ILSA Chapter Happenings
This section contains stories, activities, and upcoming events of ILSA Chapters around the world. We hope that the shared experiences in this recurring column will provide our Chapters with ideas and tools to improve their programs. Please share your Chapter Happenings by sending them to
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VANDERBILT ILS
Vanderbilt Law School Nashville, Tennessee USA Caitlin Snelson, President
Vanderbilt’s International Law Society (ILS) had an exciting fall semester and is looking forward to an equally robust schedule of events in the spring! Our schedule of events for 2014-2015 includes presentations drawing on internal students and faculty, presentations highlighting featured guest speakers, community service and social events.
One of our key goals is to expose our members to the myriad topics within the wider term ‘Interna- tional Law’ through our speaker series. This year, ILS is not only a part of three out of four featured Hyatt events sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School at large, but also has been able to bring in addi- tional speakers on its own.
To kick off our speaker series, our own Profes- sor Mike Newton gave a presentation entitled ‘The Syrian Conflict: A Conversation over Current Controversies.’ This event created an opportunity for students to better understand the Syrian Con- flict and provided an excellent primer for one of our featured Hyatt events. That event, presented with the Vanderbilt Alternative Dispute Resolution Organization, ‘Conflict Resolution in Syria: Nego- tiating Peace from the Grassroots Up,’ featured Mohammed Al Abdallah, Syrian Justice and Ac- countability Center, and Tyler Thompson, Public International Law & Policy Group, in a debate on issues surrounding conflict resolution in Syria.
Our first featured Hyatt event took place last fall and featured James Finkel, former Special Assis- tant to the Director of National Intelligence, enti- tled “The Challenge of Preventing Genocides and Mass Atrocities.” Mr. Finkel not only shared his hands-on experience, particularly in the creation of PSD-10, but also met with students to talk about non-traditional careers for law students. ILS was also thrilled to host Christie Edwards, Director of International Humanitarian Law for the Ameri- can Red Cross, this past fall. Ms. Edwards gave a presentation to our members on her work on International Human Rights and Gender issues. Additionally, she met interested students in small groups to discuss opportunities for employment in International NGOs.
Our final featured Hyatt event takes place on Janu- ary 30, 2014 and is entitled “A True Vision: Perspec- tives on the Marrakesh Treaty for Persons with Vision Disabilities.” We are excited to be working with Vanderbilt’s Disability Law Society, Intellec- tual Property Association, and Intellectual Prop- erty Program to present a panel featuring Allan Adler, American Association of Publishers, James Love, Knowledge Ecology International, and Jus- tin Hughes, Professor at Cardozo School of Law as well as our own Professor Daniel Gervais as moderator. We are working to organize a commu- nity service outreach at the Nashville School for the Blind in conjunction with the event.
Exposing incoming law students to the varied opportunities available by other ILS members themselves fosters Vanderbilt ILS’s collegial and supportive environment and is one the primary
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