Georgetown Law - Podcasts

5th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference - 2008 and Beyond: Immigration Challenges the New Administration Will Confront

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:00 -0500

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9:00 a.m.(above)

Welcoming Remarks and Introduction of Opening Speaker

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

Keynote Speaker(with welcome)

Leticia Van de Putte, Texas State Senator and Immediate Past President, National
Conference of State Legislatures

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Immigration, the Presidential Campaign Platforms and the 2008 Elections

Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator)

Brian Nienaber, Vice President, The Tarrance Group

Frank Sharry, Executive Director, America's Voice

Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Nationality, Political Membership, Citizenship and Immigration Policy

Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

(CLINIC) (Moderator)

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Margaret D. Stock, United States Military Academy, West Point

1:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Afternoon Speaker

Jonathan Scharfen, Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS), U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

The States Step In: The Devolution of Immigration Policy

Michael Fix, Vice President, Migration Policy Institute (Moderator)

Muzaffar Chishti, Director, Migration Policy Institute Office at New York University

Cristina Rodriguez, Associate Professor, New York University School of Law

Laura Valera, Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project Director, Washington Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Five Years Later

Andrew Schoenholtz, DeputyDirector, Georgetown University Institute for the Study

ofInternational Migration, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown UniversityLaw Center

Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Charles H. Kuck, Managing Partner, Kuck Casablanca LLP and President Elect, American

Immigration Lawyers Association

Lisa Powell, Chief Investigative Counsel, Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of

Government Management

This event is sponsored by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), Migration Policy Institute,
and Georgetown Law.

2008 Georgetown Law Commencement Ceremony

Georgetown University Law Center — Sunday, 18 May 2008 02:00 -0500

Joel I. Klein

Healy Lawn- Georgetown University Main Campus
37th and O Streets, NW
Washington, D.C. 20057
(Rain Site: McDonough Arena on Main Campus)

Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

An honorary degree wasawarded to Haleh Esfandiari, director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Emerging Privacy Issues Between the US and the EU: Bridging the Transatlantic Gap

Georgetown University Law Center — Monday, 28 Apr 2008 03:30 -0500

MODERATOR:

Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

PANELISTS:

Sophia in't Veld, Member of European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Netherlands)

Baroness Sarah Ludford, Member of European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (United Kingdom)

Alexander Alvaro, Member of European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Germany)

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Member of European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Netherlands)

Ignasi Guardans Cambo, Member of European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Spain)

Adam Levitin, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

NOTE:

TheUnited States and the European Union are confronting many commonprivacy challenges - promoting trust and confidence for Internetcommerce, developing safeguards for behavioral targeting and searchhistories, security breach notification and identity theft. There arealso areas - identification requirements, border control and passengerrecord transfers - where national security requirements
appear to conflict with privacy laws. The panelists will discuss current efforts to address these challenges.

The Intersection of Immigration and Gang Reduction Policy

Georgetown University Law Center — Wednesday, 16 Apr 2008 01:00 -0500

Shay Bilchik, Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

Ilana Brunner, Legislative Director, Office of Congressman Bobby Scott (D- Va.) (Invited)

Luis Cardona, Youth Violence Prevention Coordinator, Montgomery County (Md.)

Department of Health and Human Services

Carol Chodroff, U.S. Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch

Jeffrey Wennar, Montgomery County (Md.) State Attorney's Office

Patrick Word, Detective Corporal, Gaithersburg (Md.) Police Department

This event is sponsored by Georgetown Human Rights Action, which will present findings from its new report, "Between the Border and the Street: Migrant Youth on the Margins." The report is based on research conducted by Georgetown Law students during a fact-finding mission to Guatemala last August, as well as research conducted in the Washington, D.C., area. The report provides a comparative perspective on gang reduction policies and migration in the United States and Guatemala, and offers recommendations for U.S. policymakers.

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu

40 Years After In re Gault: The Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel and Obstacles to Zealous Advocacy in D.C.

