Lunchtime Lectures


LUNCH IN THE BOARDROOM: The Supreme Courts of France and the United States: A Comparative Perspective

There is NO CLE credit for this program.
 

  • Date: Thursday, January 24, 2013
  • Time: 12:50 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
  • Location: Boardroom (W204)
  • Lunch: A free lunch will be provided.
  • RSVP: Michael.Rhee@nyls.edu


Anne-Emmanuelle Deysine, Professor at Paris Ouest Nanterre University, will give an overview of the Supreme Courts of France and the United States, and compare and contrast these institutions within their respective cultural and political contexts.

Professor Deysine received her Juris Doctor from the Paris II Law School, and her Ph.D. on comparative campaign finance from the University of Paris. At Paris Ouest Nanterre University, she is Director of the Master’s Programme of International Business and Cross-cultural Negotiation. She had worked in the U.S. Senate for Senator Lowell Weicker Jr., as a legal adviser in Paris, and as a journalist. She has written books and articles on comparative political and legal systems, lobbying in the United States and the EU, international business transactions, and drafting and negotiating of international contracts, among other topics.
 


LUNCH IN THE BOARDROOM: A Conversation with F. Peter Phillips, International Arbitrator and Mediator

There is NO CLE credit for this program.
 

  • Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
  • Time: 12:50 p.m.–1:50 p.m.
  • Location: New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Boardroom (W-204)
  • Lunch: A free lunch will be provided.
  • RSVP: Michael.Rhee@nyls.edu


F. Peter Phillips will discuss the challenges that cross-cultural business presents to attorneys who consult clients in forming deals; in monitoring and recalibrating deals in light of changed circumstances; and in negotiating and obtaining the value of deals in international enforcement proceedings. Peter Phillips is an arbitrator, mediator, and consultant practicing through Business Conflict Management LLC.

A former Senior Vice President of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Mr. Phillips is the author of the chapter on “International Mediation” in The Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide (West) and a contributor to the volume Mediation Techniques. He is a writer and co-director of a series of films on the use of mediation in disputes between corporations and communities available at www.BASESwiki.org. Mr. Phillips is also a member of the UIA's World Mediation Forum, the London College of International Arbitration, and the International Mediation Institute. At New York Law School, he teaches International Commercial Dispute Resolution.