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Events

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Past Events

VIRTUAL -- COVID-19 and the Human Rights of LGBTI People
Tuesday, May 19
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Thursday, May 14
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Education Rebound for all During and After COVID-19: Charting the Way Forward
Wednesday, May 13
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- COVID-19 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Thursday, May 7
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- The Deployment of COVID-19 to Undermine Sexual and Reproductive Health
Tuesday, May 5
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- COVID-19 and Mental Health: Wellbeing and Resilience During the Pandemic
Thursday, April 30
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Movements, Organizing, and Empowerment in the Time of COVID-19
Tuesday, April 28
12:10 p.m.
VIRTUAL -- COVID-19 and its Response: Risks to Refugees, Migrants, and Asylum-Seekers
Wednesday, Aprill 22, 2020
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- COVID-19 in Conflict: What to Expect? And What Can be Done?
Tuesday, April 21
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Innovating Human Rights: Responsibility, Hope, and Strategy in Crisis
April 15, 2020
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Innovating Advocacy: Legal Approaches in a New [Pandemic] Terrain
Tuesday, April 14
12:10 p.m.
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Careers in International Law: Negotiating and Implementing Trade Agreements on behalf of the U.S. Government, a Conversation with Kate Gibson '08
Monday, April 13, 2020
12:30 p.m. | Law Room 4055
VIRTUAL -- Flattening the Pandemic Curve While Upholding Digital and Information Rights
Wednesday, April 8
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- COVID-19's Impact on Health, Housing, Water, and Sanitation: Socioeconomic Rights in Crisis
April 07, 2020
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- Impacts of COVID-19 on Marginalized Groups: Implications for Policy and Advocacy
April 2, 2020
12:10 p.m.
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VIRTUAL -- States of Emergency and Government Powers in and After the Pandemic
March 31, 2020
12:10 p.m.
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Careers in International Law: Law, Finance, Development and Emerging Markets, a conversation with Elizabeth Martinez ('13)
Monday, March 16, 2020 | 12:30 p.m.
Law Room 4045 | Lunch served
Law and Social Movements: The Turn to Law Reform and Policy Platforms in Today's Left
Thursday, February 20, 2020
12:30 p.m. | Law Room 3037

Speaker: Amna Akbar
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-rights-practice-law-and-social-movements-turn-law-reform-and-policy-platforms-todays-left
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Prof. Amna Akbar
Career Session with Prof. Amna Akbar

Thursday, February 20 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
American Journal of International Law Speaks -- "The Proof Is in the Process: Self-Reporting under International Human Rights Treaties"
February 13, 2020
12:30 p.m. | Law Room 3043
Careers in International Law: Anti-Corruption Investigations at the World Bank: a conversation with Robert Delonis
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | 12:30 p.m.
Law Room 4045 | Lunch served
Book Talk: “A Woman’s Place: U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11” by Dr. Joana Cook
Friday, February 7
Law School Room 4042 | 12:30 p.m.

Speaker: Joana Cook
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-rights-practice-book-talk-womans-place-us-counterterrorism-9/11-dr-joana-cook/
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
Gender Dimensions of Business and Human Rights
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Law School Room 4000 | 2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Surya Deva
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/gender-dimensions-business-and-human-rights
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Surya Deva
The Right to Housing and Corporate Responsibility
Monday, January 27, 2020
Law School Room 4047 | 12:30 p.m.

Speaker: Surya Deva
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-rights-practice-prof-surya-deva
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Surya Deva
Career Session with Surya Deva

Monday, January 27 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Book Talk: “Gender, Alterity, and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl”
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 | 12:30 p.m.
Duke Law Room 3037

Speaker: Ratna Kapur
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/book-talk-gender-alterity-and-human-rights-freedom-fishbowl
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Ratna Kapur
Career Session with Ratna Kapur

Tuesday, January 14 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Careers in International Law: From BigLaw to Law 2.0, Lessons from Japan, a Conversation with Mangyo Kinoshita L'05
Thursday, November 21, 2019
12:30 p.m. | Law Room 4045
Salzburg Global Seminar / Lloyd N. Cutler Fellows in International Law -- Call for Applications
Call for Applications

Salzburg Global Seminar / Lloyd N. Cutler Fellows in International Law

February 20–22, 2020
Washington, D.C.
Career Session with Molly Land

Wednesday, November 13 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Invisible Threats: Addressing the Impact of New Technologies in Human Rights Practice
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 4047

Speaker: Molly Land
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-rights-practice-invisible-threats-mitigating-risk-violence-online-hate-speech-against
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Molly Land
Careers in International Law: Law and International NGOs, a Conversation with Chad Turner
Monday, November 4, 2019
12:30 p.m. | Duke Law Rm 4045
The Right to Health in Latin America
Wednesday, October 30 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 3043