Georgetown University Law Center — Monday, 14 Apr 2008 04:30 -0500

4:30 � 4:45 p.m.
Welcome
Anita Josey-Herring, Presiding Judge of the Family Court, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Wally Mlyniec, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Director, Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic

4:45 � 5:00 p.m.
Remarks
Patti Puritz, Executive Director, National Juvenile Defender Center

5:00 � 6:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Kristin Henning, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Deputy Director,
Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic (Moderator)
Patricia Broderick, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Zoe Bush, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Geoffry Harris, D.C. Law Students in Court Program
Hannah McElhinny, Chief, Juvenile Section, D.C. Public Defender Service
Wanda Williams, Attorney, D.C. Criminal Justice Act, Juvenile Panel

6:15 � 6:30 p.m.
Remarks
Gerald Gault, Appellant, In re Gault

Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Student Center � 12th Floor
120 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium and Launch of GEMALaw

Georgetown University Law Center — Friday, 11 Apr 2008 03:00 -0500

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3:00 � 4:15 p.m.(link above)
Panel 1: Contract Negotiations in Sports and Entertainment
Stan Kasten, Founding Partner and President, Washington Nationals
Maurita Coley, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, former Senior Vice President, BET and Georgetown Law Class of 1981
Lisa A. Williams-Fauntroy, Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs, Discovery Communications, and Georgetown Law Class of 1994
Donald Fishman, Assistant General Manager and Director of Legal Affairs, Washington Capitals
Jimmy Lynn,Vice President, Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships, AOLOffice of Diversity and Inclusion and Adjunct Professor, GeorgetownUniversity

4:30 � 5:45 p.m.
Panel 2: Urban Planning in Sports and Entertainment
Gregory ODell, CEO, District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission (Invited)
Edward L. Cohen, Principal, Lerner Enterprises, Principal Owner, Washington Nationals and Georgetown Law Class of 1971
Peter Biche,President of Business Operations and Chief Financial Officer,Washington Sports & Entertainment and Georgetown UniversityMcDonough School of Business Class of 1978
J.R. Clark, Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

5:45 � 6:00 p.m.
Presentation of the GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award

The panelists will discuss the approachesand challenges of contract negotiations in the sports and entertainmentindustry and the process of urban planning regarding sports andentertainment facilities, such as the new Washington Nationals Stadium.

The Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance (GEMA) and theGeorgetown Sports and Entertainment Law Society have joined forces toform GEMALaw.This event marks GEMALaws official launch. GEMALaw is for students,alumni, faculty, parents and friends in the Georgetown community whoshare an interest in legal issues affecting the sports, entertainmentand media industry.

The first GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to Edward L. Cohen,Principal, Lerner Enterprises, Principal Owner, Washington Nationalsand Georgetown Law class of 1971. The award is given to a GeorgetownLaw alumnus who represents outstanding professional accomplishment aswell as a long-standing devotion to the sports, entertainment and mediaindustry.

Inauguration of the Center on National Security and the Law

Georgetown University Law Center — Thursday, 10 Apr 2008 09:15 -0500

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9:30 � 10:30 a.m.
A Conversation Regarding the Role of the Justice Department in the War on Terror (above)
Neal Katyal, Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Jack Goldsmith,Henry L. Shattuck Professor, Harvard Law School, and former AssistantAttorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
Jamie Gorelick, Partner, WilmerHale, and former Deputy Attorney General of the United States

10:35 � 11:45 a.m.
Panel: Toward a New International Law for 21st Century Conflicts
Matthew Gerke, Fellow, Center on National Security and the Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)
John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State
David Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Deborah Pearlstein, Visiting Scholar, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs
Gary Solis, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and former Professor, United States Military Academy
Matthew Waxman, Associate Professor, Columbia Law School

1:45 � 3:15 p.m.
Panel: National Security Law Challenges for the New Administration
Justin Florence, Fellow, Center on National Security and the Law (Moderator)
Rosa Ehrenreich Brooks, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Marcia Cooke, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Florida
Jeffrey Rosen, Professor, George Washington University Law School, and Legal Editor, The New Republic
Kenneth Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, U.S. Department of Justice

4:00 � 5:30 p.m.
Investiture and Inaugural Lecture
"The Principled War on Terror"
Neal Katyal, Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights: The Future of Human Rights

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 08 Apr 2008 09:00 -0500

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9:00 � 9:30 a.m. (link above)
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
William F. Schulz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Jane E. Stromseth, Professor of Law and Director, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
John D. Podesta, President, Center for American Progress, and Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center

