Wednesday, November 8
St. John’s School of Law - Queens Campus
Theme: Judicial Independence and Judicial
Dialogue
The first day will provide thematic
overview of the main topics of the conference.
1 p.m. Opening Address
The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone
Chancellor, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South
Africa Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa; and
former Chief Prosecutor,
International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda
2 p.m. What Are the Limits of Cross-Border
Judicial Dialogue?
Much has been written about the growing amount of formal and
informal contacts between the domestic judiciaries of different
countries. This panel will consider the uses and possible abuses of
such crossborder communication and coordination.
Moderator
Brian Z. Tamanaha
St. John’s School of Law
Panelists
The Honorable Richard J. Goldstone
Former Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa
The Honorable Diane P. Wood
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
3:30 p.m. Closing
Thursday, November 9
St. John’s School of Law - Manhattan Campus
Theme: Economic Globalization and the
Judiciary
The second day of the conference will focus on how the
globalization of the
economy is affecting the work of lawyers and judges.
2:15 p.m. Globalizing Economy, Globalizing
Profession
How has the globalization of the world economy affected the legal
profession? How have the substance and process of lawyering changed
due to the increased number of crossborder economic links, as well
as the growth of information technology and the rapid transmission
of ideas? What may this imply for judges?
Moderator
Mary C. Daly
Dean and John V. Brennan Professor of Law and Ethics
St. John’s School of Law
Panelists
Peter D. Trooboff
Covington & Burling
Robert S. Wai
Osgoode Hall Law School
3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
4 p.m. International Arbitration and
Domestic Judiciaries
International commercial arbitration is becoming perhaps the
primary method of dispute resolution among multinational
corporations and between such corporations and governments.
Supported by treaties and domestic laws, arbitral awards
are, if anything, easier to enforce than the judgments of foreign
judiciaries. How does international arbitration affect the work of
domestic judges and vice versa? In particular, how have recent
challenges to arbitral awards and ongoing debates about whether
appeals from such awards should be allowed affected domestic
judges?
Moderator
Mark L. Movsesian
Visiting professor, St. John’s School of Law
Panelists
Charles H. Brower
The University of Mississippi School of Law
Lucy Reed
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; former General Counsel of the
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
5:30 p.m. Closing
Friday, November 10
St. John’s School of Law - Queens Campus
Theme: International Tribunals, International
Law, and Domestic Courts
The final day of the conference will consider how international law
and institutions affect the work of domestic judges.
9 a.m. The Relation of Domestic and
International Judiciaries
How do international courts and tribunals interact with
domestic courts and tribunals?
How is this similar or different to interactions among different
national courts? Are domestic and international courts part of a
single integrated legal system or should they be viewed as
institutions of separate systems with some overlapping
competences?
Moderator
Christopher J. Borgen
St. John’s School of Law
Panelists
José E. Alvarez
Columbia Law School; President, The American Society of
International Law
Pieter H.F. Bekker
White & Case; former staff attorney,
Registry of the International Court of Justice
10:30 a.m. Panel - International Law in
Domestic Courts
Beyond the specific interactions of international courts and
domestic courts, discussed in the previous panel, how does
international law inform or affect domestic adjudication?
Moderator
Donald F. Donovan
Debevoise & Plimpton
Panelists
Martin Flaherty
Fordham University Law School
David L. Sloss
St. Louis University School of Law
Noon Closing