News and Events
2008
Fall 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.
September 9, 2008
Global Programs Welcome Reception
September 4, 2008
Spring 2008
Viterbo IV Seminar: GAL: From Fragmentation to Unity? More information, including Call for Papers, is available here.
June 13-14, 200
“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
[The Delhi and Cape Town workshops follow the successful March 2007 Buenos Aires Workshop. Buenos Aires papers now online - los trabajos escritos presentados en Buenos Aires están disponibles siguiendo el enlace anterior.]
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.
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.
February 8, 2008
Twelfth Annual Timothy A. Gelatt Dialogue on Law and Development in Asia.
More details available here.
January 31st, 2008
Global Administrative Law Workshop, IILJ/CPR, Delhi, India.
More information is available here.
January 5-6, 2008
Spring 2008: IILJ International Legal Theory Colloquium: Interpretation and Judgment in International Law. More information, including the Program, is available here.