9:30 � 10:30 a.m. (with Welcome- above)
Keynote Address
Madeleine Albright,Principal, The Albright Group, Mortara Distinguished Professor ofDiplomacy, Georgetown University, and former U.S. Secretary of State
Introduction: John D. Podesta, President, Center for American Progress
and Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center

10:35 a.m. � 12:00 p.m.
Panel: "How the U.S. Should Deal with Human Rights Abuses of Allies and Partners"
Moderator: Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Steve Coll, President and CEO, New America Foundation
James Sasser, former U.S. Ambassador to China
John Shattuck,CEO, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; former Assistant Secretary ofState for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; and former U.S. Ambassadorto the Czech Republic
Jennifer L. Windsor, Executive Director, Freedom House

12:00 � 1:15 p.m.
Luncheon Discussion
William F. Schulz, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Joseph Zogby, Democratic Chief Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

1:30 � 2:30 p.m.
Keynote Address
Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court
Introduction: Richard Goldstone,former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa and DistinguishedVisitor from the Judiciary, Georgetown University Law Center

2:35 � 4:00 p.m.
Panel: "Introducing Social and Economic Rights into U.S. Policy"
Moderator: Jane E. Stromseth, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center
Raymond C. Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America
Leonard Rubenstein, President, Physicians for Human Rights
Meg Roggensack, Policy Director, Free the Slaves
Eric P. Schwartz, Executive Director, Connect US

4:05 � 4:35 p.m.
Tribute to Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.)

This is the third annual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights. It is sponsored by the Human Rights Institute at Georgetown Law and the Center for American Progress.

Theannual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights was established by SamuelDashs family and friends, Georgetown Law alumni and the law firm ofCozen OConnor to honor Dashs contributions to international humanrights and domestic civil rights.

Dash,who joined the Georgetown Law faculty in 1965, and was on the board ofthe International League of Human Rights, traversed the globe inpursuit of justice. He led a human rights mission to Northern Irelandto investigate the 1972 "Bloody Sunday" incident, and traveled to theSoviet Union and Chile. In 1985, he was the first American to visitNelson Mandela in prison and became involved in mediation efforts thateventually led to Mandela's release.

Dashalso served as chief counsel of the Senate Watergate Committeesinvestigation into the Nixon administrations involvement in theDemocratic National Committee break-in, which ultimately led toPresident Nixons resignation.

Dash died in 2004.

Perfecting the Union: What Barack Obama's Candidacy says about the National Discourse on Race and Religion

Georgetown University Law Center — Monday, 07 Apr 2008 05:30 -0500

Panel Discussion Celebrating the Publication of "Asylum Denied"

Georgetown University Law Center — Thursday, 03 Apr 2008 03:30 -0500

Media Advisory
WHAT:	A panel discussion celebrating the publication of "Asylum Denied: A Refugees Struggle for Safety in America"
WHEN:	Thursday, April 3, 2008, 3:30 � 5:30 p.m.
MODERATOR:	David Cole,Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Author, "Enemy Aliens:Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism"
WHO:	Philip G. Schrag, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Co-author, "Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America" David Ngaruri Kenney, Co-author, "Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America" Jerry Fowler,President, Save Darfur Coalition, and Director of the Film, "A Good Manin Hell: General Romeo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide" T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center, and Author, "Forced Migration Law and Policy"
WHERE:	Georgetown University Law Center McDonough Hall - Hart Auditorium 600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001

The Fifty-Seventh Annual Beaudry Moot Court Competition

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 08:00 -0500

ABC School District,
        Petitioner

                v.

