International Law Weekend!

This year’s International Law Weekend, an event offered by the International Law Association, takes place October 23-25 in New York City.

The program has several panels that may be of interest to TLB readers, including these two:

Crisis, Courts, and Sovereigns: Rethinking Immunity and Enforcement in a Shifting Global Order

Friday, October 24, 11:30AM-12:45PM in Room 2-01B

Moderators:

       Alec Albright, Associate, White & Case LLP

        Beatrice Walton, Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Speakers:

         Andrea Bjorklund, L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, McGill University Faculty of Law

         Ingrid Brunk, Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law, Vanderbilt Law School

         Nicolle Kownacki, Partner, White & Case LLP

         Natalie Reid, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

The Second Century of the Federal Arbitration Act

Friday, October 24, 4:30PM-5:45PM in Room 1-01

Moderator:

       Christopher Boehning, Partner, Paul, Weiss LLP

Speakers:

        Pamela Bookman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law

       Yasmine Lahlou, Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

       Robert Smit, Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia Law School