CILE Announcements
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Professor Vivian Curran addressed the Pittsburgh Region's B'Nai Zion Humanitarian Award Tribute honoring Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg at the Duquesne Club on May 15, 2008. Professor Curran spoke about the role of law in France and Germany during the Nazi era. |
| CILE Assistant Director, Wes Rist, will present a talk on Legislating Corporate Ethics in International Law : Human Rights Obligations for State/Corporate Enterprises at a May 21, 2008 UCIS faculty development workshop titled "Corporate Ethics and Human Rights" | |
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Seven law students have been awarded Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for this summer and the coming school year: Esther Mosimann (Italian), Caitlin Price (Arabic), Aleksandra "Sasha" Williams (Ukrainian), Amanda Fisher (Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian), Mark Sanofsky (Portuguese), Ryan Olden (Korean), Stephanie Kurtz (Slovak). |
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Professor Jules Lobel, an expert on U.S. constitutional law and international human rights, testified on April 10 at a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs subcommittee about reforming the War Powers Act... full announcement - testimony - video |
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"Biotechnology Patenting in India: Will Bio-Generics Lead a 'Sunrise Industry' to Bio-Innovation?" written by our Professor Janice Mueller-- ever at the forefront of domestic and internationally important patent research-- is on SSRN's Top Ten download list for the Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network. |
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Our first-ever Space Moot team participated in the North American round of the 2008 Manfred Lachs Space Moot Competition during the first weekend in April. Their brief was ranked 4th best in the entire competition and this pioneering self-motivated team garnered direct praise and encouragement from space law practitioners and even faculty at other law schools. |
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Professor Flechtner wrote and performed a new song, The Ballad of Blue Hills '05, for this year's Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition in Vienna. There's a video of one of his past Vienna performances on YouTube. |
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April 10 Foreign Summer Internship Meeting at 12:00 "Preparing for your International Internship:" An informational meeting for students with overseas internship for the 2008 summer with discussions by Prof. Bernard Hibbitts on JURIST involvement, Law Librarian Linda Tashbook on international research, and Wes Rist on goals and activities for overseas internships. |
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This year CILE proudly added one more team, Bahrain, to our Vis consortium. Teams from Ukraine, Serbia, and Kosovo are also in the consortium. Students from last year's Pitt Vis team |