Programs & Events

Past Program Archive

Past Nanda Center programming, both annual and occasional, is often recorded, with supporting information and materials available to view or download. Expand items in the list below to access archived information and materials from past Nanda Center programs and events. For archived information and materials from past Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquia, please see the Sutton Colloquium page.

• 2022 – Michael Scharf – Holding Russia Accountable for War Crimes in the Ukrainian War
  

  Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shocked the conscience of humanity. The country has literally become a nation-wide crime scene. Worldwide, cries for accountability are deafening. But are Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders beyond the reach of international criminal law? In the Cox-Price Human Rights Lecture, Dean Michael Scharf will discuss the options and obstacles to bringing Russian leaders to justice for the crime of aggression and war crimes in Ukraine.

  Online and In Person | October 9, 2022

  Michael Scharf is co-Dean and Joseph C. Hostetler -- BakerHostetler Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He was recently elected President of the American Branch of the International Law Association.

  Michael Scharf Bio

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• 2021 – Cybersecurity Law & Practice for the Generalist

  WEDNESDAYS, FEB 24, MAR 3, MAR 10 | 7:30 - 9:00 AM MST

  FEB 24: CYBERSECURITY: THE BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY AND LEGAL CONTEXTS

  1. The technology and legal basics of cybersecurity
  2. The legal basics of cybersecurity

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  MAR 3: GOVERNANCE, RISK ASSESSMENT, DILIGENCE AND DEFENSE

  1. Governance Basics
  2. Law Enforcement
  3. Defenses

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  MAR 10: CYBERSECURITY IN ACTION - THREE SCENARIOS

  1. Initial client consultation
  2. Security breach and/or regulatory inquiry of client
  3. Breach at law firm that impacts representation of client

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  Registration is free. CLE fee: $25 per session or $60 for all three

  Approved for 2 general and .6 ethics credits per session.

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  Speaker Bios

  2021 Winter In-House Counsel Program

• 2020 – Corruption, Bribery, & Undue Influence in Transitional Business

  Wednesdays, May 20, 27, and June 3, 2020 | 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

  Part I: Introduction to the issues and their effect;

  Part II: What legal regimes are in place and available to practitioners; and

  Part III: How to create a robust, enforceable compliance program.

  REGISTER: CLOSED

  Zoom link will be sent upon registration.

  CLE: 6 credits, including 4.5 Ethics, $75 per registrant for the three sessions

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  1. Corruption, Undue Influence, and Transnational Business | Wednesday, May 20, 2020 | 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

  James E. Nelson, PE, JD, ret., FCIArb, past International Counsel, Global Vice President, and General Counsel, Gates Corporation
  Ian B. Bird, Esq., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Norican Global A/S, Sturm College of Law JD ‘77
  Howard Schirmer, MSC, P.E., President and Owner, Transnational Associates, Inc., Past President and Managing Director, CH2M Hill International

  Analysis of issues and detection of problems: outright bribery; operational issues; and corruption of dispute resolution

  View the webinar https://udenver.zoom.us/rec/share/79FpNLLppjJLTtb3xl_Oc4cjQrXvT6a81XJK__Vfnxz9XfP844fExIAh6QTjtCQF
  Access Password: nanda-du-1864

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  2. Corruption and Enforcement in Transnational Business | Wednesday, May 27, 2020 | 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

  Lucinda Low, Esq., Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC
  Gilbert Porter, Esq. Partner, Haynes and Boone, New York, New York, Sturm College of Law JD '77
  Ved Nanda, Distinguished University Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

  Current state of the law and enforcement actions (US, UK, OECD and others)

  View the webinar https://udenver.zoom.us/rec/share/zulyC5erqERLYNbN8FmYVJU4HYv1aaa8gShKqPUOykZtJHjw143r6lvUuQjW6r0D
  Access Password: nanda@du2020

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  3. Global Trade, Anti-Corruption, and Compliance | Wednesday, June 3, 2020 | 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

  Stephen Gottesfeld, Esq., Executive Vice President, Chief Sustainability & External Affairs Officer, Newmont Goldcorp, Sturm College of Law JD ‘93
  Douglas G. Scrivner, former General Counsel Accenture, member and former Chair, University of Denver Board of Trustees, Sturm College of Law JD ’77
  Scott Sullivan, Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer, Newmont Goldcorp

  View the webinar https://udenver.zoom.us/rec/share/5OhTIp7L7FlOZ4nS-l_AeagjHpnpX6a80SYc_P...
  Access Password: nanda-du-2020!!

  The dynamics of sanctions, export, anti-boycott, and anti-bribery regulations in multinational compliance programs. What makes a good compliance program?

