For more than a decade, the International Law Colloquium Series has brought leading scholars to the School of Law, where they have presented works in progress and invited discussion and comments from students as well as faculty discussants. Past presenters have come from throughout the United States and as far as Galway, Geneva, London, Montreal, Rome and Toronto to explore an array of legal topics: foreign direct investment, refugees, international arbitration, discrimination, climate change, crimes against humanity, international tribunals, state sovereignty, human rights, treaty interpretation, democracy-building, counterterrorism and the laws of war, and global governance.

The Spring 2025 International Law Colloquium is a two-credit course led by Professor Desirée LeClercq and supported by the Dean Rusk International Law Center. The topic is International Economic Law. 

Presenters

Pictured above, beginning at top left:
  • January 17: Harlan Cohen, Fordham University School of Law
    “The International Order, International Law, and the Definition of Security”        
  • January 24: Luwam Dirar, Western New England University School of Law
    “Emancipation, Decolonization, and Gender in the Context of African Integration”
  • January 31: Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia School of Law 
    “Economies of Injustice and the Forced Residential-Schooling of Indigenous Americans"
  • February 7: Christopher Bruner, University of Georgia School of Law
    “Sustainable Corporate Governance and Prospects for a US Value Chain Due Diligence Law”
  • February 14: Katrin Kuhlman, Georgetown University School of Law
    “Micro International Law”
  • February 21: Olabisi D. Akinkugbe, Schulich School of Law
    “Geopolitics, Fragmentation, Risks and Multinational Corporations in Africa's Critical Minerals Industry”
  • February 28: Ben Heath, Temple University School of Law
    “Contesting Financial Neutrality: the Case of the Bank for International Settlements”
  • March 14: Weijia Rao, Boston University School of Law 
    "Signaling through National Security Lawmaking"
  • March 21: Julian Arato, Michigan University School of Law
    “The Institutions of Exceptions”
  • April 4: Trang (Mae) Nguyen, Temple University School of Law
    “Goods' Citizenship”
  • April 11: Rachel Brewster, Duke University School of Law
    “Global settlements in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act”
  • April 18: Sarah Dadush, Rutgers Law School
    “Shared Responsibility in American Contract Law”

 

This program is made possible through the Kirbo Trust Endowed Faculty Enhancement Fund and the Talmadge Law Faculty Fund.