Tom J. Farer, Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute, New York, New York
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Judge Patricia M. Wald, formerly with International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia World Court and Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Moderator: Claudio Grossman, American University

This session will explore the challenges posed by globalization to human rights, despite the development of a dense network of treaties designed for their protection. Key issues to be addressed include: signs of intensifying conflict between cultures; terrorism and human rights; the relationship of human rights and extreme inequality; whether globalization means greater oppression or greater liberation for the Third World; will the economic shifts encourage or hinder development or democratic institutions; will ethnic and gender discrimination be heightened or ameliorated; and what role will lawyers play in contributing to greater human dignity in this new environment.

Plenary II
[6330] Why U.S. Law Schools Should Teach More Than U.S. Law

Whitmore Gray, The University of Michigan
Catherine Kessedjian, Professor, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, Paris, France
Carlos F. Rosenkrantz, University of Buenos Aires School of Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Michael K. Young, The George Washington University

Commentator: Roger J.Goebel, Fordham University

Moderator: Stephen Zamora, University of Houston

What should American law students be learning about other legal systems, and about amalgams of national systems, such as the European Union. How will we qualify ourselves to teach this information? What will be the impact on our student of the remarkable changes in legal education now taking place in may parts of the world?

Plenary III
[6340] International Law in the Public Sector: Opportunities and Issues in a Changed World

John B. Bellinger III, Senior Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser, National Security Council, Washington, DC
Barbara C. Hammerle, Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC
Stephen C. Mc Caffrey, McGeorge School of Law
James H. Thessin, Principal Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Elizabeth G. Verville, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC

Moderator: Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, McGeorge School of Law

International lawyers working with the government consider emerging issues and opportunities to practice international law in the public sector in the dramatically changed world of a new century:

• Is the next generation of international lawyers being adequately prepared?
• How can international legal scholarship do more to foster the development of international law in the 21st century?
• Do we need more interaction between academia and the public sector to improve the dialogue on critical international legal issues of the 21st Century