The ICJ Case Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile)
Join Dean Emeritus Claudio Grossman for a brown bag lunch to discuss the ICJ decision to reject Bolivia's arguments claiming that Chile had an "obligation to negotiate" sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean.
- Lecture
- Open To The Public, Students, Faculty/Staff AND
- CLE
What Justice for Genocide? Book Talk and Discussion of ICC Rohingya Case
Join Payam Akhavan, Professor of International Law at McGill University, to hear about his recent book, In Search of Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey (2017) and the ICC Rohingya case. Register here: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration.
- Presentation
- Open To The Public, Students, Faculty/Staff AND
- CLE
OctoBAR: DC Bar Exam/Character & Fitness RSVP
The Office of Academic Excellence and a representative of the DC Board of Bard Examiners will present information on the DC Bar Exam/Character & Fitness. Students should attend and ask any questions they may have.
Please RSVP by following the the "Register" tab to the right or scanning the attached QR code.
- Presentation
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
FDA: Past, Present, and Future
Join leading practitioners, researchers, and policymakers from across the nation for a one-day conference on the past, present, and future of the Food and Drug Administration, featuring FDA Commissioners and Chief Counsels spanning five decades.
#FDAConf18
- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE
Maintaining the Ability to Do Justice to All Manner of People
Lord Thomas read law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the University of Chicago Law School. He practiced at the Commercial Bar in London from 1972 to 1996, becoming a QC in 1984. He was appointed to the High Court of England and Wales in 1996. He was successively a Presiding Judge in Wales, Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, a Lord Justice of Appeal, President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2013 - 2017). He was a founder of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary and its President from 2008-2010. He is currently Chairman of the Commission on Justice in Wales, Chairman of the London Financial Markets Law Committee and sits in the House of Lords. He has returned to Essex Court Chambers where he practices as an arbitrator. He is Chancellor of the Aberystwyth University. He is a founder member of the European Law Institute and is currently a member of its Executive Committee.
Registration is free but required.
Please go to https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration- Conference
- Open To The Public, Alumni, Students AND Faculty/Staff
- CLE