With North American law schools shutting down for the summer, the international associations and learned societies have kicked their conference season into high gear. The following list is necessarily incomplete; I welcome all submissions and will update this calendar as the summer progresses.
JUNE
June 1-4
19th Annual Conference on the Globalisation of Investment Funds
International Bar Association and National Investment Company Service Association
Bermuda
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/19th_Globalisation_Investment_Funds/
June 1-3
"Complementing IHL: Exploring the Need for Additional Norms to Govern Contemporary Conflict Situations"
Hebrew University Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
For more information: http://law.mscc.huji.ac.il/law1/minerva/docs/ComplIHL.pdf
June 3
2nd Annual Asia Pacific Mergers and Acquisitions Summit
Asia Law and Practice
Hong Kong, PRC
For more information: http://international.lawsociety.org.uk/node/2305
June 5-7
2008 Pathways to Justice Conference
California State Bar
Los Angeles, California (USA)
For more information: http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/comcom/SCDLS_Pathways-2008_Save-Date.pdf
June 8-10
International Council for Commercial Arbitration 2008 Conference
Dublin, Ireland
For more information: http://www.iccadublin2008.org/
June 6
36th National Spring Conference on the Environment, "Climate Change II: How the Law Can Best Address Climate Change"
ABA Standing Committee on Environmental Law
Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
For more information: http://www.abanet.org/environ/calendar/pdf/36thNatSprConf060608_brochure.pdf
June 8-10
International Maritime Law Conference
International Bar Association
Athens, Greece
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/Maritime_Law/
June 11-13
U.S.-Latin American Tax Planning Strategies Conference
American Bar Association
Miami, Florida (USA)
For more information: http://meetings.abanet.org/meeting/tax/miami08/
June 12-14
11th Transnational Crime Conference
International Bar Association Criminal Law Committee
London, United Kingdom
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/11th_Transnational_Crime/
June 12-13
7th International Mergers and Acquisitions Conference
International Bar Association Business Organisations Committee
New York, NY (USA)
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/7th_Mergers_Acquisitions/
June 12-13
"Capital Markets Conference"
International Bar Association
Sao Paulo, Brazil
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/capitalmarkets/
June 12-17
World Jurist Association 2008 Jerusalem Conference
Jerusalem, Israel
"The Pursuit of Peace Through the Rule of Law at Times of Violence"
For more information: http://www.worldjurist.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=41
June 13-14
4th Global Administrative Law Seminar: "GAL: From Fragmentation to Unity?"
Istituto di Ricerche sulla Pubblica Amministrazione
Viterbo, Italy
For more information: http://www.irpa.eu/index.asp?idA=167
June 16-20
"Justice Sector Reform: Applying Human Rights Based Approaches"
International Human Rights Network training programme
National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
For more information: http://www.ihrnetwork.org/justice-sector-reform_202.htm
June 16-17
Fordham Law School’s Third Annual Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation
New York, New York (USA)
For more information: http://law.fordham.edu/ihtml/eventitemPP.ihtml?id=37&idc=9070&template=cle
June 19-20
"Crisis Litigation: The Role of the Lawyer"
International Bar Association Litigation Committee
Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/Litigation/
June 24-28
44th Conference of the Inter-American Bar Association
Lima, Peru
For more information: http://www.iaba.org/XLIV_Conf_Lima_main.htm
June 24-26
2008 International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
Interpol
Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada)
For more information: http://www.interpol.int/public/financialcrime/intellectualproperty/meeting/CanadaJune2008/Default.asp
June 25
"The Aarhus Conference at Ten: Interactions and Tensions between Conventional International Law and EU Environmental Law"
University of Amsterdam Centre for Environmental Law
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
For more information: http://www.jur.uva.nl/cvm/actueel.cfm/F58D5861-1321-B0BE-A4F8DAF20303D4F3#p2
June 26-29
5th Annual Convention of the North American South Asian Bar Association
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
For more information: http://www.nasabaconvention.org/
June 26-28
2008 Annual Conference
Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
Canberra, Australia
For more information: http://law.anu.edu.au/anzsil/
June 30-July 1
"Europe and the Globalisation of Antitrust"
International Bar Association Antitrust and Trade Law Section
Berlin, Germany
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/Europe_Golbalisation_Antitrust/
JULY
July 7-August 8
60th Session of the International Law Commission
Geneva, Switzerland
For more information: http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/sessions/60/60sess.htm
July 9-11
Resources Law Conference South East Asia
International Bar Association and Australian Resources and Energy Law Association
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
For more information: http://www.ibanet.org/conferences/Mining_Oil_Gas_Law/
July 11-12
"The Function of Law in the International Community"
25th Anniversary Celebration of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
Cambridge, United Kingdom
For more information: http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/news/article.php?section=25&article=673
July 15-17
Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law
Geneva, Switzerland
For more information: http://www.sielnet.org/Default.aspx?pageId=108611
AUGUST
August 8-11
Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of International Law
New York, NY (USA)
For more information: http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/annual08/annual_home.html
August 17-21
International Law Association, 73rd Annual Biennial Conference
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
For more information: http://www.ilabrasil.org.br/hotsite/?lang=en
August 25-26
2nd International Humanitarian Law Dialogues
For more information: http://law.wustl.edu/higls/documents/IHLDialogsSavetheDate08.pdf
Chautauqua, New York (USA)
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