ILSA Chapter Happenings
The debate, which will cover topics relating to the Olympics, is scheduled for February 6, 2014. We expect to draw a good crowd because Opening day for the 2014 Olympic Games is February 7, 2014. We have asked our on-campus LGBT group, “Outlaw,” to co-sponsor the event. Though Rus- sian President Vladimir Putin has assured the in- ternational community that participants will not be subject to discrimination, we plan to address the affects of the Russian law banning gay “propagan- da.” We will also discuss the Olympic Charter and rights of participant and host countries. We are still ironing out the final details of this event.
The mixer will take place in late March and will in- clude a mix of local attorneys whose practice is primarily international law and students. We hope to collaborate with the Arizona State University Chapter to host similar networking mixers in the future. We are working developing those connec- tions and hope that our next Executive Board will keep up that effort.
WVU ILSA
West Virginia University College of Law Morgantown, West Virginia USA Nicole Annan, President
The ILSA Chapter at West Virginia University has had an eventful year. In February of 2013, our team competed in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals of the Philip C. Jessup Cup and performed excep- tionally well, making it to the semi-final rounds. Later in the Spring semester, we held a bake sale fundraiser to raise money for the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, an organization that works to combat international human trafficking. One of our members attended a panel discussion on hu- man trafficking at ILSA’s International Law Week- end in October of 2012, and wanted to take action upon returning home to West Virginia. We plan to continue this new tradition of raising funds for an international non-profit this spring.
At the end of the Spring 2013 semester, elections were held, and Nicole Annan was newly elected as President. Eduardo Villacorta was elected Vice President; Carrie Waybright was elected secre- tary; Kelly Pawlowski was elected treasurer; and Katie Wilson was appointed to the position of so- cial chair. Katie also serves as our Regional Rep- resentative. One of our members, Joshua Ash, was selected to contribute to the ILSA Quarterly publication.
In the Fall semester of 2013, the WVU Chapter of ILSA assisted with an international event at the law school hosted by one of our advisors, Profes- sor James Friedberg. The event was called Mexico Week. Three esteemed professors from the Uni- versity of Guanajuato– Patricia Begne, Katya Rodri- guez, and Fernando Patron – visited the law school and gave lectures throughout the week. Lecture topics included the Mexican legal system; the welfare state and law reform in Mexico; and law, politics, and constitutional evolution in Mexico. The week’s lectures culminated in a panel discussion in which the three professors from Guanajuato were joined by professors from different depart- ments within WVU.
The Chapter also sponsored a potluck dinner in honor of the visiting professors. The potluck fea- tured international food and was hosted by one of our faculty advisors, Associate Dean Gregory Bowman. The event was very well-attended by both new and returning ILSA members. We also held a taco lunch at the law school that served to increase student interest in Mexico Week and to raise money for the chapter. Mexico Week served as a prelude to the WVU College of Law’s study abroad program at the University of Guanajuato.
The Spring 2014 semester finds our current Jes- sup Team, under the leadership of 3L captain Car- rie Waybright and our faculty coaches, preparing to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals again this year. We hope to continue and improve upon our outstanding performance at last year’s event.
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