ILSA Chapter Happenings WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ILS
Washington Univ. School of Law Saint Louis, Missouri USA Dominique de Vastey, Secretary
The new Executive Board members of Washington University Law’s ILS are: President Annie Schlap- prizzi, Vice President Ilunga Kalala, Secretary Do- minique de Vastey, Treasurer David Dill, Proposal Committee Chair Aaron Fernandes, Professional Development Chair Nikki Lambert, & Community Service and Social Chair Ben Nunez.
At our first general meeting, we had a panel of students share their summer abroad experiences. Panelists, which included members of the Execu- tive Board, spent their respective summers in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile, Panama, and Belgium, to name a few. To as- sist students interested in improving foreign lan- guage fluency, ILS will conduct weekly Spanish, Italian, and French conversation language tables. We are also planning a Chinese language table.
In September, distinguished Gonçalo Matias, Professor at the Catolica Global School of Law in Portugal and chief legal advisor to the Portuguese president, came to the law school to speak about opportunities in the international legal market. Mr. Matias also spoke about his work on European Union and international immigration issues.
The law school was also visited by the Deputy Pros- ecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda. The Whitney R. Harris World Law Insti- tute awarded Ms. Bensouda with the 2011 Peace Through Law Award. Her public lecture entitled, “Looking Back, Looking Ahead – Reflections from the Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC” was widely at- tended, and she met privately with students inter- ested in international law throughout the week. In preparation for her arrival, the ILS screened The Reckoning, a documentary about the ICC and Ms. Bensouda’s work. The Reckoning is the first film in our international law film series.
In October, ILS will sponsor an International Pro- grams Information Meeting where professors, students, and professionals will talk about either working or studying abroad. We will also have our first-year representative election and a social event. ILS is cosponsoring an event on the Alien Tort Claims Act along with the American Constitu- tion Society. Our final speaker of the semester will discuss his experience with justice reform in Afghanistan.
For the spring semester, we have an exciting cal- endar of events, beginning with a lecture by Ma- ria Koulouris, Director of the ABA Africa Division, who will speak about the American Bar Associa- tion’s Rule of Law Initiative in zones of conflict. We are also working with our Career Services Office (CSO) to host an international law career panel.
Our ongoing projects are collaborating with the CSO on collecting a list of alumni working for inter- national corporations and organizations and hiring an advisor focused on international law careers. ILS’s Curriculum Proposal Committee is focused on expanding the international law course offer- ings and establishing an international law clinic where students can gain practical skills.
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ILSA Quarterly » volume 20 » issue 1 » October 2011
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