Welcome to the Center for International Law

Lunch time lecture: Thomas Hickey, Assistant General Counsel, Hess Corporation

• DATE: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
• TIME: 12:45 pm – 1:45 pm
• LOCATION: W-402
• LUNCH: A free lunch will be provided

Thomas Hickey will discuss how companies such as Hess work to develop policies and procedures to eradicate bribery and corruption, and to ensure compliance with anti-corruption legislation, protocols, and conventions. Mr. Hickey is admitted to practice in the state of California and in England and Wales. He has worked in London, Houston, and Kuala Lumpur in support of Hess’s oil and gas production business.

C.V. Starr Lecture III: Outsourcing and Insourcing Crime: The Political Economy of Globalized Criminal Activity

• DATE: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
• TIME: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
• LOCATION: 185 West Broadway (Faculty and Staff Commons, W-203, 2nd floor)
• CLE credit: is available for this lecture

Doron Teichman, a law professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will explain how crime control policies adopted by one country increasingly affect criminal behavior in others and describe the competitive dynamics that drive legislation relating to global criminal activity.
 

Lunch in the Boardroom: Jordan Kanfer '97, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, T-Systems North America

• DATE: Monday, March 26, 2012
• TIME: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
• LOCATION: W204 (Boardroom)
• LUNCH: A free lunch will be provided

Jordan Kanfer '97 will speak to students in an informal setting about his work at T-Systems (a division of Deutsche Telekom) which provides information and communication technology solutions to corporations and industry sectors in over 20 countries. Before joining T-Systems in 2005, Kanfer held senior in-house legal positions at Telerate (Reuters) and Global Crossing.
 

NEW SEMESTER ABROAD PROGRAM IN THE NETHERLANDS

New York Law School has partnered with Radboud University in the Netherlands to create a semester abroad program. Beginning in Fall 2012, New York Law School students may study at Radboud, a well-regarded Dutch university with a broad array of courses which significantly complements our course offerings in the areas of international and comparative law. Click here for application procedures.
 

C.V. STARR SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS

Through a generous grant from the Starr Foundation, the Center for International Law will grant summer stipends to a limited number of students to pursue summer internships (beginning in summer 2012) in the area of international business law. Click here for eligibility requirements and application procedures.
 

 Lunch time lecture: Peter Damiano, Senior Director, J.Crew

• DATE: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
• TIME: 12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
• LOCATION: Room W302
• LUNCH: A free lunch will be provided.

One of the most well-known retail brands in the United States, J.Crew has now begun expanding its business internationally. It already has online retail channels in Europe and Asia, and, last year, it opened its first foreign retail store in Toronto, Canada. Peter Damiano will speak more about his work and the issues which arise when American companies go abroad.

Information sessions on joining the Center for International Law

Students may join the Center for International Law as Harlan Scholars (for those at the top of their class) or International Associates (which is open to all students). The Center will hold information sessions on Tuesday, February 28, 2012:
 

• 12:50 pm - 1:45 pm (Room W-302) -- A light lunch will be served.
• 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm (Room SW-902 on the 9th floor of 40 Worth St.)

Students may attend either session. Click here for more information on these programs.
 

Fall/Winter 2011 Center newsletter now available

The Fall/Winter 2011 issue of The International Review – the only academic newsletter published by an ABA-accredited law school that reports on a wide range of contemporary international and comparative law topics – is now available online for viewing and downloading. Unlike many international law publications laden with dense prose and technical jargon, the articles in our newsletter are written in PLAIN ENGLISH.

First published by the Center for International Law in 1999, The International Review was awarded the 2009 Gold Award for “Most Improved Editorial (Print Newsletter)” in the Sixth Annual Magnum Opus Awards by a panel of journalism professors and publishing professionals. It was also awarded the 2007 Gold Award for “Best Edited Organization Newsletter” by the publisher of The Newsletter on Newsletters, which TIME magazine described as "the bible of the [newsletter] industry."


 

C.V. Starr Lecture II: The Impact of European Court of Human Rights Judgments on Criminal Law Practice in Europe

• Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
• Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
• Location: 185 West Broadway (Faculty and Staff Commons, W-203, 2nd floor)
• CLE credit: is available for this lecture
   

Willem F. Korthals Altes, a senior judge in the Criminal Law Division of the Rechtbank of Amsterdam, will provide an overview of the principles and rules in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Treaty on the European Union, both of which can have an immediate impact on criminal law practice when they are enforced in individual EU member states, but are not always applicable in the same countries.

Lunch time lecture: Legislation by Stealth: Negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

• Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
• Time: 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm
• Location: 185 West Broadway (W-302, 3rd floor)
• Lunch: A free lunch will be provided

Michael Blakeney, a professor of intellectual property law at the University of London and the University of Western Australia, will explain why the eight signatory nations to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement -- which requires them to create much stronger domestic standards for enforcing intellectual property rights -- negotiated its terms under unusual secrecy.

 C.V. Starr Lecture I: International Investment Law and Human Rights Treaties: A Sociological Perspective

• Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
• Time: 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm (Please note the start time!)
• Location: 185 West Broadway (Faculty and Staff Commons, W-203, 2nd floor)
• CLE credit: is available for this lecture

Moshe Hirsch, a professor of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will explain why international investment tribunals have been generally reluctant to use provisions from international human rights laws when deciding disputes. While several reasons may explain this reluctance, Professor Moshe Hirsch will focus on the socio-cultural factors involved in the interaction between these branches of international law, and discuss how to bridge the gap that separates them.
 

Information session on New York Law School’s study abroad program in London, England

• Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012
• Time: 1:00 pm - to 2:00 pm
• Location: W-420
• Lunch: Free pizza and beverages
• RSVP: jill.rodgers@nyls.edu (212-431-2848)

Are you interested in studying abroad in London, England, this summer where you can take various international law courses (for a letter grade) taught by New York Law School professors along with a possible internship in London? Attend our information session and find out more. (You can also find more information here.) Free pizza and beverages will be provided. To RSVP, please send an e-mail to jill.rodgers@nyls.edu

For more detailed information on the Law School's policies concerning summer abroad programs, please click here.