   James A. Parker
      Respondent

Judges:
             Paul Clement, U.S. Solicitor General

             The Honorable Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

                 The Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
                  Columbia Circuit

                  The Honorable Arthur Gajarsa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

                  The Honorable D. Brooks Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Finalists:
                for Petitioner - Laura Brookover and Jeffrey T. Hantson

                for Respondent - Ryan Creighton and Ari Meltzer

Philip A. Hart Auditorium, McDonough Hall - Georgetown University Law Center

The Fifty-Seventh Annual Beaudry Moot Court Competition [Part 2]

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 08:00 -0500

Sexual Orientation and Military Preparedness: An International Perspective

Georgetown University Law Center — Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 06:00 -0500

Thomas F. Field, Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired), and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Stuart O'Brien, Chief Petty Officer and Directorate of Navy Personnel Research, Australia

Michelle Douglas, Director, International Relations Group, Department of Justice, Canada

Patrick Lyster-Todd, Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy of Great Britain (Retired)

Avner Even-Zohar, former Captain, Israeli Defense Forces

Michael Rankin, Captain, U.S. Navy (Retired)

Since 1990, many U.S.allies have allowed gay and lesbian individuals to serve openly intheir militaries. This is the first international conference to examinethe effects of these policy changes on military preparedness.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law Office of the Dean,International Law Society, Military Law Society and Outlaw.

Accountability of Private Security Contractors

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 11 Mar 2008 06:00 -0500

Richard Goldstone, former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa, and Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Gary Solis, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

W. Hays Parks, Senior Associate Deputy General Counsel, International Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense

Doug Brooks, President, International Peace Operations Association

Jim Bond, Senior Counsel for Foreign and International Law, DynCorp

Jennifer Daskal, Senior Counterterrorism Counsel, Human Rights Watch

Jeffrey A. Green, President, J.A. Green and Company, LLC

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law International Law Society and Military Law Society.

Georgetown Law Forum - "Decision 2008: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?"

Georgetown University Law Center — Wednesday, 27 Feb 2008 07:15 -0500

Wolf Blitzer

E.J. Dionne Jr., Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute; Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; and Columnist, The Washington Post
Brian Kelly, Editor, U.S. News & World Report
Charles Krauthammer, Columnist, The Washington Post
Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor, National Review
Maralee Schwartz, Deputy Business Editor and former National Political Editor, The Washington Post

The Georgetown Law Forum is a speaker series on major legal and policy issues of the day.

Address by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 12 Feb 2008 08:00 -0500

Rep. Ellison will discuss his recent trip to Guantanamo Bay, civic engagement, civil rights, voting rights and discrimination.
This event is sponsored by the Black Law Students Association, Muslim Law Students Association, Georgetown Law Democrats and the Georgetown Law Office of the Dean of Students.

Georgetown Journal of International Law Symposium - Global Responsibility: Myth or Reality?

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 05 Feb 2008 09:10 -0500

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 ResearchProfessor 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 andGovernance 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 whetherinternational law does, can and should provide incentives forinternational business to consider "public" goals, such as protectingthe environment, promoting fair labor standards or reducing corruption.

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

Justice Ginsburg and Baroness Hale: The British and United States Legal Systems

Georgetown University Law Center — Thursday, 24 Jan 2008 03:00 -0500

Ginsburg was nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Clinton and took her seat in August 1993.

Hale was the first woman to join the British House of Lords as a "Lord of Appeal in Ordinary" in 2004.

This event is sponsored by the Supreme Court Fellows Program Alumni Association and the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute.

Second Annual International Law in Context Lecture: The Struggle for Law: Some Dilemmas of Cultural Legality

Georgetown University Law Center — Thursday, 17 Jan 2008 04:00 -0500

Delivered by Professor Roger Cotterrell
Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory
Queen Mary, University of London

The Future of Habeas Corpus and Executive Power: Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 04 Dec 2007 06:00 -0500

David Vladeck, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

Shayana Kadidal, Managing Attorney, Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative, Center for Constitutional Rights

Tom Wilner, Shearman and Sterling and Habeas Counsel to Guantanamo Detainees

Richard Samp, Washington Legal Foundation

The participants will take an in-depth look at the next day's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States,the key cases that will determine the future of habeas corpus andexecutive power. Warren, Kadidal and Wilner will present the argumentsfor the Guantanamo detainees. Samp will present a position in favor ofthe government.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law Supreme Court Institute and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Global Warming and the SEC: Should Companies be Required to Disclose More about Global Warming Risks?

Georgetown University Law Center — Friday, 30 Nov 2007 12:00 -0500

John D. Echeverria, Executive Director, Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute (GELPI)

Roel C. Campos, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

Sean Donahue, Partner, Donahue & Goldberg LLP

Kevin A. Ewing, Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani

Julie Gorte, Senior Vice President for Sustainable Investing, Pax World Management Corp.

