I. Plenary Sessions
Friday, May 8, 1:30-2 pm (WCC 2012)
Opening Ceremony including Welcome Remarks by: Martha Minow, Morgan and Helen Chu Dean and Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Friday, May 8, 2-4 pm (WCC 2012)
Africa Forum: “Responding to Political Violence in Africa – Criminal Justice or Political Justice?”
Keynote Address by: Mahmood Mamdani, Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, MESAAS, Political Affairs, and Anthropology, Columbia University
Moderated by: Jon Hanson, Alfred Smart Professor of Law and Director of Project of Law and Mind Sciences, Harvard Law School
Discussants:
· Robert Bates, Eaton Professor of Government and African and African-American Studies, Harvard University
· Uche Ewelukwa (SJD ‘03), Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law
· Alain Lempereur (SJD ‘95), Alan Slifka Professor of Coexistence and Conflict and Director of the Coexistence and Conflict Program, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
· John Mugane, Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures and Director of the African Language Program, Harvard University
Saturday, May 9, 12:30-2:30 pm (WCC 2004)
SJD Forum: “Paths to Synergy: Imagining the Future of the SJD Community”
Moderated by: Afroditi Giovanopoulou, SJD Candidate and President of the SJD Association, Harvard Law School
Discussants:
· Paulo Barrozo (SJD ‘09), Associate Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
· Maximo Langer (SJD ‘06), Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
· Kerry Rittich (SJD ‘98), Professor at the Faculty of Law and the Women’s and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto
· Anna Su (SJD ‘13), Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
· Philomila Tsoukala (SJD ‘08), Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
· Alejandra Azuero Quijano, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School and PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Chicago
II. Discussion Groups
Friday, May 8, 4:30-6:30 pm (WCC 2004)
Group 1: “Contemporary Problems in International and European Law”
Moderated by: Paulo Barrozo (SJD ‘09), Associate Professor of Law, Boston College Law School
Presenters:
· Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich (SJD ‘02), Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
· Damjan Kukovec (SJD ‘15), SJD Graduate, Harvard Law School
· Guillermo Garcia Sanchez, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
· Mohamed Helal, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Friday, May 8, 4:30-6:30 pm (Hauser 101)
Group 2: “New Directions in Legal Thought in Africa”
Presenters:
· Raymond Atuguba (SJD ‘04), Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Ghana
· Abdul Baasit Aziz Bamba (SJD ‘12), Lecturer in Law, University of Ghana
· Uche Ewelukwa (SJD ‘03), Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law
· Sylvia Kang’ara (SJD ‘03), Dean, Riara University Law School (Kenya)
· Rugemeleza Nshala (SJD ‘12), Executive Director, Lawyers’ Environmental Action Team
Saturday, May 9, 10 am-12 pm (WCC 3016)
Group 3: “Globalization of the Law and Legal Transplants”
Moderated by: Duncan Kennedy, Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence, Harvard Law School
Presenters:
· Oren Bracha (SJD ‘05), Howrey LLP and Arnold, White and Durkee Centennial Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
· Rui Guo (SJD ‘13), Faculty Member, Renmin University of China
· Maximo Langer (SJD ‘06), Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
· Kibrom Teweldebirhan, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
· Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Saturday, May 9, 10 am-12 pm (WCC 3015)
Group 4: “Law, International Trade, and Development”
Moderated by: Alvaro Santos (SJD ‘08), Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Presenters:
· Daniela Caruso (LLM ‘90), Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
· Fernanda Nicola (SJD ‘09), Professor of Law at the Washington College of Law, American University
· Namita Wahi (SJD ‘14), Fellow, Center for Policy Research (India)
· Mohammad Hamdy, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
· Yong Lim, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Saturday, May 9, 3-4:30 pm (WCC 3015)
Group 5: “Writing the History of International Law”
Moderated by: Samuel Moyn (JD ‘01), Professor of Law and History, Harvard University
Presenters:
· Arnulf Becker Lorca (SJD ‘10), Visiting Faculty, The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
· Liliana Obregon (SJD ‘02), Associate Professor, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia)
· Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Saturday, May 9, 3-5:45 pm (WCC 3016)
Group 6: “Gender/Feminism and the Law”
Moderated by: Libby Adler (LLM ‘98), Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law and Aziza Ahmed, Associate Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
Part I Presenters (3-4:15 pm):
· Maria Grahn-Farley (SJD ‘13), Associate Professor of Law, Uppsala University School of Law
· Valentina Montoya Robledo, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
· Natalia Ramirez-Bustamante, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Part II Presenters (4:30-5:45 pm):
· Kate Sutherland (SJD ‘02), Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
· Havva Guney-Ruebenacker (SJD ‘13), SJD Graduate, Harvard Law School
· Regina Larrea Maccise, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
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