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Colleagues and Friends, The year’s most important event for international lawyers is the Spring Meeting of ABA International in Washington, DC, April 14-18. This is an exciting time when changes and challenges to international law and practice have never been greater. If you practice international law full-time or part-time, you cannot afford to miss this very important meeting – for the substance, for the contacts and for your own professional development. Why is the 2009 Spring Meeting so special? Over 1,200 participants from over 50 countries will attend the more than 80 world-class, substantive, programs being presented: three full days of programming in 8 program tracks covering all practice areas of international law: Corporate Counsel/Transactional; Dispute Resolution/Litigation; International Trade/Customs; Regulatory/Regional; Public International Law/Rule of Law; Young Lawyers; Taxation; and Environmental Law/Climate Change. If held as stand-alone conferences, each of our program tracks would be among the most substantive meetings of the year for these practice areas. Registrants may earn up to 24 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits (also including Ethics) by attending the three full days of programming. And that’s not all! The Council of the Section, with many of the world’s greatest international lawyers, meets on Saturday morning to debate the hottest policy issues in the field - all meeting registrants are invited to attend at no extra charge! If you were to go only to the Council meeting, you’d get your money’s worth! Speaking of money’s worth, NOW is the time to register and get the early bird rates. The Spring Meeting is still the best deal for practitioners anywhere: the best quality and the lowest prices per CLE credit. Academics, NGO and Government lawyers, and law students will benefit from incredibly low registration rates. Check them out! I advise you to make hotel arrangements now because The Fairmont will be sold out quickly, and April is a very popular (and beautiful) month to visit Washington. The Spring Meeting will celebrate ABA International’s 130 years of setting the standard for the world’s international lawyers. This meeting is being co-chaired by three superb lawyers: Meaghan McGrath-Beaumont, Senior Counsel, International Finance Corporation, Lori Sostowski, partner at Hogan & Hartson, and Marcy Stras, partner at Baker & Hostetler – the first major law meeting where all the co-chairs are women! They have been greatly assisted in their planning efforts by three other women: our Membership Officer, Lisa Savitt, our Rule of Law Officer, Lelia Mooney, and our Programs Officer, Yee Wah Chin, and by our COO, Mike Burke, and by our Meetings Guru and former Section Chair, Mike Byowitz. In addition, the Section’s committees and their officers have been heavily involved in the planning. The resulting line-up of programs and speakers is absolutely stunning. You must attend! Special Events include:
I encourage you to register online. For more information, call the Section office at 202-662-1673 or visit the Spring Meeting website. All of us in the Section leadership look forward to greeting you in Washington, April 14-18.
Aaron Schildhaus, Section Chair
Policy Developments from the Council’s 2009 ABA Midyear Meeting The Section Council met on Friday, February 13th to consider several important policy initiatives. The Council approved co-sponsorship of the following policy recommendations:
The Council also heard the following:
For more information on policy initiatives debated and decided at the Midyear Meeting, click on: http://www.abanet.org/leadership/2009/midyear/
The Section submitted joint comments with the Section of Antitrust Law this past month to:
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MEMBER NEWS Our thanks and gratitude to Mark Wojcik who recently completed his tenure as editor-in-chief of the International Law News. Mark’s last issue was the expanded fall 2008 issue that commemorated the Section’s 75th year as a section and 130 as an entity within the American Bar Association. Mark continues his important leadership role as Publications Officer for the Section. Congratulations to our Financial Officer Bart Legum who recently joined as a Partner in the Paris Office of the Salans law firm. Do you have news you want to share? We want to hear if you have changed law firms, received an award, published an article/book, anything of note. Please send your updates to our Section Director, Leanne Pfautz, so we can include in our next E-Update.
For updates on programming and events, visit our Section calendar on-line at www.abanet.org/intlaw/calendar.
OTHER PROGRAMS OF INTEREST
PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAWThe Pathways to Employment in International Law National Tour is well underway with Spring 2009 stops in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Arizona, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Pathways Programs bring experienced international lawyers together with law students and young lawyers to share career paths and options. We encourage members to join Pathways panels at their local law schools. If you are interested in being a speaker at any upcoming programs, please contact Membership Director Angela Benson at bensona@staff.abanet.org or by phone at (202) 662-1664. Upcoming programs include:
ABA INTERNATIONAL CLE TELECONFERENCES ABA International hosts CLE teleconferences every month. We need your suggestions and ideas for future events. For more information about the Section’s CLE teleconference program, please contact Committees Coordinator Tally White at whitet@staff.abanet.org or by phone at (202) 662-1672. Mark your calendars for these upcoming teleconference programs:
KEY UPCOMING DEADLINES International Law News: March 16, 2009: Volume 38, No. 3, Summer 2009 (Focus on International Law Issues for the Solo Practitioner)
For the latest information on Committee programs and activities including brownbag lunches, seminars and webcasts please visit our Committees Homepage at: http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/committees/home.html We invite you to visit all of our Committee home pages — not only will you find highly relevant and valuable information relating to your interest area, you will also find updated leadership rosters. Recently updated Committee home pages include:
NEW COMMITTEESIndia Committee - supports ABA members with interests in India related legal matters. Committee work, including programs, both in the US and India, includes review, analysis, comment and information sharing on matters of law, policy and legal practice. Within India, the committee intends to facilitate links and understanding between the US and legal practitioners and law students in India. Join Now! International Mediation Committee - monitors and encourages the development of international mediation and other ADR processes (excluding arbitration) internationally to resolve commercial and investment disputes. IMC will provide a community for section members who are interested in the field (through participation in the committee list serve and at committee meetings); develops CLE programs, session proposals, newsletter articles, committee newsletters, public service projects, and/or publication(s) to assist members; and may, on occasion, make policy recommendations. The Committee will promote the understanding and uses of mediation, and offer members ways to incorporate international mediation into their practice and to promote best practices in the field. The IMC will work collaboratively with the International Arbitration Committee (IAC) of the ABA SIL as well as other related ABA and non-ABA entities to promote the use of mediation and other ADR processes internationally. The IMC will also enhance the Committee's membership, as well as the diversity of the Committee's leadership. The Committee will provide information and technical assistance to members, legislators, courts, government departments and the general public on the conduct and promotion of mediation and other ADR processes internationally. Join Now!
ABA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE NEWSLETTERSABA International has more than 25 substantive newsletters. Our latest committee newsletters are listed below: We encourage you to click on each link. Africa Committee Newsletter- Winter 2008
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ABA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE PROGRAMSABA International committees organize a variety of committee programs that occur every month. Programs are organized for both live and teleconference participation. For more information, please contact Committees Coordinator Tally White at whitet@staff.abanet.org. Mark your calendars for these upcoming programs: March 25, 2009
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