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The Center's Symposia Program
New York Law School's Center for International Law sponsors a series of symposia on topics of current interest in the areas of international trade and finance that lend themselves to combining the disciplines of scholarship and entrepreneurship.
The Center's Symposia Audiences
The audiences for these events have been drawn from leaders of the business, financial, and legal communities in New York, and the faculties have comprised 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.
Transcripts Available On-Line
This archive contains edited transcripts of the Center's symposia to provide readers and researchers with timely perspectives and commentary on issues of the day. The fully annotated proceedings of some of these symposia are also published in the School's Law Review. Please contact (212) 431-2109 for more information on how to subscribe to these symposia issues.
* To read a transcript, click on the transcript title below (if available).
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| April 16, 2008 |
A C.V. Starr Lecture:
The European Union and Russia: Strategic Partners or Vexing Neighbors? with George L. Bustin, Senior Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; and Lecturer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
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| April 9, 2008 |
The 2008 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
Self-defense from the Wild West to 9/11 with Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah; and formerly of the Israel Defense Forces Judge Advocate General's Corps (Lt. Col. Ret.)
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| February 20, 2008 |
A C.V. Starr Lecture:
Smart Power and Human Rights: Reestablishing U.S. Human Rights Leadership with Suzanne Nossel, Chief of Operations, Human Rights Watch
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| November 8, 2007 |
A Center Discussion:
Meeting Policy Challenges of Bioviolence with Barry Kellman, Professor of International Law, and Director of the International Weapons Control Center at DePaul University College of Law
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| November 7, 2007 |
A C.V. Starr Lecture:
New York v. the United Nations: The Implications of Unpaid Property Taxes with John J.P. Howley '89, Partner, Kaye Scholer LLP
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| October 16, 2007 |
A C.V. Starr Lecture:
Jurisdiction to Decide Jurisdiction in Commercial Arbitration with William W. Park, Professor of Law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law, Boston University School of Law
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| October 4, 2007 |
A C.V. Starr Lecture:
Reforming Legal Services in the United Kingdom with the Rt. Hon. The Lord Kingsland, QC
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| April 11, 2007 |
A C.V. Starr Colloquy:
NAFTA: National, Regional, and Multilateral Implications with Ricardo Anzaldua-Montoya, former negotiator for Mexico during the NAFTA negotiations; William Davey, former Director of the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization; and Debra Steger, former founding Director and first Chief Legal Advisor to the WTO Appellate Body
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| March 21, 2007 |
A Center Discussion:
Iran: What Next? with Tai-Heng Cheng, Associate Director, Center for International Law at New York Law School, and Associate Professor of Law; Neda Shahidyazdani, human rights lawyer, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center; and George Billard, Presidents of Do Diligence, and Miracle Media
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| February 21, 2007 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley: Competitive Consequences at Home and Abroad with Alan L. Beller, Former Director, Division of Corporation Finance, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
The speaker's remarks are now on-line in PDF format.
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| November 8, 2006 |
The 2006-07 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
The Emergence of a New Science of Mind: Legal and Ethical Considerations with Dr. Eric R. Kandel, Nobel Laureate, and University Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| November 1, 2006 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Russia: Going in the Wrong Direction? with Padma Desai, Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, and Director of the Center for Transition Economies, Columbia University
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| October 25, 2006 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
International Law in Diplomacy, Some Reflections with Andrew Jacovides, Former Ambassador of Cyprus to the United States
The speaker's remarks are now on-line in PDF format.
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| April 5, 2006 |
The 2006 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism with Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, and one of America's best-known and well-respected First Amendment attorneys
The speaker's remarks are now on-line.
