CTLS Annual Academic Conference and Alumni Reunion

The University of Toronto

21 - 22 June 2018

Transnational Law in Challenging Times

Thursday, 21 June

17:30-20:00 Evening Reception

Friday, 22 June

9:15-11:00: Past and Future of Transnational Legal Education

Carrie Menkel- Meadow (University of California, Irvine): “Have Law Books, Computer, Simulations -- Will Travel”: The Transnationalization of (some of) the Law Professoriate
Ugo Pagallo (University of Torino): Comparatists, Philosophers, and Programmers: On the Past and Future of Transnational Legal Education
James Ernest Penner (National University of Singapore): Why is understanding custom so difficult?

Chair: Miri Gur-Arye (Hebrew University)

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11:15-12:45: A Conversation with David Cole and Nina Pillard, the First CTLS Co-Directors – led by Carlos M. Vázquez (Georgetown Law)

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13:00-14:00 Alumni Panel: Haim Abraham (Hebrew University), Sabrina Bandali(University of Toronto), Spencer Beall (Georgetown Law), Laura Galindo (Los Andes)
Chair: Mariana Mota Prado (University of Toronto)

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14:00-15:30: David Luban (Georgetown Law): “Responsibility to Humanity (R2H): An Essay on Sovereignty and the Prospects for Peace”
Comments by Arthur Ripstein (University of Toronto)
Chair: Mayo Moran (University of Toronto)

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16:00-17:00 Transnational Education: Deans’ Perspectives
Presenters:

Mayo Moran (University of Toronto)
T. Alexander Aleinikoff (Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School, New York City)
Pascal Pichonnaz (University of Fribourg)
Chair: Alvaro Santos (Georgetown Law)

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17:00-18:00 Walter Stoffel (University of Fribourg): “Law Meets Film” – Using Movies as a Pedagogical Device at CTLS
Chair and Commentator: Naomi Mezey (Georgetown Law)

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