vis (East) team in Hong Kong.

The seminar will deal with recent developments in European environmental law, primarily by analysing the European Court of Justice's recent case law and the activities of the other EU institutions in the field of environmental law. Both individual measures and the European Commission's environmental policy as a whole will be discussed. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Sponsored by LAWASIA. See the website for more details.

The seminar will offer an overview of the political and legal contexts of current discussions and of the challenges surrounding pricing and reimbursement of medicines at national, European and international levels. An analysis will be offered of the different price systems in Europe, their advantages and weaknesses, as well as strategies put in place by pharmaceutical companies. The impact of parallel trades on the price of medicines and the need for balance between the essential role of generics and the protection of intellectual property will be discussed. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Discount Deadline: 7 November 2007

This seminar will cover various topics relating to both the wholesale and retail levels. Presentations will include the new European Code of Conduct for Clearing and Settlement. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Discount Deadline: 7 November 2007

This pre-Olympics conference on privacy, security and legal issues is organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), National Cultural Trade Research Base of China, Tsinghua University Internet Behaviour Research Institute, and the Communication University of China.

Abstracts Due: October 27, 2007

This 26th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship focuses on the Indian legal system. Sponsored by the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL).

This annual seminar is addressed to experts in this complex and dynamic area of Community taxation. Experts from the European Commission, academics and professionals specialised in this field will be invited to the debate.

Discount Deadline: 30 October 2007

The theme of the conference is "Interest, Auxiliary and Alternative Remedies in International Arbitration." One aim of the conference is to explore how to control the impact of time running between the occurrence of the damage and its full compensation. Sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

This conference will bring participants from the legal and business communities from the Asia-Pacific and beyond to discuss legal issues and implications in the field of sports law, and to expand the role of legal professionals serving the sports industry. Hosted by LAWASIA, Japan LAWASIA Friendship Association, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and China Law Society.

The programme and registration details for this event will be posted on their website when available.

One of the most significant outcomes of the World Summit on Information Society of 2005 was the creation of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Its main purpose is to discuss a wide range of issues related to Internet governance, and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to the international community.

This forum will look at the challenges presented by these measures in the field of Asylum and Immigration. It will discuss the perceived need for the EU to manage migration flows more effectively with special emphasis on the global approach to migration. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Registration Deadline: Discount 9 October 2007.

The Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS) is offering this session on combatting corruption.

The purpose of the conference is to shed light on aspects of international commercial arbitration that are particularly relevant to Latin American cases. Conducted under the auspices of the International Court of Arbitration.

During this 51st UIA Congress, the Union Internationale des Avocats (International Association of Lawyers – UIA) will be celebrating 80 years of its existence. The Congress will focus on three themes: criminal procedure at the crossroads; corporate governance; and women’s rights.

Vint Cerf, co-founder of the Internet, will step down as chairman after eight years spearheading the organisation. ICANN will showcase the changes it has made in the past year in an effort to pull the Internet community closer together and working together for the future of the network. Preregistration for an ICANN meeting is voluntary and free. This meeting is open to the public.

Discount Deadline: Free!

This seminar will assess the EU's counter-terrorism legislation in the field of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, focusing especially on their practical implications. Furthermore, the impact of the respective legislation on the private sector will be evaluated. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

The ISIL in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will host the annual regional round Moot Court Competition. The competition is held in memory of Henry Dunant, the founder of the ICRC.

The International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences will select 50 participants who currently hold a law degree, and have graduated in the last eight years (between 1999-2007) for this course.

Registration Deadline: 14 September 2007

This course aims at examining the current state of fundamental rights protection within the Union, the existing legal instruments and actors, including the European Court of Human Rights, as well as their interaction. The current challenges for fundamental rights protection within the Union, especially within the Third Pillar and in the wake of a Constitutional Treaty, will also be addressed. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Discount Deadline: 20 October 2007

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s domain name dispute resolution service gives effect to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) at the recommendation of WIPO. The Advanced Workshop will focus mainly on the trends of UDRP decisions with regard to the most important substantive and procedural issues.

The purpose of this Workshop is to provide intensive basic training of a practical nature for party representatives in arbitration and for arbitrators. The format of the Workshop will consist of presentations by the instructors, practical exercises supervised by the instructors and discussion between participants and instructors. Participants are expected to take an active part in the exercises and discussion sessions. Sponsored by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.

At this year's annual conference, three showcase sessions will be presented. The Public and Professional Interest Division will examine the value of awareness of cultural differences to lawyers working cross-jurisdictionally. The Legal Practice Division will look at the relationship between the rule of law and economic development, specifically through foreign investment. The Human Rights Institute will highlight some of the key developments in the global struggle against corruption.

Discount Deadline: 27 July 2007

Further details to be posted on the IBA website.

The seminar will explore a number of issues facing Chinese companies entering the European and US markets and will at the same time provide an invaluable insight for European and US practicing lawyers into understanding topics relevant to Chinese lawyers and their clients. Hosted by the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA).

