Program Agenda

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Tuesday, April 13

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Registration

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
International Law Boot Camp (ILBC) featuring the “Fundamentals of International Practice”
Co-Presented by: New York State Bar Association International Section
Young Lawyers; Business/Transactional; Corporate Counsel; Dispute Resolution/Litigation; International Trade/Customs; Law Practice; Public International Law/Rule of Law; Regulatory

The Spring Meeting commences with a special series of programs, the International Law Boot Camp (ILBC) featuring the “Fundamentals of International Practice”. Attendance is limited to those who register for the ILBC. In addition to the programs denominated ILBC programs below, the ILBC also includes Pathways to Employment in International Law, Speed Networking and the WIN/SIN/GIN/YIN/Outreach Reception (described below).

The ILBC is a full day continuing legal education program which seeks to provide attendees with an introductory look at international aspects of several substantive areas of law and expand their knowledge of the key legal issues that arise in the context of international practice. Register for the International Law Boot Camp featuring the Fundamentals of International Practice as a stand-alone program or in combination with the entire ABA International Spring Meeting (excluding ticketed events).

Sponsoring Committees:
Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach Committee, Young Lawyers’ Interest Network (YIN)

Co-Sponsor:
ABA Young Lawyers Division

Moderators and Program Chairs:
Russell W. Dombrow, Syracuse, NY
Christopher J. Kula, Phillips Nizer LLP,
New York, NY
Shannon P. McNulty, New York University School of Law, New York, NY

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Networking Break

12:20 p.m. – 1:20 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
2010 Spring Meeting Registration Opens

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Work-Life Balance and the Economic Crisis: Is Work-Life Balance Dead?
Young Lawyers; Law Practice; Corporate Counsel; Business/Transactional

As a result of the current economic crisis many of today’s lawyers are interested in working more hours to preserve their jobs and are no longer thinking about work-life balance. Wave after wave of layoffs and salary freezes in the legal industry would seem to support this conclusion, but does it? Our panel looks at the effects of the current economic downturn and discusses issues faced by today’s lawyers. Do you need to abandon all efforts to achieve work-life balance to save your job? How can law firms respond to decreased demand for their services without resorting to layoffs?

Sponsoring Committee:
Lawyers Lifestyles Taskforce, Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN), Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach Committee, Women’s Interest Network (WIN)

Program Chair:
Matt Potempa, Law Office of Matt Potempa, PLLC, Nashville, TN

Moderator and Program Chair:
Nancy A. Matos, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Speakers:
Jennifer Hilsabeck, Lewis and Roca LLP, Las Vegas, NV
Malcolm S. McNeil, Fox Rothschild LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Yevgenia Muchnick, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Washington, DC
Nicole N. Santucci, Fox Rothschild LLP,
New York, NY

3:25 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Networking Break

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Global and Cross-Border Pro Bono Service: Opportunities and Models for Feasible Participation (Non-CLE)
Public International Law/Rule of Law; Law Practice

This program will explore meaningful ways to integrate cross-border and global pro bono service into an active practice. Panelists will discuss a diverse range of projects, such as rule of law reform, humanitarian issues and the protection of women’s rights. Logistical and procedural aspects of international pro bono participation will be explored, including time commitments, travel, language capabilities and risks relating to travel to sensitive areas. The panel will discuss how and why approaches to legal volunteerism diverge in different parts of the world.

Sponsoring Committees:
International Human Rights Committee, UN and International Institutions Coordinating Committee, NGO and Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Africa Committee, Asia/Pacific Committee, Latin America and Caribbean Law Committee, Law Student & Young Lawyer Outreach Committee, Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach Committee, Women’s Interest Network (WIN), Seasoned Lawyers Interest Network (SIN), Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Network Diversity Committee (GIN), Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)

Co-Sponsor:
World Justice Project

Program Chair:
Michael H. Byowitz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY

Moderator and Program Chair:
Madeleine Schachter, Baker & McKenzie LLP, New York, NY

