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University of Pittsburgh School of Law Volume 15, Fall 2010 n o t e s

Center for International Legal Education

From the Director By Ronald A. Brand Graduates–which is at the core of CILE activities—has proved its worth as something far more than an available degree. It truly is a program and not just a one-year stop in life for students. It provides both personal and professional opportunities for the LLM students, enriches the lives and educational experiences of our JD students, and connects us for life to each graduate in ways that leverage the one-year educational process into a continuum of educational development. I invite you to explore, in the pages that follow, the ways in which our faculty members and graduates have used CILE and Pitt Law to provide students with special opportunities and the ways in which our students have taken advantage of those opportunities to make their three years at Pitt Law a special foundation for a produc- tive future.

Professor Charles Jalloh’s International Criminal Law Seminar in Tanzania at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda I n s i d e This year marks the 15th anniversary of room to internships, study abroad, special the creation of the Center for International lectures, and unique relationships. International Criminal Law...... 2 Legal Education (CILE) at the University Our students have engaged in an impres- The Kosovo Opinion...... 4 of Pittsburgh School of Law. It has been a sive set of internships and study abroad wonderful journey so far, marked especially initiatives over the past year. Our faculty First-Person Accounts...... 6 by students reaching for global experi- members have worked hard to provide Vis Moot-Related Activities...... 10 ences and intellectual achievements and even more opportunities. With the work colleagues dedicated to helping them to of Assistant Professor Charles Jalloh and LLM Class of 2011...... 12 extend that reach. Indeed, it is not reputa- CILE Assistant Director Wes Rist, Pitt Beyond the Classroom: What tion, building, or endowment that make Law has marked its place in the study and Can Your Law Professors Do an educational institution great; it is the development of international criminal law. for You?...... Center Spread people with whom you share the experi- Our graduates (and current students) have ence of learning. contributed personally to the development Programs and Activities...... 13 This issue of CILE Notes highlights of the law on a global basis. Our efforts to Student Activities...... 16 those people, both professors and students, engage in legal education on a global basis who have made Pitt Law a special place to have been both affirmed and confirmed. Alumni News...... 18 pursue international opportunity. That Most importantly, our Master of Faculty Activities...... 20 opportunity truly reaches beyond the class- Laws (LLM) Program for Foreign Law

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Pitt Students Experience Special Opportunities in International Criminal Law The 2009−10 academic year saw a series of special programs and opportunities for Pitt Law students in international criminal law.

U.S. War Crimes Ambassador Summer Internship Delivers Statement on at the ICTR International Criminal Justice By Andrew Morgan, JD '11 Stephen Rapp, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, spoke at the law school on Along with Holly Christie (JD '11), I spent January 28, 2010, about “The Role of the United States in International Criminal Justice.” two months this summer working with His talk was the first public statement of the Obama administration on the International the Office of the Registrar at the ICTR in Criminal Court (ICC) and the level of involvement the administration planned to pur- Arusha, Tanzania. The ICTR is an interna- sue both at the ICC and in international criminal matters in general. Following his lec- tional court set up by the United Nations ture, students in Professor Charles Jalloh’s International Criminal Law Seminar joined Security Council to prosecute those most Ambassador Rapp for lunch. responsible for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The registrar is charged with managing the operations of the tribunal; providing legal and judicial support services to the chambers and the prosecution; and communicating with individuals, organizations, countries, and other UN organiza- 2 tions on behalf of the tribunal. I arrived in Arusha shortly after the arrest of ICTR defense counsel Peter Erlinder by Rwandan authorities on charges of deny- ing the 1994 genocide. Working with the UN Office of Legal Affairs in New York, we reviewed the publications, public state- ments, and court records that were being Ambassador Stephen Rapp (center) with (L to R) Professors Harry Flechtner and Charles Jalloh, used by the Rwandan prosecutor general to Dean Mary Crossley, and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg support the charges, in order to determine Continued on page 3 cile notes 2010 University of Pittsburgh School of Law Center for International Legal Education Chief Prosecutor Justice Hassan Jallow Ronald A. Brand, Director Speaks on UNICTR Challenges D. Wes Rist, Assistant Director On September 11, 2009, chief Gina Huggins, Program Administrator prosecutor of the United Nations Please direct all correspondence to: International Criminal Tribunal University of Pittsburgh for Rwanda (ICTR) Justice Hassan School of Law Jallow spoke at the law school on Center for International Legal Education “The Contribution of the Rwanda 318 Barco Law Building Tribunal to International Law and 3900 Forbes Avenue the Challenges of Completion: The Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Prosecutor’s Perspective.” Following Phone: 412-648-7023, Fax: 412-648-2648 the lecture, Justice Jallow met with E-mail: cile pitt.edu @ students at an informal reception. ICTR Chief Prosecutor Justice Hassan Jallow Web site: www.law.pitt.edu/cile with Pitt Law students International Criminal Law

Internship continued Students Spend Spring Break the degree to which UN immu- at the UN Tribunal in Tanzania nities would attach to a member of the independent Defence Counsel Association. One constant challenge for the ICTR has been finding a permanent home for those accused of genocide who have been acquitted by the tribunal. The UN provides accommoda- tions for the acquitted persons in Arusha pending their place- ment, but this is not a permanent solution. As they have been credibly accused of participating in the 1994 genocide, the Evelyn Kamau (LLM ’02) (front right) joins Professor Charles Jalloh’s class during their visit to her workplace, acquitted persons feel that they the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. would be unable to safely return to Rwanda. Finally, there are After his visit to Pitt Law, Justice Hassan Jallow, chief prosecutor at the ICTR, arranged with Professor rules prohibiting countries from Charles Jalloh and Pitt Law graduate Evelyn Kamau (LLM ’02), now at the ICTR, for 11 students in extending refugee status to those Professor Jalloh’s International Criminal Law Seminar to visit the ICTR in Arusha, Tanzania. While charged with genocide (leav- there, the students visited various departments at the tribunal, observed court proceedings, and spoke ing aside the fact that they’ve personally with Justice Jallow. The students also had the chance to observe the East African Community, been acquitted of the crime). a regional organization dealing with economic and security issues for eastern African nations. We reviewed the bases for the acquittals in search of an exem- 3 plary candidate for reconsider- ing the refugee rules; drafted CILE and Global Solutions Education Fund- correspondence to the UN Pittsburgh Create First International Criminal Human Rights Commission, the UN Office of Legal Affairs, Court High School Moot Competition and the Rwandan prosecutor general; and advised the registrar On April 9, 2010, CILE assisted Global Solutions Education Fund-Pittsburgh in founding the first on how to respond to visa, asy- Moot International Criminal Court program for high school students in the United States. The lum, and immigration requests program put high school students in the role of appellate attorneys arguing a hypothetical case in made by the acquitted persons. front of the International Criminal Court. Students were provided with a set of facts, a hypothetical My experience with the ICTR problem, and the relevant legal research, all prepared by CILE Assistant Director Wes Rist. They has shown me the wide array of then developed a legal argument, wrote legal memorials, and presented their arguments in front of roles that make international a panel of judges. Global Solutions Executive courts possible, beyond those of Director Daniel Giovannelli (JD ’08) arranged the judges and the prosecutors. training sessions for high school teachers and The tribunal is a multinational, coaches to give students the skills they needed multiethnic, multilingual, to compete. Students were scored on the quality and multidisciplinary body of their written memorial as well as their oral and requires careful attention arguments. Pitt Law students served as volun- and hard work to ensure that teer judges for the competition. the court functions smoothly. Given the enthusiastic response from the Moreover, living in Arusha is an high school students, teachers, and coaches, excellent excuse to learn Swahili, and the Pitt Law students involved as judges, drink Maasai blood milk, look CILE and Global Solutions Pittsburgh are at animals that could eat you planning to expand the program. The 2011 competition problem will be created by the for lunch, and eat most of your CILE Assistant Director Wes Rist (center), Andrew own meals without the benefit winner of a writing contest open to all Pitt Law Morgan (JD ’11) (left), and Steven Salas (JD ’11) of silverware. students. The contest will include a cash prize (right) serve as judges in the first ICC high school as well as a seat on the final round judges panel. moot competition. First-Person Accounts: The Kosovo Opinion

Pitt Law Graduate and Student Experience ICJ Opinion Results Firsthand

the courtroom architecture alone gives you that feeling. And probably this is what most lawyers would feel at that moment: the pride of representing a party in the world’s highest court. But for me, as a member of the Kosovo delegation, it was a different feeling. We were not there to represent just any party. We were there representing the right of the people of Kosovo to live in freedom and independence, and we were conscious that the eyes and hearts of more than 2 million Kosovars were with us during those moments. The president of the International Court of Justice read the court’s explicit and clear opinion. It concluded that “the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of 17 February 2008 did not violate general international law, Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) or the Constitutional Vjosa Osmani (LLM '05) (right) with the Kosovo legal team on their way out of the Peace Palace Framework. Consequently the adoption 4 in The Hague after the announcement of the Advisory Opinion of that declaration did not violate any applicable rule of international law.” It also confirmed our position that “the authors of Representing Kosovo before the the Declaration of Independence … acted together in their capacity as representa- International Court of Justice tives of the people of Kosovo.” The court By Vjosa Osmani (LLM ’05, JSD Candidate), Chief of Staff agreed with us on all counts. While it is and Senior Advisor on Legal and International Affairs easy to explain what I felt at that moment to the President of Kosovo as a lawyer, it is impossible to explain what I felt as a Kosovar. On July 22, 2010, at about 2:30 p.m., right to education. Going to school meant As we were leaving the courtroom, along with a few other members of the risking our lives. Not too long ago, just the countless messages that arrived from Kosovo delegation, I approached the gates thinking of becoming a lawyer seemed like all over the world included the words: of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) an impossible dream. But on July 22, 2010, “Congratulations. You have worked so in The Hague. The guards asked for the I was a member of the legal team represent- hard on this.” I had indeed spent immea- green badges that had been prepared for ing my country before the International surable hours of work for almost two years the delegations, and we showed them. Our Court of Justice. to prepare the arguments of Kosovo for the badge said: Authors of Kosovo’s Declaration Once we entered the court, delegations advisory proceedings, but the first thing of Independence. As we walked through from all around the world approached us to that came to my mind at that moment was the yard of the court, hundreds of journal- wish us the best of luck. We felt blessed to a saying that shaped the future of another ists from around the world surrounded us, once again be reassured of the support of freedom-loving country, the United States, taking countless pictures and asking too the democratic nations around the globe for which stood by Kosovo at all times: “Let many questions all at the same time. The our cause. As we sat to wait for the 15 judges every nation know, whether it wishes us interest was enormous; the world court was of the world’s highest judicial institution, I well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear publishing its opinion on whether Kosovo’s was thinking about the many people who any burden, meet any hardship, support any Declaration of Independence violated inter- had told me that being at the International friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival national law. At that moment, I recalled that Court of Justice is the peak of any lawyer’s and the success of liberty.” just a little more than a decade ago, I, just career. It was the top of the top. No lawyer Continued on page 5 like all Kosovo Albanians, did not have the could wish for more. Indeed, looking at First-Person Accounts: The Kosovo Opinion