• 2020 – S. James Anaya – Race & the Law: Still Work to Do
  

  The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007, after more than two decades of discussions in which indigenous peoples themselves played a leading role. The declaration affirms that “indigenous peoples and individuals are free and equal to all other peoples and individuals,” and that “indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination.” On that basis the declaration affirms a series of related rights and state obligations to secure the survival of indigenous peoples on their own terms. But what specifically are the implications of this United Nations declaration for indigenous peoples in the United States?

  In his lecture Dean S. James Anaya will explain the legal status of the declaration, the United States’ official posture toward it, and its potential relation to decision making by political and judicial actors in the country. He will argue that the declaration signals international legal and policy prescriptions that should influence decision making by the federal courts and the political branches of government on matters concerning indigenous or Indian nations. In this way, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples can be a vehicle for significant, needed reform of United States law and policy on the rights and status of the country’s first peoples.

  The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Vehicle of Reform in the United States

  S. James Anaya, Dean and Distinguished University Professor, University of Colorado School of Law
  September 25, 2020 | 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  Via Zoom

  Approved for 1 General CLE credit (free)

  S. James Anaya is the current dean of the University of Colorado Law School. He has taught and written extensively on international human rights and issues concerning indigenous peoples, and has lectured in many countries throughout the world.

  S. James Anaya Bio

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• 2019 – Sherry Broder, Esq.
  

  Monday-Wednesday, October 1 & 2

  10/1 | 4:30PM – 6PM | Forum | RECEPTION

  10/2 | 12PM – 1PM | LAW 190 | LECTURE
  ON THE FRONT LINES: FIGHTING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

  International Human Rights lawyer Sherry Broder has been on the front lines of protecting and redressing human rights violations for decades. She was the first woman president of the Hawaii Bar Association and serves as president of the Federal Bar Association for the District of Hawaii. She is Executive Director, Jon Van Dyke Institute of International Law & Justice, Adjunct Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, and Adjunct Research Fellow, East-West Center, University of Hawaii.

  Professor Broder will discuss her 30+ years representing clients in state and federal courts in class actions and other complex civil litigation at the trial and appellate level. Her areas of concentration include trials, appeals, class actions, personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, international law, ocean law, environmental law, human rights, and rights of Native Hawaiians and other indigenous peoples.  She won a major lawsuit ($2 billion) against the Marcos Family in reparations for human rights violations against the people of the Philippines.

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• 2019 – Professor Michael Scharf, Dean, Case Western Reserve Law School

  Wednesday, 10/9 | 5PM – 7PM | LAW 165 & Forum
  THE SYRIA CONFLICT’S IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL LAW
  Free; 1 general CLE credit ($20)

  

  The Nanda Center recognized Professor Michael Scharf as the 2019-2020 Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Lecturer in Human Rights for his extraordinary ongoing contributions and leadership in the advancement of international law and policy.

  Scharf discussed that the international law of self-defense and of humanitarian intervention have been fundamentally altered by events in Syria. He contended that the abuse of the veto during the Syria crisis has led to the greatest shift in power—from the UN Security Council to the UN General Assembly—since the 1970 Uniting for Peace resolution.

  Michael Scharf is co-Dean of the Case Western Reserve Law School, Joseph C. Hostetler – Baker/Hostetler Professor of Law, and Managing Director of the Public International Law and Policy Group, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated NGO. His areas of expertise include International Law, International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, Law of International Organizations, and National Security Law. He served as Attorney-Adviser for UN Affairs at the US Department of State. He has been the host and producer of “Talking Foreign Policy,” a radio program broadcast on WCPN 90.3 FM and other NPR affiliate stations across the country. He is the author of over 100 scholarly articles and 19 books, three of which have won national book of the year honors. His newest book, The Syria Conflict’s Impact on International Law, is forthcoming (University of Cambridge Press, 2019).

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• 2019 – Henry & Mary Bryan International Private Law Lecturer and Scholar-in-Residence Anthony Carroll, Esq., Manchester Trade Ltd., Acorus Capital, LLC
  

  Denver Law alum Anthony Carroll, JD '75, was honored as the 2019/20 Henry and Mary Bryan Lecturer in International Private Law for his leadership and realization of international trade in sub-Saharan Africa.

  Tony Carroll is vice president of Manchester Trade Ltd. He has over 35 years as a corporate lawyer and business advisor in the areas of international trade, development and investment primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently working to transfer new technology and methodology to the region. His wide-ranging practice has allowed him to work on issues involving many African countries including oil and gas/energy, construction material manufacturing, fisheries and textile investments among many others. He is globally recognized for his expertise on WTO issues, cross-border investment and corporate commercial transactions, building consensus between divergent African/non-African perspectives and the development of business and professional associations. He is considered one of the preeminent specialists advising developing countries on the creation of enabling environments required for investment flows.