Speakers:
Jean Berman, International Senior Lawyers Project, New York, NY
Nancy Boswell, Transparency International USA, Washington, DC
Timothy L. Dickinson, ABA/UNDP International Legal Resource Center, Washington, DC
Hongxia Liu, World Justice Project, Washington, DC
Edwin Rekosh, Public Interest Law Institute, New York, NY
Christina Storm, Lawyers Without Borders, Inc, Hartford, CT

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Global War for Talent: Who’s Winning?
Law Practice; Public International Law/Rule of Law

This program will examine diversity across the legal profession and include speakers from private practice, in-house counsel, the judiciary, government, and the non-profit/multilateral sectors. Despite the concerted efforts of the ABA, minority bar associations, academia, and others, the statistics regarding diversity remain alarming. The legal profession lags far behind others in diversifying its ranks. Our panelists will tackle the significant challenges and opportunities associated with recruiting, retaining, and promoting world class diverse talent.

Sponsoring Committees:
Diversity Committee, Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach Committee, Women’s Interest Network (WIN), Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN)

Program Chair:
Ingrid Busson, Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank, New York, NY

Moderator:
Monica Parham, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC

Speakers:
Honorable Delissa A. Ridgway, U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, NY
James Spinner, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC
Nichole S. Williams-Miller, Strayer University, Piscataway, NJ
M. Suzette Recinos, Pitney Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Joint Swearing-In Ceremony:
U.S. Court of International Trade & U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of International Trade,
One Federal Plaza, New York
Law Practice; Young Lawyers

Meeting attendees have the opportunity to be admitted to practice before the Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Only Spring Meeting registrants may be sworn in at this ceremony. Fees for admission are payable to the courts by interested registrants. Attendance is open to registrants’ guests. If you are interested in being admitted to practice before the CIT and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, please check the correct box on the Spring Meeting registration form. On-site registration for this ceremony is not available.

Sponsoring Committees:
Young Lawyers Interest Network (YIN), Law Student, LL.M., and New Lawyer Outreach Committee

Program Chair:
Jennifer Haworth McCandless, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Social Networking for Lawyers:
How Lawyers Can Use it to Enhance Their Marketing Success
Law Practice; Young Lawyers; Business/Transactional

This program will teach specific strategies for using and maximizing the success of LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, blogging and other social networking options, all as a complement to traditional networking and business development.

Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice Management Forum

Moderator and Program Chair:
Janet Moore, Global Rainmaking Strategist, Houston, TX

Speakers:
Dan Harris, Harris Moure, Seattle, WA
Silvia Hodges, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Frank Sommerfield, Sommerfield Communications, New York, NY

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Speed Networking (Non-CLE)
Law practice; Business/Transactional; Corporate Counsel; Dispute Resolution/Litigation; International Trade/Customs; Public International Law/Rule of Law; Regulatory; Young Lawyers

Back by popular demand! We had so much fun, we are doing it again. Start the Spring Meeting by meeting ABA and Section Leadership and other international lawyers. Bring your business cards! Participants will have the opportunity to engage in a number of speed networking rounds to learn about each other or create business opportunities. With this program, there is no need to break the ice - it’s already done for you. Just take a seat and start talking!
This program is open to all Spring Meeting registrants and all ILBC participants.

Program Chairs and Moderators:
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, Lang Michener, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Janet Moore, Global Rainmaking Strategist, Houston, TX

Wednesday, April 14

7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Legal Process Outsourcing – A Reality Check: [How] Has It Affected Your Practice?
Law Practice; Business/Transactional

Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) has been employed in various forms for many years, but the outsourcing of legal work outside the United States has created controversy. It is no longer a question of “if?” or “when?” but “how much?” and “what all?” Corporate bottom line pressures and the current economic downturn will only fuel the growth of LPO. What then are the trends in this critical industry that directly affects most of us? Has, and if so to what extent, LPO affected your law practice? What do lawyers who represent this industry think or advise their clients? What is the lawyer’s responsibility in balancing ethical issues such as attorney client and work product privilege between the outsourced jurisdiction and their own jurisdiction? A distinguished panel of industry experts will share their experience in engaging or providing LPO services and provide their assessment of how LPO has changed the way corporations are doing business (and their expectations) as well as how law firms and lawyers are (or ought to be) responding to this challenge.