Kosovo’s Independence: A Ground-Floor Perspective By Amelia Mathias, Class of 2011

At 3 p.m. Kosovo time on July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice read out its advi- s o r y j u d g m e n t t h a t Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence was not contrary to international law. The vote was 10 to 4 with one abstention, and the countries who voted against included such judicial luminaries as Russia, China, and Venezuela. I was watching the judg- ment, overlaid in Albanian, on the eighth floor of the government building, surrounded by everyone in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) who hadn’t fled the heat of Prishtina for a beach 5 in Montenegro or Albania. The entire room went crazy—those who were not calling ambassadors in Riyadh and Canberra were spraying those on the Amelia Mathias (JD '11) (left) with the Heinz Ketchup Society of Prishtina phone with champagne. This opinion, which had stalled many again, we were the only people celebrating. states from recognizing Kosovo until the Though the decision was a good one for decision came down, will help Kosovo Kosovo, and though an adverse decision Representing Kosovo gain entrance into the United Nations. could have been disastrous for this fledg- continued It will help Kosovo to be recognized by ling state, the decision itself changes very This quote from President Kennedy more countries, gain more foreign invest- little about the internal affairs of Kosovo. embodies what the people of Kosovo ment, and hopefully open state-to-state A vote in the General Assembly doesn’t feel, and they have expressed this through talks with Serbia. change the unemployment rate. A letter their elected representatives and in But as excited as my colleagues at of recognition from Burundi doesn’t halt the Declaration of Independence. The the MFA were, for most of the rest of rampant corruption. The decision of 15 International Court of Justice agreed with Prishtina, it was just another Thursday. people in black robes in The Hague doesn’t the people of Kosovo: the Declaration of After we had sprayed all the champagne solve the problem of 120,000 angry Serbs Independence of 17 February 2008 did we could, we stood by the windows on the living across the Ibar River in Mitrovica. not violate international law. For most eighth floor, puzzled, as to why no masses In fact, it compounds it. lawyers around the world involved of people took to the streets to celebrate. Kosovo has a bright future, which is in such a case, a favorable decision in There were some cars honking, and some only enhanced by the ICJ opinion. There the ICJ could be described as the best people waving Kosovo flags, but mostly it is still much work to be done, but with a moment in their career, but for this law- was just another Thursday. young population and the desire to prove yer from Kosovo, it can only be described When we went out that night with themselves, Kosovo is one step further on as the best moment of my life. the MFA, we celebrated our victory, but its way. First-Person Accounts: Summer Experiences

The following first-person accounts provide representative samples of the experiences of Pitt Law students during summer 2010.

Italy, Art Crime, and a Good Summer By Torry Hullum, Class of 2012

I left Pittsburgh on May 24 without a clue Crimes Against Art (ARCA) is an interna- tries’ strict acquisition policies in order to as to what, or even who, would greet me tional nonprofit think tank and consultancy prevent stolen works from being owned in Rome. After a two-hour drive north organization. ARCA works to curb art crime by museums instead of being returned to from the Rome airport with a fellow U.S. by educating cultural heritage professionals their rightful owners. intern, we arrived in Amelia, Italy—a small and advocating for more effective security My internship helped build my con- yet diverse town of about 8,000 residents. methods to protect art and antiquities. fidence in legal research, broaden my Amelia is famous both for being one of With other legal interns, I was given back- understanding of topics related to art law, the longest continually occupied towns in ground information on how survivors of the and increase my interest in public interest Italy and for being home to Italy’s oldest Holocaust filed claims to recover their stolen law. More importantly, the entire experi- residents. My experience in Italy was an property taken by the Gestapo. After this ence made me appreciate individual rights eye-opening mix of sightseeing and legal initial introduction, the six of us were tasked and acknowledge the freedoms I have and research, exploration, and discovery. with determining how American museums those that were stripped away from so The Association for Research into could more effectively mirror other coun- many others.

6 Canadian Mining and the Social Justice Committee By Megan McKee, Class of 2012

In May, I began working for the Social Canada is home to more than 75 percent with the SJC to advocate for this bill, I Justice Committee (SJC) of Montreal as a of the world’s largest mining and extraction increased my understanding of the cur- corporate accountability intern. The SJC companies. However, the existing mecha- rent legal reality and the process through is an independent human rights organiza- nisms to ensure that these corporations, which to change it. tion that promotes education and advocacy which receive support from the government The SJC also works in solidarity with in areas of global poverty and inequality. of Canada, act in compliance with interna- human rights organizations in Guatemala, With respect to corporate accountability, tional environmental best practices and with Honduras, and El Salvador. Through the SJC is particularly involved with the Canada’s commitments to human rights are communicating with these groups, I Canadian mining sector and its activities toothless at best and non-existent at worst. gained a better impression of the overall in Central America. Through working The SJC is currently advocating for passage human rights situation and the impact of with the SJC, I was not only exposed to of Bill C-300. This private member’s bill, Canadian mining on it. domestic Canadian law governing min- presently before the Canadian Parliament, ing and extractive companies but also seeks to create a mechanism that would to international agreements such as the allow for the filing of complaints against Dominican Republic-Central America Canadian extractive companies oper- Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and ating in developing countries if the the International Labor Organization- companies are believed not to be in International Law Convention 169 concerning indigenous compliance with agreed upon inter- rights, and the role of both of these in the national environmental and human Society 2010–11 legal systems of Guatemala, Honduras, rights standards. Through working Copresident: Rhiannon Kelso and El Salvador. Copresident: Uzoma Ogbonna Secretary/ Treasurer: Marie Brown First-Person Accounts: Summer Experiences

Language Study and an Amicus Brief in Baku By Sarah Paulsworth, Class of 2012

This summer I worked as resident direc- Washington, D.C., staff and program part- nized as a prisoner of conscience. The tor in the Critical Languages Scholarship ners in Azerbaijan; advised CLS participants Third Party Intervention examines per- (CLS) Program in Baku, Azerbaijan on cultural assimilation and second-lan- secution against Fatullayev including a (Azerbaijani Language Program). CLS is guage acquisition and safety; and enforced new criminal conviction for possession of an intensive summer language and cul- program rules and regulations. drugs. This conviction threatens to keep tural immersion program intended to While in Baku, I also independently Fatullayev in prison, despite a European expand the number of Americans study- researched and composed a Third-Party Court of Human Rights (ECHR) deci- ing and mastering “critical need” foreign Intervention (amicus brief) on the case sion of 22 April 2010 that Azerbaijan languages. The program is an initiative of imprisoned Azeri journalist Eynulla “shall secure the applicant’s immediate of the United States Department of State Fatullayev, which will be delivered to the release.” Additionally, the Third Party Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs European Court of Human Rights in early Intervention addresses the ECHR’s ability and is administered by the Council of September. Fatullayev, who previously to issue a decision calling for Azerbaijan American Overseas Research Centers and ran the Realny Azerbayjan and Gundalik to secure Fatullayev’s immediate release the American Councils for International Azerbayjan newspapers, is an outspoken and Azerbaijan’s obligation to execute the Education. In this capacity, I oversaw critic of the Azeri government who has ECHR’s decision of 22 April 2010. program finances; wrote program and been imprisoned on various charges since financial reports; served as liaison between April 2007. He is internationally recog-

Summer at the Max Planck Institute By Andrew Vogeler, Class of 2012 and 2010 Nordenberg Fellow

7 I arrived at the Max Planck Institute for topic to focus the rest of my work because had the privilege of getting to know many Comparative and International Private it represents a promising avenue for future researchers from all over the globe, which Law in Hamburg, Germany, ready to get Europeanization of a topic that is of prime has greatly widened my understanding of a lay of the land in issues of European importance to me and because it practi- various perspectives with regard to law, jurisdiction and choice of law with regard cally illustrates the challenges associated legal education, and culture among other to commercial transactions. In practice, with navigating the layers of private law in things. I also attended Aktuelle Stunde private law on the international level has Europe—an early theme of my project. The meetings, which are weekly presenta- many layers to navigate, including interna- CFR inherently invokes arguments about tions and discussions led by scholars at tional agreements, national law, and often the form future legal systems should take the Institute on a topic of their research. subnational regional law. In addition, the in Europe, which expresses much about These meetings addressed many issues and European Union is somewhere in between: how further harmonization efforts might perspectives that have enriched the way I created out of conventions, but with cer- proceed. think about comparative law and gave me tain competencies akin to a national state. The remainder of my project consisted of valuable experience engaging with profes- Of course studying the law in Europe familiarizing myself with the various work- sionals from other backgrounds. is somewhat different than in the United ing groups involved in the Joint Network Looking forward, I already have had the States because of the long-term structural on European Private Law, their projects, chance to begin applying the fruits of my transformation of the legal and political publications, goals, and how they fit into project in new opportunities. For instance, systems within the European Union. I thus the broader project of developing the CFR. I recently published an article in JURIST, made it a priority to read overview texts In particular, I looked at the Common Core an online legal news publication out of and locate more in-depth articles on the Group, the Insurance Group, the Acquis the University of Pittsburgh, relating my changes in legal culture that correspond to Group, and the AHC-SLC Group. To experience and some of my findings to a the structural development. supplement these sources, I also collected wider audience. I also will have a chance to In a conversation with Professor Jürgen evaluative sources that comment on these apply my research in an upcoming paper I Basedow, I was introduced to the Common projects and provide policy and empirical will write as part of a certificate program Frame of Reference (CFR) and the ongo- arguments for pursuing different options in West European Studies on the nexus ing projects designed to build a foundation for harmonization, such as a European Civil between contract law harmonization and for harmonization of European contract Code or an Optional Instrument. its economic implications for the develop- law. I decided the CFR was a perfect Beyond the scope of my own project, I ment of the internal market. First-Person Accounts: Summer Experiences

A Summer at the European Union Commission Legal Services By Morgan Kronk, Class of 2011 and 2010 Nordenberg Fellow

