Calendar of Events -- Spring 2013

JANUARY 3-6, 2013 (THURSDAY-SUNDAY)

International Humanitarian Workshop for Students
100 Boalt Hall, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

Co-sponsored with the International Committee of the Red Cross

This three-and-a-half day workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is FREE and open to students attending a US law school. The workshop combines lectures and hands-on exercises that guides students through an intensive workshop on international humanitarian law (IHL), or the law of war. The workshop will be led by legal professionals from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), lawyers for the U.S. Armed Forces, and law professors who specialize in IHL.

For more information, see the workshop's website.

SPRING 2013

Colloquium on International Law and Politics

January 25	Prof. Kal Raustiala, Law, UCLA Institutional Proliferation and the International Legal Order
February 8	Prof. Greg Schaffer, Law, University of Minnesota Transnational Legal Orders
February 22	Prof. Ryan Goodman, Law, New York University The Power to Kill or Capture Enemy Combatants
March 1	Prof. Matt Waxman, Law, Columbia University The Constitutional Power to Threaten War
March 8	Prof. Catherine Powell, Law, Fordham University International Indicators and Gender
March 15	Prof. Mike Tomz, Political Science, Stanford University topic to be announced
April 12	Prof. Odette Lienau, Law, Cornell University Sovereign Debt

Seating is limited. If you are interested in attending, please contact Professors David Caron (ddcaron@law.berkeley.edu) or Katerina Linos (klinos@law.berkeley.edu).

February 11, 2013 (Monday)

Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium on “Beyond the Rankings: Measuring Governance and the Rule of Law”
110 Boalt Hall, 12:45 pm

Co-sponsored by the Miller Institute for Global Challenges in the Law, the Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This year's symposium, organized by the Berkeley Journal of International Law, will feature a keynote speech by Anne-Marie Leroy, Senior Vice President and World Bank Group General Counsel; two distinguished panels; and a banquet honoring the 2013 Riesenfeld Memorial Award recipient, Professor Dinah Shelton, George Washington University School of Law.

For more information, see the event website.

April 5, 2013 (Friday)

Second Annual Conference of the Berkeley Comparative Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group
132 Boalt Hall, 4:00-6:00 pm

Sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence, the Berkeley Anti-Discrimination Law Virtual Study Group, the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and Law

This June the U.S. Supreme Court will issue the latest in a long line of decisions to determine the legitimacy of affirmative action. Many fear that it will end affirmative action admission programs for public colleges and universities, which are presently justified only as a means of promoting diversity in the academy. But diversity is not the only justification offered for affirmative action, either in the United States or in other parts of the world. U.S. law also permits affirmative action for remedial purposes (with limitations). In Brazil, it is justified as compensatory. In South Africa, it is permitted as long as it is not “unfair discrimination.” In India, it is permitted to correct historical discrimination. In Australia, it is permitted to promote substantive equality. In parts of Europe, it is used to correct imbalances and to promote equality (and to promote diversity). This panel, featuring six members of the Berkeley Comparative Anti-Discrimination Law Virtual Study Group – from the United States, Europe, and Australia – will discuss global affirmative action law.

For more information, see the conference website.

APRIL 19-20, 2013 (Friday-Saturday)

International Financial Regulation Workshop
Berkeley Law

Co-sponsored by the European Union Center of Excellence, the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, and the Berkeley Center for Law, Business, and the Economy

[AGENDA]

Scholars from top law schools in the United States and Europe will take part in Berkeley Law’s International Financial Regulation Workshop, organized by Professor Stavros Gadinis and co-sponsored by the EU Center, the Miller Institute, and BCLBE.

The workshop’s agenda ranges from current developments in financial reforms to long-term projects about the structure of financial regulation. Discussion papers explore the impact of different corporate structures on financial regulation, and highlight the role of systemic risk considerations in the supervision of banking. Topics include the role of international financial standards in spurring reforms around the world, compensation of executives, both in banks and in other corporations, new approaches for regulating bank capital, the provision of liquidity to banks during crises, and current proposals to increase the minimum price increment in stocks trading.

May 10, 2013 (Friday)

International Law Certificate of Specialization Award Ceremony
110 Boalt Hall, 2:00- 4:00 pm

[LIST OF 2013 RECIPIENTS]

Please join us in recognizing the extraordinary achievements of the recipients of the Certificate of Specialization in International Law.

Light refreshments provided.

For more information, please contact Jake Feltham (jfeltham@law.berkeley.edu).