60th Anniversary of the Genocide Convention: Impunity No More?

Sixty years ago today on 9 December 1948, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide by Resolution 260 (III). Outside in the hallway, an unassuming lawyer from Warsaw sat alone upon the floor in tears. His fifteen years of effort to name and prohibit […]

Call for Papers: PolicyMatters

PolicyMatters, a public policy research journal at UC Berkeleyâ€™s Goldman School of Public Policy, invites submissions for its Spring 2009 issue. The deadline is 15 February 2009.

Call for Papers: International Academic-Practical Conference on Law and Globalization

The Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University invite abstracts for an international conference to be held in Lithuania on 22 May 2009. Presentations may be in Lithuanian, Russian, or English. The deadline for abstracts is 1 March 2009.

Call for Papers: International Public Policy Review

The International Public Policy Review of University College London is currently inviting submissions of articles written in all areas of or relating to governance and public policy. The Review welcomes numerous forms of contributions including case study, results of research, a comparative survey, or a critical analysis and reflection on the topic. The deadline is […]

Inaugural Countdown: Legal Challenge to Inaugural Oath and Prayer

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton dismissed a constitutional challenge to the inclusion of religious references and prayer at Tuesday’s inaugural ceremony on the basis that the plaintiffs failed to show “concrete and immediate” harm. Thus, he concluded that the plaintiffs lacked standing to request extraordinary injunctive relief. At issue in Newdow v. Roberts was […]

Dream Alive: “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt”

Today in the United States, we honored the memory and life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. In his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, he said with respect to racial equality: “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.” Although he was referring to civil liberties, the […]

Call for Papers: Environmental Ethics, Sustainability and Education

The 8th Global Conference on Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship is looking for papers that investigate and explicitly explore environmental ethics and sustainability. Abstracts are due by 6 February 2009.

Call for Papers: ESIL/ASIL Research Forum

The European Society of International Law and American Society of International Law are co-hosting the 3rd Research Forum, “Changing Futures? Science and International Law,” in Helsinki on 2-3 October 2009. International lawyers are invited to submit abstracts on relevant topics, such as data privacy, global health, climate change, nuclear nonproliferation, law of the sea, law […]

Inaugural Countdown: Treaties Pending U.S. Ratification

With the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama one week away, here is a brief look at 7 major treaties that the United States has not ratified. These treaties have been awaiting the advice and consent of the Senate. They cover topics such as human rights, biodiversity, the protection of victims in armed conflicts, the […]

First Place – California State Bar, International Law Writing Competition

My article, “The Legal Implications of Nearshore Outsourcing to Mexico,” won first place in the International Law Section of the California State Bar Second Annual Law Student Writing Competition! The article is intended for practitioners in international commercial and trade law and cross-border data transfers. The article examines the potential legal advantages and pitfalls of […]