As the Nordenberg fellow at the European The Legal Service is divided into numer- I had the opportunity to visit the Union Commission, I had the unique ous teams that deal with specific aspects of European Court of Justice in Luxembourg opportunity to gain, from inside expe- EU law. As a new intern, I was assigned to on two occasions during the summer. On rience, a greater understanding of the SOC-the Employment and Social Affairs, the first visit, I was thrilled to discover functioning of the European Union (EU). Education and Culture, Health, and that I could see the Court from my hotel The Legal Service of the Commission Consumer Protection team. In particular, window! I accompanied my advisor to is comparatively a blend of the attorney I worked under the direction of Michel one of his cases, which happened to be general’s office and in-house counsel for van Beek, who covered gender discrimina- in front of the Grande Chambre, which the “executive” branch of the European tion as well as general labor law. I drafted means the hearing took place in front of 13 Union. Two primary responsibilities of the the opinion of the Commission for several sitting justices rather than the more typi- Legal Service are to intervene as amicus preliminary question proceedings and for cal panel of three or five justices. Later, I curiae in preliminary question proceed- one infringement case and assisted in the traveled to Luxembourg with several other ings and pursue infringement actions. In preparation of oral arguments before sev- interns and attended a hearing before the preliminary question proceedings, member eral hearings. Union labor law is extremely General Court. states pose questions on the implemen- interesting because the EU has some com- To be an American at the European tation of EU law that arise in national petency, but it is almost all through direc- Union institutions was an incredible expe- cases to the European Court of Justice. tives, which leave much of the discretion for rience. To directly study EU directives, In infringement proceedings, if the com- implementation to the individual member analyze the jurisprudence, and personally mission believes that a member state is state. This creates an interesting and active see the tensions between the institutions not in compliance with an aspect of EU tension between the EU institutions and and member states gave an invaluable law, it may decide to pursue legal action the member states. depth to my study of international law. and bring an infringement case before the European Court of Justice. 8 Working for the President of Kosovo By Anne Thibadeau, Class of 2011

This past summer, I interned with Korab I even had the opportunity to work on a an amazing work experience. My room- Sejdiu, legal advisor to the president of speech given by the president. mate and I never stopped laughing and Kosovo, and Vjosa Osmani, chief advisor When a case was filed against the presi- even joked about the method that the to the president. The Kosovo government dent in the Constitutional Court, I was police used to look for fingerprints around is still in transition in some respects, and assigned to work on the reply and write the apartment. Getting through the basics this experience allowed me to work at the a memo covering an interpretation of the each day seemed somehow more difficult top level of the government, live in Kosovo constitutional provision implicated, using than in the United States, but everything prior to the International Court of Justice American cases and comparing wording also felt more optimistic. And when advisory opinion, observe and participate used in other constitutions. The memo was things went wrong, such as frequent bouts in state building efforts, and work on a complete and on my computer one Saturday of food poisoning, it frankly did not mat- constitutional case brought against the evening, although I decided against sending ter and certainly did not slow us down. president. it in because I wanted to reread and edit it I learned a lot from doing the memo, too, The work in the president’s office was with fresh eyes the next day. when Advisor Sejdiu spent an hour with uneven. Some assignments required work- To celebrate, my roommate and I went me discussing persuasive writing. ing weekends and some days I could easily out to see Robin Hood, the only American Overall, the summer was fantastic. leave before four. The work also was not movie option, with a daily showtime of I was given the opportunity to discuss legal purely legal. It was largely oriented toward 10 p.m. Upon our return, we found that a writing with someone who has devoted diplomacy and the political aspects sur- number of items, including my computer, much of his professional career to writing rounding the position of the president of had been stolen from our apartment. On persuasively. The work was once in a life- Kosovo. On days when I was not writing Sunday, I went to the president’s office and time, and Kosovo is a truly unique place. a memo or reading over legislation, I was rewrote the memo. writing letters to various world leaders and The memo and apartment break-in story trying to follow important world events. is illustrative of my time in Kosovo. It was ALMA MATER STUDIORUM FONDAZIONE FLAMINIA UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA Ravenna Sede di Ravenna Facoltà di Giurisprudenza

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CILE Continues Use of Vis Moot as Educational Platform

Third CLDP Contract Allows CILE Support of Legal Education in the Arabian Peninsula

CILE partnered with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) for a third year to assist law schools in the Arabian Peninsula in developing and expanding their commercial law curriculum. As in past years, the program used the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition (Vis Moot) as a catalyst for work in commercial law and arbitration. In 2009–10, the CLDP project added the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) to the group that includes the University of Bahrain (UB) and Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman. Pitt Law JD students Marc Coda, Rick Grubb, and Kerry Ann Stare traveled with 10 CILE Director and Professor Ronald A. Professor Brand, Kerry Ann Stare (JD ‘10), Rick Grubb (JD ‘10), and Marc Coda (JD ‘10) with Brand to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) members of the Vis teams from UAE, Oman, and Bahrain universities in October, where they provided training on international commercial law and arbi- teams in preparation for the oral presenta- consortium has become an excellent tool tration and assisted the UAEU faculty in tions at the moot. Professor Teresa Brostoff for allowing competitors to work together selecting students for their Vis Moot team. joined the group later to teach the English and follow each other’s progress throughout Upon their return, Coda, Grubb, and Stare for Lawyers course to a larger group of the Vis Moot. The 2010 consortium din- each continued to work with one of the Gulf UAEU students. In March, Coda, Grubb, ner, hosted by CILE, included more than region Vis teams to develop their written and Stare met their respective teams in 60 students, professors, and friends, prov- submissions for the Vis Moot. Vienna, where they provided administrative ing that hard work can be accompanied by In February, the three JD students again and instructional assistance throughout the pleasant experiences. accompanied Professor Brand to Al Ain, moot competition. As with most CILE programs, the CLDP UAE, to assist the UAEU, UB, and SQU CILE’s work with CLDP has resulted in partnership is geared to create a self-sustain- the first Gulf region teams ing result in the targeted universities. CILE in the Vis Moot. While routinely recruits for both its U.S. Law & in Vienna, those teams Language Program and its LLM Program joined the other students from the Pitt Vis consortium. This year in the Pitt Vis Moot con- will see the addition of Qatar University sortium, a collection of to the CLDP program. Once again, the 10 universities from what past year’s Vis team members will have the is now seven countries opportunity to gain experience by training (Bahrain, Kosovo, Oman, the CLDP partner universities, providing a Serbia, Ukraine, the UAE, unique experience that takes legal education and the United States), out of the classroom and into the real world. that meet in Vienna sev- In 2011, this process will include the first eral days before the Vis all-Arab pre-moot, to be held in Bahrain in Professor Brand and Kerry Ann Stare (JD ‘10) enjoy a traditional Moot competition started March 2011 prior to the April competition bedouin meal in the UAE while in that country to assist the UAE to engage in one last pre- in Vienna. University team in preparing for the Vis Moot. moot competition. The Vis Moot-Related Activities

