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The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following event:

HELA Welcome Event for Judge Robert Spano of the European Court of Human Rights
When: Thursday, March 26, 2015 (8 PM – 10 PM)
Where: WCC Pub

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following event that we are co-sponsoring with the Harvard International Law Journal:

The 2015 Harvard International Law Journal Symposium – “BORDERS AND CROSS-BORDER ENFORCEMENT”
Friday, February 27 from 12:05-6:00 pm
WCC B010

This year’s symposium will provide students, practitioners, and academics with a forum to discuss the evolution and challenges of defining borders and cross-border projections of law today. The Symposium will feature:

– A keynote address by Justice Francis Jardeleza, who served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines from 2012-2014, during the initiation of the government’s UNCLOS arbitration claim against China over maritime boundaries
– Three panels with an amazing line-up of scholars, practitioners, and government advisors from around the world
– Free Crema Cafe lunch, snacks, and drinks throughout the day

Co-Sponsored by Harvard Asia Law Society, Harvard Association for Law and Business, Harvard European Law Association, Harvard Law and International Development Society, Harvard Law School Human Rights Journal, and Harvard National Security and Law Association.

FULL SCHEDULE & PROGRAMS
LOCATION: Wasserstein B010

======= 12:05 – 12:45 PM =======
Opening remarks: Vice Dean William Alford
Keynote Address: The Honorable Francis H. Jardeleza, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Former Solicitor General of the Philippines
(Catered Lunch from Crema Cafe)

======= 1:00 – 2:30 PM =======
Panel 1: Drawing New Borders? Self-Determination and Independence Movements
(Refreshments from Crema Cafe)

–Gardner Bovingdon – Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
–Hurst Hannum – Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Diplomacy, Tufts University
–Hon. David J. Scheffer – Director, Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of law; former US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
–Jure Vidmar – Professor of Public International Law, Maastricht University
–Moderator: Alexis Dudden – Professor of History, University of Connecticut

======= 2:45 – 4:15 PM =======
Panel 2: Conflicting Claims: Maritime Disputes and the South China Sea
(Refreshments from Crema Cafe)

–Kuen-chen Fu – Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Law; arbitrator for CMAC, CIETAC
–James Kraska – Professor in the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, US Naval War College
–Harry Roque – Director, University of the Philippines Law Center Institute of International Legal Studies; Associate Professor at the University of Philippines College of Law
–Stefan Talmon – Professor of Public International Law at the University of Bonn
–Moderator: Gabriella Blum – Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Harvard Law School

======= 4:30 – 6:00 PM =======
Panel 3: Economic Sanctions: Implementation, Effectiveness, and Ethics
Sponsored by Sullivan & Cromwell
(Refreshments from Crema Cafe)

–Joy Gordon – Senior Global Justice Fellow, Yale MacMillan Center; Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J. Professor of Social Ethics, Loyola University Chicago
–Dara Panahy – Partner, Milbank
–Brad Smith – Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at US Dept. of the Treasury
–Sean Thornton – Legal Counsel, BNP Paribas; former Chief Counsel, OFAC
–Alex Willscher – Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell; former Assistant United States Attorney, SDNY
–Moderator: Maggie Gardner – Climenko Fellow and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following event that we are co-sponsoring:

The Role of Lawyers in Enabling and Justifying Torture
When: Thursday, February 12, 2015 (7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.)
Where: WCC 1010

Please join Professor Alex Whiting and Wells Dixon as they discuss the role of lawyers in authorizing the post-9/11 US torture program. The panelists will speak about their experiences litigating torture cases, explore ways in which individuals implicated in torture can be held accountable, and discuss possible institutional reforms in legal pedagogy and curriculum at HLS aimed at producing more morally-conscious and ethical leaders.

Persian dinner will be provided.

