Past events

Sept. 20, 2012: -
"Treaties in American Law: Retreating from International
Commitments?”
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Sept. 11, 2012: -
"Keeping Foreign Law out of State Courts: the Movement to Ban Sharia and other International and Foreign Laws.”
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April 14, 2012: A Year in Tahrir: The Future of the Arab Spring and its Implications in the U.S.

The Winter 2012 Speaker Series featured the following events:

Thursday, Feb. 2, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium
“Finding Authority to Kill:  Targeting Terrorism Suspects Under International Law”
Monica Hakimi, assistant professor of law, University of Michigan Law School

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium
“The Regulatory Turn in International Law”
Jacob Katz Cogan, professor of law, University of Cincinnati College of Law

Tuesday, March 27, 12:15-1:30 p.m.
Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights Lecture Hall
“Reform of International Financial Institutions”
Daniel Bradlow, professor of law, American University Washington College of Law and SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Thursday, Nov. 3
"Foreign Wars - The New Battleground in International Litigation"
Peter Rutledge, professor of law, University of Georgia Law School

Oct. 17, 2011: 
"The Consequences of the Eurozone Crisis" 
Henry Farrell, associate professor of political science and international affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
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Oct. 12, 2011: 
"The Libya Intervention and Executive War Powers" Peter Spiro, Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law, Temple Law School
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Sept. 22, 2011: “The General Assembly Resolution on Palestinian Statehood: What Does International Law Have to Say”
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Sept. 19 - 23, 2001: International Week at Wayne Law, Sept. 19-23

March 2, 2011: "Rules of engagement in counterinsurgency campaigns"
John Hutson, dean and president of the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)

February 11, 2011: U.S.-China Economic Law Conference
Academic experts and officials from North America, Europe, and Asia analyze critical legal, regulatory, and policy issues surrounding the world’s most important trade and investment relationship.
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Feb. 10, 2011: "Protecting your intellectual property in a global marketplace"
Representatives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Commercial Service in a seminar designed to grow your export sales and protect your intellectual property overseas.

Jan. 26, 2011: "U.S. ratification of the women's rights treaty: fabulous, horrendous or meaningless?"
Julia Ernst, visiting associate professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Jan. 19, 2011: "The independence of Kosovo and self-determination in international law"
Brad Roth, associate professor at Wayne Law and in WSU’s Department of Political Science

Nov. 3, 2010: "The new crime of aggression before the International Criminal Court"
Sean D, Murphy, Patricia Roberts Harris Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School

Oct. 23, 2010: International Law Weekend 2010 Career Fair
Wayne Law Professors Brad Roth, Rachel Settlage, and Paul Dubinsky
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Oct. 13, 2010: “The new strategic arms reduction treaty with Russia”
Jeffrey Pryce, an attorney with Steptoe and Johnson LLP in Washington, D.C.
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Oct. 6, 2010: "Miranda rights for terrorism suspects?"
Mark Denbeaux, professor and director of the Center for Policy and Research at Seton Hall Law School
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Sept. 22, 2010: "In search of a just settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict: The relevance of international law"
Tom Farer, former dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver and former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States
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Sept. 9, 2010: "Prosecuting international crimes: the cases of Abu Ghraib and Chuckie Taylor”
Christopher Graveline, assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan
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April 6, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.: Distance Learning Room (2103), Deepti Choubey of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. will speak on "Restoring Faith in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: Why Treaty Rules Matter."
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Feb. 24, 2010 at 12:15 p.m., Distance Learning Room, Brad Roth of the Wayne Law faculty and Sharon Lean of the Wayne Political Science Department will speak on "International Promotion of Democratic Government: the Strange Case of the 2009 Honduran Coup." Lunch will be served.
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Jan. 27, 2010, at 12:15 p.m., in Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium, Peter Hammer of the Wayne Law Faculty and John Ciorciari of the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan will speak on "The Special Tribunal for Cambodia and the Future of International Criminal Law." Lunch will be served.
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Brown Bag Colloquium Series, featuring Andrew Port, Associate Professor from the History Department, as the guest speaker on Jan. 13, 2010 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in Room 2339 of the Faculty Administration Building.

Nov. 20, 2009, at 3 p.m., in Faculty Lounge, Wayne Law Professor Robert Sedler will address "Our System of Protecting the Rights of Persons Accused of Crimes." Participant bios here.

Nov. 18, 2009, at 12:15 p.m., will address "Comprehensive Immigration Reform: The Situation of Undocumented Migrants in the United States and a Path to Legal Status." This brown bag event will take place in Room 2258 of the Law School. Dessert and beverages provided.

Nov.11, 2009, at 12:15 pm.:  Scott Horton, contributing Editor of Harper's Magazine and au thor of the No Comment blog, will address "After Gitmo: Obama Grapples with Preventive Detention.
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Oct. 27, 2009, at 12:15 p.m.:  Ambassador David Scheffer will address "The Future of the International Criminal Court”
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Oct. 14, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.: Launch of the Program for International Legal Studies with keynote speaker, Judge Bruno Simma of the International Court of Justice. Simma will address "The International Court of Justice and Human Rights." A reception will follow.
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Sept. 30, 12:15 p.m., Professor Lance Gable will conduct a brown bag lunch discussion in Room 2261 for Wayne Law students only on "Responding to the Swine Flu Pandemic: the Role of International Law."