Visiting Professors Add Diversity In 2009–10, Pitt Law students ben- efitted from a variety of courses by visiting professors designed to expand their access to international and comparative law. Courses included European Union Law, Comparative Conflict of Laws in Contractual and Non-contractual Obligations, Criminal Law Aspects of the European Court of Human Rights, and State Building and the Law: The Kosovo Experience. In 2010–11, three courses will be offered in the fall: Professors Milena Đorđević and Vladimir Pavić, from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Professor Chiara Giovannucci Orlandi from the University of Bologna, Italy, will teach International Commercial Arbitration; Professor Marco Milena Ðordevic (LLM ’02), now a lecturer with the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Torsello from the University of Bologna will teaches international commercial arbitration at Pitt in fall 2010. teach European Private Law: Comparative & European Contract Law; and Professor Matthias Grabmair, from Germany, will Croatia Summer Institute a Success teach Public International Law Advocacy. In July 2010, Pitt Law joined with the taught by leaders in the field including Pitt In the spring, Professors Thomas Möllers Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Law Professors Ronald A.Brand and Harry 11 and Volker Behr from the University of Center and the University of Zagreb Flechtner, provided a broad introduction Augsburg, Germany, will teach European Faculty of Law to launch a new summer to international business transactions fol- Union Law. law program in Croatia: The Institute of lowed by a focused examination of the laws International Commercial Law & Dispute governing international sales of goods and Resolution. This four-week program, international commercial arbitration. After three weeks of doctrinal instruction, students developed and applied skills through Pitt Vis Team Advances to 64-Team a weeklong simulation of a dispute. Ten Pitt Law students joined 21 other Final Rounds for Second Straight Year students from the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Croatia, India, The 2010 Pitt Law team of McKean Kosovo, Oman, and Tunisia for the inau- Evans, Richard Kyle, Kristine Long, gural program, with Professor Jack Graves and Amelia Mathias joined students of Touro serving as the program director. from 253 law schools from 62 coun- Many of these students will use this experi- tries in March 2010 to participate ence as preparation for participation in the in the 18th Annual Willem C. Vis Willem C. Vis International Commercial International Commercial Arbitration Arbitration Moot Competition. Mary Moot in Vienna. For the second year Crossley, dean of Pitt’s law school, said of in a row, the Pitt team advanced into the program, “Partnering with two fine the round of finals competition. Prior law faculties to present this collaborative to the competition in Vienna, the team Croatian summer program gives Pitt Law also participated in the University of and the Center for International Legal Belgrade pre-moot competition and Education a wonderful opportunity to build arbitration conference and engaged in on our established strength in the area of informal practice arguments in Zagreb, (L to R) The Pitt Law 2010 Vis team: Richard Kyle international sales law and our experience Croatia, with the University of Zagreb (JD ’11), Kristine Long (JD ’11), McKean Evans in coaching students who are competing in and Touro Law Center. (JD ’10), Professor Harry Flechtner, Professor the Vis Moot competition.” Ronald A. Brand, and Amelia Mathias (JD ’11) LLM Class of 2011 Kaltrina Ahmeti (Kosovo) received her India. She worked as an assistant attorney 2000. She interned at the Israeli Prosecution bachelor’s degree in law from the University at the Trivandrum District Court in Kerala, Office for the south county in 2000 of Prishtina Faculty of Law in Prishtina, where she handled civil and criminal legal and worked as an attorney at Mekler’s Kosovo, in 2008, where she is pursuing a issues from 2005 until 2009. She is a recipi- Law Office in Ashkelon, Israel. In 2002, master’s degree and was a member of the ent of a CILE/Alcoa tuition fellowship. Lederman became a prosecutor at the Israeli 2008 Jessup and the 2010 Vis international District Attorney’s Office and was promoted moot teams. She was a project assistant at Anna Heatherington (Russia) received her to vice head of the prosecution department the Kosovo Law Center in 2007−08. In fall bachelor’s degree in law and a certificate of in 2005. 2008, she was an International Connection foreign relations expertise with knowledge fellow and graduate research assistant of foreign languages from the Moscow Cristina Mariottini (Italy) received her at Georgia State University College of State Institute of International Relations bachelor’s degree in law from Universita Law, where she also interned at Insley & University in 2000. She joined KPMG in Degli Studi di Milano in Milan, Italy, in Race LLC. She worked most recently as Moscow as a legal advisor in 2000. In 2004, 2006. She will complete her PhD in private a legal officer for the Liquidation Review Heatherington moved to Italy to work for international law from the University of Committee at the Privatization Agency of Pavia e Ansaldo in Milan as an associate. She Milan in 2010. Mariottini has been a visit- Kosovo. Ahmeti is the recipient of a tuition received a certificate in Italian as a foreign ing scholar at Pitt since March 2008. Her fellowship from the University Center for language from the University for Foreigners work has yielded publications in private International Studies. in Siena, Italy, in December 2004. In 2006, international law. She is the recipient of a she returned to Moscow to work as an in- CILE/Alcoa Scholarship. Abdullah Alaoudh (Saudi Arabia) house lawyer at Media-Market-Saturn. received his bachelor’s degree in law from Judith Johana Pool Narrias (Chile) Al Qassim University in Buraydah, Saudi Shafiq Jamoos (Palestine) received his received her bachelor’s degree in law from Arabia, in 2006. He studied in the master’s bachelor’s degree in law from An-Najah the Universidad Nacional Andres Bello in degree program of comparative law at the National University, Palestine, in 2010. He Santiago, Chile, in 1995. She worked as a International Islamic University in Malaysia has worked as a program coordinator for paralegal at Zenon Garcia Law Firm from in 2009 and completed the English as a the nonprofit organization Environment 1997 to 1999 and then as an attorney at 12 Second Language Program at Duquesne First and as a moot court organizer at the Legal Chile LLC from 2002 to 2003. Pool University in 2010. Alaoudh has published An-Najah National University. Jamoos is Narrias received a paralegal certificate in articles in Arab newspapers on cultural the recipient of a Palestinian Rule of Law 2006 from Emory University. In 2007, matters, developmental projects in Islamic Fellowship Program, which is administered she worked as a law clerk for Kapoor & law, and critiques of current legal practice by the Open Society Institute. Associates in Atlanta, Ga. From 2008 to in Saudi Arabia. 2009, she was a paralegal at Adorno & Yoss. Sigee Koech (Kenya) received her bach- Prajitha Ganga (India) received her bachelor’s degree in law from Moi University in Maria Clara Pujol (Argentina) received elor’s degrees in arts and law in 2001 and Eldoret, Kenya, in 2008. After graduation, her bachelor’s degree in law from the 2003 respectively, and a master’s degree in she worked as a legal assistant at Hamilton, University of Buenos Aires in 2007. In law in 2005 from the University of Kerala, Harrison, & Matthews in Nairobi, Kenya. 2003, she became a paralegal at Lynch & Koech is the recipient of Associates in Buenos Aires, where, in 2007, a tuition fellowship from she joined the firm as an attorney. the University Center for International Studies Marta Shchavurska (Ukraine) received her and a Franklin West Inc. bachelor’s degree in law from the National housing fellowship. University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy in Kiev, Ukraine in 2010. She was a member Ziva Lederman (Israel) of the Kiev-Mohyla team for the 2009 received a bachelor’s Tedlers International Law Moot Court degree in criminol- and the 2010 Willem C. Vis International ogy from the Bar-Ilan Commercial Arbitration Moot. She held University in Ramat- several short-term internships at local law Gan, Israel, in 1999 and firms in Kiev while studying for her law a bachelor’s degree in degree. Shchavurska is the recipient of a law from the University CILE/Alcoa fellowship and a Franklin West Each year, CILE takes the LLM class to Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic of Manchester in the Inc. housing fellowship. Fallingwater, a national historic landmark. It’s a great way to start United Kingdom in the academic year. University of Pittsburgh School of Law Beyond the Classroom: Center for International Legal Education What Can Your Law Professors Do for You?

At Pitt Law’s Center for International Legal Education (CILE), there’s something more. The strength of any law school lies primarily in its teachers and its students. The value of a legal education depends largely on what each student gains from his or her three years of engagement with that community. Thus, any student considering law school should ask what a particular school’s faculty can provide for that student. At the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, our faculty members produce high-quality scholarship on a wide variety of compelling international and comparative legal issues. They combine their scholarship with experience in international organizations, government agen- cies, prominent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private practice in ways that enhance their classroom teaching. But most importantly, CILE and Pitt Law professors create opportunities for students to engage in important experiences beyond the classroom. Examples of such opportunities arranged for Pitt students in summer 2010 include the following: Azerbaijan Ireland Mexico U.S. Department of State Diaspora Women’s Initiative RB Abogados Law Offices Critical Languages Program Free Legal Advice Centre Universidad Anáhuac Belgium Italy New York City Institute for European Studies Association for Research into UN Office of Legal Affairs European Commission Legal Crimes Against Art Palau Services Kosovo Office of the Attorney General Canada Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sweden Social Justice Committee of Office of the Legal Advisor to Westinghouse Electric Montreal the President Company, LLC China Office of the Legal Advisor to Tanzania Peking University the Prime Minister UN International Criminal ZhongQiGuoSheng Law U.S. Agency for International Tribunal for Rwanda Firm Development United Kingdom Germany Luxembourg 13 Old Square Chambers Max Planck Institute for European Court of Auditors Washington, D.C. Comparative and Private Maryland Commercial Law International Law Center for Disaster and Development Program Rödl & Partner Humanitarian Assistance Medicine For more examples of opportunities that Pitt Law professors provide for students, read on … .

www.law.pitt.edu/cile Ronald A. John Harry Bernard Jules Brand Burkoff Flechtner Hibbitts Lobel is a professor, Faculty is a professor who is a professor and inter‑ is a professor with law is a professor and vice Distinguished Research also has taught and nationally recognized degrees from Canada, president of the Center Scholar, and director of conducted programs expert on domestic and England, and the for Constitutional CILE who also directs in Albania, Belgium, international commer‑ United States. He was Rights, where he has David the LL.M. Program for Foreign Law Graduates Ethiopia, Iceland, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, cial law. He serves as a national correspondent a Rhodes scholar and clerked at the Supreme represented numerous clients before the U.S. and the International and Comparative Law Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, and for the United States to the United Nations Court of Canada for Justice Gerald Le Dain. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals. Barnard Certificate Program. He has taught and Slovakia. He has served as a Ford Foundation Commission on International Trade Law Hibbitts lectures widely on the impact that He has served as an advisor for foreign gov‑ is a professor at lectured in many countries and was a mem‑ fellow at Harvard Law School, is a past presi‑ (UNCITRAL) and as the coordinating editor technology has on legal systems. ernments, including those of Nicaragua and the University of ber of the U.S. delegation that negotiated dent of the criminal justice section of the of the UNCITRAL Digest of Case Law on the has published in the areas of the influence of Burundi, on constitution development. Pittsburgh School of the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Association of American Law Schools, and United Nations Convention on the International technology on the education and practice of has published extensively on the intersec‑ Medicine and affiliated Court Agreements. He will give the 2011 is a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Sale of Goods (CISG). He recently recorded lec‑ law and comparative legal history. tion between the war on terror and human faculty in the School of Law, with a JD and a Hague Academy of International Law Course Independence Commission. tures on CISG for the UN Audiovisual Library creates special opportunities for students rights and the impact of international law on PhD in religion and society. on Transaction Planning Using Rules on has published more than 26 books and 60 of International Law. domestic foreign policy in the United States. Jurisdiction and Judgments Recognition. as the creator and editor-in-chief of JURIST, has published extensively on end‑of‑life issues articles in the areas of criminal justice and has published numerous books and articles the Webby Award-winning legal news Web creates special opportunities for students and ethical and legal issues facing medical has published more than a dozen books and legal ethics. on international and domestic contract law. site, which receives more than 100,000 through his human rights seminars, which practitioners and is currently focusing his more than 70 articles on private international creates special opportunities for students creates special opportunities for students by unique visits a week and employs Pitt Law allow JD and LLM students to assist with the research on international human rights law law, international dispute resolution, and through numerous connections with overseas coaching the Pitt Law team in the William JD students as editors, reporters, and staff drafting and preparation of cases scheduled and the health and status of women. international legal education. study and work opportunities for JD students C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration members. for argument before the U.S. Supreme Court creates special opportunities for students creates special opportunities for students and a continued strong connection with LLM Moot, which takes place each year in Vienna, and U.S. Courts of Appeals. through his position as director of the Global through CILE programs, research institutes students studying at Pitt Law. Austria. Pitt teams have participated in the Health and Human Rights Track of the in many countries, and his relationships with moot for 15 years and have enjoyed notable Health Law Certificate Program at Pitt Law government colleagues and with Pitt Law JD success, including qualifying for the advanced by identifying and developing positions for and LLM graduates around the world (noted rounds of the oral argument competition in Charles students both domestically and internation- above), as well as teaching opportunities for each of the past two years by scoring among Jalloh Alan ally that focus on global health issues. students to help train students in Bahrain, Vivian the top 25 percent of participating teams. Meisel Oman, and the United Arab Emirates for Curran is an assistant pro‑ the William C. Vis International Commercial fessor who served as i s t h e D i c k i e , Arbitration Moot. is a professor, a world‑ legal counsel with the McCamey & Chilcote recognized expert on Canadian Department Professor of Bioethics, Elena comparative law, and Haider Ala of Justice in both its Crimes Against Humanity a professor of law and was awarded the Grand and War Crimes sections and the Trade Law psychiatry, director of Pitt’s Center for Baylis Decoration of Merit in Gold for Services Hamoudi Bureau before accepting a position as the legal Bioethics and Health Law, director of Pitt is an associate profes‑ Teresa Rendered to the Republic of Austria for her is an associate professor advisor to the Office of the Principal Defender Law’s Health Law Certificate Program, and sor who has taught as Brostoff work as the U.S. appointee to the Austrian who served as program at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. He founder and director of the Master of Studies an exchange professor General Settlement Fund committee for manager during the Iraq resigned and subsequently went on to serve as in Law program. He has been a fellow of the at Mekelle University is a professor and direc‑ Nazi‑era property compensation. Curran cur‑ War for a project man‑ an associate legal officer to the judges of Trial Hastings Center, the assistant director of legal in Ethiopia and conducted field research tor of legal writing at rently meets regularly with a small network of aged by the International Human Rights Law Chamber I at the UN International Criminal studies for the President’s Commission for the in Ethiopia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and the Pitt Law who has served French and American judges and law profes‑ Institute of DePaul University College of Law Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), assisting them Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Democratic Republic of the Congo. as a Fulbright scholar sors organized by U.S. Supreme Court Justice to improve legal education in Iraq. He recently on opinion drafting in leading genocide trials. Biomedical and Behavioral Research, a mem‑ in Belgium and Iceland; a state department Stephen Breyer and Mireille Delmas‑Marty of spent nine months in Iraq advising the Iraqi leg‑ has edited and published a book and several ber of the Ethics Working Group of the White has published in the area of postconflict jus‑ contractor in Kosovo, Serbia, and Ukraine; a the Collège de France to study the internation‑ islature on commercial matters as well as partici‑ House Task Force on Health Care Reform, tice in transition countries and on the trend articles on international criminal law and its commerce department contractor in Bahrain, alization of law. pating in intensive negotiations conducted by the application in domestic and regional contexts and a consultant to the Congressional Office of international involvement in domestic gov‑ Oman, and the United Arab Emirates; and an Constitutional Review Committee of the Iraqi of Technology Assessment on Life‑Sustaining ernments following internal armed conflict. has published extensively on international in leading peer‑reviewed journals on topics invited lecturer in Japan and Poland, all while and comparative law in English and French legislature—which was responsible for develop‑ such as the International Criminal Court and Technologies and Institutional Protocols for creates special opportunities for students coteaching the U.S. Law & Language Program. and has given many talks and taught in those ing critical amendments to the Iraq constitution Africa, universal jurisdiction, and the Special Health Care Decision Making. by administering the law school’s Semester has published two books on legal writing languages as well as in German. She is the deemed necessary for Iraqi national reconcilia‑ Court for Sierra Leone. has published extensively on end‑of‑life issues in D.C. externship program, which allows tion—on behalf of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. for law students and numerous articles on translator of several legal works in those lan‑ creates special opportunities for students in medical care and their ethical and legal JD students to obtain a term’s worth of the challenges of teaching legal writing and guages to English. has published a book on his experiences in Iraq implications. academic credit while obtaining practical by arranging for high-profile speakers, such research to English as a second language (ESL) creates special opportunities for students and several scholarly articles on Iraqi law, Islamic as the chief prosecutor of UN ICTR and creates special opportunities for students experience at a government agency or NGO students. law and jurisprudence, and Islamic finance. in Washington, D.C. through the law school’s unique Languages the U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes through the Health Law Certificate Program, creates special opportunities for students for Lawyers Program, which offers courses creates special opportunities for students by issues to visit Pitt Law. He also took 11 Pitt and by identifying and developing positions through her work with overseas law faculties in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and serving as an advisor to the Pitt Law Philip Law students in his seminar on international for students both domestically and interna- to identify opportunities for JD students to Spanish. She also identifies special guest lec- C. Jessup International Law Moot Court criminal law to spend a week in Arusha, tionally that focus on global health issues. work and study overseas and her work in the turers through her international contacts to Competition team and has worked with the Tanzania, at ICTR. Two of his students law school’s annual U.S. Law & Language bring to Pitt Law. U.S. Embassy in Iraq to bring the Iraqi Jessup subsequently obtained summer internships course, offered every July to incoming LLM teams to the United States to observe and com- at ICTR. 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CILE Partners with Pitt Schools to Offer Global Perspectives on Global Health Issues CILE joined the University of Pittsburgh Center for Global Health and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Family Medicine to sponsor "Pros and Cons of Faith-Based Initiatives in Addressing Health Vulnerabilities in Southern Africa: Legal and Ethical Issues," a two-hour panel on September 3, 2009. Arranged by Pitt Law Professor Vivian Curran, the program included six visiting academics from Zambia, ranging from professors at the University of Zambia Schools of Agriculture, Medicine, and Nursing to the maternal health director of the Churches Health Association of Zambia. A U.S. perspective was presented by Pitt Law Professor Vivian Curran, Professor Charles Jalloh, and Adjunct Professor David Barnard, director of the Institute to Enhance Palliative Care at the University Center for Bioethics and Health Law, as well as by Reverend Ronald Peters, associate professor and director of the Metro-Urban Institute at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The panel dis- cussed faith-based initiatives in Southern Africa from regional and international perspectives, including the legal and ethical implications of church and state approaches to national health care issues in different cul- 13 tures. Professors David Barnard (center) and Vivian Curran (center right)

