Ben Roxborough: SCU Law Visiting Research Fellow

"Global IP Strategies –

A U.S. and Australian Comparative Perspective"

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Panelli Moot Court Room

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Refreshments provided

About Ben Roxborough:

Ben Roxborough is currently a visiting research fellow with the Center for Global Law & Policy. Having practiced in a leading Australian IP firm, Ben then undertook work as an Associate/Clerk in the Federal Court of Australia. He was involved in numerous IP matters when he worked for  the Hon. Justice Sundberg, a senior member of the Federal Court’s IP and Patent panels. Ben’s current research involves a comparative analysis of obviousness under U.S. and Australian law standards. He is interested in how global IP strategies interface with product design and venture capital funding.

The lecture will address differences between U.S and Australian IP laws and examine the following issues:

• Who is the global consumer?
• At what junctures in a product’s evolution is global IP strategy critical?
• Should ‘form always follow function’ and how can IP rights assist product design?
• Strong versus long IP rights – which is more suitable and in what jurisdiction?
• Case-studies ranging from Nike Runners – IPod’s – Coca-Cola Bottles – through to the patentability of enantiomers in the pharmaceutical industry.

Co-Sponsored: High Tech Law Institute

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Semester Abroad & Externship Opportunities Informational
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Bannan Hall 135
Lunch Provided

A number of students who qualify may apply to take one semester of their law studies abroad. This semester may be taken at one of the universities with whom Santa Clara University School of Law has a reciprocal agreement.

Students must have completed three semesters of full-time law school or the equivalent amount if part time and must have a cumulative G.P.A of a 3.3 or "B" in all classes and no grade lower than a "C+" in any course, are eligible to earn academic credit toward a Santa Clara University School of Law JD degree for approved studies ay a foreign law school participating in the exchange program. Qualifying students can take up to 12 units abroad and most programs are offered in English, thus foreign language fluency is not a requirement, but is considered an advantage.

For more information on the semester abroad programs,

please contact:

Center for Global Law & Policy

Tel: 408-551-1955

cglp@scu.edu

 "Israel, Palestine and the Rule of Law" 

A Symposium on Rights and Wrongs of  Israel's Occupation of Palestine

Moderator:

David Sloss, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University and Director of the Center for Global Law and Policy

Speakers:
Professor John Dugard -- Professor Emeritus at University of Leiden, The Netherlands.  He is the former U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories.
 
Norman Finkelstein -- Mr. Finkelstein is the author of several highly acclaimed books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  He has lectured widely on the subject.
 
Professor David Meir-Levi -- Professor in the Department of History at San Jose State Univ.  He has written and published extensively about issues related to the Middle East.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Mayer Theater

7 p.m.

Free and Open to the public!

It's probably the most important judicial ruling regarding peace and juctice in the Middle East that you've never heard about. In July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) known as the World Court, gave a landmark opinion in favor of Palestine on borders, the Wall, settlements, and Jerusalem, which are all final status questions on Israel's occupation of Palestine. Come hear our three distinguished panelists discuss this landmark opinion to create a just and peaceful resolution of the Israel Palestine conflict. 

Semester Abroad Opportunity - Singapore National University

Take advantage of an exciting semester abroad in Singapore at the prestigious National University of Singapore. Spring term stars January 12, 2009, and ends in mid-May 2009.
 

Application deadline October 1, 2009, supporting documents due October 15, 2009.

Review details at http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/edu/ng.html

For more information please contact Galina Pappu at the Center for Global Law and Policy at 408-551-1955 or GPappu@scu.edu

Special Guest:
Professor James Cooper
Professor of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney
SCU LAW Visiting Teaching Fellow

"New Horizons: Practicing Law in Australia,
Gateway to Asia"

Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Bannan 137
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Provided

About Professor James Cooper:

James Cooper is a professor of law at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, and a visiting professor at Santa Clara Law School.  He has practiced as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia since 1978.  Professor Cooper holds degrees in law and economics and post-graduate qualifications in tax and intellectual property.  He lectures on tax, copyright and internet law at the University of Technology in Sydney.

As a result of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the government of New South Wales  has modified its laws to make it much easier for U.S. lawyers to be admitted to practice in New South Wales.  New South Wales is the state where Sydney is located, and Sydney is the largest legal market in Australia.  Once a lawyer is admitted to practice in New South Wales, this opens up a variety of opportunities in Asia.  Professor Cooper will discuss the requirements for admission to practice in New South Wales and the opportunities this presents for expanding one's legal practice.