Donald C. Langevoort, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Richard Rosenzweig, Managing Director, Natsource

Earlier this fall, a coalition of majorinstitutional investors, asset management firms, the New York AttorneyGeneral, Environmental Defense and Cerespetitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue guidance onthe obligations of public companies to disclose financial risks theyface from climate change and greenhouse gas regulations. The petitionhas been docketed as SEC File No. 04-547 and is available at: www.sec.gov/rules/petitions/2007/petn4-547.pdf. The participants will discuss this petition and the issues surrounding it.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute (GELPI) and the Georgetown Environmental Law Society.

A Web story is available at, http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/SEC.html.

Conference: �The Mukasey Hearings Revisited: Legal Experts Analyze the New Attorney General�s Views on National Security and Separation of Powers�

Georgetown University Law Center — Thursday, 29 Nov 2007 12:00 -0500

Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Lead Counsel, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (DC)

James F. Flug, Senior Heyman Fellow, Harvard Law School (Cambridge)

Jamie Gorelick, Partner, Wilmer Hale and former Deputy Attorney General (DC)

Charles Fried, Professor, Harvard Law School and former Solicitor General (Cambridge)

Walter Dellinger, Professor, Duke Law School and former Acting Solicitor General (DC)

Viet D. Dinh, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center and former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy (DC)

David Barron, Professor, Harvard Law School and former Attorney-Adviser, Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (Cambridge)

The confirmation hearings for Attorney General Michael Mukasey raised numerous legal and constitutional issues relating to national security, civil liberties, and the separation of powers.

The positions of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the attorney general present a rich variety of views of the constitution and the balance of power among the three branches of government.

The panelists will analyze these positions and consider what the views of the new attorney general will add to the mix.

This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown Laws Center on National Security & the Law and Harvard Law Schools Heyman Fellows Program, Office of Public Interest Advising; Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

A Web story is available at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/Mukasey.html.

Discussion Celebrating the Publication of "Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark"

Georgetown University Law Center — Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007 05:00 -0500

Geoffrey R. Stone, Professor and former Dean, University of Chicago Law School, and Author, "Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark"

Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Stephen I. Vladeck, Professor, American University Washington College of Law

This event is sponsored by Georgetown University Law Center and the Freedom Forum.

Colloquium on the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child

Georgetown University Law Center — Friday, 16 Nov 2007 09:00 -0500

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9:00 � 9:15 a.m. (link above)
Welcoming Remarks
John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

9:15 � 9:45 a.m. (link above)
"An Overview of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child"
Tom Kennedy, Chair, Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Vice President, Covenant House

9:45 � 10:45 a.m.
"Education, Health and Justice � A Focus on the Issues"
John Folkemer,Maryland State Medicaid Director, and Deputy Secretary for Health CareFinancing, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Dave Marsden, Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates
Tommy Wells, Member, District of Columbia City Council

11:00 a.m. � 12:00 p.m.
"The Convention on the Rights of the Child as a Tool for Change"
Mai Fernandez, Legal and Strategic Director, Latin American Youth Center

The participants will discuss the standards outlined in the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and reflect upon the Conventions potential impact on the lives of children in the U.S.

The colloquium will focus on childrens health, juvenile justice andeducation issues in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.Specifically, elected and appointed leaders from these threejurisdictions will comment on the outcomes for children and how agreater focus on the CRC could improve performance.

This colloquium is one of over a dozen that will be held concurrentlyon campuses across the country. It is timed to coincide with theanniversary of the adoption of the Convention on November 20, 1989.

This event is co-sponsored by Georgetown Law, Georgetown Public Policy Institute (GPPI), Georgetown Center for Child and Human Development, Georgetown University Department of Psychology, Campaign for Youth Justice and Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

A Web story is available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/webstory/child.html.

Tunisia - A Model of Middle East Stability or an Incubator of Extremism?