David Gill Speaks About Stasi Legacy Pitt Law Alumni in Germany to Students Speak on On October 2, 2009, CILE hosted David Gill, deputy representative of the Council of the Protestant Church Nontraditional in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and International Law the European Union, to speak on “The Secret Police of the Former East Germany: Their Dissolution and Careers Legacy.” This program was presented in cooperation with CILE Advisory Board member and K&L Gates Continuing its tradition of bringing Pitt Law partner David Murdoch and the Pittsburgh Eric alumni back to speak to JD students, CILE M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on invited Elizabeth Shackelford (JD ’06) on Germany. Gill recounted how he was first among the August 28, 2009, and Jeffrey Koncsol (JD private citizens of East Germany to make his way to David Gill speaks to students on ’03) on September 18, 2009, to talk about the Stasi headquarters following the fall of the Berlin “The Secret Police of the Former their experiences in obtaining nontraditional Wall in order to try to preserve the records found East Germany: Their Dissolution international law careers. Shackelford, for- and Legacy.” there. He spent the next several years working with the merly an associate at Covington and Burling newly reunified German government creating a system that allowed private citizens access in Washington, D.C., and before joining to the Stasi files and assisted in holding individuals criminally responsible for spying on the U.S. Department of State as a foreign their fellow citizens. The event was part of International Week 2009, sponsored by Pitt’s service officer, was a program officer at the Global Studies Program in the University Center for International Studies with a number international development firm Booz Allen of student and community organizations. Hamilton. Koncsol is an associate with the Iraqi Law Alliance. Programs and Activities

Sir David Edward Delivers 18th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law Sir David Edward, former judge of the European Court of Justice and professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh School of Law, delivered the 18th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law on October 22, 2009. Edward spoke on “Nationalism, Constitutionalism, and the Future of the European Union,” addressing the upcoming changes to the European Union in light of the Treaty of Lisbon. The Annual McLean Lecture is cosponsored by Global Solutions Education Fund-Pittsburgh, which was founded as the World Federalist Organization by Mac McLean, a longtime proponent of global government and legal education. During his visit, Edward also met with the 2009 Pitt Law Nordenberg (L to R) Dr. Alberta Sbragia, Sir David Edward, and Professor Ronald A. Brand at the 18th Annual McLean Lecture on World Law Fellows, Richard Grubb, Amelia Mathias, and Kerry Ann Stare.

CILE Rule of Law Lecture Series Continues 14 with LLM Class of 2010 Members of the Pitt Law LLM Class of 2010 shared their perspectives on rule of law in their home countries on March 4 and April 8, 2010. Those speaking were Elina Aleynikova (Russia), Zana Berisha (Kosovo), Olga Buritica (Colombia), Nora Dekaidek (Palestine), Olga Dmytriyeva (Ukraine), Maria Jreissati (Lebanon), Kujtesa Nezaj (Kosovo), and Myroslava Savchuk (Ukraine). Each of them addressed some of the past struggles and future challenges to the rule of law in their countries.

CILE Partners with Student CILE and U.S. Organizations to Emphasize Embassy in Iraq International Law Partner for Iraqi On November 17, 2009, CILE, in cooperation with the Black Law Students' Association, Christian Legal Society, International Law Society, and Jewish Law Students' Association, Jessup Visit recognized International Human Trafficking Week by hosting a documentary video detail- For the third year, CILE worked with ing current human trafficking problems. CILE Assistant Director Wes Rist followed the Associate Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi video with a discussion about modern slavery and human trafficking and the current and the U.S. Embassy in Iraq to host international legal responses to the problem. the Iraqi National team at the Philip C. CILE sponsored two lectures in cooperation with the Muslim Law Student’s Association. Jessup International Law Moot Court On February 25, Vjosa Osmani, advisor on legal and international affairs and chief of staff Competition. The team traveled to to the president of Kosovo, spoke on “Kosovo & International Law Challenges.” Osmani Pittsburgh following the international addressed the issues facing the fledgling nation in light of the then-pending International rounds in Washington, D.C., where Court of Justice advisory opinion and the challenges in participating in the international they met with Pitt Law students who legal system when Kosovo’s legal status was still undetermined. Osmani is a 2005 Pitt Law also participated in the Jessup and Niagara LLM graduate and current JSD student. On March 25, Bernard Freamon, professor at moot court competitions. They also Seton Hall University School of Law, spoke on “Straight, No Chaser: Slavery, Abolition, met with International Law Librarian and the Modern Muslim Mind.” Freamon addressed Islamic law and slavery in ancient Linda Tashbook and Pitt Law Professor and modern times. Vivian Curran. Programs and Activities

Rule of Law Conference hosted by EUCE and CILE On May 6 and 7, 2010, the University of Pittsburgh’s European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), Pitt Law’s Center for International Legal Education (CILE), and the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel cosponsored a conference on “Promoting the Rule of Law: Cooperation and Competition in the EU-U.S. Relationship.” The conference focused primarily on three topics: defin- ing the rule of law; whether external programs influence a country’s internal development of the rule of law; and the role of civil society and legal education in developing the rule of law. Participants included representatives from, among others, the Council and Commission of the European Union, the European Court of Justice, the Council of Europe, the International Bar Association, the ABA Section of International Law, the U.S. Army JAG Corps, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the U.S. Department of Commerce, as well as four members of the Pitt, Virginia, and WVU law faculties. According to CILE director and conference coordinator Professor Ronald A. Brand, “The conference was unique in both the effort to identify the various rule of law programs sponsored by the U.S. and the EU and to consider the benefits of coordinating those programs.” The following papers from the conference will be published in volume 72, issue 2, of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review: Conference speakers at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater

Wade Channell, “Grammar Lessons Learned: Dependent Clauses, False Cognates, and Other Problems in Rule of Law Programming” Mark Ellis, “Toward a Common Ground Definition of the Rule of Law Incorporating Substantive 15 Principles of Justice” Ricardo Gosalbo-Bono, “The Significance of the Rule of Law and Its Implications for the European Union and the United States” Esa Paasivirta, “Can External Programmes Influence Internal Development of the Rule of Law?” Participants at the Rule of Law Conference

