Symposium - "Global Responsibility: Myth or Reality?"

Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center - 12th Floor

120 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Matthew Drossos, Editor in Chief, Georgetown Journal of International Law

Paige M. Willan, Symposium Editor, Georgetown Journal of International Law

10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Donald Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Larry Cata Backer, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law

Naomi Cahn, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and John Theodore Fey Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Daniel Runde, Head of Partnership Development, International Finance Corporation

Jacob Werksman, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center and Program Director, Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute

John P. Williams, Managing Partner, Duncan & Allen

12:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Matthew Drossos, Editor in Chief, Georgetown Journal of International Law

Participants will examine whether international law does, can and should provide incentives for international business to consider "public" goals, such as protecting the environment, promoting fair labor standards or reducing corruption.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Journal of International Law.

A Webcast will be available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/webcast/.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.