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6th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference

[06/24/09 09:00 AM (est)]

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Welcome by Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Georgetown University Law Center (linked above)

Plenary Session I: Bringing Immigration Policymaking into the 21st Century (linked above)
Immigration over the last quarter of a century has forever changed the demographics landscape of the United States. Nearly 40 million foreign born already live in the United States, long waiting lists for family and employment-based visas have been with us for some time, and in this decade, for the first time, immigration courts handled over 300,000 matters annually. At the start of the Obama administration, this panel will consider how well positioned the government is to make immigration policy in a coherent and thoughtful manner and to administer the immigration system of justice—removal adjudications—in a fair, efficient, and effective way.

Session Moderator: Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

Session Speakers:
Donald Kerwin, Vice President for Programs, Migration Policy Institute

Tara Magner, consultant to the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Esther A. Olavarria, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security

Plenary Session II: Prospects for Immigration Reform: What to expect from Washington?
Both John McCain and Barack Obama held similar views about the need for and elements of immigration reform, so immigration as an election campaign issue fell from the stage. With the deepening economic crisis gripping the administration and Congress, immigration reform has fallen further from the ranks of top-tier issues likely to command congressional attention in the coming months. Yet the problems and dysfunctional impacts of the current system continue to dominate the workings and circumstances of countless communities and workplaces around the nation. In addition, immigration issues are ever-present in legislative debates, whether the issue is re-authorization of E-Verify as part of budget bills or the possibility of stimulus funding being spent to generate jobs that might be filled by unauthorized workers. This panel will examine the prospects for reform from the standpoint of the executive branch, Congress, and constituencies likely to be most affected by new measures.

Session Moderator: Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow and Director of the US Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute

Session Speakers:
Serena Hoy, Senior Counsel, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada
Rick Johnson, Vice President, Lake Research Partners
John Morton, Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US Department of Homeland Security

Remarks by Senator Charles E. Schumer, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security

Discussion on the Economic Recession and its Impact on Immigration
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute

Plenary Session III: Communities Laying the Groundwork for Immigration Reform and Beyond
Effective immigration policies serve to encourage and support the integration of newcomers and facilitate the attainment of citizenship. Nowhere is this better understood than at the community level, where immigrants interact daily with the broader community. Many organizations and individuals are involved in helping newcomers acclimate and move toward full participation within their adopted communities. Current immigration policies, however, often stymie these efforts. There are significant backlogs for immigrants wanting to adjust their immigration status, including for naturalization. Increasingly, state and local elected officials are adopting harsh measures affecting the immigrant communities, driving many, especially the unauthorized, further underground. And, because current immigration policies have not addressed the large population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States, large segments of the immigrant community have no recourse to status adjustment, which is a critical component to integration. This panel will explore how community organizations can and are helping to prepare immigrants to become citizens and full participants in the community. The audience will learn about practical approaches, as well as recommended policy changes, from the perspectives of those engaged with immigrant communities. Efforts, both underway and proposed, to build the case for comprehensive immigration reform and to help prepare immigrants for eventual opportunities to adjust their immigration status will be examined.

Session Moderator: Mark Franken, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

Session Speakers:
Josh Bernstein, Director of Immigration, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Angelica Salas, Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Diana Tellefson, Executive Director, United Farm Workers Foundation, Southern California

Plenary Session IV: Immigrant Integration: A Full Federal Policy Agenda
While the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform remain murky, the Obama Administration will almost certainly have to grapple with a wide range of policies and legislation that will have profound impacts on immigrant integration in the United States. Three key issue areas will be addressed: health care reform and the implementation of the recently enacted SCHIP bill extending benefits to legal immigrant children and pregnant women; the education of immigrant and English Language Learner children, focusing on the No Child Left Behind Act reauthorization and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending; and the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act and its implication for immigrant workers.