Sponsoring Committees:
Asia/Pacific Committee, India Committee

Program Chair:
Mohammad A. Syed, King & Ballow, Nashville, TN

Moderator and Program Chair:
Snehal Patil, Perkins Coie LLP, Menlo Park, CA

Speakers:
Jonathan Goldstein, Pangea3, New York, NY
Mark W. Heaphy, Wiggin and Dana, New Haven, CT
Madhu Khatri, WIPRO Technologies Limited, Bangalore, India (Invited)

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsor Matheson Ormsby Prentice

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Law Practice Management Forum: Law Firm Strategy after the Recession
Law Practice

The past two years have witnessed the most dramatic changes in markets and economies worldwide since the 1930’s. As the world emerges from recession, leaders of many types of law firms handling cross-border matters will address whether the legal landscape has changed permanently, whether some law firm models have emerged from the recession in better shape than others and whether law firms can still realistically have long term strategic plans (or whether they need to take a more opportunistic tactical approach)? The panel will look at trends in law firm service offerings. Are full-service one-stop shops still the preferred model, or is there more scope for niche practices? Are law firms finding new ways to work together and with their clients? Will emerging firms from the BRIC countries follow the same model as their counterparts in more developed economies or will different models emerge in some of those global markets?

Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice Management Forum

Moderator and Program Chair:
Stephen Denyer, Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt, Germany

Speakers:
Manuel Barrocas, Barrocas, Lisbon, Portugal
Richard Fleck, Herbert Smith, London, United Kingdom
Umit Herguner, Herguner Bilgen Ozeke, Istanbul, Turkey
Ralph Malacrida, Baer & Karrer, Zurich, Switzerland,
Antonio Meyer, Machado, Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados, São Paulo Brazil
Cyril Shroff, Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., New Delhi, India
David Tang, K&L Gates, Seattle, WA

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Law Practice Management Forum: Managing an International Law Firm – The Opportunities & Challenges of Operating in Multiple Jurisdictions
Law Practice

Managing partners of multi-jurisdictional law firms will address critical issues facing all such law firms: successful techniques and strategies to opening (and closing) foreign offices, including the relative merits of acquiring an existing practice or greenfield recruiting; approaches to alternative billing structures; maintaining consistency of work product and service level across offices and cultures; addressing compensation levels and billing rates among lawyers in various offices, including, whether to consider differences in hiring costs and tax rates; addressing concerns that some feel they are financially supporting partners in other less profitable jurisdictions; resolving conflict issues and harmonizing conflict resolution processes across different jurisdictions and cultures; managing leverage ratios; and issues relating to “making partner” in foreign offices.

Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice Management Forum

Program Chair:
Stephen Denyer, Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt, Germany

Program Chair:
Justin D. Vineberg, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Moderator and Speaker:
Ralph Baxter, Orrick, San Francisco, CA

Speakers:
Austin T. Fragomen, Jr., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, New York, NY
Zhou Xiaolin, Jun He Law Offices,
New York, NY
Nei Schilling Zelmanovits, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice, São Paulo, Brazil
Horst Ebhardt, Partner, Wolf Theiss, Vienna, Austria
Zhou Xiaolin, Senior Partner/Managing Partner, Jun He Law Offices, New York, NY

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Networking Break

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Law Practice Management Forum: The Secrets of Attracting and Leading the Best People
Law Practice

Managing partners of leading law firms from all over the world will share their strategies for attracting, developing and retaining law students, associates and partners including a discussion of partner and associate compensation issues, 360-degree evaluations and establishing non-financial incentives. The panelists will also discuss, in an interactive and dynamic manner, their approaches to dealing with lawyers at all levels and developing the next generation of firm leaders. In this context, the panelists will consider the paradox of how law firm managing partners and practice group leaders often have developed successful books of businesses - but not necessarily the most expertise in “leading” others. Many consultants have developed leadership training programs specifically targeted for lawyers. How successful are these programs? Is such training worth the time and financial investment? How else can leaders be trained and developed?