The purpose of this conference is to analyse the current state of EU consumer protection law and the most important recent EU initiatives with an impact on this field. Sponsored by the Academy of European Law.

Discount Deadline: 15 August 2007

Pathways program at Santa Clara University School of Law for students to learn about career opportunities in international law.

The Fall Meeting will offer approximately 60 substantive programs with “best in the class” speakers; discussions of the latest legal, ethical and international issues; and programs for young lawyers. Hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of International Law.

Discount Deadline: 31 August 2007

Sponsored by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).

The Academy of European Law celebrates its fifteenth anniversary in 2007, marked by a congress on "The Future of Legal Europe." The event will feature a round table debate featuring high-level speakers on the subject of "50 years of European legal and political integration." Discounts for academics and young lawyers.

Discount Deadline: 29 August 2007

The aim of this initiative was to promote mutual understanding and co-operation between Europe and Asia in the area of political dialogue, particularly on human rights issues.

The conference will allow for presentation and discussion of current developments in the field of legal education and training in Europe in the context of the creation of the European Qualification Network. Sponsored by the CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe).

This conference addresses an industry need by providing a platform for air cargo claims professionals to interact. Legal cases involving air cargo worldwide will be presented. Sponsored by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Discount Deadline: 15 August 2007

Pathways program at Santa Clara University School of Law for students to learn about career opportunities in international law.

A series of conferences on different aspects of European contract law have been organized at ERA in order to involve legal practitioners, stakeholders and legal researchers in the drafting process. In this conference, members of the Network will present its drafts in the following areas: sales contracts, personal security, service contracts, commercial agency, franchise, and distribution contracts.

Highlights include: recent development and best practices in liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales agreements; practical considerations for financing LNG projects; legal ramifications of LNG multi-user terminals; current maritime law issues; and key regional trends in North Atlantic, Asia-Pacific, and Mexico. Sponsored by The Center for American and International Law (CAILAW).

Discount Deadline: 7 September 2007

This event examines how to protect your law firm in today's high stake environment. Sponsored by the Law Firm Management committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) in collaboration with the IBA European Forum.

The Conference will examine the history of the development of the European Union from its origin in ideas in the 1940s though the treaties of Rome (1957), Mastricht (1992), Amsterdam (1997) and Nice (2000), to the present stage with the European Constitution, signed in Rome on 29 October 2004, but awaiting debate within, and the judgment of, the 25 nations within the Union. Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems.

The conference will provide a platform for sharing knowledge and insight on the latest developments in nuclear research and its applications, and aims to seek synergy among scientists, industry representatives, policy makers and citizens on the various issues at stake. ENC 2007 is organised in cooperation with the Belgian Nuclear Society and OECD/NEA; in association with the American Nuclear Society; and with the support of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Abstracts Due: March 15 2007

The seminar will offer a forum for sharing practical experiences already gained in the operation of the new criminal records network and present and discuss the new initiatives mentioned, with particular reference to their likely impact on fundamental rights.

Discount Deadline: 14 August 2007

The seminar will cover the latest developments in arbitration in the different Latin American jurisdictions. Panelists will present an in-depth analysis of the major industrial sectors such as oil and gas, mining, concessions, and telecommunications. The choice between administered and ad hoc tribunals, the enforcement of the international awards and the competence of the arbitrator will be amongst the issues discussed. Sponsored by Cameron May, Lex Mercatoria.

The Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS) is offering a three-day workshop in cross-cultural learning and communications. The purpose of the workshop is to instill within practitioners a cognitive framework for understanding cultural differences they encounter when deployed to stability and reconstruction operations.

This specialist event will discuss and examine the current policies and developments in international competition law. Sponsored by the International Bar Association (IBA).

The objective of this year’s forum is to promote discussion on developments of some key issues of global and regional concern such as environmental policy for the airline industry, competition law and US-EU open skies agreement. Sponsored by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Discount Deadline: Free!

The Conference will coincide with the South Pacific Forum, an important initiative of the Law Council in conjunction with AusAID. The Forum will see representatives from eleven South Pacific nations brought together to discuss issues affecting the legal professions in the Australia-Pacific area. Hosted by the Law Council of Australia, Queensland Law Society, Bar Association of Queensland, and LAWASIA.

The conference aims to bring together scholars, academics and practitioners to discuss issues of international migration and their implications for human security. Sponsored by the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague in collaboration with the Centre for Human Security Studies at Chubu University, Japan, and the International Institute of Asian Studies at Leiden University.

The conference aims to bring together international lawyers from Africa and the rest of the world to discuss good governance as a developing phenomenon in international law with particular reference to the changing role of non-state actors in the international arena. Human rights, corporate governance, environmental law and sustainable development issues will be addressed through academic papers and panel discussions. Sponsored by the South African Branch of the International Law Association (SABILA) in conjunction with the VerLoren van Themaat Centre for Public Law Studies of the University of South Africa

The AIJA Congress offers working programs and social activities. AIJA membership will give you unrestricted access to online published working documents, general reports, and reduced participation fee for events.