Session Moderator: Michael Fix, Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute

Session Speakers:
Leighton Ku, Professor in the Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University
Forrest P. Chisman, Executive Vice President, Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy
Peter Zamora, Senior Education Counsel, Office of Senator Jeff Bingaman

Supreme Court Institute Panel Discussion on President Obamas Nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Confirmation Process

[06/03/09 12:30 PM (est)]

Panelists

Joan Biskupic (L’93), Supreme Court correspondent, USA Today, and author of the forthcoming American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and of Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice

Susan Low Bloch, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Roy Englert, a partner at Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner and Sauber, who served in the Office of the Solicitor General and has argued 18 cases before the Supreme Court

Richard Lazarus, Georgetown Law professor and faculty co-director of the Supreme Court Institute

Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times and author of its “Sidebar” column

Patricia Millett, co-head of Akin-Gump’s Supreme Court practice, who has argued 26 cases before the Supreme Court (more than any other woman in private practice)

Moderated by:

Pam Harris, incoming executive director of the Supreme Court Institute and of counsel in O’Melveny’s Washington, D.C. office, where she works on Supreme Court and appellate litigation.

About Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's premier law schools. It has the largest faculty in the nation and is preeminent in several areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. Drawing on its Jesuit heritage, it has a strong tradition of public service and is dedicated to the principle that law is but a means, justice is the end. With this principle in mind, Georgetown Law has built an environment that cultivates an exchange of practical ideas and the pursuit of academic excellence. It brings together an extraordinarily varied group of teachers, scholars and practitioners, as well as an outstanding student body representing more than 60 countries.

Conference on the State of the Judiciary - Striking the Balance: Fair and Independent Courts in a New Era

[05/20/09 09:00 AM (est)]

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Welcome (linked above)

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Walter Isaacson, CEO, The Aspen Institute

Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court

Opening Remarks

9:15 - 9:35 a.m.

Elena Kagan, Solicitor General of the United States

Panel I

9:35 – 10:35 a.m.
"The New Administration and the Courts"
Introductory Remarks: Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., Managing Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Antonia Hernandez, President and CEO, California Community Foundation

Linda Greenhouse, Journalist-in-Residence and Senior Fellow, Yale Law School

Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School

Stephen Carter, Professor, Yale Law School (Moderator)

Panel II

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
"Diversity on the Bench: What Does It Mean to Have Courts That Look Like America?"
Introductory Remarks: Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court

James C. Duff, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Karen K. Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center

William Marshall, Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law

Theodore A. McKee, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Jane Aiken, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

12:00 – 1:55 p.m.
Lunch and Program (not recorded)
Welcome: Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partnerships, The Aspen Institute

Remarks: David Souter, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

SPECIAL NOTE: NO BROADCAST COVERAGE OF JUSTICE SOUTER'S REMARKS

Panel III

2:20– 3:20 p.m.
"A Storm in the State Courts: Examining the Elected Judge Paradigm"
W. Mark Lanier, Founder, The Lanier Law Firm

Ruth McGregor, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona

Theodore B. Olson, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Harold See, Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama

Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR (Moderator)

Plenary Session and Closing Remarks

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Introductory Remarks: Alice Henkin, Director, Justice and Society Program, The Aspen Institute

Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court

Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Meryl J. Chertoff, Director, Sandra Day O'Connor Project on the State of the Judiciary, Georgetown University Law Center

Closing Remarks
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice, Retired, United States Supreme Court

The Science of Morality and the Foundation of Human Rights

[05/18/09 12:00 PM (est)]

In an April 18, 2007 interview, Georgetown Law Professor John Mikhail discusses the cognitive science of moral judgment and its relation to human rights on the Georgetown University Forum with host Lillian Brown.

John Mikhail is Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University. He is the author of a forthcoming book, Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

The Georgetown University Forum is a weekly radio program highlighting the research and expertise of Georgetown University faculty. The program airs internationally via National Public Radio, Armed Forces Radio Network, Voice of America and other syndicated broadcast networks.

2009 Georgetown Law Commencement Ceremony

[05/17/09 01:30 PM (est)]

David Vladeck

David Vladeck, Incoming Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Professor and Co-Director of the Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center; Director of the Center on Health Regulation and Governance, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University; Georgetown Law LL.M. '77

An honorary degree will also be awarded to Seth Waxman, a partner at WilmerHale, distinguished visitor from practice at Georgetown University Law Center and former Solicitor General of the United States.

