Friday, May 1, 2020
Louisiana State is Hiring
The Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center seeks to hire an Advocacy Fellow to assist in the administration and coaching of its Advocacy Programs. The Advocacy Programs include the Law Center’s moot court, trial advocacy, and alternative dispute resolution external competition teams, as well as the Law Center’s internal advocacy competitions and voluntary skills development workshops. Reporting to the Director of Advocacy Programs, this position is responsible for the continued development and administration of a robust set of student skills development opportunities.
The Advocacy Fellow provides case preparation assistance to participants, assists in the recruitment and training of coaches and judges, plans and implements voluntary skills training opportunities and events, creates at least one full trial, appellate, or dispute resolution case file, and organizes competition registration and team travel arrangements. The Advocacy Fellow also acts as a secondary coach where needed.
Applicants must have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. Prior experience as a competitor and/or coach in the LSU Law Center’s Advocacy Programs or a similar law school skills training and competition program is strongly preferred. This is a full-time position. The term of appointment for the Advocacy Fellow is one year and will begin in Summer 2020. For exceptional performance, a Fellow may receive reappointment for a second year.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, résumé, and the names and contact information of at least three references to LSU Human Resources by visiting https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/W0155-Hebert-Law-Center/Advocacy-Fellow--Coordinator-of-Academic-Area-3-_R00045677. Questions should be directed to Prof. Jeff Brooks at [email protected].
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Mexico and the European Union Negotiate a New Free Trade Agreement
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ABA Annual Meeting to be Held Only Online
In response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the ABA Board of Governors has decided that the 2020 annual meeting will be entirely virtual.
The 2020 ABA Annual Meeting is scheduled for July 29 to Aug. 4. More information on the virtual 2020 ABA Annual Meeting will be available at ambar.org/annual.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Saudi Arabia ends use of death penalty for juveniles
Saudi Arabia issued a royal decree earlier this week ending capital punishment for individuals who were under the age of 18 at the time of commission of the crime for which they are convicted (except in cases under the counter-terrorism law). Instead of the death penalty, the maximum penalty for juveniles will be 10 years at a juvenile detention facility.
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed a record number 184 people in 2019. Amnesty International has called on Saudi Arabia to eliminate the death penalty for all persons.
Article 6.5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits the imposition of the death penalty on persons under the age of 18. Saudi Arabia has not yet joined the ICCPR.
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Trial for Accused Syrian War Criminals Begins
While the world has been distracted by the coronavirus, the process of international justice continues to slowly creak along. On Thursday this week, a trial began in Germany for Syrians who are suspected of war crimes. A former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officer, Anwar Raslan, accused of crimes against humanity, will face survivors of his alleged torture. A second Syrian man will also be tried for aiding and abetting.
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
Snapshot of the Covid-19 Pandemic (April 18, 2020)
Case of Covid-19 in the world as of April 18, 2021:
- 2,306,588 cases
- 158,705 deaths
- 590,367 recovered
The most cases are in the United States as of April 18, 2020:
- 726,856 cases
- 38,200 deaths
Most of those U.S. cases are in the state of New York, which by itself has more cases than any other country (other than the United States).