Annual meeting of the American Bar Association (ABA) International Section.

The theme of the meeting, "Law and Society in the 21st Century: Transformations, Resistances, Futures," is intended to encourage debate on the transformations that are redefining law and society in the new century. The conference is the joint Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (International Sociological Association). Co-sponsored by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (UK), the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law, the Vereinigung für Rechtssoziologie, and the Sociology of Law Section of the German Sociological Association.

Registration Deadline: Discounts: 1 May, 10 July

This will be the third International Congress of its type. Topics of human rights will have predominance.

Speakers from the United States Agency for International Development and the Georgetown Law Center Women’s Law & Public Policy Program will describe current efforts to improve the rule of law for women around the globe. Sponsored by the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

This year’s conference theme is "Tomorrow’s Solutions" and will focus on tangible ideas to strengthen the rule-based nonproliferation regime. The conference will cover a range of challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and offer solutions through panel discussions . Sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Registration Deadline: early discount 7 June 2007

This event provides opportunities for professionals and academics to present their international work. English translation provided for many sessions.

This is the first AALS Mid-Year Conference on Teaching International Law in 11 years. It will bring together teachers and scholars for three days of intensive discussion on how we teach and write about international law and where the field is heading. There will be plenary sessions, small group discussions, and paper presentations. Co-sponsored by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

Sessions include cross-border criminal litigation, representing foreign clients under investigation in the United States, and the latest developments in issues related to the media and lobbyists, including celebrity crime and politically sensitive cases. The conference offers a mock court hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard J Leon in his courtroom. Presented by the Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association.

This Biennial will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Law Society of Hong Kong as well as the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of China.

ICAIL 2007 will be held under the auspices of the International Association for Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL), an organization devoted to promoting research and development in the field of AI and Law with members throughout the world. ICAIL provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest research results and practical applications and stimulates interdisciplinary and international collaboration.

Conference co-chairs: Professor John H Jackson, Director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and the Rt Hon Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC, King's College London, former Advocate-General, European Court of Justice. Sponsored by Sidley Austin LLP and organized in association with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the Journal of International Economic Law.

This conference will provide an overview of critical developments from a regulatory, competition, corporate and business viewpoint. The conference is intended for in-house and private practice lawyers, regulators, bankers and professionals involved in providing advice and guidance to the converging communications and technology industry and those with an interest in e-commerce law. Sponsored by the International Bar Association (IBA).

This conference provides an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to dialogue on important issues relating to international law, trade, commerce, and information technology. Organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) in cooperation with the Information Technology Law Research Center, Istanbul Bilgi University.

Abstracts Due: 1 April 2007

Please join Judge Dominique Hascher, Dr. Robert Briner, Bernard Hanotiau, Pierre Mayer, Margrete Stevens and other leading international arbitration practitioners for cutting-edge presentations, debate and dialogue. An internationally renowned faculty will discuss the key issues found in complex international commercial and investment disputes: consent and surrogates for consent; joinder and consolidation; the challenges of administration; classwide arbitration and mass claims; and enforcement. Each topic will combine principal presentations and comprehensive panel discussions to ensure multiple perspectives.

The Clingendael Institute is offering a four-day seminar on multilateral and cross-cultural negotiations in 2007 with the primary objective of improving participants insight into the negotiating process and their negotiation skills and techniques.

For two days, meet with world-class employers for face-to face interviews.

Registration Deadline: Required.

This global conference will include updates on anti-corruption developments around the world, a roundtable of leading prosecutors, expert discussions of internal investigations and the growing role of auditors in anti-corruption enforcement in Europe, analyses of the year's major cases and investigations, a workshop on state-of-the art compliance programmes and more. Sponsored by the International Bar Association.

This moot is a simulated hearing in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system. Competitor teams represent both the Complainant and Respondent parties to the Case by presenting oral submissions in front of a Panel. Sponsored by the European Law Students' Association.

An estimated 750 international experts and officials will meet to discuss non-proliferation. Sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Sponsored by the International Trademark Association (INTA).

A conference presented by the Maritime and Transport Law Committee, the Aviation Law Committee and the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Associations Legal Practice Division.

The core of the conference features 97 sessions organized into 14 subject and practice areas tracks: arbitration, communication, community/peer, construction, corporate and business ADR, court, ethics, family, government/ environment/public policy, international, labor and employment, mediation and more.

Frits Kalshoven will give a lecture about the principle of proportionality.

Registration Deadline: FREE

Visits will also be made to the ICTY, and the ICC. Amongst the other institutions the conference will examine will be the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the T.M.C. Asser Institute, the Carnegie Foundation, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations "Clingendael", the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Europol and Eurojust. Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems.