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

Workplace Flexibility 2010 report

[05/13/09 12:00 PM (est)]

The Workplace Flexibility 2010 report represents the culmination of a five-year process of listening to employer, employee and consumer representatives. The report provides a detailed blueprint for the White House, Congress and other policymakers to build on innovative workplace flexibility strategies and provides numerous examples of effective business practices.

WHO: Chai Feldblum, Co-Director, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Professor, Georgetown Law Katie Corrigan, Co-Director, Workplace Flexibility 2010.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 12 pm – 1 pm (Lunch will be served at 12 pm – remarks will begin promptly at 12:15 pm).

WHERE: The National Press Club, First Amendment Lounge (13th Floor).

Legal Solutions in Health Reform Spring Symposium

[04/27/09 09:00 AM (est)]

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Panel 1

9:00 a.m.: Welcome and Introduction: Tim Westmoreland and Sheila Burke

9:10 a.m.: Opening Remarks: Andy Hyman, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Health Insurance Exchanges: Legal Issues
Timothy S. Jost, JD, Washington & Lee School of Law
Gary Claxton, Health Care Marketplace Project, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Stephanie Kanwit, JD, America’s Health Insurance Plans
Jamie Katz, JD, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority

Panel 2

10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.: Privacy and Health Information Technology
Deven McGraw, JD, LLM, MPH, Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy & Technology
Purvee Kempf, JD, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Marcy Wilder, JD, Hogan and Hartson

Panel 3

11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.: The Constitutionality of Mandates to Purchase Health Insurance
Mark A. Hall, JD, Wake Forest University School of Law
Len Nichols, PhD, New America Foundation
Tom Miller, JD , American Enterprise Institute
John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions [HELP]

Georgetown Law Forum: U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ronald Kirk

[04/23/09 10:30 AM (est)]

For a transcript of the event, click on the link below:

Remarks by Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative - "Trade and the Economic Agenda: Serving America's Families and the Global Recovery

Vice President Biden's Remarks

[04/22/09 09:00 AM (est)]

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11:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Presentation of Legal Momentum Hero Award to Vice President Joseph Biden for Initiating and Championing the Violence Against Women Act (Linked Above)

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Irasema Garza, President, Legal Momentum

Jessica N. Heaven, Symposium Editor, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law

Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director, National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, Legal Momentum and Symposium Chair

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Panel 1: Present at the Creation: Drafting and Passing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (Linked with Welcoming Remarks)

Victoria Nourse, Professor, Emory University School of Law and former Special Counsel to then-Senator Joseph Biden

Sally Goldfarb, Professor, Rutgers University School of Law and former Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Momentum

Patricia Reuss, Senior Policy Analyst, National Organization for Women and former Vice President for Government Relations, Legal Momentum

Hillary Shelton, Director, NAACP Washington Bureau

Helen Neuborne, Director, Quality Employment, Ford Foundation and former President, Legal Momentum (Moderator)

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Panel 2: The VAWA Civil Rights Provision: Shaping It, Saving It, Litigating It, Losing It

Mary Schroeder, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Julie Goldscheid, Professor, City University of New York Law School and former Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Momentum

Judith Resnik, Professor, Yale Law School

Fred Strebeigh, Author, "Equal: Women Reshape American Law"

Martha Davis, Professor, Northeastern University School of Law and former Legal Director, Legal Momentum (Moderator)

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel 3: The Impact of VAWA: Billions (yes, with a B) for Prevention, Victim Services, Law Enforcement, Underserved Populations and the Courts, and Looking Ahead to VAWA IV

Claudia Bayliff, Project Attorney, National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, Legal Momentum and former Assistant Director, Boulder County, Colorado, Rape Crisis Team

Lisalyn Jacobs, Vice President for Government Relations, Legal Momentum

Leslye Orloff, Director, Immigrant Women Program, Legal Momentum

Lynn Hecht Schafran, Director, National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, Legal Momentum and Symposium Chair

Juley Fulcher, Director of Policy Programs, Break the Cycle; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; and former Consultant to Legal Momentum on VAWA Reauthorization (Moderator)

2:55 - 3:00 p.m.