Sponsoring Committee:
International Law Practice Management Forum

Program Chair:
Stephen Denyer, Allen & Overy LLP, Frankfurt, Germany

Moderators:
Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE
Justin D. Vineberg, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Speakers:
Dmitry Afanasiev, Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners, Moscow, Russia
Sadiq Jafar, Hadef & Partners, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
James Patton, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE
Chang Rok Woo, Yulchon, Gangnam-gu, Republic of Korea
Saul Zang, Zang, Bergel & Viñes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Máximo Luis Bomchil, Managing Partner, M. & M. Bomchil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thursday, April 15

7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration

7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
With thanks to our sponsors
Bron & Salas Abogados; Estudio Beccar Varela; Estudio Randle; Gonzalez & Ferraro Mila; M. & M. Bomchil Abogados; Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal; Negri & Teijeiro; Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen; Zang, Bergel & Vines Abogados

7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Committee Breakfasts

Not sure whether to attend committee business breakfasts? If not attending, you may be missing the greatest benefit of Section membership. Our more than sixty committees cover every possible aspect of public and private international law. Most of the Section’s substantive work is conducted at the committee level. Committee business meetings provide a great opportunity to meet your Section colleagues, learn about and shape committee plans, and become more active in the Section. Section members can join as many committees as they wish—at no charge! Further details concerning the schedule of which particular committees will be meeting will be listed on the Spring Meeting website (www.abanet.org/intlaw/spring10) as well as in the onsite meeting information guide.

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Conflicts Between Sharia and International Human Rights Law and Norms Regarding Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Public International Law/Rule of Law; Young Lawyers; Law Practice

This roundtable discussion will familiarize attendees with the effects of Sharia, religious and national laws on traditional taboos of sexual orientation and gender identity in North African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries. Speakers will address the serious question of how to reconcile traditional religious law in these regions with international human rights mechanisms and norms which seek to prohibit discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation and gender identity. The panel will also explore a hypothetical Western client’s likely course of action to protect its LGBT employees who work in more conservative legal environments.

Sponsoring Committees:
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Network, Middle East Committee, Asia-Pacific Committee

Moderator and Program Chair:
M. David Coffman, Coffman Legal PLLC, Seattle, WA

Program Chair:
Paul E. Johnson, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL

Speakers:
Hossein Alizadeh, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, New York, NY
Rasha Moumneh, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY (Invited)
Hedwin Salmen-Navarro, Salmen-Navarro & Associates, New York, NY
Mark Wojcik, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Networking Break
With thanks to our sponsors
Bron & Salas Abogados; Estudio Beccar Varela; Estudio Randle; Gonzalez & Ferraro Mila; M. & M. Bomchil Abogados; Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal; Negri & Teijeiro; Vitale, Manoff & Feilbogen; Zang, Bergel & Vines Abogados

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Know Your Style – Networking, Marketing and Business Development Tips for Women (and Men) (Non-CLE)
Law Practice; Young Lawyers

Do men and women generate business the same way? Unleash your existing communication and networking skills and join us for an informative session on how to build your brand and develop your client base and referral network. This is also an opportunity to present and explore the opportunities that the ABA offers for networking and business development. This panel will be an interactive discussion between dynamic young lawyers about how they approach business development. Analysis and advice will be offered by Andrea Nierenberg, best-selling author, speaker and known authority on business networking, professional development and business communications.

