Events and Announcements: May 18, 2014

Call for Papers

• The Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law will sponsor a Scholars’ Roundtable on October 10, 2014 at Brooklyn Law School.  Scholars writing in a diverse range of fields related to international business law are invited to submit proposals to present works in progress for an intense day of discussion with other scholars in the field.  Participants will be expected to read all papers in advance of the Roundtable and offer commentary on each of the presentations. Scholars selected for the Roundtable will receive a $500 stipend from Brooklyn Law School to defray the cost of attendance.  Applicants should submit a 3-5 page proposal to Robin Effron by June 13, 2014. Scholars selected to present at the Roundtable will be notified by June 30, 2014.
• The call for papers by the ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group for its 2014 Biennial Research Conference, to be held at the University of Denver’s Sturm School of Law, on November 13-15, 2014 has been extended until June 30. The theme of the conference is “Reassessing International Economic Law & Development: New Challenges for Law & Policy”. They strongly encourage scholars, practitioners, and advanced graduate students to submit proposals to present original research on the theme topic, or on other areas of international economic law. You do not have to be an ASIL or Interest Group member to participate. The full call for papers can be downloaded here. Please contact IEcLIG Co-Chairs Jason Yackee & Elizabeth Trujillo with any questions.

Events

• The European Society of International Law (ESIL), together with the law firm Stibbe, will co-organize a lunctime lecture entitled: Ethics in International Disputes. This lecture will be delivered by Judge Jean-Pierre Cot, Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and former ad hoc Judge at the International Court of Justice, on Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 12h00 at the office of Stibbe, Central Plaza, Loksumstraat 25 Rue de Loxum, 1000 Brussels. Judge Cot’s address will be followed by comments in response by Françoise Lefèvre, Partner and Global Head of Arbitration at Linklaters in Brussels. Opening and closing remarks will be provided by ESIL President Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Kathleen Claussen, ESIL member, and Bart Volders, Partner at Stibbe. A light sandwich lunch will be available. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required as space is limited. Please register here by May 27, 2014.
• ALMA and the Radzyner School of Law of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) would like to invite you to the next session of the Joint International Humanitarian Law Forum. The session will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, 18:30 in room C110 (Arazi-Ofer Building, 2nd floor) in the IDC. Topic of the session is The Palestinian Accession to IHL Treaties. Professor Robbie Sabel and Keren Michaeli are the discussants. More information is here

Announcements

• PluriCourts – Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, University of Oslo – has advertised three postdoctoral positions: one in international criminal law, one in international environmental law and one in international investment tribunals. More information is here.
• The Department of Law at NUI Maynooth invites applications for two Professor/Senior Lecturer positions in law. Applications close on May 22, 2014. More information is here.
• The Editorial Board of the European Journal of International Law is delighted to announce the launch of the Journal’s official podcast, EJIL: Live! Regular episodes of EJIL: Live! will be released in both video and audio formats to coincide with the publication of each issue of the Journal, and will include a wide variety of news, reviews, and interviews with the authors of articles appearing in that issue. The first video episode features an extended interview between the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, Joseph Weiler, and Maria Aristodemou, whose article “A Constant Craving for Fresh Brains and a Taste for Decaffeinated Neighbours” appears in issue 25:1. The first audio episode features a shorter, edited version of the same interview, as well as conversations with the Journal’s Book Review Editor, Isabel Feichtner, and the Editors of EJIL: Talk!, Dapo Akande and Marko Milanovic.
• The American Society of International Law’s (ASIL) Women in International Law Interest Group (WILIG) is now launching the second year of its mentoring program for ASIL and WILIG members, matching female law students or new professionals with experienced female international lawyers. This mentoring program is the first of its kind in the international law arena and is designed to foster a new generation of female international lawyers. The first year was a great success, with mentoring groups operating across the United States, and reaching around the world to Canada, Geneva, The Hague, and London. The Program is not designed to match mentees to a mentor with her exact areas of interest, but is rather designed to provide the mentee with general guidance and advice that she can individuate.  When possible, ASIL will try to match mentees to mentors with similar interests.  Mentoring takes place in a group setting, with a maximum of four mentees for every mentor.  Mentors and mentees meet in person seven times during the course of a year to discuss topics and engage in activities designed to help women enter and be successful in the field of international law.  Upon finishing the requirements of the one-year program, all mentees receive a certificate of completion. More information is here.

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