The Hague Conference on the International Legal System will be addressed by senior officials of various international organizations and research institutions and practitioners of courts, and visits will be made to the Peace Palace for the institutions located there, the World Court, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and, the Hague Academy of International Law. Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems.

The International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) will join with the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) to host its 2007 Annual Conference. Keynote speaker: Mark M. Lowenthal

Co-sponsored by the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit (LEIU) and the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA).

Organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).

The conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to come together and exchange ideas for discussing key developments in IT law, and emerging issues on security. The 2nd LSPI Conference is organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL) and the East China University of Politics and Law ( ECUPL).

Abstracts Due: 20 February 2007

The theme for the Fourth Annual Conference of The Hague Academic Coalition is "Culture and International Law."Each year the Hague Academic Coalition (HAC) hosts a Conference in the "From Peace to Justice" Series. The Coalition is a consortium of six academic institutions based in The Hague, the Netherlands, that are all working in the fields of international relations, international law and/or international development.

Jelena Pejic of the legal department of the International Committee of the Red Cross will speak on "Fundamental Guarantees." Hosted by the The Hague Initiative on Law and Armed Conflict (HILAC).

The event offers ELSA members the opportunity to be acquainted with this transnational real estate law and corporate law in Europe. Sponsored by the European Law Students' Association.

The T.M.C. Asser Instituut hosts "Tackling Climate Change: An Appraisal of the Kyoto Protocol and Options for the Future." The main themes of this conference rely on two such aspects: implementation of the existing framework, and strategies for the future in the short and medium term.

More than 1,000 practitioners, academics, and students travel to Washington, D.C. each spring from all over the world to debate and discuss the latest developments in their field. ASIL's 101st Annual Meeting, will reflect on the theme "The Future of International Law". Sponsored by the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

Conference co-chairs: Prof. Roger P. Alford, Pepperdine University School of Law, and Prof. Cathering A. Rogers, Louisiana State University School of Law. Co-sponsored by the ASIL and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration at CAILAW.

Full day celebration of the Treaty of Rome. Sponsored by the International Trade Law Society and cosponsored by the International Legal Studies Program and the American Society of International Law (ASIL).

The Jessup competition simulates a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands. In 2006, more than 81 countries participated. The competition is administered by the International Law Students Association (ILSA).

Registration Deadline: 27 October 2006

The general topic will be the "Growing Nuclearisation of the World." Topics include Nuclear Weapon Free Zones, whether to adopt NWFZs in Europe and the Middle East, IAEA control functions, and the future of the NPT. Sponsored by PSR / IPPNW Switzerland.

The conference will address issues surrounding the Arbitration of Investment Disputes and Human Rights and will include 2 panels. Panel I will discuss possible conflicting concerns between International Human Rights and Investment Law in International Arbitration. Panel II will address procedural issues, including Role of Human Rights Law in Investment Disputes, Amici Briefs and Access to Information and transparency in Investment Arbitration. Sponsored by the American University, Washington College of Law, and the Center for International Environmental Law.

The next lecture in the Supranational Criminal Law Lecture Series will be given by Heikelina Verrijn Stuart on "National Jurisdictions Judging International Crimes: the Van Anraat Case." Organized by The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, CICC.

With the EU soon to mark its 50th anniversary with Europe-wide celebrations, the occasion will also see events taking place around the world, including the United States, where a special ‘European Week’ will fete half a century of EU-US cooperation.

Keynote speakers include Judge Vassilios Skouris (President of the European Court of Justice) (tbc) and Judge Bo Vesterdorf (President of the Court of First Instance). Organised as part of the Institute's European and Comparative Law Programme.

Distinguished scholars will present their views in key-note lectures and comment on papers submitted. This will be a fine chance for a new generation of scholars engaged in the current international legal discourse to meet, discuss and broaden their theoretical and empirical horizons.

Abstracts Due: August 2006

Seattle University School of Law, the Legal Writing Institute (LWI), and the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) are proud to sponsor a conference on The Pedagogy of Legal Writing for legal academics from Africa. The conference will be presented at no cost to the participants.

Registration Deadline: FREE

The workshop will be presented in English and Spanish with simultaneous translation. Sessions will address current issues in international investment and international commercial arbitration. Sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration at The Center for American and International Law.

Forum for maritime arbitrators.

Sponsored by the International Intellectual Property Forum of Quebec (FORPIQ).

The aim of the Consortium is to deepen and expand academic links throughout the world in the promotion of the internationalization of legal education. The Consortium will seek to build on various frameworks for improving legal curricula, develop student and faculty models of exchange, and establish innovative joint research activities.

This Conference marks the beginning of events organised to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Refugee Studies Centre. The RSC wishes to promote the debate among academics, governments, international organisations, NGOs, practitioners, policy-makers and others on issues of refugee protection by brining discussions on refugee protection within the broader framework of related areas of international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law.