Sponsoring Committees:
Women’s Interest Network (WIN), International Law Practice Management Committee

Program Chair:
Elisa Kearney, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Moderator:
Jennifer Wills, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC

Speakers:
Susana Cabrera, Garrigues LLP, Madrid, Spain
Andrea Nierenberg, The Nierenberg Group, New York, NY
Sébastien Savage, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Rules of Engagement: Avoiding the Pitfalls in Cross-Border Electronic Discovery
Dispute Resolution/Litigation; Corporate Counsel; Law Practice; Young Lawyers

Counsel facing litigation involving foreign jurisdictions face a confusing web of regulations and court rules that can confuse even the most seasoned litigator. This panel will guide the audience through the thicket of international privacy and other regulations that govern ESI discovery in key foreign jurisdictions. We will provide a road map for practitioners engaged in cross border disputes that will help them understand how to avoid costly mistakes and exploit available technology to their strategic advantage. The panel will use a mock case involving multiple overseas collections in the context of multi-national litigation. Each panelist will take a role (in house counsel, outside counsel, electronic discovery consultant, judge) and a series of questions will be posed to the panelists which take the dispute from its infancy through to settlement. Challenges typically faced in similar matters such as cultural misunderstandings, spoliation, data privacy compliance, sanctions motions and cost overruns will be embedded into the questions.

Sponsoring Committee:
International Litigation Committee

Moderator and Program Chair:
Margaret A. Daley, Duff & Phelps, Chicago, IL

Speaker and Program Chair:
Debra Bernard, Perkins Coie, Chicago, IL

Speakers:
David Bayer, Stratify, Mountain View, CA
Alexander Shapiro, Bank of New York Mellon, New York, NY

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
What Do You Need to Know to Become a Global Deal Lawyer?
Law Practice; Business/Transactional; Young Lawyers

This panel will consider the challenges facing deal lawyers who work in a transnational context. Among the questions our panel will discuss are the following: How does a lawyer’s role in doing deals (as opposed to litigation) differ in various jurisdictions, and how do lawyers maneuver around these differences to help clients get their deals done? What are the common cultural misunderstandings related to the differences in roles occupied by transactional lawyers? And what sort of legal education and training might help—or hurt—lawyers prepare for working in a transnational context as transaction lawyers?

Sponsoring Committees:
Transnational Legal Practice Committee, International Law Practice Management Forum, Foreign Legal Consultant Committee

Program Chair and Moderator:
Carole Silver, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC

Speaker and Program Chair:
Albert Garrofé, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, New York, NY

Speakers:
Lee Buchheit, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, New York, NY
Jorge Carey, Carey y Cia, Santiago, Chile
Beomsu Kim, Shin & Kim, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Cagatay Yilmaz, Yilmaz Law Offices Istanbul, Turkey

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Networking Break

With thanks to our sponsor
Arent Fox LLP

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Hot Transborder Law Practice Issues: India-U.S.
Law Practice; International Trade/Customs; Business/Transactional

There has been a spate of formal, collaborative agreements between leading Indian law firms and international firms seeking a global reach. Historically, top traditional firms, some of them operational in India for over a 100 years, have had “preferred law firm referral” relationships, and such agreements with new-age Indian law firms of significant size have been established within the past 5 to 10 years. Leading members of the Indian bar, U.S. law firms and the U.S. Government will discuss the potential scope of such agreements and the future of transnational collaboration within India’s existing legal framework, as well as opening legal services in India in view of its obligations under the WTO, regional organizations and bilateral agreements.

Sponsoring Committees:
India Committee, Transnational Legal Practice Committee, International Trade Committee

Moderators and Program Chairs:
Robert E. Lutz, II, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Erik Wulff, DLA Piper LLP, Washington, DC

Speakers:
Lalit Bhasin, Society of Indian Law Firms, New Delhi, India
Priti Suri, PSA Legal Counsellors, New Delhi, India
Eugene Theroux, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Washington, DC
Daniel Watson, Office of U.S. Trade, Washington, DC

7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Ticketed Event
Dinner/Dance Reception at The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York
With thanks to our sponsor Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP

Friday, April 16

7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration

7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast

7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Committee Breakfasts

Not sure whether to attend the committee business meetings? If you miss them, you may also be missing the greatest benefit of Section membership. Our more than 60 committees cover every possible aspect of public and private international law. Most of the substantive work of the Section is conducted at the committee level. The committee business meetings provide a great opportunity to meet your colleagues in the Section, learn about and shape committee plans for the year, and become more active in the Section. Section members can join as many committees as they wish - and committee membership is free! Further details concerning the schedule of which particular committees will be meeting will be listed on the Spring Meeting website (www.abanet.org/intlaw/spring10) as well as in the onsite meeting information guide.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Networking Break

