News and Events

Events in 2008

 

Fall 2008

 

Indicators Workshop
December 4, 2008, NYU School of Law.

Global Programs Festive Reception
December 4, 2008

Fifth Annual Emile Noël Lecture with Luís Miguel Poiares Pessoa Maduro, First Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Previous Emile Noel Lecturers have included: 2007: José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Portugal; 2006: Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization; 2005: Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Chairman of the European Constitutional Convention and former President of the French Republic; 2004: Giuliano Amato, Former Prime Minister of Italy and Vice President of the European Constitutional Convention. Those interested in attending should contact Sarah Cobb at the Jean Monnet Center.
November 19, 2008

Lawyering for International Organizations. Conversation with Larry Johnson of the UN Office of Legal Affairs (previously from the IAEA and the ICTY), Peri Johnson of the UNDP (previously from the UN and the UNHCR in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa) and Vikram Raghavan of the World Bank. Video of session
November 3, 2008

IILJ-JILP Symposium: The Normalizing of Adjudication in Complex International Governance Regimes: Patterns, Possibilities, and Problems
October 28 & 29, 2008

Public address of distinguished Global Fellow Georges Abi-Saab, until recently a member of the WTO Appellate Body and judge and arbitrator in many other tribunals, in dialogue with Prof. Joseph Weiler.
October 24, 2008

"America's Edge: A Global Country in a Global Century" Lecture featuring Anne Marie Slaughter, sponsored by the Remarque Institute.
October 23, 2008

International Law Panel "In the Era of a New Presidency, a New U.S. Policy Towards the United Nations?". Hosted by Professors Jose Alvarez and Tom Franck. Participants included Professor Jose Alvarez of Columbia University School of Law, who is visiting NYU School of Law this semester; Thomas M. Franck, the Murray and Ida Becker Professor of Law Emeritus at NYU Law; Michael Mattler, the Minority Counsel of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Ambassador Herbert Okun, Professorial Lecturer in International Relations, International Law and Institutions at Johns Hopkins University and formerly US Ambassador to the UN and to the German Democratic Republic, Berlin; and Miriam Sapiro, Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU and Georgetown University and formerly Special Assistant to the President and Counselor for Southeast European Stabilization at the White House.
October 17, 2008

The Emilio Mignone Lecture on Transitional Justice: Peace v. Justice: Is there a conflict? If so, what is to be done? Featuring Aryeh Neier, President of the Open Society Institute. Sponsored by the CHRGJ and ICTJ.
October 15, 2008

Global Advantage Employer Reception. International LL.M. students were invited to meet and mingle with top legal employers at the Global Advantage Employer Reception. This was meant to be an opportunity for students to learn more about the practice and opportunities at these firms.
October 2, 2008

Alex Boraine talks about his memoir, A Life in Transition. Alex Boraine, is an eminent figure in transitional justice in South Africa and around the world, and Chairman of the leading NGO in the field, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) which has close ties with NYU Law School.
October 1, 2008

A Discussion with U.K.’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband. David Miliband, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, United Kingdom, spoke at NYU Law School on “What should be in the the next U.S. President’s foreign policy box?” David Miliband was hosted by NYU President John Sexton and NYU Professor of Law Norman Dorsen in a stimulating discussion about international relations issues that will face the next American president.
September 25, 2008

President Shimon Peres. Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel, spoke at NYU Law School on “The Globalization of Peace.”
September 25, 2008

Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process and Politics. Joint seminar sponsored by UCL and the Hauser Global Law School Program,IILJ and the Global Administrative Law Project, NYU Law.
Report - informal report for information only, this text has not been approved by the participants or by the sponsoring organizations
September 9, 2008

Global Programs Welcome Reception
September 4, 2008

Hauser Globalization Colloquium: Global Governance and Legal Theory. More information available here.
Fall 2008

Spring 2008

 

Viterbo IV Seminar: GAL: From Fragmentation to Unity?
June 13-14, 2008

“Time for a Revival of Disarmament?” Guest speaker: Dr. Hans Blix, introduction by Mr. Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. Sponsored by the Center on International Cooperation.
April 9, 2008

NYU Law and Society Colloquium: “Law and the New Developmental State”. Speaker: David Trubek, University of Wisconsin Law School.
April 8, 2008

Private Security, Public Order: Governance & Limits
April 3-4, 2008
The Workshop Report for last year's Conference of the Private Military Companies Project, held March 22-24, 2007, is available.

Global Administrative Law Workshop, IILJ/UCT, Cape Town, South Africa.
March 18-20, 2008

A Just Empire? Rome ’s Legal Legacy and the Justification of War and Empire in International Law. Commemorative Conference on Alberico Gentili (1552-1608). More information available here.
March 14-15, 2008

IILJ Scholars Conference. Extended discussion of research papers authored by IILJ Scholars. Photos
February 29 and March 7, 2008

Judging International Criminal Law Cases: panel discussion with leading international criminal law judges for NYU Law students.
Report
March 6, 2008

Friday Speaker Series- Spring 2008 first session. Professor Catherine Kessedjian, Visiting Global Professor at NYU was the guest speaker, and Professor Benedict Kingsbury was chair commentator. An outline for the talk is available here. Photos
February 8, 2008

Twelfth Annual Timothy A. Gelatt Dialogue on Law and Development in Asia.
January 31st, 2008

Global Administrative Law Workshop, IILJ/CPR, Delhi, India.
January 5-6, 2008

IILJ International Legal Theory Colloquium: Interpretation and Judgment in International Law. More information, including the Program, is available here. Spring 2008