One Year ... For a Lifetime LLM students at Pitt Law aren’t simply pushed into classrooms and left to find their own way. Instead, CILE works closely with each student, providing personalized attention and careful advice on course selection, study methods, and social integration. CILE also arranges professional and social opportunities that ensure for each student a year of experiences and memories that will last a lifetime. And CILE plans to be a part of that lifetime. The impact of an LLM degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law doesn’t end with graduation and a diploma. Our alumni stay involved regularly with CILE programs, whether they are returning as guest lecturers, visiting scholars, or visiting professors, or providing opportunities for Pitt Law JD students through summer internships and study abroad programs. Many also participate in CILE programs and activities held around the world, including Victor Mosoti (LLM ’01), special legal advisor at the UN the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, professional legal training Food and Agriculture Organization, returns to Pitt as the 17th in Eastern Europe, or Pitt Law student visits to UN tribunals. Annual McLean Lecturer on World Law. STUDENT ACTIVITIES

During the 2009−10 academic year, the Brittany Conkle (JD ’10): 2010 Nicholas Fiske (JD ’10): spring 2010 Center for International Legal Education International Humanitarian Law Workshop trip to the UN International Criminal awarded funds exceeding $93,000 to the hosted by Santa Clara University School Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, following students for a variety of activities: of Law in Santa Clara, Calif., and spring as part of the law school’s International Adediran Olugbenga Adekanye (Class 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal Criminal Law Seminar of 2010): spring 2010 trip to the UN Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, Emma Founds (Class of 2011): spring International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda as part of the law school’s International 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal in Arusha, Tanzania, as part of the law Criminal Law Seminar Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, school’s International Criminal Law seminar Amy DiBella (JD ’10): spring 2010 trip as part of the law school’s International Marie Brown (Class of 2012): summer to the UN International Criminal Tribunal Criminal Law Seminar 2010 study at the Howard University School for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, as part Torrey Hullum (Class of 2012): sum- of Law Comparative and International Law of the law school’s International Criminal mer 2010 internship at the Association program in Cape Town, South Africa, and Law Seminar for Research into Crimes Against Art in 2010 International Humanitarian Law Andrew Disipio (Class of 2011): sum- Amelia, Italy Workshop hosted by Santa Clara University mer 2010 internship at the European Court Andrew Jenkins (Class of 2011): spring School of Law in Santa Clara, Calif. of Auditors in Luxembourg 2010 study at the Pace Law School program Ingrid Burke (Class of 2011): spring McKean Evans (JD ’10), Richard Kyle in London, England 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal (Class of 2011), Kristine Long (Class G’nece Jones (Class of 2011): 2009−10 Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, of 2011), and Amelia Mathias (Class LLM study at the University of Nottingham as part of the law school’s International of 2011): participation in the 2010 pre- School of Law in Nottingham, England Criminal Law Seminar moot competitions in Belgrade, Serbia, B. Rhiannon Kelso (Class of 2012): and Zagreb, Croatia, and the Willem C. Holly Christie (Class of 2011): spring summer 2010 internship at the U.S. Agency Vis International Commercial Arbitration 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal for International Development Kosovo Moot in Vienna, Austria Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, Private Enterprise Program in Prishtina, 16 as part of the law school’s International Amanda Fisher (JD ’10): spring 2010 Kosovo Criminal Law Seminar, and summer 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal Morgan Kronk (Class of 2011): sum- internship at the Office of the Registry of Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, mer 2010 internship at the European the UN International Criminal Tribunal for as part of the law school’s International Commission Legal Service in Brussels, Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania Criminal Law Seminar Belgium Marc Coda (JD ’10), Richard Grubb William Fisher (JD ’10): spring 2010 Richard Kyle (Class of 2011): summer (JD ’10) and Kerry Ann Stare (JD ’10): study at the Temple University School of 2010 internship at Rödl & Partner law firm traveled to Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Law program in Tokyo, Japan in Nuremberg, Germany in October 2009 and February 2010 Continued on page 17 and to Vienna, Austria, as part of the Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program sponsorship of Arabian Peninsula teams at the 2010 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Jonathan Cohen (Class of 2012): summer 2010 study at the Touro Law Center Ancient History and Modern Law program in Jerusalem, Israel Megan Collelo (Class of 2011): spring 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, as part of the law school’s International Criminal Law Seminar Patrice Collins (Class of 2011): summer 2010 internship at the United Nations Office of Legal Counsel in New York City, New York More than 60 people were a part of the 2010 Pitt Vis consortium in Vienna, Austria. STUDENT ACTIVITIES continued

Adrienne Lester (Class of 2011): sum- Private Law in Hamburg, Germany, Kaitlin Young (Class of 2012): summer mer 2010 internship at the Institute for and summer study at the Institute in 2010 study at the Institute in International European Studies in Brussels, Belgium International Commercial Law & Dispute Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution in Amelia Mathias (Class of 2011): sum- Resolution in Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia mer 2010 internship at the Ministry of Jacqueline Walker (Class of 2011): Elizabeth Youngkin (Class of 2011): Foreign Affairs in Prishtina, Kosovo summer 2010 internship at 13 Old Square summer 2010 study at the Institute in Dustin McDaniel (Class of 2012): Chambers in London, England International Commercial Law & Dispute summer 2010 internship at RB Abogados Kimberly Waller (Class of 2011): Resolution in Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia (Law Offices of Enrique R. del Bosque) in summer 2010 internship at the Diaspora Mexico City, Mexico Women’s Initiative in Dublin, Ireland Other Student Activities Megan McKee (Class of 2012): sum- Juanshu (Jessica) Wang (JD ’10): spring Ingrid Burke (Class of 2011) did a mer 2010 internship at the Social Justice 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal summer 2010 internship at the Office of Committee of Montreal in Montreal, Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, the Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister in Canada as part of the law school’s International Prishtina, Kosovo. Criminal Law Seminar Sarah Miley (Class of 2012): summer Jonathan Burns (JD ’10) com- 2010 study at the Institute in International Margaret Wilson (Class of 2011): pleted an LLM in 2009–10 at Utrecht Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution in 2009−10 LLM study at Utrecht University University School of Law in Utrecht, the Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia in Utrecht, the Netherlands Netherlands. Andrew Morgan (Class of 2011): spring Haley Wojdowski (Class of 2012): Richard Carpenter (Class of 2012) 2010 trip to the UN International Criminal summer 2010 study at the Institute in received a tuition remission scholarship from Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, International Commercial Law & Dispute the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies as part of the law school’s International Resolution in Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia Center for the 2010–11 academic year. Criminal Law Seminar, and summer 2010 Samuel Wolbert (Class of 2011): sum- internship at the Office of the Registry at Hyunmyung Choi (Class of 2011) stud- mer 2010 internship at the Free Legal Advice ied at the Fordham University School of Law 17 the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Centre of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania 2010 summer program in Seoul, Korea. Herbert Wolfe III (Class of 2011): Steven Salas (Class of 2011): summer Ian Clark (Class of 2011) studied at 2009−10 LLM study at the National the Institute in International Commercial 2010 internship at ZhongQiGuoSheng Law University of Singapore Faculty of Law in Firm in Beijing, China Law & Dispute Resolution in Zagreb and Singapore Zadar, Croatia. Lilianne Snyder (Class of 2012): sum- Patrick Yingling (Class of 2011): Continued on page 18 mer 2010 study at the American University summer 2010 study at the University of Washington College of Law program at The Bologna, Italy Hague, the Netherlands Jeffrey Stacko (Class of 2012): summer 2010 study at the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Vienna Summer Legal Studies program in Vienna, Austria Kimberly Stains (Class of 2012): summer 2010 internship at the Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City, Mexico Robert Stein (Class of 2012): summer 2010 study at the Institute in International Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution in Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia Anne Thibedeau (Class of 2011): summer 2010 internship at the Office of the Legal Advisor to the President in Prishtina, Kosovo Andrew Vogeler (Class of 2012): summer 2010 internship at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Kimberly Stains, Class of 2012, during her summer internship in Mexico City, Mexico STUDENT ACTIVITIES continued

Stephen Doherty II (Class of 2012) Anna Kavalauskas (MSL ’10) did a studied at the Institute in International summer 2010 internship at the University Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution in of Augsburg, in Augsburg, Germany. Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia. Kirk Knutson (Class of 2012) studied at Andrew Ferguson (Class of 2012) the Cornell University School of Law 2010 studied at the Institute in International summer program in Paris, France. Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution Kristine Long (Class of 2011) did summer 2010 program in Zagreb and a summer 2010 internship at the U.S. Zadar, Croatia. Department of Commerce Commercial Carl Frankovitch (Class of 2012) stud- Law Development Program in Washington, ied at the Duquesne University School of D.C. Law and China University of Political Yajuan Lu (Class of 2012) did a summer Science and Law summer 2010 program 2010 internship at the Peking University in Beijing, China. Health Science Center in Beijing, China. JD and LLM students mingle at the second Yibo Ge (Class of 2012) did a sum- Charles Martinez (Class of 2012) stud- annual JURIST/LLM social mixer. mer 2010 internship at the Office of the ied at the Ohio State University Mortiz Jamey Quinn (Class of 2011) completed Attorney General in Palau. College of Law summer 2010 program in an LLM in 2009–10 at the University of Joshua Hoffman (Class of 2012) stud- Oxford, England. Groningen Faculty of Law in Groningnen, ied at the Ohio State University Moritz Kelly Mistick (Class of 2012) did the Netherlands. College of Law summer 2010 program in a summer 2010 internship at the U.S. Brad Sacavage (Class of 2012) did a Oxford, England. Department of Defense Uniformed Services summer 2010 internship at the Office of Andrew Hunter (Class of 2011) studied University of the Health Sciences’ Center the Attorney General in Palau. at the Institute in International Commercial for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Law & Dispute Resolution in Zagreb and Medicine in Bethesda, Md. Silpa Swarnapuri (Class of 2012) did 18 a summer 2010 internship at the Office of Zadar, Croatia. Sarah Paulsworth (Class of 2012) did the Attorney General in Palau. Valerie Kamin (Class of 2012) studied a summer 2010 internship at the U.S. at the Ohio State University Moritz College Department of State Critical Languages Maurine Vogelsang (Class of 2012) did of Law summer 2010 program in Oxford, Program in Baku, Azerbaijan, and received a summer 2010 internship at Westinghouse England. a Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship Electric Sweden, in Västerås, Sweden. Allison Kant (Class of 2011), Morgan from the University of Pittsburgh Center for Jaqueline Walker (Class of 2011) stud- Kronk (Class of 2011), Steven Salas (Class Russian and East European Studies to study ied at the Pace Law School spring 2010 of 2011), and Marko Zivanov (LLM ’08, Turkish. The fellowship covers tuition and program in London, England. JD ’10) participated in the 2010 Philip a stipend for the 2010–11 academic year. Patrick Yingling (Class of 2011) stud- C. Jessup International Law Moot Court ied at Bucerius Law School in fall 2009 in Competition in Washington, D.C. Hamburg, Germany.