Organized by the Harvard Muslim Law Students Association, with co-sponsorship from:

Advocates for Education
Black Law Students Association
Harvard African Law Association
Harvard European Law Association
HLS ACLU
HLS Armed Forces Association
HLS Christian Fellowship
HLS Democrats
HLS NLG
Justice for Palestine
Lambda
La Alianza
Law and International Development Society
Middle Eastern Law Students Association
South Asian Law Students Association
Students for Inclusion
The National Security Law Association

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following event that we are co-sponsoring:

WLA Holiday Party

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following talk:

Challenging Secrecy: Perspectives from the EU and US Practice
When: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 (12 PM – 1 PM)
Where: WCC 5044

Vigjilenca Abazi, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School and lecturer on EU Law at University of Amsterdam, will be addressing the challenges secrecy gives to democratic processes of oversight both in the EU and US practice, linking her broader theoretical work on secrecy with the developments of NSA, the discussion on leaks, and how this has affected the EU-US relations on trade.

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following talk:

Professor R. Daniel Kelemen

“Eurolegalism: The Transformation of Law and Regulation in the European Union”

on Tuesday, February 25 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in Lewis International Law Center 214B Room.

R. Daniel Kelemen, Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, will discuss the topic of Eurolegalism. Professor Kelemen is currently a visiting fellow in the Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University. Kelemen previously served as Jean Monnet Chair in European Union Politics and Director of the Center for European Studies at Rutgers University.

The Harvard European Law Association and the Women’s Law Association would like to invite you to the following talk:

Professor Anu Bradford

“The Brussels Effect: How the EU is unilaterally shaping the world through global commerce”

on March 7, 2014 at 12 pm – WCC 3018

(lunch will be provided)

Professor Anu Bradford (originally from Finland) has been a professor at Columbia Law School since 2012. Before moving to Columbia, she was an assistant professor at University of Chicago Law School, where she specialized in international trade law. She is an HLS LLM and SJD graduate, as practiced law at Clear Gottlieb, advised on economic policy for the European and Finnish Parliament, and has been named a Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Professor Schütze is Professor of European Law at Durham University and a Fulbright Schuman Research Scholar at the Harvard Center for European Studies (CES). Professor Schütze is presently writing a book on “Foreign Affairs and the European Constitution”. He has kindly agreed to give a lunch talk to HELA, on Monday November 25, from 12 am to 1 pm, about “The ‘Treaty Power’ and Parliamentary Democracy” in the EU. Food will be served. The room is TBA.

Dr. Weidmann will give a talk on Europe’s Monetary Union from4:15 pm to 6 pm at the CES European Economic Policy Forum (Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St). The event will be chaired by Benjamin Friedman, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University.

Event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first come basis. Website: http://ces.fas.harvard.edu. Contact: Sarah Delude (sadelude@fas.harvard.edu).

The Harvard European Law Association would like to invite you to the following conference:

“Managing Data Protection between the US and Europe: Balancing Freedom and Security”, Thursday November 21, from 12 am to 2 pm, Center for European Studies (Lower Level Conference Room).
Information: atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu.

HELA invites you to the presentation that Professor de Búrca will give on October 25, 2013 to a select group of students on the topic: “What is the European Union for?” (Cabor Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies).

Professor Gráinne de Búrca is one of the most prominent legal scholars in EU law. Since 1995, she is the author with Paul Craig of the classic EU Law textbook. She has been a member of the faculty at Harvard Law School, the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), the Centre for European and Comparative Law (Oxford, UK), and is now teaching at NYU.

HELA is organizing its first social event on Sunday, October 20. Daniel Dykes, a professional tour guide, has agreed to show us Boston in a new light! Join us at 10 AM at John Harvard Statue. We will then take the T into Boston and tour the old downtown and waterfront (including the Old State House where the American Revolution began), Beacon Hill (where John Kerry and the old elites of Boston live), Boston Common and some of New England’s dramatic Civil War history, and the Black Bay. The tour should last for about three hours. Please feel free to bring your friends!