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu
In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Special Guest:
Kirsten Bowman
Legal Officer, International Criminal Court
SCU Law Grad ‘05

"Working at the International Criminal Court"

Monday, September 8, 2008
Bannan 139
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Provided

About Kirsten Bowman:

Kirsten Bowman graduated from SCU Law in 2005 with a specialization in international law. Since then she has worked for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in the Prosecutor's Office and at the International Criminal Court as the legal advisor to the Vice President of the Court.  Most recently, she has been the legal advisor to Vice President Blattmann of the ICC, who is hearing the first case before the ICC, against Mr. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kirsten has been working on the The Lubanga case for the last year and a half. Unfortunately, the case was recently halted due to disclosure difficulties. She will be returning to the ICTR in Africa on a short term project to help them negotiate with national States to implement international law into their domestic jurisdictions. Kirsten will discuss the path she took to get her positions with the ICC, describe what the work entails, and give an overview of the work on the Lubanga case.

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu
In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

International Health & IP Research Assistant Sought

I'm looking for a research assistant to help me with some research on increasing access to medicines for developing countries. Strong research skills required. A background in biology/medicine/biotechnology, including familiarity with scientific journals/scientific literature, and interest in developing countries preferred. 10-15 hours per week during the school year. Please send resume, law school transcript, and short cover letter to colleenchien@gmail.com.

Consul General Speaker Series:

Honourable Marc LePage

Canadian Consul General, San Francisco

"The Canada-US Partnership:

Shared Interests and Diverse Traditions"

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Bannan 135

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

About Marc LePage:

Marc LePage was appointed Consul General in July 2005 of the Consulate General of Canada, San Francisco, with responsibility for northern California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Mr. LePage joined the Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1980 and has served abroad in Stockholm, Havana, and San Diego. In 1994, Mr. LePage moved to the Medical Research Council of Canada (now the Canadian Institutes of Health Research) to serve as Director of Business Development. Upon its launch in July of 2000, he joined Genome Canada as Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development, the capacity in which he has served to date. He holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Moncton, New Brunswick. 

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

International Law Week

International Law Career Panel

Monday, March 17, 2008

Bannan 135

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

Panelists:

Peter McCloskey, ICTY, The Hague

Monica Toole, SCU Law Student

Prof. Beth Van Schaack, Moderator

Discussion about career opportunities in public international law

About Peter McCloskey

Peter McCloskey works as a Trial Attorney with the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands, as a Trial Attorney with the Office of the Prosecutor. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University School of Law.

About Monica Toole

Monica Toole worked as a Chambers Intern at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania during 2007. She worked in Trial Chamber III on the Munyeshyaka, Bucyibaruta, Kayishema (Fulgence), Zigiranyirazo, and Karemera cases.

Co-Sponsor: Law Career Services

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to:

Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least

72 hours prior to the event.

Scholarships: Summer Study Abroad Programs

We are pleased to announce scholarship assistance for select Summer Study Abroad Programs:

1) Full tuition, plus stipend for living and travel "full ride" to one of three human rights programs: 

Seoul, Costa Rica, or Geneva/Strasbourg

Scholarship award is determined by a modest "competition." Applicants will receive a international law problem by late March to which they will write a short memorandum. The authors of the best two memoranda will make a brief, informal oral presentation in early April. The winner will receive the "full ride" scholarship to their choice of the above three programs. 

*Runner-up will receive a one unit tuition remission (value $810).

2) $2,500 for Sydney/Perth. Santa Clara is undertaking a new program in Perth, Australia. One week in Sydney, ("Introduction to Australian Law") followed by three weeks in Perth ("International Dispute Resolution"), followed by optional internships in a number of Australian cities. A $2,500 scholarship has been donated to support participation in this new program.

3) $1,000 for Vienna/Budapest. The six unit program in European Union and Comparative Law that includes three weeks in Vienna, a three day visit to Bratislava, and three weeks in Budapest.  A donor has provided a $1,000 scholarship. Note also, that Santa Clara has secured very inexpensive housing in historic quarters in the center of the old city!  In Budapest, too, the program provides inexpensive on-site housing. This program is surprisingly inexpensive!

4) Istanbul: One,one academic unit tuition scholarship ($810) for the six unit program that covers Middle Eastern Legal Systems and Antiquities Law. On campus housing provided is very reasonable.

5) Singapore and S.E. Asia Extended Internships: One, one academic unit tuition scholarship ($810). The two unit course in Singapore (S.E. Asia legal systems) is followed by extended eight week internships. Students undertaking the full program will be eligible for the scholarship.

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*Scholarships are limited to Santa Clara students. All scholarships are credited to the student’s account.

*Applicants must submit completed applications to the program for which they are seeking a scholarship by March 11 and complete a scholarship application form by March 17. Awards will be made by mid-April.

Special Lecture:

Christian Steil

German Patent Attorney

"Recent Developments in European Patent Law"

February 21, 2008

Bannan 139

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

About Christian Steil:

Christian Steil is a German patent and trademark attorney from Stuttgart, Germany. He studied Electrical Engineering at TU Braunschweig, receiving his Masters Degree in 1987. He has professional experience in electronic components, especially digital signal processors for telecommunications and audio applications. He has been practicing intellectual property since 1989.

