World Peace Through Law Section

Upcoming Events

2008

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 – World Peace through Law Section Mini-CLE: Unlawful Imprisonment of Arab Americans: Case Study Hamoui v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 821 (9th Cir. 2004). Seattle attorney Bernice Funk will discuss the Hamoui v. Ashcroft, 389 F.3d 821 (9th Cir. 2004)
case and, in particular:

The facts and law and the government response;
The prejudicial ineffective assistance of immigration counsel and the WSBA response;
And finally, WSBA immigrant grievances against lawyers; are immigrants protected persons?

When: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Where:  Washington State Bar Association
1325 4th Ave., Ste. 600, Seattle

Credits: 1.0 general CLE credit pending

Cost:
Section members: Free
Non-Section members: $25
Non-attorneys: $25
Law students: $8

Registration:   Please register online at https://pro.wsba.org/forms/cle/M80624.asp.

Questions and/or Special Accommodations: Jennifer Keene at jenniferk@wsba.org or (206) 727-8296.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008* – World Peace through Law Section Mini-CLE: American Exceptionalism: A Challenge to Peace through Law. Seattle attorneys Martha L. Schmidt and Marcel Green will discuss the legal concept of American Exceptionalism. The focus of the presentation will be on three strands and new developments of the legal concept: double standards, exemptionalism, and denial of jurisprudence as they relate to the US.

When: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
*Due to Memorial Day weekend, this program is a week earlier than usual.

Where: Washington State Bar Association
1325 4th Ave., Ste. 600, Seattle

Credits: 1.0 general CLE credit - pending

Cost: Section members - Free
Non-Section members - $25
Non-attorneys - $25
Law Students: $8

Registration: Please register online at https://pro.wsba.org/forms/cle/M80520.asp.

Questions and/or Special Accommodations: Contact Jennifer Keene at jenniferk@wsba.org or (206) 727-8296.

Recent Events

2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008– World Peace through Law Section Mini-CLE: "Towards Development of a Code of Conduct for International NGOs."
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - "Pathways to Employment in International Law."
Tuesday, February 26, 2008– World Peace through Law Section Mini-CLE: "Women's Land Rights: Poverty Reduction and Social Change through Law." 1 General Credit.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008– "Teaching Democratic Legal Principles in the Madrassas of Kyrgyzstan." 1.0 General Credit.

2007

Thursday, December 27, 2007 - "Lawyer for Warriors."
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 – "International Human Rights on the Local Level." 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 – "Practicing International Human Rights Law at the United Nations" 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - "Afghanistan's Legal Educators" 1.0 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - "The Shifting Terrain of Human Rights in Contemporary Guatemala". 1 CLE credit.
Tuesday, June 26 2007 - "The Inter-American Human Rights System." 1.0 general CLE credit.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 - "Overview of Health and Human Rights." 1.0 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 — "Formation of a U.S. Department of Peace - Legislative Update." 1.0 CLE credit.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 – "Perspectives on Kosovo". 1 CLE credit.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 – "What Is An Illegal Order?" 1 CLE credit.

2006

Thursday, December 28, 2006 - Year-end Roundup On Human Rights.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE: "Lawyers and Darfur: What Can Be Done?" 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE: "International Law and the Rights of Indigenous People."
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE: "Journey with an Afghan School."
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - "Khmer Rouge Tribunal for War Crimes in Cambodia." 1 CLE credit.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag, Mini-CLE: "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld."
Tuesday, June 27, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE, "Human Rights, Burma and the Law." 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE, "Microfinance and Education: Legal Structures to Promote Peace in the Developing World." 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 - World Peace Through Law Section Brown Bag Mini-CLE, "International Criminal Court." 1 general CLE credit.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006. "Darfur, Genocide and the Law." 1.5 CLE credits.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 - World Peace through Law Section brown-bag meeting. "International Women's Rights and the Global Economy."
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 - "Above the Law: How U.S. Avoidance of International Human Rights Obligations Eased the Way for Torture."