With thanks to our sponsor
steptoe & johnson LLP

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Deans’ Roundtable: The International Legal System and its Place in the New Millennium
Law Practice

With globalization, transnational legal practice has become an important feature of the legal profession. This panel of law school deans will address the role of legal education in shaping international law and transnational legal practice and the many challenges brought about by an evolving, inter-dependent and globalized world. Topics addressed will include whether there are compatible approaches to teaching international law from both the civil and common law traditions; challenges and opportunities arising from the use of technology; and the skill sets students need to respond to these challenges of globalization.

Sponsoring Committees:
Asia/Pacific Committee, Europe Committee, International Legal Education and Specialist Certification, Transnational Legal Practice Committee

Program Chairs:
Michael H. Byowitz, Watchell Lipton Rosen & Katz, New York, NY
Louise Ellen Teitz, Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol, RI

Moderators:
Robert E. Lutz, II, Southwestern Law University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Lelia Mooney, Rule of Law Officer, ABA Section of International Law, Washington, DC

Speakers:
John B. Attanasio, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX
Nora V. Demleitner, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY
Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
Dean Richard L. Revesz, New York University School of Law, New York, NY
Joan G. Wexler, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Responsibility to Protect—Strategies for Implementation
Public International Law/Rule of Law

Genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity continue despite international condemnations and efforts. In 2005, at the World Summit, Heads of State and governments recognized that individual states had the primary “Reponsibility to Protect” (R2P) their populations from such atrocities. The most controversial and debated aspect of R2P is the use of military force by other nations, which is allowed by Security Council resolution, only as a last resort. However, R2P is not merely a substitute for humanitarian intervention through the use of force, but entails a threefold responsibility to prevent, react and rebuild. To what extent are the United Nations and member states fulfilling this responsibility? How do R2P norms apply in crisis situations, such as Darfur or Burma? How can the concept be translated into policy by states and the United Nations?

Sponsoring Committees:
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Immigration and Naturalization Committee, International Human Rights Committee

Moderator and Program Chair:
Ellen G. Yost, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, New York, NY

Program Chair and Speaker:
Elizabeth DeFeis, Seton Hall University, School of Law, Newark, NJ

Speakers:
Francis Deng, Special Advisor for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, United Nations, New York, NY (Invited)
Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY
Edward Luck, Special Advisor on Responsibility to Protect, United Nations, New York, NY
Patricia O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel, United Nations, New York, NY

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“How To” Series: Developing Programs with the Section

Do you have an idea for a program that is timely and topical? If so, then attending this nuts and bolts of how to develop programs for the Section will be instrumental in helping you to develop your proposal. Member and committee involvement through the development of programming continues to be the lifeline of the Section; whether it be for a seasonal meeting, a brown-bag, podcast, webcast, teleconference or stand-alone, or a combination, for CLE or not, there are ample opportunities for your program idea to take flight. Join us to learn more about how to chart the course of your proposal.

Speakers and Program Chairs:
Yee Wah Chin, Section Programs Officer
Steven M. Richman, Deputy Officer, Programs Committee
Marcy Stras, Deputy Officer, Programs Committee

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“Meet the Authors”

The Section of International Lawyer’s book authors and editors will be able to meet with you in person to discuss their books and address any questions you may have on their books. All Section books will be available for purchase in the exhibit hall.

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Networking Break

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Ticketed Event
Chair’s Closing Reception at the Grand Hyatt New York

10:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.
After-Hours Reception at Flute Bar & Lounge, Gramercy
 40 East 20th Street, New York
With thanks to our sponsor the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats/International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)

Not ready to say goodbye?  Join Section members new and old at this after-hours event later in the evening following the Chair's Closing Reception.  All Spring Meeting attendees are invited!  Stop by to unwind and raise a glass to celebrate another exciting and successful Spring Meeting.

Saturday, April 17

7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Section Council Continental Breakfast