Members of the Pitt Law LL.M. Class of 2011 will address some of the past struggles and future challenges to the rule of law in their countries. Speakers include: Prajitha Ganga (India); Sigee Koech (Kenya); Cristina Mariottini (Italy); Johana Pool Narrias (Chile); Maria Clara Pujol (Argentina).
Panelists will include:
Aya Okada (PhD Student, GSPIA), Muge Finkel (Assistant Professor, GSPIA), Larry Foulke (Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering), Paul Scheinert (Advisory Engineer, Bettis Laboratory), Atsunori Nakao (Tokusyukai Medical Assistance Team, School of Medicine), and Louise Comfort (Director, Center for Disaster Management).
Three law students who were Nordenberg Fellows during the summer 2010 (Andrew DiSipio, Morgan Kronk and Andrew Vogeler) will share their experiences. The European legal institutions they interned at include the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg, the European Commission's Legal Service, Brussels, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg.
This panel includes presentations by three graduate students: Gunes Ertan, Lance Lindauer and Farhod Yuldashev.
In this 2011 Jean Monnet Symposium, Alexander Carius, Stanley Kabala, Joseph Marriott and Edward Rubin will discuss transatlantic perspectives on climate change and energy, both from a scientific and technological perspective and regarding the policy implications. A reception will follow the panel presentation.
Members of the Pitt Law LL.M. Class of 2011 will address some of the past struggles and future challenges to the rule of law in their countries. Speakers include: Prajitha Ganga (India); Sigee Koech (Kenya); Cristina Mariottini (Italy); Johana Pool Narrias (Chile); Maria Clara Pujol (Argentina).
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's March 1, 1961 signing of the Peace Corps Executive Order, a panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers will share their experiences. They will explain why they decided to serve and their experiences during and following their years of service. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. Panel participants will include those who served in Zambia, Honduras, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Kiribati, Moldova, Panama, Samoa, Paraguay, and Malaysia.
Michael Kaeding, Christine Mahoney, Nils Ringe, and Jennifer Victor will engage in a panel discussion that provides illumination on the role of information and expertise in policy making within the EU Parliament. A reception will follow.
University of Pittsburgh graduate students will interrogate and challenge the definitions of 'national' and 'transnational' through an investigation of American, German, Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese screen cultures.