- 235,395 cases
- 17,131 deaths
Here are the countries reporting the most cases
- United States (726,856 cases and 38,200 deaths)
- Spain (191,726 cases and 20,043 deaths)
- Italy (175,925 cases and 23,227 deaths)
- France (147,969 cases and 19,323 deaths)
- Germany (142,751 cases and 4,412 deaths)
- United Kingdom (114,217 cases and 15,564 deaths)
- People's Republic of China (82,719 cases and 4,632 deaths)
- Turkey (82,329 cases and 1,890 deaths)
- Islamic Republic of Iran (80,868 cases and 5,031 deaths)
- Belgium (37,183 cases and 5,453 deaths)
- Russia (36,793 cases and 313 deaths)
- Brazil (35,025 cases and 2,203 deaths)
- Canada (33,137 cases and 1,346 deaths)
- The Netherlands (31,589 cases and 3,601 deaths)
- Switzerland (27,404 cases and 1,366 deaths)
- Portugal (19,685 cases and 687 deaths)
- India (14,792 cases and 488 deaths)
- Ireland (14,758 cases and 571 deaths)
- Austria (14,571 cases and 443 deaths)
- Peru (14,420 cases and 348 deaths)
- Sweden (13,822 cases and 1,511 deaths)
- Israel (13,265 cases and 1,511 deaths)
- South Korea (10,653 cases and 232 deaths)
- Japan (9,787 cases and 190 deaths)
- Chile (9,730 cases and 126 deaths)
- Ecuador (9,022 cases and 456 deaths)
- Poland (8,742 cases and 347 deaths)
- Romania (8,418 cases and 421 deaths)
- Saudi Arabia (8,274 cases and 92 deaths)
- Pakistan (7,638 cases and 143 deaths)
- Denmark (7,242 cases and 346 deaths)
- Norway (7,036 cases and 163 deaths)
- Mexico (6,874 cases and 546 deaths)
- Czech Republic / Czechia (6,606 cases and 181 deaths)
- Australia (6,565 cases and 69 deaths)
- United Arab Emirates (6,302 cases and 37 deaths)
- Indonesia (6,248 cases and 535 deaths)
- Philippines (6,087 cases and 397 deaths)
- Serbia (5,994 cases and 117 deaths)
- Singapore (5,992 cases and 11 deaths)
- Malaysia (5,305 cases and 88 deaths)
- Ukraine (5,106 cases and 133 deaths)
- Qatar (5,008 cases and 8 deaths)
Countries and territories with Covid-19 cases reporting the lowest number of cases as of April 18, 2020 include:
- Kingdom of Bhutan (5 cases)
- Burundi (5 cases)
- British Virgin Islands (4 cases)
- Sao Tome and Principe (4 cases)
- South Sudan (4 cases)
- Anguilla (3 cases)
- Caribbean Netherlands (3 cases)
- Saint Pierre Miquelon (1 case)
- Yemen (1 case)
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Friday, April 17, 2020
ABA Midyear Meeting 2021 to be Held in Chicago in February
The American Bar Association midyear meeting for 2021 has been moved from Orlando to Chicago. It is scheduled for February 10-15, 2021. Click here for more information.
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 will mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Law Library of Congress Webinar on Fighting Pandemics: Foreign and International Legislative Frameworks,
Laney Zhang and Nicolas Boring of the Law Library of Congress will present a webinar on Fighting Pandemics: Foreign and International Legislative Frameworks, at 2:00 PM on Thursday, April 23, 2020. This webinar is the latest installment in the Law Library’s new series of webinars focused on foreign and comparative law. Focusing on select European and Asian jurisdictions, Ms. Zhang and Mr. Boring will summarize some of the pre-existing legislative frameworks before discussing new laws and regulations adopted to face the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as outlining the Law Library’s recent research, including a report on the continuity of legislative activities during emergency situations in 36 foreign jurisdictions.
To register for the webinar, please click here or call (202) 707-5080.
Hat tip to the Law Library of Congress.
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Sunday, April 5, 2020
Take the July Bar Exam in September
Law.com reported that the National Conference of Bar Examiners will offer bar exams on September 9-10, and again on September 30-October 1. These dates will allow jurisdictions to skip the July bar exam and offer it instead in September.
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Friday, April 3, 2020
Video Message for Law Students
The law faculty at Loyola University New Orleans made a short video for its students, but actually they expressed the wish of every law faculty for each of its students. Have a look by clicking here.
Hat tips to Dean Madeleine M. Landrieu and Professor Mary Garvey Algero.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Hague Adoption Convention Now Has 102 Parties
On April 1, 2020, the Convention of 29 May 1993 on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the “Adoption Convention”) entered into force for the Republic of the Congo, following the deposit of its instrument of accession on 11 December 2019. The Adoption Convention now has 102 Contracting Parties.
The Republic of the Congo is not a yet a member of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The Adoption Convention is the first HCCH Convention it has joined.
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Use Congress.Gov to Stay Up to Date with U.S. Federal Legislation
Keeping current with federal legislation is a time-consuming research task.
Or is it?
Congress.gov offers several ways to track federal legislation and legislative actions. We recommend a blog post by Robert Brammer, "Congress.gov Keeps You Up to Date with Email Alerts."