Closing (Linked with Panel 3)

Irasema Garza, President, Legal Momentum

This symposium is sponsored by the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law and Legal Momentum.

Never Again: The Story of the Rwanda Genocide

[04/15/09 03:30 PM (est)]

GJIL Symposium: Sovereign Wealth Funds

[03/30/09 09:30 AM (est)]

The 2009 Georgetown Journal of International Law Symposium explored emerging legal issues raised by the increasing activity of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Controlling vast pools of capital and investing globally, SWFs often operate without full regulatory supervision and with objectives other than maximizing return on investment. These powerful funds raise legal, economic, and strategic security issues that private investors do not. As the number and size of sovereign funds continue to grow, the global legal community is confronted by novel issues of both public and private international law. Complicating matters, global financial crisis has led sovereign investors to new roles and tested the limits of the passivity that most funds proclaim. Held on March 30th, the symposium brought together diverse panelists from academia, government, and private practice to discuss and present the latest scholarship addressing SWFs.

Country Studies: SWF Form & Function

David Marchick, (moderator) Managing Director, Global Gov't & Regulatory Affairs, The Carlyle Group

Prof. Larry Cata Backer, Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law

Prof. Yvonne C.L. Lee, National Universiy of Singapore

Arina V. Popova, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Dr. Brad W. Setser, Fellow for Geoeconomics, Council on Foreign Relations

Can SWFs Further Development & Human Rights

Prof. Rumu Sarkar, (moderator) Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Prof. Patrick Keenan, University of Illinois College of Law

Prof. Chrictiana Ochoa, Indiana University, Maurer School of Law - Bloomington

Governing SWFs: Strategies to Achieve Accountability

Prof. William W. Bratton, (moderator) Professor of Law, Georgetown Law

Wouter Bossu, Senior Counsel, International Monetary Fund

Prof. Anna Gelpern, Rutgers School of Law - Newark

Amb. Alan P. Larson, Senior International Policy Advisor, Covington & Burling LLP

Dr. Edwin M. Truman, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

For more information about the Georgetown Journal of International Law, please visit www.GJIL.org

The Intersection of Juvenile Justice and Poverty

[03/26/09 01:00 PM (est)]

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1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks(Linked Above)

Peter Edelman, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

1:15 - 1:45 p.m.

Keynote Address - "The Paradox of Juvenile Justice and Poverty"(Linked Above)

Robert Schwartz, Executive Director, Juvenile Law Center

1:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Panel 1 - Supports for At-Risk Youth: Education, Health and Housing

James Forman, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

Deborah Gordon Klehr, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center

Catherine A. Gallagher, Associate Professor, Justice, Law and Crime Policy Program, George Mason University

Michael A. Corriero, Executive Director, Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Panel 2 - Poverty and Equity in the Juvenile Justice System

Name, Eduardo Ferrer, Executive Director, D.C. Lawyers for Youth (Moderator)

Katayoon Majd, Senior Staff Attorney, National Juvenile Defender Center

Neelum Arya, Director, Research & Policy, Campaign for Youth Justice

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Panel 3 - Strategies for Breaking the Cycle of Offending and Poverty

Carol Chodroff, Juvenile Justice Policy Attorney (Moderator)

David Altschuler, Principal Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies

Mark Soler, Executive Director, Center for Children's Law and Policy

Marc Schindler, Chief of Staff, D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services

The participants examined how the social factors that often accompany low socio-economic status can fuel patterns of offending and reoffending, how youth with different levels of wealth frequently have very different experiences within the juvenile justice system and what strategies can be employed both within and outside the juvenile justice system to break the cycle of offending and poverty.

This event was sponsored by the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic, Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and American Constitution Society for Law & Policy.

Criminal Syndicates & Human Trafficking: What Can You Do About Them?