Abstracts Due: 21 August 2006

Registration Deadline: Discount 21 August 2006

The conference examines impact of terrorism on mutual legal assistance, with attention for the 13 UN multilateral antiterrorism conventions. It includes a case study in which a suspected African terrorist is invited to The Netherlands for peace negotiations in The Hague Peace Palace. Upon arrival, the United States, Portugal, and Belgium request that person's extradition. Sponsored by the International Criminal Law Network.

The Conference is an opportunity for academics, practitioners and consultants from different backgrounds to come together and exchange ideas for discussing key developments in Business, Law and Technology. Keynote speakers include: Vilenas Vadapalas, Judge at the European Union Court of First Instance; Jens Feilberg, President of the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court; and Justice Raymond Ranjeva, Vice President of the International Court of Justice. Organized by the International Association of IT Lawyers.

Abstracts Due: 20 October 2006

Among the themes that could be discussed are: (I.) Jurisdictional Bases, (II) Family Laws: (a) Marriage: validity, Divorce, Succession and maintenance; (b) Children: adoption, custody and abduction; (III) Law of obligations: (a) Legal Cooperation and harmonisation procedure; (b) International contracts, civil wrongs and IPRs. The conference is organised by the Indian Society of International Law in collaboration with T.M.C Asser Institute, The Hague, and Hague Conference on Private International Law, The Hague.

This program is intended for both experienced and newly-admitted lawyers seekinga comprehensive understandign of recent developments in federal procedure and practice. The curse will center on newly developed changes in the FRCP affecting restyliztion, electronic discovery, choice of forum issues, and the inter-relationship of federal and state litigation. Sponsored by: The Center for American and International Law.

The tax advantages of trusts are under intense scrutiny, but the trust itself remains an attractive and effective structure for preserving and enhancing long-term wealth. This year's STEP Winter Conference examines some of the latest developments affecting the use of trusts and current thinking on the different ways in which trusts can provide long-term protection for their beneficiaries.

Co-hosted by International Lawyers Network (ILN) and Halsbury Chambers.

The sessions will review the structuring of friendly and hostile takeovers, with particular reference to the mergers and acquisitions environment in North America and the European Union. Speakers also will address issues relating to corporate governance, directors' liability, due diligence, the assumption of liabilities by the acquiring entity, and tax implications. Hosted by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

The Conference features: litigation highlights symposium on natural disaster planning, new trends in development including new towns and master planned communities and smart growth. Sponsored by: The Center for American and International Law.

Discuss the latest legal, ethical and international issues with your contemporaries such as international practitioners, EU and other government officials, in-house counsel and academics from around the world.

The second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) will be held in conjunction with the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 120). The conference will also include the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 25), the twenty-fifth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 25), and the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG 2).

This seminar offers a rare opportunity to hear from prominent thinkers around the world as we strive to understand the role of national law in a global society. Compelling anecdotes and case studies will enhance an exceptional range of presentations by distinguished speakers. Hosted by the University of Western Australia.

Deadline for U.S. teams to register for the 2007 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

This academic conference seeks to analyze the current state of Western Sahara, examine the viewpoints of relevant actors, and explore the prospects for bringing the dispute over the status of the territory to an end. Sponsored by the International Platform of Jurists for East Timor (IPJET), and the Institute of Social Studies.

Registration Deadline: Discount for students.

The event will explore the rapid evolution of public and private international law and the resulting consequences for the global legal environment. Experts will lead interactive sessions dealing with such topics as the increasing importance of international courts, escalating tensions between state sovereignty and human rights, the reasons for and consequences of the U.S.'s changing relationshps with the rest of the world, and the importance of professional organizations in holding a mirror to power. Hosted by the American Branch of the International Law Association.

The theme of the conference is the Responsibility of Individuals, States and Organizations. The conference will consider the law applicable to organizations, such as NATO, the UN and its specialized agencies. To be held in the recently renovated main lecture halls at the University of Ottawa.

This conference will focus on key litigation issues in the energy industry today. The program is designed to bridge the gap between general energy law seminars that provide limited content that is directly relevant to an energy litigation practice and general litigation seminars that are designed for a broad range of trial attorneys with no special emphasis on an energy litigation practice. The faculty of leading energy trial attorneys and general counsel will address new, emerging litigation trends and will survey the development of historical litigation issues which remain a significant part of the legal landscape today.

This conference will highlight management issues of submerged lands and resources, including: public trust rights in tidal waterways and on their shores; development that extends below the high or low water mark; use of lands lying beneath waterbodies, and the water column above them; and other relevant coastal zone management and land use issues.

The conference programme focuses on the future of tax in the PRC; the use of private trust companies in Asia; the theory and practice of the US, UK, Canada and Australia tax foreign trusts; succession issues in a cross-border estate; and trust administration issues.

The conference is designed to provide attendees with a working knowledge of current international ADR processes and to promote a critical examination of the benefits and costs implicit in international ADR expansion.

The teleconference will address what the Hague Service Convention is and how it works. The presentation will include practical tips on serving process abroad. Sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of International Law and the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education.

