Distinguished Visitors and Conferences

Distinguished Visitors and Conferences

et al.: Conferences and Symposia CONFERENCES and SYMPOSIA DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AND CONFERENCES It was a banner year for visitors and conferences at the School of Law. Distinguished academics, judges, and practitioners at every level presented lectures; conducted symposia, meetings, and roundtables; and worked with students and faculty in a variety of formal and informal settings. 1 2 3 5 4 1. Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser for the U.S. Department of State, presented the Gerber Lecture, “International Law in a Post 9/11 World,” supported by the Pearl, Laurence I. and Lloyd M. Gerber Memorial Lecture Fund. 2./3. Professor Jerome Cohen, New York University School of Law, and Dr. SU Chi, Former Secretary-General, National Security Council, Republic of China, spoke at the International & Comparative Law Symposium, “China, Taiwan, and International Law: A Symposium in Honor of Professor Hunadah Chiu.” 4. Dikgang Moseneke, Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa, discussed democratic will vs. constitutional supremacy during his Distinguished Visitor Lecture. 5. Professor Diane Hoffmann and other faculty, staff, and students of UM Carey Law participated in a live reading of “Murder Ink,” the Baltimore City Paper’s column that provides coverage and details of all homicides in the city. The reading was presented in cooperation with Single Carrot Theater. M ARYLAND C AREY L AW 2012 4 Published by DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law, 2012 1 Maryland Carey Law, Vol. 2012 [2012], Art. 4 6. Dean Phoebe Haddon greets U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the start of the National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. 7. Edith Brown Weiss, Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law at Georgetown Law, gave the keynote Fedder Lecture at the 10th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, hosted by UM Carey Law, and supported by the Fedder Environmental Fund. 8. Task Force co-chairs Joe Torre and Robert Listenbee, Jr., along with Professor Sarah Deer, gather expert and community testimony. 6 7 8 9 10 11 9. Edwin Durso, Executive VP of Administration for ESPN, joined commentator and analyst Jay Bilas for the Journal of Business & Technology Law’s fall symposium, “The Intersection of Sports and Business in Today’s Legal Arena.” 10. Distinguished Visitor Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa lectured on diversity and constitutional rights. 11. Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, presented the Rome Lecture “A New Era in Medical Oversight,” supported by the Stuart Rome Lecture Fund. 5 M ARYLAND C AREY L AW 2012 https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mcl/vol2012/iss1/4 2.

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