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Consul General Speaker Series:

Honorable Yudhistiranto Sungadi
Indonesian Consul General, San Francisco

"A Brief Overview on Indonesia and its Legal System"

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Bannan 135
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Provided

About Yudhistiranto Sungadi:

Mr. Yudhistiranto Sungadi was born in Bandung, Indonesia and is married to Nenny G. Agustian. In 1981, Mr. Sungadi, a father of two children, started his career in the Indonesian government by working for the Ministry of Transportation. He was transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and received Foreign Service training (batch IX). Many other titles have been bestowed upon Mr. Sungadi, including Head of Section, Directorate of Legal & Treaties Affair, MFA. Mr. Sungadi received his first assignment as Foreign Service Officer/Diplomat in 1986 as Vice Consul for Information & Consular Affair at the Indonesian Consulate General in Berlin, Germany. He resided there for four years before returning home in 1990. In 1993, he began serving as the first Secretary for Political Affairs at the Indonesian Embassy office in Bonn, Germany. Back in Indonesia, Mr. Yudhis was appointed   the Head of Division, Bureau for Legal Affairs, MFA from 1997-1999. He left this position when he was asked to serve his country as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the Indonesian Embassy in Manila, the Philippines until 2004. After this assignment, he came home to Indonesia and was promoted Director, Head of the Center for International Organization, Policy Planning and Development Agency, MFA. Two years later he was appointed Indonesian Consul General in San Francisco.

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Special Lecture:
Thomas McInerney
General Counsel & Director of Research & Policy
International Development Law Organization

 
"Rebuilding Rule of Law from the Ground up: Legal Reform Experience from Kosovo and Afghanistan"

 
January 10, 2008
Bannan 135
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch Provided

About Thomas McInerney:

Thomas F. McInerney is IDLO's General Counsel and Director of Research & Policy. He holds a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University School of Law, a Masters in Philosophy from Loyola University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with Honors from the College of William and Mary. Prior to joining IDLO, Mr. McInerney was an adjunct professor in Ethics and Law at Fordham University in New York. He is a member of the New York and Illinois bars and practiced corporate and securities law as an associate with the New York law firms of Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Ross & Hardies. His recent publications have concerned legal reform in developing countries and corporate governance.

International Humanitarian Law Workshop 2008

Santa Clara University School of Law
Moot Court Room

February 15-18, 2008

There is no fee to attend this Workshop.

The purpose of the program is to teach law students the fundamentals of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)and to provide them with opportunities to work with the material they have learned, including the treaties, in the context of hypothetical, yet realistic, fact patterns. The program will consist of a combination of lectures and workshops, involving hypothetical fact patterns that the students analyze and discuss during the workshop sessions. The workshops will provide a dynamic setting for students to apply the material covered during the lectures.

Please remind your students that the International Humanitarian Law Workshop Application deadline is
Dec. 3, 2007.

For more information or to print out an application, please visit:
http://law.scu.edu/international/international-humanitarian-law-workshop.cfm  

We want to make you aware of a new course added to our curriculum this coming Spring

Semester: 

Comparative Government Spending Policies

This course addresses policies such as cotton subsidies, medical care, family leave laws, and social security.  These are issues that arise all over the world so it will be interesting to study the American system in the context of other nations’ systems. Available materials about public law topics in foreign countries vary, but I hope to use China, Romania, Sweden, and the European Union as comparison states.

Most of the reading will not be traditional legal materials, but rather public policy, economics, political science, and sociology writings. Because this is an election year, we will read the President’s and the candidates’ proposals about medical care and social security. The course is not taught from any political position; open and intelligent analyses of important public problems and governmental responses are expected.

The final paper will be about 10 pages, but small "research and report" projects will arise throughout the semester. Enrollees should begin reading the news about these policies immediately.

For further information, see Prof. Kandis Scott, Bergin 211, 551-1953.

Summer Abroad Info Session TODAY!

Find out about the many opportunities to study abroad through the Santa Clara University School of Law 2008 summer law study abroad programs. 

Learn about all the summer law study abroad opportunities available in 2008.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Bannan 135
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. 

The School of Law currently has ABA approved summer law study abroad programs in:

Geneva/Strasbourg; The Hague, Hong Kong; Istanbul; Munich; Oxford; San Jose (Costa Rica); Seoul;

Shanghai; Singapore; Sydney; Tokyo; and Vienna/Bratislava/Budapest.

Internship opportunities available in most programs!

