Events 2024-25
Fall 2024
September 17, 2024:
"Climate Change and Disasters: The Experience in Rural Australia"
Professor Andrew Lawson, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Agriculture & Law Research Hub
University of New England, Australia
4pm in Lubar Commons (7200 Law), Reception to follow
Sponsored by WI Initiative on Law & Climate Change (WILCC) and the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS)
October 7, 2024:
"Solar Radiation Modification to Combat Climate Change: Into the Great Wide Open?"
Dr Wil Burns, visiting professor, Northwestern University
Noon-1:00pm, 3260 Law (A light lunch will be served on a first come, first served basis)
Sponsored by WI Initiative on Law & Climate Change (WILCC) and the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS)
October 8, 2024:
Information session on Study Abroad and Internships Opportunities
12:15-1:00pm, 2225 Law
Open to all interested law students, pizza will be served
Sponsored by GLS
October 14, 2024:
"Ending Gender Apartheid: Lessons from Afghanistan," Annual Soffa lecture delivered by Professor Karima Bennoune
4:00-5:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center
Reception to follow
Free and open to the public. For details, visit: https://law.wisc.edu/gls/hrp/soffa_lectures.html
October 16, 2024:
"Shared Values, Distinct Roles: The Council of Europe and the European Union" by Dr Reut Paz, JLU Giessen, Germany
International Organizations and You speaker series, sponsored by GLS, School of Business and La Follette School of Public Affairs
4:00-5:00pm Lubar Commons (7200 Law), reception to follow
Free and open to the public
October 30, 2024:
"Democracy and Elections in South Asia," South Asia Legal Studies Roundtable
4:00-5:30pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), reception to follow
Participants: Dean Daniel Tokaji (University of Wisconsin Law School)(moderator)
Professor Jayanth Krishnan (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington)
Professor Neil DeVotta (Wake Forest University)
Dr Cynthia Farid (Hongkong University)(virtual)
Dr Yasser Kureshi (University of Oxford)(Virtual)
Professor Faisal Chaudhry (University of Massachusetts School of Law)
November 12, 2024:
"Political/Imprisonment: Freedom of Expression and the Carceral State Globally"
5-7:00pm, Van Hise Hall 1418, dinner served
Sponsed by HRP, Article 112 Project and Justie in Southeast Asia Lab
November 14, 2024:
"CO2 emissions and constitutional provisions that protect the environment"
Noon-1:00pm, 3260 Law (A light lunch will be served on a first come, first served basis)
Sponsored by WI Initiative on Law & Climate Change (WILCC) and the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS)
November 21, 2024:
“International Migration in Comparative Perspective: The Current Status of Immigrants in India”
4:00pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center
December 2, 2024:
"How Bureacrats Culturally Entrench Inequalities in Refugee Resettlement"
Professor Jake Watson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC-San Diego
11:00-12:15pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
With support from Department of Sociology, African Studies Program, Human Rights Program and Global Legal Studies Center.
December 4, 2024:
"Celebrating Human Rights Day: Flash Talks on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"
Featuring: Ana Carolina Girard Teixeira Cazetta, Paula Monteiro Danese, Norah-Frida Tebid, Emma Bierley, Aranveer Litt, Kayla Buth &
Alicen Rushevics
4:00pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law), light refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by HRP and GLS
December 6, 2024
"Immigration and Empowerment: Rights, Community Response, and Care"
featuring Dr Marla Ramirez, Erin Barbato, Matt Sablan and Luis Velasquez
3:00-4:30pm, 19 Ingraham
Multiple sponsors including Chican@ & Latin@ Studies & HRP
Spring 2025
Past events
Academic year 2023-2024
