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November 17 - 21, 2008. The IIEL will conduct its third Academy of WTO Law and Policy at the Law Center from November 17-21. Information on this week-long, non-degree professional development course on WTO law and policy is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iielacademy and http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iielacademy/documents/08Brochure.pdf.
Register at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/cle/showEventDetail.cfm?ID=192.
.NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2008-2009 IIEL Fellows. The IIEL is pleased to announce its 2008-2009 IIEL Fellows, listed below. Each year, the IIEL invites a number of outstanding students, visiting scholars and visiting researchers to be IIEL Fellows. This year's IIEL Fellows come from 18 different countries. (See biographies at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/fellows/currentfellows.html.) The goal of the IIEL Fellows Program is to encourage scholarly research in the field of international economic law and to create a forum for discussion of these issues. Fellows are involved in several activities, including a weekly luncheon speaker series, which attracts well-known scholars, current and former government officials, practitioners and other experts to discuss prominent issues in international economic law.
IIEL Distinguished Visiting Fellows: 2008-2009
Mr. R. Michael GADBAW (USA), Visiting Researcher, Georgetown Law
Ms. Jennifer A. HILLMAN (USA), Member, WTO Appellate Body
IIEL Student Fellows: 2008-2009
Ms. Kristin BOHL (USA), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Luca BURMEISTER (Denmark), LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown Law
Ms. Katalin FRITZ (Hungary), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Renato GOMES (Brazil), S.J.D. Candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Modest KWAPINSKI (USA/Poland), LL.M. Candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Christophe LAROUER (France), S.J.D. Candidate, Georgetown Law
Ms. Marianela LÓPEZ GALDOS (Spain), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Ms. Janet Wangu MAINA (Kenya), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Benn McGRADY (Australia), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Ms. Ahila SORNARAJAH (UK/Australia), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Hayato SUNAGA (Japan), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Mr. Reinout VAN TUYLL (Netherlands), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown
Mr. Mingliang WANG (China), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
Ms. Gargi YADAV (India), LL.M. candidate, Georgetown Law
IIEL Visiting Fellows: 2008-2009
Prof. Tomer BROUDE (Israel), Assistant Professor, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law
Ms. Michelle GRANDO (Brazil), S.J.D. candidate, University of Toronto
Prof. Jiaxiang HU (China), Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ms. Daria KLIMOVA (Russia), Ph.D. candidate, Nizhniy Novgorod Dobrolubov
State University and University Pierre Mendes France of Grenoble
Prof. Rafael LEAL-ARCAS (Spain), Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary, University
of London
Prof. Jaemin LEE (Korea), Professor, Hanyang University
Prof. Werner MENG (Germany), Professor, University of Saarbruecken
Ms. Edna RAMIREZ ROBLES (Mexico), PhD candidate, Universidad
Complutense
Mr. Toyoki SHIBAYAMA (Japan). Visiting Researcher, Georgetown Law
Ms. Fei YU (China), Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate, Shanghai University of
Finance & Economics
Prof. Naigen ZHANG (China), Professor, Fudan University
Mr. Claus ZIMMERMANN (Germany), PhD candidate, University of Oxford
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Georgetown Law students planning to earn the Certificate in WTO Studies should submit the required notification form no later than September 13, 2008. Details on the WTO Certificate program are available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/students/wtocertificate/index.html.
The IIEL’s synopsis of proposals made in the Doha negotiations to amend the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding has been updated to reflect the most recent proposal of the African Group dated 4 March 2008 (document TN/DS/W/92). For compilation of all proposals, go to http://www.law.georgetown.edu/iiel/research/projects/dsureview/synopsis.html
The IIEL joined the British Institute of International & Comparative Law in co-organizing the Eighth Annual WTO Conference in London on May 13-14, 2008. Information is at http://www.biicl.org/events/view/-/id/200/.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of international law, Professor John H. Jackson, IIEL Director, was presented the Manley O. Hudson Medal by the American Society of International Law on April 11, 2008. Established in 1956, the Manley O. Hudson Medal is awarded on an occasional basis for “pre-eminent scholarship and achievement in international law.” For more information, a complete release is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/releases/April.14.2008.html.
On October 22, 2007, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy gave an address at Georgetown Law, citing examples of countries adjusting their plans in response to comments from other WTO members and he predicted that peer review will become even more important as trade barriers change in nature. His speech is available on the WTO website at http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl78_e.htm.
View Professor Jackson's video discussion of reform of the WTO dispute settlement system on the new WTO Forum on the WTO website at http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/debates_e/debate1_e.htm.
IIEL Visiting Fellow Michelle T. Grando, Editorial Assistant to the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL), has compiled a list of articles and notes related to WTO dispute settlement published in volumes 1 through 9 of the JIEL. More info