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• 2019 – Dr. Douglas Jackson, President/CEO of Project C.U.R.E.
  

  

  Dr. Douglas Jackson serves as the President/CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Each week, Project C.U.R.E. delivers approximately four semi-truck loads of donated medical supplies and equipment to desperately needy people around the world. Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E. has delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 135 countries. Project C.U.R.E. is consistently recognized with the highest rankings from Guidestar and Charity Navigator, and was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 charities in America.

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• 2018 – Corruption & International Law: ICSID Grot v. Moldova Investment Arbitration Case

  MONDAY, AUGUST 13 || 12 NOON - 1 PM || LAW 180

  THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND THE COMMUNITY

  SYNOPSIS:

  International law does not exist as mere theory. It is actively applied in thousands of international arbitration cases across the globe on a daily basis. Billions of dollars ride on the outcome of these cases. The number of international investment cases is also skyrocketing. Five DU law alumni recently won an international investment arbitration case before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Grot v. Republic of Moldova. Join Gleason Wells partners Todd Wells, JD’77 and Ted Gleason, JD’07, along with their co-counsels Andrew Astuno, JD’11, and Giedre Stasiunaite, JD’16, to learn about their experience winning this investment arbitration case. The speakers will describe the substantive issues involved in the Grot v. Moldova ICSID case and the field of international investment law generally, but will focus more specifically on their personal experiences prosecuting the case for the past three years. The presentation will provide unique insights into international corruption and the difficulties and rewards of practicing international law.

  Todd Wells, JD’77 is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Denver and University of Colorado law schools where he teaches international arbitration and international sales law. Ted Gleason, JD’07, is a professor at the Grenoble School of Management in Grenoble, France where he teaches international business law. Andrew Astuno, JD’11, recently completed a World Bank project in Nigeria and is Of Counsel with the law firm Gleason Wells. Giedre Stasiunaite, ‘JD16, is also Of Counsel with Gleason Wells.

• 2018 – Daniel B. Magraw – The Human Right to a Healthy Environment: Evolution & Urgency
  

  Daniel B. Magraw is an international lawyer working primarily on human rights, environmental and investment issues. He is President Emeritus of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Professorial Lecturer and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

   

   

   

• 2018 – Stephen C. McCaffrey – International Water Law in the Anthropocene
  

  “International water law has developed over time and has become more definite and certain in recent decades. Global climate change has already affected the hydrologic cycle and threatens to disrupt it further. This leads to questions concerning whether international water law is sufficiently resilient to cope with the different conditions brought on by climate change.”

  CLE MATERIALS

  McCaffrey, Stephen C. "International Water Law in the Anthropocene." Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Diplomacy, 24 May 2018, Century Association Club, New York, 7 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036.

  McCaffrey, Stephen C. "The Law of International Watercourses: Some Recent Developments and Unanswered Questions." Denver J. Int'l L. & Pol'y, vol 17:3, Spring 1989, pp 505-526.

• 2018 – Gilbert Porter – Managing Political Risk in an Ever-Risky World
  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• 2018 – Ruth Wedgwood – Democracy & Demagogues
  

  

  Dr. Ruth Wedgwood is the Edward B. Burling Professor of International Law and Diplomacy and the Director of the International Law Program at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C. Previously, she served as a two-term U.S. member of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, sitting in Geneva and New York and reviewing the human rights performance of member governments. She served at the U.S. Naval War College as the Charles Stockton Professor of International Law, held a tenured professorship at the Yale Law School, served for more than a decade as the Senior Fellow for international law at the Council on Foreign Relations, and served as a member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board and the CIA Historical Review Panel. She was also the global President of the 150-year-old International Law Association in London. Dr. Wedgwood currently serves on the U.S. Secretary of State’s Advisory Committees on Public and Private International Law. She is a vice president of the International Law Association (ILA) and on the International Human Rights and International Arbitration committees of the American Branch of the ILA. Her expertise center on human rights law, the laws of armed conflict, United Nations peacekeeping and politics, as well as American legal history. She is the author of numerous articles on international law and organizations, American policy in the Balkans, the use of force, operational problems of peacekeeping, international tribunals and post-conflict reconstruction and the constitutional foreign affairs power. She has published in the American Journal of International Law, Yale Law Journal and European Journal of International Law, as well as Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Die Zeit, and International Herald Tribune. Dr. Wedgwood received her B.A. from Harvard University and her J.D. from Yale Law School.

