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Date: Comparative Judging in the Tuesday, 29 May 2012 from 08h40 am to 10h30 am Court of Justice of the EU

and the U.S. Supreme Court

Location: University of Luxembourg Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance Campus Limpertsberg (Ret.) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Bâtiment des Sciences of the United States Room BS 0.03 (Ground Floor) Judge Koen Lenaerts 162a, avenue de la Faïencerie Court of Justice of the European Union

L-1511 Luxembourg

Chaired by:

Dean Harold Koh, Registrations: Legal Adviser, - No need for registration US Department of State

Tuesday, 29 May 2012 Further information: Contact person: Anne Marie Vesdrevanis 8.40 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. Phone: +352 46 66 44 6977

Background:

Justice O’Connor and Judge Lenaerts will take part in a discussion of a case from the Programme other’s court, and will discuss broader differences and similarities in approach. The cases framing the discussion may include discussions on gender discrimination.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, (Ret.) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of 08h40 Arrival of U.S. Delegation at the University of Luxembourg the United States

Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan. She served for 25 years on the High Court, retiring in 08h50 Welcome by 2006. She was the first of four women to serve on the Court. Prof. André Prüm, Dean, Faculty of Law, Economics & Finance Justice O’Connor is a native of Texas who grew up on a farm in Arizona. She received her law degree from Stanford University in 1952. She began her career as a Deputy County Attorney in California, then an Assistant Attorney General for Arizona, State Introductory Remarks by Senator, Trial Judge and then a judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals before H.E. Mr Robert A. Mandell, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg ascending to the U.S. Supreme Court. Dean Harold Koh, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Justice O’Connor has written several books about varied subjects from her tenure on the Court, to her upbringing on the farm, to children’s books. In 2009 her accomplishments were acknowledged by President Obama who honoured her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 09h00 Judicial Perspectives on Comparative Judging in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the U.S. Judge Koen Lenaerts, Court of Justice of the European Union Supreme Court Judge Lenaerts has served on the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2003. Prior to his appointment to the Court, he served on the Court of First Instance of the Chair: Dean Harold Koh, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State European Communities from 1989 to 2002. A native of , Judge Lenaerts received his Ph.D. in Law from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1982. He also holds a Master of Laws and Master in Public Administration from . He has been a Professor of European Law at Participants: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Katholieke Universiteit Leuven since 1983. He also served as a Professor at the (Ret.) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court , Bruges from 1984-89 and as a Professor at the Harvard Law of the United States School in 1989. Judge Lenaerts has written extensively on European Union Law and constitutional law and within the European Union. Judge Koen Lenaerts Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State Court of Justice of the European Union

Harold Koh is Legal Adviser to the United States Department of State since his nomination by President Obama and confirmation by the US Senate in 2009. He is the Martin R. Flug Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, where he previously 10h30 End of event served as Dean. He also served in the Department of Justice under President Reagan and in the State Department as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor under President Clinton. Dean Koh is a native of Boston and holds degrees from Harvard College and Oxford University. He earned his Juris Doctorate from . He served as a law clerk for Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He has written extensively on the topics of international law, international affairs and human rights.