International Law Lecture Series
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The International Law Lecture Series, run by the International Graduate Law Programs office, promotes the intellectual exchange of ideas and highlights significant legal topics relating to international law.  UM Law professors and renowned keynote speakers lead the lectures, which are typically attended by faculty, staff, and current LL.M. and J.D. students.

These lectures are typically held twice a month and provide an opportunity to increase knowledge of current legal issues as well as debate and share ideas regarding various legal topics in the areas of international and comparative law. These lectures also provide the opportunity to highlight top Miami Law faculty and alumni while bringing together LL.M. and J.D. students to think critically about current issues in the international and comparative law fields.

2011-2012 Lectures:

March 26, 2012: Leona Forman - A Personal Journey: UN, the rule of law and Brazil Foundation – promoting social and economic equity
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February 28, 2012: Panel Discussion moderated by Professor Jan Paulsson with panelists Lucy Reed and Erica Stein – What Does it Mean to be an International Lawyer?

February 9, 2012: Michael Frost - Human Rights in Haiti Post-Earthquake
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January 31, 2012: Panel Discussion: Pablo T. Spiller: What do lawyers and arbitrators frequently get wrong in expropriation damages and what do they need to learn? and Jan Paulsson, Expropriation damages – A matter of ideology or economic rigor?
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January 30, 2012: Sandra Babcock - "The Death Penalty: Law, Politics and Morality." The lecture was co-sponsored with the Human Rights Clinic.
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November 17, 2011: Pablo Rueda – Shifting from Law to the Market: Multi-Institutional Transnational Mobilization in the Campaign of the U’wa People in Colombia (1995-2005)
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November 1, 2011: Panel Discussion moderated by Albert Jan van den Berg with panelists Jenelle La Chuisa, Rafael Ribeiro and Laura Reich International Arbitration Past, Present and Future
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October 25, 2011: Dr. Elva Restrepo - Transitional Justice for New Wars: Colombia and Beyond
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September 27, 2011: Professor Miriam Bitton – Exploring the European Union & U.S. Copyright Policy Under the Lens of the Database Directive
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September 13, 2011: Jennifer Kirby - "Does Size Matters? Representing International Business Partners in Arbitration"
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August 30, 2011: Devashish Krishan - "The Meaning of the term Inverstment"
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2010-2011 Lectures:

April 5, 2011: Don Fischer - Career Paths in International Trade Law
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March 29, 2011: Honorable Dr. João Costa - The Collapse of the Brazilian Prison System and How to Solve the Overcrowding
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March 22, 2011: Prof. Ariel Armony, Director, Center for Latin American Studies - The Transnationalization of Repression in Latin America
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March 8, 2011: Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel - Suggestions for efficiently preparing and conducting a hearing in international arbitration
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February 22, 2011: Panel Discussion: Dee Redwine, Destiny Lopez, Ysabel Marin, Dr. Mirna Montenegro – "Reproductive Rights in the Americas"
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February 14, 2011: "Steve Hitov – Farmworker Justice, Fair Food, and Organizing"
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February 8, 2011: Professor David Abraham - "Immigration and Integration in Post-Liberal, Post-Secular Societies"
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February 1, 2011: Jessica Lenahan and Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez - "Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation: A Survivor's Journey"
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January 25, 2011: Irwin P. Stotzky - "Haiti: One Year after the Earthquake"
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November 9, 2010: Patricia Brown – "OECD's Harmful Tax Practices Project and Efforts to Override Bank Secrecy"
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September 28, 2010: Miriam Bitton – "Exploring European Union and U.S. Copyright Policy Under the Lens of the Database Directive"
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September 14, 2010: Caroline Bradley – "Transnational Regulation and the Global Financial Crisis 2007-2010"
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August 31, 2010: Nicolo Trocker – "International Litigation: The Perspective of a Civilian Lawyer"
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2009-2010 Lectures:

April 13, 2010: "Professor Ed Morgan – Orientalism and the Foreign Sovereign"
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April 6, 2010: Caroline Bettinger-Lopez – " Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation: Lessons from Jessica Gonzales v. United States"
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March 23, 2010: Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez - "Too much NAFTA, or not enough?"
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March 9, 2010: Professor William Twining – "Human Rights: Southern Voices"
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February 23, 2010: Professor Jan Paulsson - "Can International Arbitration Co-Exist with Public Policy"
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February 9, 2010: Professor James Nickel - "Human Rights – Who are the Duty Bearers? States? Individuals? Corporations? International Organizations?"
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January 26, 2010: Professor Markus Wagner - Law and Politics of Private Military Contractors"
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November 10, 2009: Profs. Stephen Schnably and Bernard Perlmutter – "International Law and the Treatment of Juvenile Offenders – Graham v. Florida and Sullivan v. Florida and Beyond"
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October 27, 2009: Pablo M. Bentes - "Current Issues and Future Challenges Facing the WTO Dispute Settlement System"
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October 13, 2009: Professor Keith Rosenn - "Judicial Activism and Health Rights in Brazil"
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September 29, 2009: Professor Bernard Oxman - "Reflections on the International Court of Justice"
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