Events


The Center for International Law sponsors a series of symposia on a broad range of topics in international and compararive law which combine scholarship and practice. The audiences for these events have been drawn from leaders of the business, financial, and legal communities in New York, and the speakers have included accountants, bankers, business leaders, economists, judges, government officials, international organization officials, and lawyers from this country and abroad.

The Center's symposia programs have garnered coverage in The New York Times, the Journal of Commerce, the National Law Journal, the International Securities Regulation Report, Eurowatch, and C-SPAN.

Spring 2012 lectures:

  • Thursday, January 26, 2012: C.V. Starr Lecture I: "International Investment Law and Human Rights Treaties: A Sociological Perspective" with Moshe Hirsch, Professor of International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Tuesday, February 7, 2012: Lunch time Lecture: "Legislation by Stealth: Negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" with Michael Blakeney, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of London, and the University of Western Australia
  • Wednesday, February 8, 2012: C.V. Starr Lecture II: "The Impact of European Court of Human Rights Judgments on Criminal Law Practice in Europe" with Willem F. Korthals Altes, Senior Judge, Criminal Law Division, Rechtbank of Amsterdam
  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012: Lunch time Lecture: Peter Damiano, Senior Director, J.Crew; Former Global Senior Counsel, Target Corporation
  • Monday, March 26, 2012: Lunch in the Boardroom: Jordan Kanfer '97, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, T-Systems North America
  • Wednesday, April 11, 2012: C.V. Starr Lecture III: "Outsourcing and Insourcing Crime: The Political Economy of Globalized Criminal Activity" with Prof. Doron Teichman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Wednesday, April 18, 2012: Lunch time lecture: Thomas Hickey, Assistant General Counsel, Hess Corporation


Click here for a list of past events (along with links to the streaming videos).


DID YOU KNOW?

You can watch many past lectures as streaming online videos from the convenience of your computer. Click on some of the lectures below or go to the Events Archive page to see a complete list of lectures.

October 3, 2011: The United Nations and the Rule of Law with His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

 

August 25, 2011: Islamic Law and Finance: Past Developments, Present Controversies, Future Prospects with Frank E. Vogel, independent scholar and consultant on Islamic law and the laws of the Muslim world