Midyear Meeting
The ASIL Midyear Meeting
The American Society of International Law hosts a Midyear Meeting annually in late October or early November. The meeting encompasses several events, including leadership meetings of the Society's Executive Council and the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law; the Research Forum, which features cutting-edge international law scholarship by more than 90 authors; and programming for practitioners. The Midyear Meeting has been held since 2010 in Miami, Los Angeles, Athens & Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Seattle, St. Louis, New York, virtually, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.The 2025 meeting will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, September 25-27, 2025.
Thursday September 25
PRACTITIONERS’ FORUM
Hosted by Jones Day
901 Lakeside Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44114
11:30 AM–12:00 PM: Buffet Lunch
12:00–12:45 PM: Keynote – Judge Leo Gordon
1:00–2:15 PM: Panel One [details to be announced]
2:30–3:45 PM: Panel Two [details to be announced]
2:30–5:30 PM: AJIL Board meeting [by invitation only]
4:00–4:45 PM: Closing Remarks – Rt. Hon. Alex Chalk KC
Opening Reception at the Cleveland Botanical Garden
11030 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
*buses will be provided
6:00–7:00 PM: Cocktails and Conversation
7:00–8:00 PM: Dinner Speaker [to be announced]
Friday September 26
RESEARCH FORUM
Hosted by CWRU Law School
11075 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
8:00 AM–12:30 PM: Executive Council Meeting [by invitation only]
9:00 AM–5:00 PM: 15 Concurrent Panels
Dinner at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1100 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114
*buses will be provided
6:00–7:00 PM: Cocktails with Case Western Faculty-Student Band
7:00–7:30 PM: Buffet Dinner
7:30–9:30 PM: Museum Exploration (exclusive to ASIL participants)
Saturday September 27
RESEARCH FORUM
Hosted by CWRU Law School
11075 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
8:30– 10:00 AM: WILIG Coffee and Conversation networking coffee session
9:00 AM–5:00 PM: 15 Concurrent Panels
Saturday September 27
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom
11038 Bellflower Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106
6:00–7:00 PM: Closing Speeches
Saturday September 27
Jolly Scholar Campus Pub
11111 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
7:00–9:00 PM: Dinner & Drinks
Midyear Meeting Registration
Registration includes access to both the Practitioners’ Forum (on Thursday) and the Research Forum (on Friday and Saturday), as well as all breaks, lunches, and receptions noted in the agenda.| ASIL Member Rate | Non-Member Rate | |
| Regular Member | $240 | $345 |
| Gov/IO/NGO Registration* | $185 | N/A |
| Speaker Registration | $105 | $265 |
| Student Registration* ✝ | $35 | $70 |
| CLE | $70 | $70 |
| *To qualify for reduced rates, attendees are required to provide a valid proof of identification to registration staff at time of check-in.
✝ Students from ASIL Academic Partner schools receive complimentary admission to the Midyear Meeting. (For a list of AP schools and to learn how to obtain the discount code, please visit here.) |
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Research Forum Committee:
- Meg deGuzman, Temple University School of Law
- Hannah Garry, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Sasha Greenawalt, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law (Co-Chair)
- Talin Hitik, University of Chicago Law School
- Michael Kelly, Creighton University School of Law
- Kish Parella, Washington & Lee College of Law (Co-Chair)
- Stephen Petras, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Co-Chair)
- Milena Sterio, Cleveland State University College of Law (Co-Chair)
- Timothy Webster, Western Massachusetts School of Law
- Colin Bird, Consul General of Canada
- Deborah C. Gordon, Chief Legal Officer, Cleveland Clinic
- Joe Cimperman, President of Global Cleveland
- Michele Connell, Global Managing Partner of Squire Patton Boggs
- Colleen Cotter, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
- Aleksandar Cuic, Brown Immigration
- Peter Farrah, VP and Deputy General Counsel of JM Smucker Co
- Lee Fisher, Dean of Cleveland State University College of Law/President of Baldwin Wallace University
- David Fleshler, Senior Fellow, Institute of International Education
- Joseph Gonzalez-Magaz, Chief Legal Officer of the Lubrizol Corporation
- Mark Griffin, Chief Legal Counsel of the City of Cleveland (Co-Chair)
- Heather Hodges, President of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs
- Chris Hunter, Associate General Counsel of Parker-Hannifin Corporation
- Emily Janoski-Haehlen, Dean of Akron University School of Law
- Arjun Kampani, General Counsel of Rocket Lab
- Brett Krantz, Partner at Kohrman Jackson, Krantz Law and former Chair of Meritas
- Mary L. Garceau, General Counsel of Sherwin-Williams Company
- Bruce Lowe, Partner at Taft Law, President of the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group
- Megan Mehalko, Executive Committee member and Partner at Benesch
- Joseph Morford, Managing Partner, Tucker Ellis
- Patty Motta, Assistant General Counsel of American Greetings Corp
- Hansal N. Patel, Executive vice president, general counsel, of The Timken Company
- Richard Pogue, former Managing Partner of Jones Day (Co-Chair)
- Albert Ratner, former CEO of Forest City (Co-Chair)
- Andrew Renacci, Chief Legal Officer of GrafTech International Holdings Inc.
- Paul Rose, Dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- John Saada, Partner in Charge, Cleveland Office, of Jones Day
- Michael Scharf, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (Secretariat)
- Chris Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Milena Sterio, Cleveland State University College of Law (Secretariat)
- Matthew Tenerowicz, Managing Partner of BakerHostetler
- Ignacio Walker, General Counsel of Aery Dennison Corp
- Thomas Welsh, Managing Partner at Calfee Halter
- Margaret Wong, Managing Partner of Wong & Associates
- Andrew Zashin, Managing Partner, Zashin Law
The Cleveland area has accommodations at various price points. ASIL does not have a dedicated hotel block, but Case Western offers discounted rates at hotels in the area. You can view all discounted hotels in the area at this link: https://case.edu/travel/visit-cwru/cleveland-area-preferred-hotels.
