Co-sponsored by ASIL's International Legal Theory Interest Group, Pepperdine University School of Law, and the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Each year, the International Legal Theory Interest Group of the American Society of International Law convenes a special conference to consider an important theoretical issue in international law. This year, the conference will focus on the Role of Ethics in International Law. Special attention will be paid both to the role of ethics in public and private international law, as well as to normative and theoretical perspectives.

The panels will feature the following distinguished scholars:

1. The Role of Ethics in Public International Law

• Roger P. Alford, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Oona A. Hathaway, Yale Law School
• Edward T. Swaine, George Washington University Law School

2 The Role of Ethics in Private International Law

• Lea Brilmayer, Yale Law School
• Perry Dane, Rutgers School of Law
• Dean Symeon C. Symeonides, Willamette University College of Law

3. Normative and Theoretical Perspectives

• Samantha Besson, University of Fribourg/Duke University School of Law
• H. Patrick Glenn, McGill University
• Mary Ellen O'Connell, Notre Dame Law School

Panel sessions 1 and 2 will be held 8:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. at ASIL Headquarters. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served as part of this free conference for ASIL members ($15.00 for non-ASIL members).

Panel session 3 and concluding remarks will take place two blocks from ASIL at the Cosmos Club, located at 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, 2:00pm-6:30 p.m.

To view the agenda, click here.

To listen to audio of the third panel, please click here.