Speaker: Alicia Ely Yamin
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-rights-practice-right-health-latin-america/
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Alicia Ely Yamin
Career Session with Alicia Ely Yamin

Wednesday, October 30 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Career Session with Sherry Honeycutt Everett and Verna L. Williams

Monday, October 14 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Guns and Domestic Violence: U.S. and International Human Rights Law Perspectives
Monday, October 14, 2019 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 3037

Speakers: Sherry Honeycutt Everett, Verna L. Williams, and Aya Fujimura-Fanselow
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/guns-and-domestic-violence-us-and-international-human-rights-law-perspectives
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Sherry Honeycutt Everett and Verna L. Williams
Duke-Virginia Foreign Relations Law Roundtable
Transparency, Secrecy, and Monitoring in Foreign Relations Law

Saturday, September 28, 2019
Room 3000 | ALL DAY
Duke Law School
Careers in International Law: U.S. and China - A shifting legal landscape and the future of bilateral investments, a conversation with Feng Xue '95
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
12:30 p.m. | Duke Law Rm 4042
Career Session with John Knox
Tuesday, September 17 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
The Human Right to a Healthy Environment
Tuesday, September 17 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 4045

Speaker: John Knox
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/human-right-healthy-environment
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with John Knox
Careers in International Law Speaker Series -- Working at the United Nations: A conversation with Linda Behnke '13
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
12:30 pm | Duke Law Rm 4045
Modern-Day Debtors' Prisons
Wednesday, April 10 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 4045

Speaker: Nusrat Choudhury
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/modern-day-debtors-prisons
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Nusrat Choudhury
Career Session with Nusrat Choudhury

Wednesday, April 10 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Pillage of Natural Resources as a Restraint on the Use of Force
Wednesday, March 27 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 4045

Speaker: James G. Stewart
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/pillage-natural-resources-restraint-use-force
- For information about the career session: Career Session with James G. Stewart
Career Session with James Stewart

Wednesday, March 27 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
The #MeToo Movement in Japan
Monday, March 18 | 12:30 p.m.
Law School Room 4045

Speaker: Kazuko Ito
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/metoo-movement-japan
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Kazuko Ito
Career Session with Kazuko Ito
Monday, March 18 | 1:35 p.m.
Law Library, Room 3201
(Riddick Rare Book Room)
Film Screening and Discussion: The Destruction of Memory
Wednesday, February 13 | 5:30 p.m.
Law School Room 3037

Speakers: Tim Slade and Maurizio Forte
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/film-screening-and-discussion-destruction-memory
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
Decriminalizing Homosexuality in India: Love, Law, and the Constitution
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
6:00 p.m. | Duke Law Room 3043

Speakers: Menaka Guruswamy, Arundhati Katju, and Vardhman Kumar
- For additional information about the event, see: https://web.law.duke.edu/news/decriminalizing-homosexuality-india-love-law-and-constitution
- For a video recording of the event: Watch on Youtube
- For photos of the event, see Duke Law Instagram
- For information about the career session: Career Session with Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju
Career Session with Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju
Wednesday, January 30 | 12:30 PM
Law School, Room 3171
Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law
Thursday, January 10, 2019
5:00 p.m. | Duke Law School, Room 3043
Ireland's Referendum Repealing the Abortion Ban
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
12:30 PM | Room 4045
Career Session with Aisling Reidy
Wednesday, November 14 | 1:40 PM
Law School, Goodson Law Library, Riddick Room 3201 (“Rare Book Room”)
Torture Flights: North Carolina's Role in the CIA’s Rendition and Torture Program
Monday, November 12, 2018
12:30 PM | Room 3037
Annual Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law
Thursday, November 1
12:30 pm | Room 3041
Duke Law School
The Beginnings of Islamic Law
Tuesday, October 30
Room 4047 | 12:30 p.m.
Career Session with Catherine Sweetser
Thursday, October 25 | 1:40 PM
Law School, Goodson Law Library, Riddick Room 3201 (“Rare Book Room”)
Litigating Human Rights in the Federal Courts
Thursday, October 25, 2018
12:30 PM | Room 4045
Information Session for 1Ls about joint JD & LLM in International and Comparative Law
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
12:30 P.M. | Law Room 4045
Career Session with David Tolbert
Thursday, September 20 | 1:40 PM
Law School, Goodson Law Library, Riddick Room 3201 (“Rare Book Room”)
Transitional Justice in the 21st Century: Current Developments and Challenges
Thursday, September 20 | 12:30 PM
Law School Room 4045
Humane: The Politics and Poetics of Endless War
Friday, September 7 | 12:30 PM
Law School Room 3037