AIJA Spring Conference

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June 6

8:00 am - 7:00 pm

36th National Spring Conference on the Environment, "Climate Change II" (working title),
University of Maryland School of Law

June 7

9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Spring Business Meeting, Standing Committee on Environmental Law,
University of Maryland School of Law

August 10

4:00 - 5:30pm

INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
RIO de JANEIRO

The Brazilian Branch of the International Law Association (ILA-Brazil) is pleased to announce that registration for the 73rd ILA Biennial Conference is now open at www.ilabrasil.org.br/ila2008. Early registration up to 15 May will be at a discounted rate.

The central theme of the Conference will be "Law for the Future," focusing on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, Rights of the Human Person, Resolution of Private International Disputes, Business and Trade Law, and International Security.

INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND
OCTOBER 16-18, 2008
AT THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

The American Branch will again hold its annual International Law Weekend in New York, featuring numerous panels, a distinguished speaker, receptions, and the Branch’s annual meeting.  International Law Weekend 2008 will take place on October 16-18, 2008, at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  The Weekend’s overall theme is “The United States and International Law:  Legal Traditions and Future Possibilities.”   Co-chairs of ILW 2008 are Catherine Amirfar of Debevoise & Plimpton (cmamirfar@debevoise.com), Katarina Grenfell of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (grenfell@un.org), and John Noyes of California Western School of Law (jnoyes@cwsl.edu).   The co-chairs invite proposals for panels for ILW 2008.  Please submit proposals to the co-chairs no later than Friday, April 25, 2008.  Proposals should be geared for 90-minute panels and should include a formal title, a brief description of the panel (no more than 75 words), and the names, titles, and affiliations of the panel chair and three or four possible speakers.

52nd Congress of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from October 29 to November 2, 2008, in the Bucharest Parliament.

For more information on this event, please visit: http://congres.uianet.org/index.php?id=2068&L=1.

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND – WEST SALEM, OREGON

The fifth International Law West will be hosted on March 6-7 at Salem, Oregon by the Willamette University College of Law. ILW-West offers a particularly convenient opportunity every two years for their western members to convene for panel discussions and other activities.