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 09:30 -0500

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9:30 � 9:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction

9:45 a.m. � 11:00 p.m.
Panel I (part 1 of 2)
"Stifling One of the Most Open Civil Societies in the Middle East and North Africa"

Chair: Neil Hicks, Director, Human Rights Defender Program, Human Rights First

Clement Henry,Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin, "An Overview ofTunisia under Presidents Habib Bourguiba (1956-1987) and Zineel-Abidine Ben Ali (1987-?): Did the 'Architect of Change' Learn fromthe Mistakes of the 'Supreme Combatant'?"

Moncef Marzouki,former President, Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), and formerSpokesperson, National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT):"Tunisian Civil Societys Achievements and Disappointments"

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Panel I (part 2 of 2)

Khadija Cherif,President, Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD): "Threatsand Challenges to Women in a Country that Claims Gender Equality"

Mokhtar Trifi,President, Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH): "What Future Rolefor the Crippled and Oldest Human Rights Group in the Arab World?"

Representative of the Tunisia Government (TBD)

1:30 � 3:45 p.m.
Panel II
"A War on 'Islamist Extremism' or on Freedom of Association and Expression?"

Chair: Daniel Brumberg, Associate Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University

Naziha Rjiba, Deputy President, Observatory for the Freedom of the Press, Publishing and Creation (OLPEC), and Editor, Kalima Magazine: "Coping with the Intensifying Siege of Freedom of Expression and Association"

Ahmed Rahmouni, President, Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT), and Mohamed Abbou,Member, International Association for the Support of PoliticalPrisoners (AISPP) and the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia(CNLT): "The Need to Reform the Judiciary and to Protect ItsIndependence"

Omar Mestiri, Member, National Council for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT), and Managing Editor, Kalima Magazine: "Presentation of a CNLT Documentary on Torture in Tunisian Jails"

Radhia Nasraoui,President, Association Against Torture in Tunisia (ALTT): "TheIntensification of the Use of Torture Since the Adoption in 1988 of CATand Its Consequences"

3:45 � 5:30 p.m.
Panel III
"What Can the International Community Do to Help Protect Basic Rights in Tunisia?"

Chair: Sarah Leah Winston, Director, Middle East and North Africa Program, Human Rights Watch

Joel Campagna, Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists

Claire Tixeire, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

Representatives of Tunisian Human Rights Groups (TBD)

Representative of Amnesty International (TBD)

Representative of International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Tunisia Monitoring Group (TBD)

5:30 � 5:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks (with panel III)
Clement Henry, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin

Discussion and Debate Celebrating the Publication of "Less Safe, Less Free"

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 30 Oct 2007 03:45 -0500

David Cole, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Co-author, "Less Safe, Less Free"

Neal Katyal, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, and Lead Counsel, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Bradford Berenson, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, and former Associate White House Counsel for

President George W. Bush

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Laws Dean Office, HumanRights Institute and Center for National Security and the Law. It isco-sponsored by the American Constitution Society, AmnestyInternational, Arab Law Students Association, Federalist Society,Georgetown Human Rights Action, International Law Society, Muslim LawStudents Association, National Lawyers Guild and South Asian LawStudents Association.

Henry Kaiser Memorial Lecture: Globalization, Labor Conditions and Human Rights

Georgetown University Law Center — Wednesday, 24 Oct 2007 04:00 -0500

Lord Kinnock

Lord Kinnock was elected to the House of Commons as a Member
of Parliament (MP) for Bedwellty (later Islywn) in 1970. He was
elected to the Labour Party National Executive in 1978 and appointed
Chief Education Spokesman of the Labour Party in 1979. In 1983 he
was elected Labour Party Leader and Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition.
He stepped down from the Party leadership in 1992 and in 1995 was
appointed to the European Commission. He was European Commissioner
for Transport from 1995-1999 and, from 1999-2004, Vice President of
the Commission. He was made a member of the House of Lords in 2005
as Lord Kinnock of Bedwellty. He has been President of Cardiff University
since 1998 and Chair of the British Council since December 2004.

Georgetown Law Forum: "Protecting America and Protecting the Values That Make Us American"

Georgetown University Law Center — Tuesday, 23 Oct 2007 07:30 -0500

Rep. Hoyer

Hoyer will be introduced by Georgetown Law Dean of Admissions Andrew Cornblatt.

The Georgetown Law Forum is a speaker series on major legal and policy issues of the day.