Alumni News

Nicole B. (Breland) Aandahl (JD ’01) has published an article, “Alternative to Luz María Cárdenas Arenas (LLM ’01) married Casey P. Aandahl on October 24, Imprisonment: How it is in the U.S. and is now an adjunct faculty member teaching 2009. She also was awarded a National Bahrain and the Need for it in Bahrain,” in intellectual property law at the Universidad Security Fellowship from the Maxwell the Orient Journal of Law and Social Sciences Panamerica Law School in Guadalajara, School at Syracuse University in Syracuse, in August 2009. Mexico. N.Y. Paul Amato (JD ’93) is now a defense Alex Braden (JD ’07) and Shannon Noora Al Shamlan (LLM ’08) started policy advisor to the U.S. Senior Civilian (Lack) Braden (JD ’07) were married in her SJD program at Indiana University’s Representative in Regional Command Philadelphia, Pa., on July 17, 2010. They Maurer Law School in August 2009. She (East) in Bagram, Afghanistan. met in former CILE Assistant Director Continued on page 19 Alumni News continued

Mark Walter’s Comparative Law Seminar. Sandy Kunvatanagarn (JD ’08) is now Jennifer Rellis (JD ’06) is now an McKean Evans (JD ’10) is now a judicial a rule of law specialist for the International asylum officer with the Department of clerk for the Honorable Robert L. Boyer at Rescue Committee. She works with the Homeland Security’s Office of Refugee, the Court of Common Pleas of Venango UN Office of the High Commissioner for Asylum, and International Operations. County, Pa. Refugees in a refugee camp on the Thailand- Elizabeth Shackelford (JD ’06) is now Burma border. Ellen Freeman (JD ’99) is now of a political officer with the Foreign Service counsel to K&L Gates in Pittsburgh. She Natasa Lalatovic (LLM ’08) passed the for the U.S. Department of State. was reelected as chair of the American Serbian bar exam in June 2010. Justine Stefanelli (JD ’05) is now the Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) Renee Martin-Nagle (JD ’84) received Maurice Wohl Research Fellow in European Chapter for Pittsburgh and West Virginia, her LLM in environmental law (high- Law in the Bingham Centre for the Rule of and she was appointed to the AILA est honors) from George Washington Law at the British Institute of International National Committee as vice chair in charge University Law School in May 2010. and Comparative Law in London, England. of business immigration CLEs. David Meiler (LLM ’01), partner and Bujar Taho (LLM ’07) and his wife, Marco Gardini (LLM ’97) and his wife, head of Felsberg e Associados’ Oil and Gas Marsela, celebrated the birth of their first Frencesca, celebrated the birth of their Department, recently negotiated a one- daughter, Katelin, on January 8, 2010. second son, Frencesco, on September 25, year contract between U.S. oil exploration Taho also joined the UN Development 2009. company Pride International Inc and OGX Programme as project manager for a three- Mary Gibson (JD ’08) took time Petróleo e Gás, an exploration and produc- year program on empowering vulnerable off from her position as staff attorney at tion company in Brazil, to start drilling to communities in Tirana, Albania. Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services depths of up to 1,500 meters with projected Chuan Tang (LLM ’10) is now a lawyer Inc. to campaign for British Labour MP income returns of around $71 million USD. at the Nanning City Legal Aid Center in Jon Trickett in the United Kingdom in Ginny Nagy (JD/MPH ’06) is a pro- Nanning City, China. May 2010. gram manager for the Center for Disaster Sarah (Cowart) Vuong (JD ’08) is now Daniel Giovannelli (JD ’08) is now and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine at a law clerk for the Department of Justice 19 the Executive Director of Global Solutions the Uniformed Services University of the Executive Office for Immigration Review Education Fund -Pittsburgh. Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. in the San Francisco, Calif., Immigration Scott Jablonski (JD ’04) is now of coun- Kujtesa Nezaj-Shehu (LLM ’10) mar- Court. sel to Bernstein Osberg Braun & de Moraes ried Ylber Shehu on August 4, 2010, in Gregory Walker (JD ’06), an associate in Miami, Fla. Prishtina, Kosovo. at Linklaters LLP in Frankfurt, Germany, Peter Kaldes (JD ’01) is legislative Maryam Nihayath (LLM ’08) and her moved to London, England, in June 2010 counsel to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow husband, Ali Thoufeeq, celebrated the for a six-month secondment in the equity (D-MI) in Washington, D.C. birth of their first child, Ian Ali, on April capital markets legal team at Deutsche 13, 2010. Bank. Evelyn W. Kamau (LLM ’02) was promoted to appeals counsel at the UN Vjosa Osmani (LLM ’05) and Luljeta Kaia Wildner (LLM ’07) and her hus- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Plakolli (LLM ’06), in cooperation with band celebrated the birth of twins, Lara and in Arusha, Tanzania. two other Kosovar lawyers, opened their Tom, in February 2009. own law firm, First Legal Solutions, in Sven Kill (LLM ’01) and his wife, Kate, Lyubomir Zabov (LLM ’07) is now a Prishtina, Kosovo. celebrated the birth of their first child, Adir, junior associate with Tabakov, Tabakova on June 30, 2010. Alejandro Osuna (LLM ’98) published & Partners law firm in Bulgaria. He pub- an article on the continued misinterpreta- lished the article “International Trade, Masami Kittaka (LLM ’08) is now tion of the CISG by Mexican courts in the Direct Taxation, and Bilateral Tax Treaties: an associate at the Toranomon Law and Mexican Institute of Legal Research at the Should There Be a Change? Is the Inclusion Economics Offices in Tokyo, Japan. National Autonomous University of Mexico of a Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN)-Type Amelia (Kuschel) Knollman (LLM ’08) in Mexico City, Mexico. Clause in Bilateral Tax Treaties a Plausible and her husband, Friedrich, celebrated the Melissa Pansiri (JD ’08) is now an attor- Solution?” in the International Journal of birth of their second daughter, Viktoria Julie ney-advisor at the U.S. Customs and Border Private Law in January 2010. Charlotte, on December 5, 2009. Protection Office of International Trade. Sergii Zheka (LLM ’09) is now an asso- Santy Kouwagam (LLM ’08) married Joanna (Jing) Peng (LLM ’08) will ciate at Avellum Partners in Kiev, Ukraine. Patrick Fitzsimmons on October 25, 2009, join Reed Smith in Pittsburgh as an associ- Emily (Qing) Zou (LLM ’09) is now a in Indonesia. She is now an international ate upon her completion of a Pitt Law JD lawyer at Concord & Partners in Beijing, litigation and commercial transactions law- in 2011. China. yer at Lucas, S.H. & Partners in Indonesia. Faculty Activities

Professor Elena Baylis participated in a in International Contracts,” was pub- 18–19, he attended the annual meeting of workshop on International Law Compliance lished in Liber Amicorum Hubert Bocken the American Law Institute in Washington, and Human Rights Indicators at Arizona 541–553 (I Boone, I. Claeys, & L. Lavrysen, D.C. On June 7–11, Brand taught State University’s Center for Transnational eds., Die Keure, 2009). courses on Jurisdictional Considerations Law and Regulatory Governance on On January 24, 2010, Brand spoke to for Transnational Transactions Planning and January 8, 2010. She spoke on “Empirical alumni of the Open Society Institute’s (OSI) Transnational Legal Practice and Professional Approaches to International Law” at the Palestinian Rule of Law program at their Responsibility in the University of Bologna/ American Society of International Law’s reunion conference in Amman, Jordan, CILE International Commercial Contracts Annual Meeting on March 25, 2010. She on the importance of the development of Summer School in Ravenna, Italy. On June published “Outsourcing Investigations” in rule of law of graduates of U.S. LLM pro- 18, he participated as a member of the ASIL the UCLA Journal of International Law and grams. He also joined OSI staff members Working Group on Implementation of The Foreign Affairs in 2009. in Ramallah, Palestine, to interview candi- Hague Convention on Choice of Court Professor Ronald A. Brand and third- dates for 2010–11 Palestinian Rule of Law Agreements in Washington, D.C. On July year students Marc Coda, Kerry Ann Stare, fellowships for study in LLM programs at 26–30, he taught arbitration law in the Pitt/ and Rick Grubb traveled to Al Ain, United U.S. law schools. On February 6–14, Brand Touro/Zagreb Institute in International Arab Emirates (UAE), from October 1–6, was in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, where Commercial Law & Dispute Resolution in 2009, to provide training to students at the he and three Pitt Law students assisted the Zadar, Croatia. UAE University College of Law in prepa- Vis International Commercial Arbitration Professor Douglas Branson spoke on ration for their participation in the 2010 Moot teams of the UAE University, Sultan “Women on Corporate Boards” on March Vis International Commercial Arbitration Qaboos University of Oman, and the 2–3, 2010, in Sydney, Australia, at the State Moot. The training is funded by the U.S. University of Bahrain in their preparations Library in New South Wales under the Department of Commerce Commercial for Vis Moot oral argument. On March auspices of the University of Technology, Law Development Program. On October 3, Brand participated at the offices of the Sydney. He presented one of four princi- 9, Brand presented a U.S. perspective on American Society of International Law in pal papers at a University of Santa Clara Washington, D.C., in a discussion led by 20 the new European Union regulation on School of Law conference on Corporations the law applicable to contractual obliga- Harold Koh, legal advisor, U.S. Department and International Law on March 13, 2010. tions at a conference on the regulation held of State, on the implementation process for Branson’s paper “Holding Multinational at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. His the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Corporations Accountable? Achilles' Heels paper will be published in a book edited Court Agreements. On March 5–7, he par- in Alien Tort Claims Act Litigation” will be by Professor William Binchy and John ticipated in Chicago in the meeting of the published in the Santa Clara Law Review. NCCUSL Drafting Committee for a new Ahern of Trinity College School of Law. On Professor John Burkoff was execu- International Choice of Court Agreements October 16–17, Brand participated as an tive dean of the summer 2010 voyage of Act. On March 18–April 2, Brand traveled invited observer in the Chicago meeting of Semester at Sea, which sailed from Halifax with Professor Harry Flechtner and the Pitt the Drafting Committee appointed by the to Barcelona, Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples, Vis Moot team to pre-moots in Belgrade National Conference of Commissioners on Dubrovnik, Piraeus (Athens), Istanbul, and Zagreb and the final competition in Uniform State Laws to prepare a Uniform Alexandria, Casablanca, and back to Vienna, Austria. In Vienna, the Pitt team International Choice of Court Agreements Norfolk, Va. Act. On October 18, Brand was a member hosted seven other Pitt Law consortium Professor Nancy Burkoff was a visiting of a panel discussing federalism issues in teams for a final pre-moot and cooperation faculty member employed by the University the implementation of The Hague Choice during the competition. of Virginia, teaching Law & Society on the of Court Convention at the meeting in On May 6–7, Brand organized and summer 2010 voyage of Semester at Sea, Washington, D.C., of the Secretary of participated as a presenter in a confer- which sailed from Halifax to Barcelona, State’s Advisory Committee on Private ence titled, Promoting the Rule of Law: Civitavecchia (Rome), Naples, Dubrovnik, International Law. On October 23, he Cooperation and Competition in the Piraeus (Athens), Istanbul, Alexandria, cochaired a panel on “Federalism Issues in EU-U.S. Relationship. The conference Casablanca, and back to Norfolk, Virginia. the Implementation of Private International was cosponsored by the University of Law Treaties” at the International Law Pittsburgh European Union Center of Professor Vivian Curran was part of Weekend held in New York City, where Excellence, the Center for International a panel on "The Pros and Cons of Faith- he also participated in the annual meet- Legal Education, and the Institute for Based Initiatives for Vulnerable Populations ing of the Executive Committee of the European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit in Southern Africa," cosponsored by the American Branch of the International Brussel. Brand’s presentation was on “The University of Pittsburgh Center for Global Law Association. His chapter, “Consent, Role of Civil Society and Legal Education Health and Center for International Legal Validity, and Choice of Forum Agreements in Developing the Rule of Law.” On May Education on September 3, 2009. She spoke on “Law and Memory” as part of a panel Continued on page 21 Faculty Activities continued

