News and Developments in International Law and Legal Education Published as an information resource for the ASIL membership, the ASIL Academic Bulletin reports on program developments at ASIL 2008 Academic Partner institutions. January 2008
Duke University School of Law ASIL Links Home Academic Partnership Program Academic Bulletin Archive Career Development Resouces The Center for International & Comparative Law The Center for International and Comparative Law was established in 2006, under the inaugural directorship of Professor Curtis Bradley, to organize and support programs, resources, and events relating to international and comparative law at Duke University School of Law. The current director is Professor Ralf Michaels. More information at the website. Studying at Duke The Law School offers select JD candidates the opportunity to pursue a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in international and comparative law contemporaneously with their study for the JD degree. Students accepted to this JD/LLM joint degree program commence their studies in the summer before regular matriculation and spend their 1L summer in one of the Law School's summer institutes in Geneva and Hong Kong. The LLM program at Duke Law School is designed to introduce foreign law graduates to the legal system of the United States and to provide the opportunity to take advanced courses in specialized areas of the law. The program of study is normally completed in one academic year, which begins for all new students in late August. The Global Law Workshop The Global Law Workshop is the Center's speaker series in international and comparative law. Five or six speakers each semester present their latest work to Duke faculty and students. Speakers Spring 2008 Martin Shapiro, UC Berkeley School of Law Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell University Law School Amalia D. Kessler, Stanford Law School Russel A. Miller, Washington and Lee University Law School Eric A. Feldman, University of Pennsylvania Law School Frank Upham, NYU School of Law Upcoming Conferences Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? January 28, 2008: Conference bringing together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from the United States and Europe to discuss the future of data privacy. In collaboration with Duke University Center for European Studies The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? February 9, 2008: All but dormant in the United States, Choice of Law is now thriving in Europe. Should the United States look to Europe for inspiration, as the Europeans were inspired by the US choice-of-law revolution before? This conference brings together leading scholars from both the United States and Europe to engage in debate and comparative examination of approaches taken in Europe with an eye towards rekindling interest here in the United States. In collaboration with Tulane Law Review. International Tribunals and the United States' Judicial System February 15, 2008: A conference with leading experts in the fields of international law, federal courts, constitutional law, international trade, and alternative dispute resolution. In collaboration with Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law. Combating Terrorism: Charting the Course for a New Administration April 10-11, 2008: This conference will examine specific issues in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad and how these issues might be addressed by the incoming administration. In collaboration with Center on Law, Ethics and National Security