[03/24/09 06:30 PM (est)]

Nguyen Dinh Thang, Executive Director, Boat People SOS (BPSOS)

Thang will discuss the exploding global problem of human trafficking and address the latest developments in the fight against human trafficking in Vietnam and elsewhere.

This event is sponsored by Amnesty International and the Asian Pacific American Law Students Asssociation (APALSA) at Georgetown Law and Human Rights First.

Bringing Detainees to Justice and Justice To Detainees

[03/20/09 12:00 PM (est)]

David Laufman, Partner, Kelley, Drye & Warren LLP and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia

Deborah Pearlstein, Associate Research Scholar in Law and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University

Gabor Rona, International Legal Director, Human Rights First

Matt Waxman, Professor, Columbia Law School and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs

Stephen Vladeck, Professor, American University Washington College of Law

The panelists will explore the legal and constitutional issues raised by President Obama's executive orders on detention and Guantanamo, including potential proposals for the establishment of a national security court and a preventive detention regime.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law Center on National Security and the Law, The Constitution Project and Human Rights First.

Second Annual GEMALaw Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium

[03/19/09 11:00 AM (est)]

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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Panel 1: Effect of the Internet on the Sports, Entertainment and Media Worlds (link above)
Jody Arlington, Director, GEMA-DC (Moderator)

Julie Ross, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Kathleen Gallagher-Duff, Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP and Georgetown Law Class of 1984

Jimmy Lynn, Vice President, Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships, AOL Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Kenneth M. Kaufman, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP
Jane Mago, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, National Association of Broadcasters

1:15 - 2:00 p.m.

Remarks and Presentation of GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award

George Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; Partner and Chairman Emeritus of the Global Board, DLA Piper; former U.S. Senate Majority Leader; former Chairman of the Board of Walt Disney Company; and Georgetown Law Class of 1961. In 2006 - 2007, Mitchell chaired an independent investigation into the illegal use of performance enhancing substances in Major League Baseball.

2:10 - 4:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Effect of the Economic Crisis on the Sports and Entertainment Industry

Matt Winkler, Associate Dean, Georgetown University Sports Industry Management Program (Moderator)

Dan Brenner, Senior Vice President for Law and Regulatory Policy, National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Lori Creasy, CFO, Washington Nationals

Erik Moses, CEO, D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission

Lyle Yorks, Managing Director, Proactive Sports Management

4:10 - 5:45 p.m.

Panel 3: The Behavior of Entertainers and Athletes and How It Affects Their Employment Contracts

Jimmy Lynn, Vice President, Diversity Partnerships and Strategic Relationships, AOL Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

(Moderator)

Damon Jones, Vice President, Club Counsel, Washington Nationals

Benjamin Block, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP

Matt Winkler, Associate Dean, Georgetown University Sports Industry Management Program

Derrick Mayes, CEO and Director, ExecutiveAction Sports & Entertainment

This event is sponsored by GEMALaw.

The Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance (GEMA) and the Georgetown Sports and Entertainment Law Society joined forces to form GEMALaw in 2008. GEMALaw is for students, alumni, faculty, parents and friends in the Georgetown community who share an interest in legal issues affecting the sports, entertainment and media industry.

The second annual GEMALaw Alumni Achievement Award will be presented to George Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; partner and chairman emeritus of the global board, DLA Piper; former U.S. Senate Majority Leader; former chairman of the board of Walt Disney Company; and Georgetown Law class of 1961. In 2006 - 2007, Mitchell chaired an independent investigation into the illegal use of performance enhancing substances in Major League Baseball. The award is given to a Georgetown Law alumnus who represents outstanding professional accomplishment as well as a long-standing devotion to the sports, entertainment and media industry.

Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights: Rule of Law in the Context of Military Interventions

[03/19/09 09:45 AM (est)]

Samuel Dash

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9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Welcome Remarks (Link Above)

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Dean, Georgetown University Law Center

Rosa Brooks, Professor and Director of the Human Rights Institute, Georgetown University Law Center

Thomas B. Nachbar, Professor, University of Virginia School of Law

10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

Panel 1 - Military Involvement in Rule of Law Activities: Boots on the Ground(Link Above)

Phillip Carter, Associate, McKenna Long & Aldridge

Col. David Paschal, Commander, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division,

William Spencer, Executive Director, Institute for International Law and Human Rights

Maj. Marie Anderson, Associate Professor, International and Operational Law, Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (Moderator)

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Tom Ricks, Special Military Correspondent, The Washington Post, and Author, "Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq" and "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008"

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Panel 2 - The Institutional Approach to Rule of Law: Whose Job Is It Anyway?

Brig. Gen. Edward Cardon, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (Leadership Development and Education) and Deputy Commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Chris Homan, Foreign Policy Adviser, Office of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)

Rachel Kleinfeld, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Truman National Security Project

Eric Schwartz, Executive Director, Connect U.S. Fund

Jane Stromseth, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (Moderator)

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Panel 3 - Military Involvement in the Rule of Law: Surveying the Risks and Reasons

Aaron Belkin, Director, Palm Center and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara

David Crane, Professor, Syracuse University College of Law

Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap, Deputy Judge Advocate General, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

William Stuebner, Director, Civil Military Operations, The Louis Berger Group

Col. Mark Martins, Chief, International and Operational Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army (Moderator)

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Keynote Address

Jeh Johnson, General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense

This is the fourth annual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights. It is sponsored by the Human Rights Institute at Georgetown Law in partnership with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School and the University of Virginia School of Law.

The annual Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights was established by Samuel Dash’s family and friends, Georgetown Law alumni and the law firm of Cozen O’Connor to honor Dash’s contributions to international human rights and domestic civil rights.

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

Dash also served as chief counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee’s investigation into the Nixon administration’s involvement in the Democratic National Committee break-in, which ultimately led to President Nixon’s resignation.

Dash died in 2004.

Faith on The Hill

[03/02/09 03:00 PM (est)]

Barry C. Black, U.S. Senate Chaplain

Rev. Daniel P. Coughlin, U.S. House of Representatives Chaplain

Michael Goldman, Jewish Chaplain, Georgetown University Law Center

This event is sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Society, Catholic Forum, Christian Legal Society, Jewish Law Students Association, Muslim Law Students Association and Campus Ministry at Georgetown Law. Georgetown Law students Ryan McCauley and Megan Woodhouse will introduce the participants.

Georgetown Law Establishes James and Catherine Denny Endowed Chair

[02/26/09 04:00 PM (est)]

Professor Goldberg

The Exonerated and the U.S. Supreme Court

[02/26/09 12:30 PM (est)]

Marvin Anderson - served 15 years in prison, exonerated by DNA testing in 2002

Dennis Fritz - served 11 years in prison for murder, exonerated by DNA testing in 1999

Rickie Johnson - served 25 years in prison for rape, exonerated by DNA testing in 2008

Michele Mallin - rape victim whose accused assailant was exonerated posthumously by DNA testing

David Rudovsky - Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Law School

Jim Trainum -Detective, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department

The participants willshare their personal experiences, and leading national legal experts will discusstheU.S.Supreme Court case District Attorney's Office v. William G. Osborne, which is set for oral argument on March 2. Osborne is seeking DNA testing that could prove his innocence for a 1993 rape and attempted murder in Alaska. The Innocence Project, which represents Osborne, will argue before the High Court that he has a constitutional right to DNA testing.

Others exonerated by DNA testing and other leading attorneys in the field will also join the discussion.

This event is sponsored by the Georgetown Law Office of Public Interest & Community Service, the Innocence Project and the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project.

Kickoff of the Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center

[02/23/09 05:20 PM (est)]

5:30 p.m.

Gov. Chris Gregoire (D-Wash.)

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.)

6:30 p.m.-please click here for Part II

Lisa Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality

The Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center, also known as the Georgetown Climate Center or GCC, is the only center focused on the nexus of state and federal law and policy for climate change and energy. The GCC intends to make a positive and tangible difference in the design and implementation of climate and energy policies.

More information about GCC is available here.

For a transcript of the event, click here.