For more information, contact:

Center for Global Law & Policy

Loyola Hall, Room 106

Tel: 408-551-1955

Fax: 408-554-5047

E-mail: cglp@scu.edu

http://law.scu.edu/international

The Center for Global Law & Policy along with the Center for Social Justice and Public Service present a Special Lecture:

Dr. Svetlana Broz

Cardiologist, Author and Lecturer

"War Crimes and Collective Responsibility"

October 17, 2007

Bannan 142

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

About Svetlana Broz:

Dr. Svetlana Broz was born in Belgrade as the youngest child of Zarko Broz and Dr Zlata Jelinek. She graduated from the University of Belgrade, School of Medicine in 1980 and worked as a physician and specialist in cardiology at the Military Medical Academy. At the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Broz volunteered as a cardiologist. In January of 1993 she began interviewing for the book that describes human experiences during the Bosnian War, "Good People in an Evil Time," published in 1999 by Media Centar Prelom, Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2001 she became President of the Board of The First Children's Embassy in the World, the Director of the Sarajevo office of the NGO Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide and President of the Sarajevo City Government's Steering Committee for the Garden of the Righteous. In 2001, she became international advisor of Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Broz became a member of the International Advisory Board of Center for Macro Projects and Diplomacy, Roger Williams U., Rhode Island, Massachusetts in 2003. Over the past years she has been lecturing at various universities in the USA.

Following her lecture, Dr. Broz will be signing copies of her books, which will be on display and available for purchase at the event.  

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

INAUGURAL SPEAKER

Consul General Speaker Series:

Honourable Martin D. Uden

British Consul General, San Francisco

"The work of the San Francisco Consular Corps and the role of a Consul General"

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Bannan 135

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Provided

About Martin D. Uden:

Martin Uden was born and educated in Britain where he attended London University and was called to the Bar in 1977.

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London in 1977. From 1978 to 1981 he was Second Secretary in the British Embassy in Seoul. He spent 1981 to 1986 in the FCO as Second then later First Secretary and from 1986 to 1990 he was First Secretary in Bonn. From 1990 to 1994 he was at the FCO dealing first with Yugoslavia and Albania and then the CSCE. He was Counsellor (Political) and Consul General in Seoul from 1994 to 1997. He then was appointed Counsellor (Trade/Economic) in Ottawa from 1997 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003 he was International Director of Invest UK (the UK government’s inward investment promotion agency) in its London headquarters. He was appointed British Consul General in September 2003 in San Francisco.

For more information please contact Center for Global Law & Policy: cglp@scu.edu

In compliance with the ADA/ 504 please direct your accommodation requests to: Galina Pappu at 408-551-1955 or call TTY- California Relay, at 1-800-735-2929 at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Thursday August 23 Faculty Workshop Lunch Presentation

The Center for Social Justice and Public Service and Center for Global Law and Policy invites you to a faculty workshop with Muneer Malik, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. His talk will focus on a Report from Pakistan on Thursday, August 23, 2007 from Noon to 1 p.m. in the Strong Common room in Bergin Hall.

Lunch will be provided at the event.

Muneer Malik is the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan and led the lawyers of Pakistan in their challenge to President Musharraf's suspension of the Supreme Court Chief Justice. He is a product of United States education, graduating magna cum laude from San Jose State University (Accounting), worked as a CPA in the Bar Area, attended Santa Clara Law School and graduated cum laude in 1974. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1974 but gave up his California license to return to and serve his mother country, Pakistan.

In the history of Pakistan, Supreme Court Judges have been subservient to the whims of the Executive, usually military dictators. What Malik and his team accomplished was to make the Rulers of Pakistan realize that the Rule of Law must be upheld and that the Judiciary is an independent and equal branch of Government.

Malik did so at great risks to himself and his family including a drive by machine gun shooting at his home where a bullet barely missed his daughter. The authorities also attempted to shut down Muneer’s law practice on a trumped up zoning charge.

Here is the link to the BBC coverage of the attack on Muneer's home: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6641513.stm

High Court Bar Association

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdEbhjyO5so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiX5xUOw9VE

Islamabad 2/2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo4qEb93gfk

Lahore journey 7/14/2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be8-ICFSNBI

NPR Radio

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10588687

The Center for Global Law & Policy has admitted LL.M. and JD exchange students for 2007-08 from Korea, China, Uruguay, Austria, Germany and Finland.

We are looking for 2L and 3 L students to volunteer and act as mentors for these students. Each student would be paired with an incoming foreign study student Fall 2007. As a mentor, you would be a contact person, offer advice, and give them small tips to help them adjust to being at Santa Clara University. As a mentor, you will take them to a couple of lunches each semester (the Center will reimburse you), and perhaps meet them for coffee. The idea is to give each student someone they can turn to for student-life questions. The time commitment by the mentor is minimal, but it will make a big difference for the foreign student coming to study law in a foreign language and in a foreign environment. 

If you would be interested in being a mentor to an LL.M. or JD exchange student, please email the Center for Global Law & Policy at cglp@scu.edu , include in your email your name and year of study and a phone number where we can contact you. Thank you.