Confirmed speakers include: Benjamin Ferencz, Former Nuremberg Prosecutor; Professor David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone; Alison des Forges, Human Rights Watch; Professor Ruti Teitel, New York School of Law; Paul van Zyl, International Center for Transitional Justice; and Edna Udobong, International Development Partners. Hosted at the NYU Law School.

Sponsored by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).

LAWTECH 2006 will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Co-sponsored by the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) and the International Society for Law and Technology (ISLAT).

Abstracts Due: 5 July 2006

This interdisciplinary conference aims to facilitate the study of historical, political, legal and military implications of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial across the past six decades. Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Policy History and the Social Philosophy and Policy Center of Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo College of Law and the Robert H. Jackson Center. Graduate students and professionals may submit paper and panel proposals.

Abstracts Due: 15 March 2006

Was it a mistake to try Saddam in Baghdad before a panel of Iraqi judges? Was the Iraqi High Tribunal a legitimate judicial institution? Were the proceedings fundamentally fair? Did the judges react properly to the defendant’s attempts to derail the proceedings? Was the media coverage of the trial comprehensive and accurate? Sponsored by the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center. WEBCAST LIVE on the Internet (visit their website to view)

Registration Deadline: Free, open to the public

UofT Faculty of Law JD and Graduate Students: Write research papers on women's rights law issues in any of your law courses. Papers submitted for evaluation in courses this academic year will be considered for presentation at a student symposium to be held in October 2006.

This course presents relevant topics in ethics and human rights that are important to doctors and other health personnel working in prisons. Provided by the Norwegian Medical Association.

This conference will celebrate 40 years of LAWASIA, the Law Association for Asia & the Pacific.

A symposium on international criminal law; commemoration of the trial of the major German war criminals at the end of the second world war and its impact on international law, the judicial system, world peace, and order; and a special commentary and documentary presentation. Presented by the Whitney R. Harris Institute of Global Legal Studies, Washington University Department of Philosophy and the Washington University School of Law in collaboration with the Robert H. Jackson Center and the American Society of International Law (ASIL Regional Centennial Conference).

This conference will provide time-starved corporate counsel a unique opportunity network with their peers and get critical updates on the European and international regulatory, legislative and litigious developments. This opportunity will allow representatives from leading international law firms and legal solution providers to interact with corporate counsel in a series of proactive one-to-one business meetings, conference presentations and informal networking opportunities. Sponsored by marcus evans.

This biennial conference is specifically designed for attorneys who represent media companies, both electronic and print, and will cover defamation, intellectual property, newsgathering and access, reporter's privilege, and other key issues, including indecency.

Sponsored by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL).

The symposium will examine topical issues in air law and regulation in Europe, including insights into the likely contents of the forthcoming EU-US bilateral agreement. Hosted by Cranfield University.

Lawyers who are new to Antitrust Law (or who seek a comprehensive refresher) should attend the entire program to gain a basic understanding of Antitrust Law during the first four days of this intensive course. More experienced Antitrust Lawyers should join us on September 29 for an intensive program on "Mergers and Acquisitions Under the Clayton Act." Everyone should attend Thursday's dinner honoring Thomas E. Kauper, a true giant in Antitrust. CLE available.

The conference presents a unique opportunity to bring together academics, practitioners and other stakeholders to interrogate core issues in the international and national protection of refugees. This major conference is being organised jointly by Durham University Human Rights Centre and the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.

Abstracts Due: August 2006

The Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Board of Governors of the World Bank Group (World Bank) meet once a year. The Annual Meetings, which generally take place in September-October, have customarily been held in Washington for two consecutive years and in another member country in the third year. The Annual Meetings include 2 days of plenary sessions, during which Governors take up matters of business, consult with one another, and address the assembled delegates to present their countries' views on current issues in international economics and finance.

Major themes of the conference are perspectives and principles of CDM, along with legal, financial and methodological aspects of the Kyoto mechanism.

The Academy of European Law, in co-operation with CCBE and with the support of the European Commission, will run three seminars in 2006 on European civil law. The first seminar will take place on 22-24 February 2006 and will provide an in-depth analysis of European civil procedure. The second seminar of the series, which will take place on 29-31 May 2006, will be devoted to European family law. The third event will study European insolvency law and will run on 18-20 September 2006.

The Conference will examine the history of the development of the European Union from its origin in ideas in the 1940s though the treaties of Rome (1957), Mastricht (1992), Amsterdam (1997) and Nice (2000), to the present stage with the European Constitution, signed in Rome on 29 October 2004, but awaiting debate approval of 25 nations within the Union. Sponsored by the Australian Institute of Comparative Legal Systems.

Sponsored by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL). Conducted in English.

Annual conference of the IBA offering over 150 working sessions. The conference will take place at the McCormick Place Convention Centre.

The symposium will consider how the rule of law intersects with a range of issues, including economic development, corruption, an independent judiciary and legal system, women’s rights and more. The symposium is by invitation only with priority given to Section officers and bar leaders. The rule of law is not about being in an international practice setting, or about "globalization." Hosted by the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.

