NYU School of Law

The Journal of International Law and Politics regularly organizes academic symposia at NYU Law School and online. Over the years the journal has brought together countless judges, practitioners, and academics from a variety of disciplines to tackle emerging transnational problems and their legal implications.

Fall 2012 Symposium:

Tug of War: The Tension Between Regulation and International Cooperation

Thursday, October 25th, 2012, NYU School of Law

For more information and to register, please click on the link above.

From Rights to Reality: Beth Simmons’s Mobilizing for Human Rights and its Intersection with International Law

Friday, October 14, 2011

Location: Greenberg Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, NYU Law (40 Washington Square South)
 
This symposium will examine Beth Simmons’s award-winning book, "Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics," and present reactions from leading scholars on the empirical effects and theoretical implications of promoting human rights through the instruments of international law. This event aims to unpack and discuss the arguments made by Professor Simmons, and to explore larger themes emerging in the field of human rights.

The event will feature a debate about international law and human rights between Professor Simmons and Professor Eric Posner, as well as thematic panels featuring: Philip Alston, Robert Howse, Catharine MacKinnon, Andrew Moravcsik, Peter Rosendorff, Kathryn Sikkink, Edward Swaine, Ruti Teitel, and Joel Trachtman.

Anyone interested in attending, including students, practitioners, and scholars, is invited to register for this free event at: http://nyulaw.imodules.com/JILPsymposium

On Thin Ice: International Law and Environmental Protection in a Melting Arctic
Friday, October 22, 2010
 
The United States is one of eight nations with territory above the Arctic Circle, a distinction that meant relatively little until the last decade.  But melting sea ice has thrust these previously unnavigable and commercially inaccessible waters into a series of legal, political, and environmental disputes, which are expected to intensify in the years ahead.  On October 22^nd, NYU’s Journal of International Law and Politics and Environmental Law Journal will host “On Thin Ice: International Law and Environmental Protection in a Melting Arctic.”  This multi-disciplinary conference will include leading scientists, legal scholars, and practitioners in order to explore the current and projected impacts on the natural environment, the legal framework, the commercial interests, and how to ensure sustainable development.  The Journal of International Law and Politics and the Environmental Law Journal will publish papers resulting from the conference.  Please RSVP by visiting nyulaw.imodules.com/rubinsymposium and clicking on Registration.

Financing Development: The Privatization of Development Assistance
Friday and Saturday, December 4-5, 2009
 
Recent trends show an increase in the privatization of development aid and a gap in academic literature and regulatory policy addressing private development aid.  On December 4 and 5, NYU School of Law's Professor Kevin Davis and the Journal of International Law and Politics will discuss these issues at a conference to take place at the Law School.  The conference will include discussions on regulatory models, informational gaps and the role of recipient governments.  Participants will include scholars, practitioners and students.  The Journal of International Law and Politics will publish papers resulting from the conference in Volume 42:4.

Special Tribute to Andreas Lowenfeld, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law
Thursday, April 16, 2009
To register, please contact Monica Cortez-Langham, (212) 998-6653.

As Professor Lowenfeld enters his 42nd year of teaching at New York University School of Law, the Law School and the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics will pay tribute to his extensive and impressive scholarship at a conference to take place at the Law School on Thursday, April 16, 2009.  The conference will focus on four areas of Professor Lowenfeld’s work: Public International Law, Trade and Economic Law, Private International Law, and International Arbitration.  Participants include judges, scholars, and practitioners whose own work has been influenced by Professor Lowenfeld.  The papers presented will be published in a symposium issue of the Journal of International Law and Politics.

Bi-Annual Conference of the Journal of Private International Law
Friday and Saturday, April 17–18, 2009
Register online.

New York University School of Law is pleased to host the bi-annual conference of the Journal of Private International Law, the first English language journal devoted exclusively to Private International Law.  The conference brings together judges, scholars, and practitioners in the field of private international law to discuss current issues of importance in Private International Law.  A special feature of the conference this year will be the wide range of early careers panels on Friday morning featuring the scholarship of young academics and advanced students from around the world.  We are able to offer CLE credit for this event.

SCHEDULE
A program of both events is available here.

ACCOMODATIONS
Conference attendees in need of accommodation may wish to consider the following, inexhaustive list of hotels convenient to NYU School of Law.

On October 28-29, 2008, the Journal of International Law and Politics and the Institute for International Law and Justice presented "The Normalizing of Adjudication in Complex International Governance Regimes: Patterns, Possibilities, and Problems" co-sponsored by the International Law Society and the Deutsches Haus at NYU.  The papers and proceedings will be published in issue 41:4 of the Journal (Summer 2009).