How Human Rights Issues Impact All International Practices

Location: Jeffers Courtroom (TNH 3.140)

This panel will discuss current international human rights issues and the important impacts of these issues on all aspects of today’s international law practice.  Topics will include an overview of current international human rights standards, how companies and lawyers can navigate international human rights issues relating to employees and indigenous peoples, an outlook on human rights in the current international immigration environment, and how dispute resolution mechanisms are used to address international human rights issues.

Panelists

  • Thomas Wilson, Partner, Vinson & Elkins (Moderator)
  • Professor Ariel E. Dulitzky, The University of Texas School of Law, Human Rights Clinic (Director)
  • Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, Lincoln-Goldfinch Law
  • Eric J. Cassidy, Berg & Androphy

Registration

$30 for SBOT-ILS members; $65 for non-members (includes enrollment in SBOT-ILS section); free to law students. Register here: http://ilstexas.org

MCLE hours available.

For more information, visit http://ilstexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Program-Nuts-Bolts-Austin-2017-final.pdf

Supporters

Sponsored by the State Bar of Texas International Law Section, the University of Texas School of Law, and the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Event series: Workshop