February

Sixteenth International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators
Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Singapore Maritime Arbitrators Association, Maritime Law Association of Singapore, and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
February 26 - March 2, 2007
Singapore

Organised by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, Singapore Maritime Arbitrators Association, Maritime Law Association of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Conference promised to be significant and will be of great interest to every maritime and commercial arbitrator. ICMA provides a forum for maritime arbitrators and lawyers from around the world to deliberate on and exchange views and news of professional interest. Following the ICMA tradition, the Congress programme will only be determined after the submission of papers by the delegates.

March

Challenges for Children's Rights Symposium
Center for Global Legal Studies at Thomas Jefferson School of Law
March 2, 2007
San Diego, California

Sponsored by the Center for Global Legal Studies at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, the symposium aims to examine some of the most difficult situations confronting children around the world and the children’s rights issues that arise in these contexts. Using a thematic approach, the symposium will offer a look at a range of issues having a dramatic impact on children’s rights and welfare, including trafficking, armed conflict, migration, juvenile justice, HIV/AIDS, assisted reproduction, sorcery, and infant surgery. The symposium will also explore existing remedies available to children who suffer such human rights abuses as well as alternative approaches for ensuring the rights and well-being of children.

The Future of Environmental Protection
National Association of Environmental Law Societies and the Environmental Law Association of The George Washington University Law School
March 15-18, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia

The 17th Annual National Association of Environmental Law Societies (NAELS) Conference, hosted by the Environmental Law Association of The George Washington University Law School. The four-day conference will encompass a variety of contemporary topics in environmental law, with a specific focus on legal issues relating to global climate change. The event will feature panels, workshops, and presentations addressing a range of environmental legal issues, including: climate change, international environmental law, water law, the property-rights movement, and law student activism. The conference will conclude on Sunday, March 18, with a lecture and a question and answer session with former Vice President Al Gore and a showing of the film "An Inconvenient Truth."

The Pedagogy of Legal Writing for Legal Academics in Africa
Seattle University School of Law
March 15-17, 2007
Nairobi, Kenya

The conference will cover three main themes: (1) the emergence of Legal Writing as discipline; (2) the learning theory underpinning Legal Writing pedagogy; and (3) the “nuts and bolts” of teaching Legal Writing. The conference will include presentations by U.S. and African academics and will set aside time for “sharing sessions” for participants to learn about the other participants’ programs. It is geared toward legal academics in Africa who teach legal writing, legal methods, advocacy, and related courses. In addition, faculty who teach in clinics may benefit from the program. Moreover, law faculty deans and administrators are encouraged to attend.

Investment Law Arbitration and Human Rights
American University Washington College of Law Arbitration Program and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
March 21, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia

Sponsored by American University Washington College of Law Arbitration Program and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). The conference will address issues surrounding the Arbitration of Investment Disputes and Human Rights. It will consist of two panels: Panel I will focus on International Human and Foreign Investors’ Rights Protection; Panel II will address procedural matters: transparency issues related to the access to Information, jurisdiction and applicable law and the role of human rights law in investment disputes and standard of review, presumptions, and the burden of proof.

A Symposium on Guantanamo Bay
New York City Law Review, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for International Human Rights at the City University of New York
March 23, 2007
New York, New York

Sponsored by the New York City Law Review, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for International Human Rights at the City University of New York.  The symposium will be the first in the nation to focus solely on the legal issues stemming from the detention of individuals by the United States government in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Turned over by Pakistani officials, neighbors, rival tribes, and in rare circumstances, in the battlefields of Afghanistan, these detainees have had a considerable impact on American and international jurisprudence.  They have sparked a debate in the wider legal community about the fairness and legality of their detention and treatment.

2007 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
March 25-31, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia

Shearman & Sterling International Rounds and Shearman & Sterling World Championship Jessup Cup Round.

A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome
International Trade Law Society, American University Washington College of Law’s International Legal Studies Program, and ASIL
March 28, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia

Sponsored by the International Trade Law Society; co-sponsored by American University Washington College of Law’s International Legal Studies Program and ASIL. Fifty years ago the Treaty of Rome laid the foundation for the European Economic Community. Since that time, European integration has impacted the global trade regime in a truly unique way; the purpose of this conference is to identify those areas of greatest impact. Elements and issues of past, and present integration will be discussed with the goal of identifying their impact on trade relations with the global community and how, in light of lessons learned from the past 50 years, the members of the European Union may proceed over the next 50 years to strengthen trade both within the region and around the world.

101^st ASIL Annual Meeting
American Society of International Law
March 28-31, 2007
Washington, District of Columbia