The high cost of litigation has become a significant impediment to access to justice. The conference is designed to identify and consider issues relevant to the cost of litigation from the viewpoint of litigants, legal profession, government and courts and tribunals. Keynote speaker: retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Other speakers include: Hon. Anthony Clarke; Hon James Spigelman; Robert Musgrove; and Adrian Zuckerman. Convened by The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration.

Registration Deadline: Early discount: 14 July 2006

The theme for the 2006 Colloquium will be "Communities in Action for Crime Prevention." The Colloquium will include plenary presentations and three concurrent series of workshops. Sponsored by the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime.

The aim of the conference is to provide an arena to discuss a broad range of issues concerning the place of ethics and human rights in development research, policy and practice. The conference is organized by the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo, in collaboration with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), Oslo, and the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI), Bergen.

Abstracts Due: 30 April 2006

This two-day conference addresses LNG (liquefied natural gas) trends by region and provides an in-depth analysis of issues across the LNG Chain, including construction costs and project finance. Attend a special reception and dinner featuring Clay Harris, President and CEO, Suez Global LNG Ltd. Earn 10.5 hours of MCLE Credit and 5 hours of Ethics. Co-Chairs: Tom E. Cook, Deputy General Counsel-Exploration and Production ConocoPhillips and Philip R. Weems, King and Spalding LLP. Hosted by The Institute for Energy Law of The Center for American and International Law.

This two-day conference focuses on family law in Europe. The conference will be held at Vrije University.

The Annual Course in International Law Librarianship is the Association's main meeting and educational event of the year. There are three main themes this year: Constitutional Law and the Developments of Federalism; Legal Education: the Problem of Uniformity and Differentiation (Bologna process); and The Legal System of Russia at a Contemporary Stage. Optional trip to Moscow available.

The American Bankruptcy Institute’s second program in Europe will bring together top international speakers to discuss the issues of the moment in international insolvency and restructuring. CLE credit available.

This event focuses on the IT legal industry. It is supported by the Records Management Association of Australia, the International Legal Technology Association, and the Law Society of Hong Kong.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Charter of the International Military Tribunal (IMT), held in Nuremberg, the Conference will focus on the evolution and successive developments of international criminal law. What are the current instances of international justice? Has the world community managed to set up a fair international juridical system? Has it acted as a deterrent in any way? Sponsored by the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), in close co-operation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Conducted in English, French, and Italian.

The 2006 Conference will be hosted by the AHRC Research Centre for studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, located in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh. The conference brings together legal academics and practitioners from around the world to consider and debate all aspects of information technology law.

The main objective of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from different disciplines, all interested in electronic commerce and Web technologies and to assess current methodologies and new research directions.

The 2006 Conference will be hosted by the AHRC Research Centre for studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, located at the School of Law in the University of Edinburgh.

The central theme of the Congress is: The Right Justice. Issues touching on the administration of justice as it affects the main influences on children and youth – family, community, society and youth justice will be considered within the context of a set of themes that reflect the rights enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international instruments. Plenary proceedings will be conducted in English, French and Spanish with simultaneous translation.

Abstracts Due: 14 January 2006

This will be the first multi-disciplinary IP forum in the Asia Pacific region covering all the three main IP rights, as well as enforcement and business issues. The theme of GFIP 2006 is "Tilting the Global Balance in the IPR landscape : The Strategic Implications of the growth in the Asia Pacific region".

Registration Deadline: Discount 31 March 2006

Speakers from North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia will examine the most common issues confronting lawyers engaged in cross-border matters: mergers and acquisitions, employment and business immigration, intellectual property, litigation and dispute resolution. The second part of the week will focus on franchising and licensing, finance, investment, bankruptcy, insolvency, and taxation issues. Hosted by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

The five-day forum will provide formal presentations and discussions of the proposed U.S. and international actions on mercury emissions. The conference will include a mixture of focused plenary sessions, special sessions, and contributed poster sessions.

Abstracts Due: 1 February 2006

This five-day training is designed to provide an opportunity for mid-career policymakers and practitioners to acquire and refine the necessary skills to address humanitarian challenges. The training focuses on the role of IHL in the work of governments, international organizations, and humanitarian NGOs operating in conflict zones. Co-sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University.

Hosted by American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL).

Registration Deadline: discounts 15 Jan and 15 Apr

The conference marks the 10th Anniversary of Ireland’s ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention. This programme concerns a range of issues, including the transport of hazardous waste, the role of science in international decision-making, capacity building and technology transfer to developing nations. Sponsored by the Marine Institute, Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland.

Sponsored by Mu'tah University.

Intended for professionals involved in the criminal justice system

Abstracts Due: 15 April 2006

Threat of attack, as well as recurring levels of criminal violence, are now part of the daily life of professionals in many conflict areas, hindering their work and limiting their access to people in need. This project aims to promote professional and strategic approaches to the security of humanitarian personnel through customized pedagogical, simulation and IT material. Sponsored by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University.

