8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Event: Environmental Breakfast Club

Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D.

Associate Curator of Ethnohistory, Arizona State Museum

Associate Professor of History

University of Arizona

Topic:  “Spanish Water Law in the Southwest"

contact: Robert Glennon

9:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Event: International Law Conference

Current Issues in International Trade Law:

Challenges and Opportunities

Friday, April 5, 2013

James E. Rogers College of Law

Sponsored by the James E. Rogers College of Law,

The Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law and

The National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade

Law Commons, Room 160

Introduction and Welcome

9:45-10:00 a.m.

Ronald Cooper, AJICL Editor-in-Chief

Marc Miller, Interim Dean

David A. Gantz, IBTL Program Director

Panel 1: Private International Law

10:00 a.m.—Noon

Francisco Reyes, Esq.              Developments in Latin American Company Law

Dr. Marek Dubovec                 Secured Financing in Africa and at UNCITRAL

Michael Mandig                        Enforcement of Judgments in Mexico

Dr. Boris Kozolchyk,

Moderator

Keynote Address

12:15—1:15 p.m.

Gary Horlick, Esq.                    Major Trade Law and Policy Initiatives in 2013: the Trans-Pacific                                                         Partnership, US-EU FTA, and an International Services                                                                        Agreement

(A buffet lunch will be served)

Panel 2: International Trade

1:30—3:00 p.m.

Francisco Reyes, Esq.              Implications of the Pacific Alliance Regional Trade Agreement

Dr. Laura Nielsen                     The Impact of Local Content Requirements on International Trade and Investment and Access to Government Contracts

Iryna Polovets, Esq.                  Russia's Free Trade Initiatives in Eastern Europe, Central Asia                                                   and Beyond: A Bid for Hegemony in the Region?

Richard Katz                U.S. Export Control Laws and Regulations: Where Export Promotion Is Not Always Encouraged. 

Gary Horlick,

Moderator

Panel 3: International Investment and Development

3:15—5:00 p.m.

Brent White                              Urban Infrastructure, Development and the Rule of Law

Robert Hornick, Esq.                Does Investment Arbitration Need an Appellate Body?

Devin Bray, Esq.                      Applying the Concept of Legitimate Expectations in International                                                           Trade Law and International Investment Law

Heather Bray, Esq.                   Disqualification of an Arbitrator in International Investment Law:

The Search for a Uniform Code of Conduct

David A. Gantz,

Moderator

Reception for Participants

5:00-6:00 p.m. 

 Contact:  David Gantz

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Event: Department of Sociology Brown Bag Series

 Speaker: Kassia Wosick, Department of Sociology, New Mexico State Univ.

Topic: "Sex, Love, and Fidelity: A Study of Contemporary Romantic Relationships"

Contact: Dr. Brian Mayer

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Event: American Pluralism Series: Serving Veterans

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Event: Law & Data Program: Information Session

Law &  Data -- sometimes called QuantLaw or Quantitative Legal Studies -- is an emerging area of strength at Arizona Law. It applies quantitative and statistical findings to legal problems, and also studies how law regulates Big Data. (more info at :choosearizonalaw.com/node/55)

On Friday, faculty who are involved in the program will be holding an information session for admitted and current students to talk about the program and what kinds of courses and projects are ongoing or planned. (Profs. Jane Bambauer, Derek Bambauer, Kathis Barnes and Chris Robertson are all involved)

Join them from 3:30 - 5 to talk about the Law & Data program and the interesting work that's being done.

5:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Event: Admissions Preview Weekend - Dean's Reception

 Admissions Preview Weekend - Dean's Reception

5:45 PM - Student delegates to shuttle

6:30 PM - Dean's Reception