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| March 22, 2006 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Trade in Services in the Doha Round with Christine Bliss, Acting Assistant Trade Representative for Services and Investment, Office of the United States Trade Representative
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| February 22, 2006 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
A Colloquy Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the United States Court of International Trade with Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr. (Senior Judge, United States Court of International Trade); Andreas F. Lowenfeld (Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York University School of Law); Amelia Porges (Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP); and Barbara S. Williams (Attorney-in-Charge, International Trade Field Office, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice)
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| November 16, 2005 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Legitimacy Through Law in China with Benjamin L. Liebman, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| November 9, 2005 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
China's Place in World Trade and Finance with Robert L. Howse, Alene and Allan F. Smith Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| April 20, 2005 |
The 2005 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
Rethinking the War on Terror with Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| April 6, 2005 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Iraq and the Shaping of a State Media Policy with Monroe E. Price, Director and Professor of Law, Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society, Cardozo Law School
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| March 30, 2005 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Restructuring Iraq's Debt with Lee C. Buchheit, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, which represents Iraq in the restructuring of its foreign debt
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| February 23, 2005 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
The Making of the Interim Iraqi Constitution with His Excellency Dr. Feisal al-Istrabadi, Ambassador, Iraqi Mission to the United Nations
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| November 17, 2004 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Whose Disclosure Laws Ought to Apply to Cross-Border Securities Transactions? with Merritt B. Fox, Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| November 10, 2004 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Bringing Human Rights Home: International Human Rights Principles and Women's Rights in the United States with Kathy Rodgers, President, Legal Momentum (the new name of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund)
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| November 3, 2004 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Nation Building and Exporting the Rule of Law: Lessons Learned from Russia and Egypt with Richard P. Bernard, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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| March 31, 2004 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
Moving Beyond 'Drugs and Thugs': A New Strategy for the Andean Region with John G. Heimann, Co-Chair, Commission on Preventive Action, Council on Foreign Relations
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| March 24, 2004 |
The 2004 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
The First Steps of the International Criminal Court: Building a Credible Court of Last Resort with Luis Moreno Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Read the summary in PDF format.
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| February 18, 2004 |
C.V. Starr Lecture:
The Legal Profession in Vichy, With Some Lessons for Lawyers in France and the United States with Professor Richard H. Weisberg, Benjamin Cardozo Law School
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October 23, 2003
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C.V. Starr Lecture:
Borders Beyond Control: Thoughts on Immigration Policy for the 21st Century with Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University
Read the summary in PDF format.
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April 22, 2003
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C.V. Starr Lecture:
The Regulation of Foreign Lawyers in New York with Former Judge Howard A. Levine, New York Court of Appeals
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April 8, 2003
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The 2003 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization with Claus Dieter-Ehlermann, Former Chairman of the Appellate Body
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March 25, 2003
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Corporate Governance in the United States and Europe: An Emerging Consensus or Growing Disparity?
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March 7, 2002
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The 2002 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
Multidisciplinary Practice and the European Court of Justice with Advocate-General Anthony Huydecoper, Supreme Court of the Netherlands
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Color VHS videos now available for purchase.
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October 3, 2001
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The Greening of the World Trade Organization?
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April 10, 2001
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The 2001 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
A Lawyer Has an Obligation: Pro Bono and the Legal Profession with Evan Davis, President, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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November 27, 2000
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The Multinational Enterprise as Global Corporate Citizen
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Color VHS videos now available for purchase.
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April 5 and 25, 2000
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The World Trade Organization After Seattle
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March 30, 2000
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The 2000 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
The Jewish Museum Berlin and the Future of the "Invisible Wall" with Michael Blumenthal, President, Jewish Museum Berlin and former Secretary of the United States Treasury
Color VHS video now available for purchase.
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October 25, 1999
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Should the ABA Approve MDP?
A Discussion and Analysis of Multidisciplinary Practice
and the Legal Profession
Color VHS video now available for purchase.
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October 13, 1999
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States' Rights v. International Trade: The Massachusetts Burma Law
in conjunction with
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
(Committee on International Trade) and
The Customs and International Trade Bar Association
To read the official Committee on International Trade report on the Massachusetts Burma Law, please visit www.abcny.org and click on "Committee Reports"
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September 10, 1998
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World Trade and the Environment
(Featured on C-SPAN with video tapes available for viewing at the Center)
in conjunction with
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York,
Committee on International Trade and
Committee on International Environmental Law
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April 15, 1998
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The 1998 Otto L. Walter Lecture: International Human Rights and the Proposed International Criminal Court
by Justice R.J. Goldstone, Constitutional Court of South Africa
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November 13, 1997
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The Euro: Hard Questions to be Answered by Market Participants and Policy-Makers
in conjunction with the
New York Mercantile Exchange
and the
New York Delegation of the European Commission
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November 3, 1997
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Trade and Investment Involving Sub-Saharan Africa
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April 29, 1997
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Latin American Financing
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April 9, 1997
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The 1997 Otto L. Walter Lecture:
NAFTA and Regional Free Trade As Seen From Washington and Geneva
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November 18, 1996
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The Russian Securities Markets: Regulation and Practice
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November 6, 1996
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Implications of the Reconstruction of Lloyd's of London
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