on Comparative Law and Society at the annual meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law. She addressed the trans- nationalization of law at the University of Maryland School of Law on October 14. Curran gave a presentation on “L’affaire Yahoo!, l’Internet, et le Dialogue des Juges Nationaux” on November 11, 2009, to a small group of French and American judges organized by Justice Stephen Breyer and Professor Mireille Delmas-Martywas. She was the featured speaker at the Lion of Judah Lunch and Learn on May 17, 2010, discussing “Some Reflections on Contemporary Compensation for Nazi Property Expropriations and the Rule of Law.” On June 17, 2010, she was one of two invited reporters from the United States at the biennial meeting of the International Association of Legal Methodology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Aix-en-Provence, France, addressing “La Professor Harry Flechtner (on Segway) with members of the Pitt Vis consortium in Vienna, Austria Formation des Juristes aux États-Unis.” Curran published “Comparative Law and in the Law on International Sales of Goods," Oil Ministry on international commercial the Legal Origins Thesis” in the American a chapter in New Private International Law: law and arbitration. Hamoudi presented 21 Journal of Comparative Law in 2009; More European, More Global in 2010; and on “Islamic Constitutionalism in Iraq: two essays, “Regard d’une Comparatiste” “Service Contracts in the United States Rhetoric or Reality” on April 12 at a sym- and “Les Mécanismes de Compétence (and from an Economic Perspective): A posium on Constitutional Democracy and Universelle au Service de la Protection de Comparative View of the DCFR’s Service Islamic Law at the University of St. Thomas l’Environnement,” in the book Regards Contract Provisions and Their Application School of Law. He published “The Death Croisés Sur l’Internationalisation du Droit: to Hawkins v. McGee,” in Rechtsvergleichung of Islamic Law” in the Georgia Journal of France-Etats-Unis; and “Recent French und Rechtsvereinheitlichung in 2010. International & Comparative Law in 2010 Legal Developments Concerning a War- Flechtner was appointed by the United and “Identitarian Violence and Identitarian time Arrest and Imprisonment Case” in Nations Commission on International Politics: Elections and Governance in Iraq” the Maryland Journal of International Law Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to be coordina- in the Harvard International Law Journal in 2010. tor of its project to update the CISG Case Online in June 2010. Hamoudi received Law Digest, and he continues to serve as the American Society of Comparative Law’s Professor James Flannery served as a national correspondent for the United Hessel Yntema Prize for the best scholarly the copy editor of A Practitioner’s Guide States at UNCITRAL. He was an inau- article published in the American Journal to the CISG, authored by Camilla Baasch gural faculty member of the Institute in of Comparative Law in 2008 by a scholar Andersen, Francesco Mazzotta, and Bruno International Commercial Law & Dispute under the age of 40 for his article “The Zeller and published by Juris Publishing in Resolution, which hosted a four-week sum- Muezzin’s Call and the Dow Jones Bell: August 2010. mer study program for U.S. and foreign law On the Necessity of Realism in the Study Professor Harry Flechtner spoke at students in Zadar and Zagreb, Croatia, in of Islamic Law.” the Annual Meeting of the Civil Law July 2010. Professor David Harris spoke at a Section (Zivilrechtsvergleichung) of the Professor Haider Ala Hamoudi spoke transnational workshop sponsored by German Society of Comparative Law on February 8, 2010, at a program spon- the Max Planck Institute for Foreign (Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung) in sored by the New York City Bar Association and International Criminal Law and Cologne, Germany, in September 2009. titled “Islamic Capital Markets: Past, Washington & Lee School of Law on the He published “Selected Issues Relating Present, & Future.” He addressed the relationship between police and prosecu- to the CISG’s Scope of Application,” in Legal Directorate of the Iraq Oil Ministry tors in the United States on April 1–2, the Vindobona Journal of International on “Arbitration and the Arab Tradition” at 2010. Faculty members from Sweden, the Commercial Law and Arbitration in 2009; Columbia Law School on February 17 at United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Bosnia "The Globalization of Law as Documented a program designed to educate the Iraqi Continued on page 22 Faculty Activities continued

and Herzegovina, the Netherlands, and Professor Michael Madison gave Professor Peter B. Oh presented the other countries participated in the work- the keynote address, “Pittsburgh: Past, collective results of his empirical studies, shop. He published “Law Enforcement Present, and Future of an American City,” “Corporate Disregard in the U.S. and and Intelligence Gathering in Muslim and at the Morgen/Tomorrow: International the U.K.”; at New Views of Corporate Immigrant Communities after 9/11,” in Urban Planning Congress in Amsterdam, Separateness, an international conference the New York University Review of Law and the Netherlands, in October 2009. He held at Vanderbilt University Law School Social Change in 2010. spoke on “Constructing Commons in the on November 6, 2009. Professor Charles C. Jalloh presented Cultural Environment,” at the Oxford Linda Tashbook, Pitt Law’s interna- a paper on “The International Criminal Intellectual Property Seminar Series for tional, foreign, and comparative law librar- Court and Africa: Collision Course or St. Peter’s College at the University of ian, and Marko Zivanov (LLM ’08, JD ’10) Cooperation?” at the Crimes against Oxford in England in May 2010. Madison published the only complete and current Humanity and War Crimes Section, served as a visiting professor at the George guide to Serbian legal research, annotating Department of Justice, in Ottawa, Canada, Washington University Law School all public and private Internet-accessible on October 15, 2009, and, on the same Summer Intellectual Property Program sources of Serbia’s codes, legislation, regu- day, served as a commentator for the at the Munich Intellectual Property Law lations, instructions, explanations, case R. St. John McDonald Young Scholars Center at the Max Planck Institute for reports, and forms. Intellectual Property, Competition, and Tax Award at the Conference of Canadian Professor Rhonda Wasserman attended Law during the 2010 summer. Council on International Law in Ottawa, a meeting of the Members’ Consultative Canada. He was a panelist for the Human Professor Janice Mueller served as an Group of the American Law Institute for Rights Center and the Baldy Center for instructor in International Intellectual the Restatement (Third) of the United Law and Social Policy at the University at Property Law at the Baylor University States Law of International Commercial Buffalo Law School on February 17, 2010, School of Law Summer Program in Arbitration. She taught a three-week course titled “Special Court for Sierra Leone: Guadalajara, Mexico, from August 1–15, during the 2010 summer titled Conflict Achieving Justice?” Jalloh was the featured 2009. She chaired the 11th Annual Meeting of Laws in the United States: Theory and 22 speaker for a symposium on “Retribution, of the Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) to Practice at the Wuhan University School Reconciliation, Reparation: Perspectives the Central Advisory Service for Intellectual of Law in Wuhan, China. Wasserman’s on Justice for Darfur” at the Penn State Property (CAS-IP) of the Consultative article, “Transnational Class Actions and Dickinson School of Law on April 5. Group for International Agricultural Interjurisdictional Preclusion” will be pub- On April 15, he presented his published Research (CGIAR) in Rome, Italy, on lished in the Notre Dame Law Review in research on “The Role of the International December 12 and 13, 2009. fall 2010. Criminal Court in Africa” to U.S. government policymakers from various federal departments at a joint Department of State/ Central Intelligence Agency Conference on Anticipating and Countering Atrocities in Africa. He spoke as part of a panel on “Africa and International Justice: Participant or Target” at a conference in The Hague in the Netherlands on April 26, 2010. On June 19, 2010, Jalloh chaired a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the legality and practicality of the November 2009 African Union proposal for an amendment to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He published “Regionalizing International Criminal Law?” in the International Criminal Law Review in 2009; and “Universal Jurisdiction, Universal Prescription? A Preliminary Assessment of the African Union Perspective on Universal Jurisdiction” in the Criminal Law Forum in 2010. Professor Rhonda Wasserman (center) with Sissi Wang (left) (Pitt visiting Scholar) and Professor Yong Gan (LLM ‘09) (right) in Wuhan, China IINnstSTIiTtuteUTE IiNn IINnternatTERNATiIonalONAL CCommerOMMERciCIalAL LLawAW AandND DDIiSsputePUTE ResolutESOLUTiIonON

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Three weeks of intensive interactive lessons What our former students say: in Pittsburgh “The program helped me to adapt to the U.S. law school • legal vocabulary and helped me to prepare for my LLM program.” • reading, analyzing, and briefing cases “Visiting legal institutions such as law firms, judges’ chambers, corporations, and the county jail was one of • understanding statutes the most unique and rewarding aspects of the course.” • writing memoranda “Being forced to learn how to read and brief cases was important to my career as a lawyer.” • oral presentations “This program was a great introduction to the U.S. legal July 18–August 5, 2011 system and how it functions.”

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