Dear Law Alumni and Friends,
We are delighted to invite you to our 2007
Worldwide Alumni Reunion. The weekend will begin
with a Welcome Reception hosted by Ferrell Law in
the firm’s beautiful offices overlooking the ever expanding
skyline of downtown Miami. Ferrell Law
is a Miami-based law firm with additional offices in
New York, Caracas and Buenos Aires. It is well known
for the representation of global clients in
litigation, wealth, security and investigations.
During this alumni reunion, we will pay tribute to Professor Bernard H. Oxman and his thirty years as a faculty member at the University of Miami School of Law. During this time, Professor Oxman has distinguished himself as a teacher, a scholar, a judge and an advocate. He currently serves as Co-Editor in Chief of the American Journal of International Law (AJIL), and is the only American lawyer to have been named judge ad hoc of both the International Court of Justice and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. His expertise in the Law of the Sea has been a magnet for outstanding students from around the world, particularly for those enrolled in the LL.M. Program in Ocean and Coastal Law.
Our seminar on Friday will feature Lori Fisler Damrosch, Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law and Organization at Columbia Law School and Co-Editor in Chief with Professor Oxman of the AJIL. Her Keynote Address will reflect on Professor Oxman’s recent essay for the Centennial Edition of the AJIL entitled The Territorial Temptation: A Siren Song at Sea. We have assembled a panel of our outstanding University of Miami School of Law Faculty to engage in a conversation with Professor Damrosch and explore some fascinating new dimensions of public international law.
The Reunion Luncheon on Friday will be an opportunity for our alumni to interact with our LL.M. and J.D. students. At lunch, we will also hear some personal tributes to Professor Oxman from alumni, faculty and colleagues. We have organized a dinner & dance on a boat trip around Key Biscayne for Friday evening. For those of you who are traveling from outside of the United States, we trust that you will enjoy a wide variety of recreational activities during South Florida’s peak tourist season of the year, including the world-famous South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
We look forward to seeing you in February.
Welcome Reception 6-8 p.m.
Ferrell Law
Miami Center, 34th Floor
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Coffee 8:30 a.m.
School of Law CourtyardSymposium 9-11:45 a.m.
School of Law, Faculty Conference Room (Law Library 4th Floor)Welcome Remarks: Dennis O. Lynch, Dean
Alvin Lindsay, J.D. ’91, President, Law Alumni AssociationKeynote Address: Professor Lori Fisler Damrosch
Henry L. Moses Professor of International Law and Organization, Columbia Law School
"Homer, Sirens, and Temptations: Where Is the Law at Sea?"
Faculty Commentary:
Professor Patrick Gudridge, Moderator
Professor Hugo Caminos
Professor Mary Coombs
Professor Michael Froomkin
Professor Richard Williamson
(Florida Continuing Legal Education Credits pending)Luncheon 12-2 p.m.
School of Law
The Alma Jennings Foundation Student LoungeReflections on Professor Bernard H. Oxman’s Thirty Years
at the University of Miami School of Law
Professor Mary Doyle, Moderator
Professor Thomas Clingan
Professor Lili Levi
William R. Weissman, Esq.
Ambassador Norman Wulf, LL.M. ’70Harbor Cruise: Dinner & Dancing 6:30 (boarding)-10 p.m.
Bayside Marketplace
401 Biscayne Boulevard
Professor Bernard H. Oxman earned an A.B. from
Columbia College in 1962 and a J.D. from Columbia
Law School in 1965. Before joining the University of
Miami School of Law in 1977, he was Assistant Legal
Adviser for Oceans, Environment, and Scientific Affairs
of the U.S. Department of State. He also served as United
States Representative to the Third United Nations
Conference on the Law of the Sea and chaired the
English Language Group of the Conference Drafting
Committee.
At the University of Miami School of Law, he regularly teaches conflict of laws,
international law, law of the sea, and torts. He served as Associate Dean of the School of
Law from 1987 to 1990, and currently is the faculty chair of the Master of Laws Program
in Ocean and Coastal Law. He has been a member of the University’s Faculty Senate
since 1996.