The conference theme "Mediating Cultures in the Pacific and Asia" expresses the idea that mediation takes place in diverse ways throughout the different social and legal systems in the Asia Pacific region. The forum will include two days of pre-conference workshops, with basic and advanced mediation training, followed by a two day conference with presentations covering theory and practice issues. Hosted by the University of the South Pacific, Fiji.

Abstracts Due: 31 January 2006

The conference will invite a reconsideration of the concepts of Sovereignty, Supremacy and Subsidiarity and explore which of these, if any, should prevail as the organizing paradigm for the allocation of authority in the complexity of contemporary and future international law? Held in honor of Prof. Ruth Lapidoth and sponsored by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law.

Abstracts Due: 1 December 2005

Euro-Counsels organizes the "International Meetings of Technology and Law in Marseille", on the subject "Internet under high surveillance". Held with the participation of Hextalls LLP, Solicitors, London, and in partnership with Unil HEC Lausanne University; Euro-Counsels international lawyers' society; Marseilles Lawyers' Bar Council, Southern Formation Center of Lawyers. All the lectures will be in French.

Fifteen specialist panels will examine the decision to arbitrate (and the "alternatives"), the law that will apply to the arbitration proceeding, cultural considerations in international arbitration, the agreement to arbitrate, appointment of arbitrators, institutional rules concerning disclosure and conduct of arbitrators, and more. Hosted by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS).

This workshop will address investment-treaty arbitration under the auspices of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and includes a mock arbitration with specialist commentaries. The luncheon speaker will be Johnny Veeder, Q.C., who will address the art and science of investor state arbitration in the 21st Century. New this year is a meeting for Young International Arbitrators on 14 June. Sponsored by the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

The program will offer: networking opportunities with a delegation from India; lessons learned from U.S. Companies, including Texas Instruments (TI) and Electronic Data Systems (EDS); and recommendations to outsourcing issues. Keynote by Dr. Isher J. Ahluwalia, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Sponsored by The Center for American and International Law.

The European Commission is due to publish by the end of 2005 its long-awaited proposal for the revision of the TV Without Frontiers directive (89/552/EEC as amended by 97/36/EC). The seminar will provide a practitioners’ analysis of the Commission’s proposal and feed into the wider debate on the future of the directive in the Parliament and Council. Hosted by the Academy of European Law.

Hosted by the International Bar Association (IBA).

This conference focuses on the latest developments in therapeutic jurisprudence and its application. The program features two plenary sessions and 40 individual sessions on diverse topics, including criminal, civil, family, mental health, indigenous issues, victims, women, homosexuality, restorative justice, and legal education. Keynote speakers: Bruce Winick and David Wexler. Sponsored by The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration in cooperation with eight other organizations.

72nd Biennial Conference of the International Law Association (ILA). The website requires Flash to view any information. To avoid the Flash, view the brochure in pdf.

In the afternoon immediately following the ICCA Congress, young arbitration practitioners from around the world will be gathering for the first global YAP event. Hosted by International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).

The first part of the program will be devoted to the key provisions and problems associated with the directives for the European Commission and European Patent Office, as well as the international agreements in the field of biotechnology (European Patent Convention, TRIPs, Biological Diversity Convention, Convention on Substantive Patent Law etc.). This will be followed by a podium discussion with the aim of widening the spectrum of the debate and identifying perspectives for the future. Hosted by the Academy of European Law.

The Academy of European Law, in co-operation with CCBE and with the support of the European Commission, will run three seminars in 2006 on European civil law. The first seminar will take place on 22-24 February 2006 and will provide an in-depth analysis of European civil procedure. The second seminar of the series, which will take place on 29-31 May 2006, will be devoted to European family law. The third event will study European insolvency law and will run on 18-20 September 2006.

Hosted by the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL).

This program focuses on commercial transactions and is intended for lawyers and judges from countries other than the U.S. Over the past 42 years, this program has attracted more than 2100 participants from 114 countries. It is particularly valuable for non-U.S. lawyers who work for multi-national corporations or law firms that represent U.S. clients or multi-national clients with U.S. interests. This is not a degree program and is not as comprehensive as a Master of Laws Program. Hosted by the The Institute for International and Comparative Law.

Registration Deadline: 3 April 2006

The Conference aims to engage experts on exporting developing and transition economies as well as specialists from industrialized countries to share their experience on various aspects of the resource exploitation, its environmental consequences, on consumption patterns, and markets.

Abstracts Due: 10 December 2005

Registration Deadline: 17 March 2006

The number of private military/security companies operating in situations of armed conflict has grown exponentially in recent years. Has international and national law kept pace with the expansion of these companies? How can they be held accountable for the actions of their staff? Sponsored by The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Registration Deadline: Free and open to the public.

The main goal is to engage a constituency of governmental and ind