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