He is Co-Editor in Chief of the American Journal of International Law published by the
American Society of International Law, and a member of the American Law Institute
and the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2003 he served as a judge ad hoc of the
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and from 2003-2005 he was a member of
an arbitral tribunal in a dispute between Malaysia and Singapore. He has recently been
named judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice in a maritime delimitation
case between Romania and Ukraine. He is the only American lawyer ever appointed to
serve as judge ad hoc before both of these international tribunals.
Professor Oxman has published numerous books and articles on the law of the sea and
other international law subjects. His latest essay entitled, The Territorial Temptation: A
Siren Song at Sea, appears in Volume 100 of the American Journal of International Law
(October 2006). Reprints will be available for all reunion attendees.
At this alumni reunion, we honor Professor Oxman for his thirty years on the University
of Miami School of Law faculty. His career as a teacher, scholar, judge and advocate
continues to inspire our students from around the world.
Professor Damrosch joined the Columbia faculty in 1984. From 1984 to 1989 she was an associate professor at the School of International and Public Affairs. Her principal areas of interest are public international law and the U.S. law of foreign relations. She is named the Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization.
Professor Damrosch has been very active outside Columbia. She was a resident fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace (1995–96). She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Department of State Advisory Committee on International Law, and numerous international law and human rights organizations. She was the organizer of U.S.-Soviet (later U.S.-Russian) research project on international law for the American Society of International Law (A.S.I.L.). She served as A.S.I.L.'s vice president between 1996 and 1998, and has been a counselor of A.S.I.L. since 2001. In April 2003 she was appointed editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International Law, of which she has been a member of the board of editors since 1991, for a five-year term. She will serve with coeditor Bernard H. Oxman of the University of Miami.
She received her BA from Yale University in 1973, which was followed by a JD in 1976. After obtaining her law degree, Lori Damrosch clerked with Judge Jon O. Newman (1976–77). She served in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (through 1980) with responsibilities including European and Canadian affairs, international antitrust, aviation, and trade. In addition, she was a special assistant to the legal adviser in 1980. From 1981 to 1984 she was an associate with Sullivan and Cromwell.
Ambassador Norman A. Wulf served as the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation from 1999 until his retirement in late 2002. In this capacity, he served as United States Representative to preparatory committee meetings and review conferences for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT); dealt with all matters pertaining to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); and issues arising in conjunction with nuclear weapon free zones. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the Nonproliferation Bureau in 2001 and 2002. Ambassador Wulf led the U.S. delegation to the highly successful 2000 NPT Review Conference and to the 2001 IAEA General Conference.
Ambassador Wulf served for 14 years as the Deputy Assistant Director for Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). This Bureau dealt with nuclear, missile, and chemical proliferation as well as conventional arms transfers using export controls to deny proliferants relevant technology while using regional arms control arrangements to address the insecurities that motivated countries to seek to proliferate. Among his accomplishments, Ambassador Wulf led the first team of American to visit North Korea’s nuclear facilities; was the U.S. representative to the IAEA Committee that negotiated the protocol to strengthen IAEA safeguards (the Additional Protocol), the first significant strengthening of safeguards in over twenty years; and was instrumental in securing the 1995 decision to make the NPT permanent. From 1982-1985, he served as Deputy General Counsel of ACDA and worked on proliferation and arms control issues.
Prior to ACDA, Ambassador Wulf served as an office director in the Department of State handling primarily law of the sea, Antarctic and marine science issues. He also worked at the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce. His military service was from 1966 to 1972 in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps and included service in the Vietnam and in the Pentagon at the Navy’s International Law Division.
Ambassador Wulf has been awarded the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, two of the Senior Executive Service’s Meritorious Executive Awards, one ACDA Distinguished Honor Award, three ACDA Superior Honor Awards and the Navy Meritorious Service Medal.
Ambassador Wulf holds a B.A. degree from Iowa Wesleyan College, a J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, and an L.L.M. from the University of Miami.
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