Click here to read about email alerts from Congress.gov.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
An Online Interview with ICJ Judge Joan Donoghue
The International Law Students Association (ILSA), the organization that normally brings you the International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, has kindly scheduled a broadcast of "A Conversation with Judge Joan Donoghue," moderated by Amir Farhadi of Dechert LLP.
The event will be held online on April 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. GMT/2:00 p.m. EDT on Vimeo and Facebook.
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Monday, March 30, 2020
Snapshot of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Mar. 30, 2020)
As of March 30, 2020, the World Health Organization reports:
As of March 30, 2020, the top 25 countries reporting cases of Covid-19 are:
- United States of America :122653 cases
- Italy :97689 cases
- China :82455 cases
- Spain :78797 cases
- Germany :57298 cases
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) :41495 cases
- France :39642 cases
- The United Kingdom :19526 cases
- Switzerland :14274 cases
- Netherlands :10866 cases
- Belgium :10836 cases
- Republic of Korea :9661 cases
- Turkey :9271 cases
- Austria :8813 cases
- Portugal :5962 cases
- Canada :5655 cases
- Israel :4247 cases
- Australia :4245 cases
- Norway :4102 cases
- Brazil :3904 cases
- Sweden :3700 cases
- Czechia :2829 cases
- Ireland :2615 cases
- Malaysia :2470 cases
- Denmark :2395 cases
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Law Library of Congress: Ask a Librarian is Available!
The website for the Law Library of Congress includes a feature called "Ask a Librarian." It's free, it's available to law professors, law students, and other researchers all around the globe. And it's open, even if the Law Library itself is closed. Click here to read more about it.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Snapshot of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Mar. 24, 2020)
Italy reported 608 coronavirus deaths yesterday, bringing its total to 5,476 fatalities. Spain extended its lockdown for another 15 days as the national death toll in Spain surged more than 25 percent. Spain now has more than 33,000 confirmed cases.
And Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India announced a stay-at-home order for 1.3 billion people to stay inside their homes for the next three weeks to try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The World Health Organization reports that as of March 24, 2020 (6pm CET), there are:
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Saturday, March 21, 2020
Snapshot of the Covid-19 Pandemic
As of March 22, 2020, the World Health Organization reports that among the 187 countries, areas, or territories with cases of the novel caronavirus Covid-19, there are:
- 294,110 confirmed cases; and
- 12,944 confirmed deaths.
"Covid-19" is the acronym for Carona Virus Disease 2019.
Here are the recent daily numbers of cases reported to the World Health Organization:
- On March 19, 24,200 new cases were reported.
- On March 20, 32,900 new cases were reported.
- On March 21, 27,100 new cases were reported.
Here are the countries, areas, and territories reporting cases as of March 22, 2020. Updated numbers can be found on the WHO website.
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Friday, March 20, 2020
McGill Conference in Paris on International Aviation Liability, Insurance, and Finance Postpoined
The McGill Institute of Air and Space Law has announced that its 13th Annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability, Insurance, and Finance, scheduled to be held in Paris on June 15/16, will be rescheduled for a new date in the fall 2020. The organizers hope to keep the conference in Paris, and we can't blame them for that.
Hat tip to Brian F. Havel.
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March 20, 2020 | Permalink | Comments (0)
International Contract Law: Force Majeure and the Covid-19 Pandemic
One of the legal issues for international businesses is whether contracts are enforceable in a pandemic. If a contract contains a force majeure clause, it probably doesn't specifically include a pandemic as a triggering event. Does the contract need to include pandemics specifically or will the general language of the clause include an unforeseeable and uncontrollable event such as a pandemic? Does force majeure excuse a simple inability to pay if the banking system is still functional (and the only problem is that the buyer has no money)? What exactly will excuse performance under force majeure under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Article 2-615, Article 79 of the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG), or under another country's civil or commercial code? What notice must be given to invoke force majeure?
The topic is one arising repeatedly this week. It was the focus of the phone conference of the International Contracts Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law, and it will be the focus of a CLE program next week at the Chicago Bar Association.
Hat tip to William P. Johnson, Chair of the International Contracts Committee of the ABA Section of International Law and Dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law.
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