INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND – WEST 2003

Convened by the American Branch of the International Law Association

at Loyola Law School.

 

FEBRUARY 7, 2003 (FRIDAY)

12:00-12:15

Welcome and Introduction

 

12:15-1:45

Plenary Panel: 9/11 and its Aftermath

William J. Aceves, California Western School of Law (moderator)

James Brosnahan, Morrison & Foerster, LLP

John S. Gordon, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges (invited)

Jordan Paust, University of Houston Law Center

 

1:45-2:00

Break

 

2:00 -3:30

Positivism versus Natural Law: The Jurisprudence of International Law

Charles Siegal, Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP (moderator)

Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, Stanford Law School

Brad Roth, Wayne State University Law School

Alfred Rubin, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Perspectives on U.S. Unilateralism

Greg Fox, Chapman University School of Law (visiting Wayne State University Law School) (moderator)

Diane Amann, University of California, Davis School of Law

Paul Dubinsky, New York Law School

Judy Wilkenfeld, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

 

3:30 - 3:45

Break

 

3:45 - 5:15

Unlawful Combatants?

Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law (moderator)

Nathaniel Berman, University of Brooklyn School of Law (visiting Stanford Law School)

George Harris, Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Tobias Wolff, University of California, Davis School of Law

 

International Copyright and Entertainment Law

Larry Helfer, Loyola Law School (moderator)

Schuyler M. Moore, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Shira Perlmutter, AOL Time Warner

Peter Yu, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School

 

5:30-6:00

Reception at Loyola Law School

 

6:00-8:00

Keynote Dinner at Loyola Law School

Keynote Speaker: David J. Scheffer, Senior Vice President of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and former U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes

 

FEBRUARY 8, 2003 (SATURDAY)

9:00-10:30

Legality of the Use of Force

Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law (moderator)

Brad Roth, Wayne State University Law School

Jaume Saura, University of Barcelona

Edwin Smith, University of Southern California Law Center

 

Structuring Cross-Border Transfers of Intellectual Property

Alan Kindred, Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger (moderator)

Michael J.A. Karlin, Karlin & Co.

John Patrick Petrullo, Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger

Minda Schechter, Hogan & Hartson, LLP

 

10:30-10:45

Break

 

10:45-12:15

Death Penalty Litigation and the Use of International Law to Interpret the Constitution

Roger Alford, Pepperdine Law School (moderator)

Kurt Lash, Loyola Law School

Michael Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law

Richard Wilson, American University, Washington College of Law

 

Extraterritoriality and the Criminal Law: Terrorism and Other Contemporary Challenges

David Stewart, U.S. Department of State (moderator)

Sara Criscitelli, U.S. Department of Justice

Harold Maier, Vanderbilt University Law School

John Murphy, Villanova University School of Law

 

12:30-2:00

Lunch: Discussion of ABILA activities

James Nafziger, Willamette University College of Law

 

2:00-3:30

Immigration Law: Planning Global Employment Assignments after 9/11

David Hirson, HirsonWexlerPerl (moderator)

Wade Arai, Deloitte & Touche

Andrea Elliott, Global Visa Solutions, LLC

Catherine Haight, Law Offices of Catherine Haight

 

Sustainable Development After Earth Summit 2002

Hari Osofsky, adjunct Loyola Law School (moderator)

Gunther Handl, Tulane Law School

Donna Weiss, Midstream Partners, LLC.

Tseming Yang, Vermont Law School

 

3:30-3:45

Break

 

3:45-5:15

Current Developments in Alien Tort Claims Act Litigation

Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law (moderator)

Sandra Coliver, Center for Justice & Accountability

Paul Hoffman, Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP

David Stewart, U.S. Department of State

Edwin Woodsome, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP

 

NAFTA and the Takings Clause

Roger Alford, Pepperdine Law School (moderator)

Jack Coe, Pepperdine Law School

John Eastman, Chapman University School of Law

John D. Echeverria, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute

 

5:30-6:30

Reception