International Law Weekend-West is a biennial conference convened by the American Branch of the International Law Association. The purpose of this conference is to bring together legal practitioners and academics to discuss cutting-edge issues in pubic and private international law. Panels will address a wide-range of topics, emphasizing the impact of globalization on the practice of law. This year’s event is taking place February 2nd and 3rd and is being hosted by the Center for Global Law and Policy at Santa Clara University School of Law. The conference is free and open to the public. The dinner Friday evening at Adobe Lodge requires payment and a separate registration.
The International Law Association was founded in Brussels in 1873 and is a global non-governmental organization devoted to the study and development of international law—both private and public. The ILA has consultative status in the United Nations, and, works by, among other things, drafting resolutions, convening conferences, and hosting committees of specialists. Members of the Association are grouped into over forty “national” branches. For many years, the American Branch has sponsored an International Law Weekend in New York City to bring together academics, practitioners, and students to discuss contemporary issues in the field of international law. This year, members based on the West Coast will convene the fourth International Law Weekend—West (ILW-West) to provide a forum for individuals based on this coast to do the same. Prior ILW-West conferences have been held at Pepperdine Law School (2001), Loyola Law School (2003), and Whittier Law School (2005) with great success.
The fourth ILW-West will be held at Santa Clara University School of Law. The conference will commence at noon on Friday, February 2, 2007. During the rest of Friday and Saturday, two panels will run concurrently. Each panel will feature three to four speakers and allow for presentations of twenty to thirty minutes plus questions. Featured panels include:
• Law, Society & Geography
• The Due Process Rights of Aliens
• Trying Enemy Combatants
• Recent Developments in NAFTA/CAFTA
• The Impending Extraordinary Chambers of Cambodia to Prosecute the Khmer Rouge
• Protecting the Cultural Heritage in Time of Peace and War
• Cybercrimes and the Domestication of International Criminal Law
• The Future of Democracy Promotion After Iraq
• Protecting Intellectual Property Abroad
• The Justice Cascade in Latin America;
• Developments in Climate Change Litigation, and
• Combating Terrorism Through Law & Institutions.
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