• 2018 – The UN & the Venezuelan Crisis
  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• 2017 – Jordan Paust – The Incorporation of International Human Rights Law into Domestic U.S. Law: UN Article 55 & More
  

  November 8, 2017

  Myres S. McDougal Distinguished Lecturer in International Law - Jordan Paust

  1 General CLE Credit | 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Reception to follow

  Ricketson Law Building | 2255 E Evans Ave Denver CO 80210 | LAW 165

• 2017 – Todd Howland – Facilitating Human Rights Change via UN Human Rights Field Operations
  

  September 27, 2017

  Todd Howland, JD'86, MA'87, Representative for Columbia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents the 2017 Cox Price International Human Rights Lecture.

  Todd Howland is a veteran in the field of human rights with over 25 years of professional experience with NGOs, academic institutions in countries including the US, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, Switzerland, Ethiopia and Korea. Prior to his current role, he served as Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  1 General CLE credit | 6:00 PM | Reception to Follow

  Cox Price Program & Bibliography
  Slides
  Event Pictures

• 2017 – International Law Society Presents *Hot Topics* – North Korea: A Threat to Whom?
  

  August 22, 2017

  12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch provided

  Ricketson Law Building | 2255 E Evans Ave Denver CO 80210 | LAW 180

   

   

   

   

   

• 2017 – Genocide & Human Rights in South Sudan
  

  Tuesday, April 11, 2017

  The Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law, African Initiatives, and Project Education South Sudan partnered to invite Professor Ved Nanda, Ken Scott, Tamara Banks, and Pa’gan Amum to the Korbel School for an enlightening and engaging panel on challenges to development in South Sudan.

   

   

• 2017 – U.S.–Russia: Comparative Legal Perspectives Series — Cross-border Insolvency & Transnational Commercial Law

  Josef Korbel School, Maglione Hall
  Thursday, March 2, 2017 

  The Honorable Sidney B. Brooks (ret.), Chad Caby, Esq. (Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie LLP), and Robert Lantz, Esq. (Coan Payton and Payne LLC) bankruptcy and commercial law experts in the US participated in a 90-minute program on cross-border insolvency law and transnational commercial law intrinsic in an international bankruptcy case with legal scholars and practitioners from the University of Moscow, Russia. This comparative panel discussed bankruptcy as well as jurisdiction, civil procedure, access to the American court system, cooperation and communication between and among judges in different countries working on the same case, and managing local law and foreign law when they clash in a cross-border environment.

  This program series was initiated in 2015 between the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and Russia’s Moscow State University. It gathers experts, academics, and students from both countries to present and discuss on international and comparative legal topics via a Skype’d conference call. These programs are free and open to students and the interested public.

• 2017 – ABILA Mid-Western Regional Conference — International Law in a Time of Change
  

  February 24, 2017

  Approved for 7 General CLE credits | 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM |

  Livestream – Morning Sessions, 2/24/2017

  Livestream – Afternoon Sessions, 2/24/2017

• 2016 – M. Cherif Bassiouni Presents the Cox-Price Human Rights Lecture
  

  September 28, 2016 

  “We are privileged to welcome the foremost exponent of international criminal law to the Sturm College of Law and the Nanda Center,” says Ved Nanda. “Professor Bassiouni has opened new frontiers in this crucial and ever-growing field of international law.”

  Approved for 2 General CLE Credits | 5:30 – 8:30 PM

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• 2016 – Nanda Center Lunchtime Lecture Series Presents: Putin’s Russia: The Erosion of Civil Society
  

  12 noon | LAW 165

  Dr. Mark Pomar, internationally-recognized authority in civil society, higher education, and the impact of rule-of-law in the Russian Federation. Dr. Pomar is the Founding President (2008 – present) of the US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule-of-Law (USRF).

  Dr. Pomar and the USRF established and provided millions of dollars in grants that supported US-Russia university partnerships, civil society programs, scholar and student exchanges, and non-governmental organizations. In October of 2015, the Putin government declared the USRF a subversive organization and its Russian offices closed. Dr. Pomar’s personal and professional experience was the foundation for this very important civil, economic, and legal discussion.

• 2016 – DJILP Distinguished International Law Awards – The Honorable Sid Brooks, JD ‘71

  Friday, April 28, 2016

  The Denver Journal of International Law & Policy and the Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law announced this year’s Distinguished International Law awards at the Sturm College of Law on April 19th, 2016.

  

  L-R: Honorable Sidney Brooks, Ms. Elizabeth Flaagan, Mr. Ian Bird, Esq., Professor Ved Nanda, Mr. Douglas Scrivner, Esq., Mrs. Mary Scrivner, Mrs. Katharine Nanda, Esq., Ms. Julie Marling.

  Dean Marty Katz welcomed attendees, followed by Nanda Center Board President Ian Bird and DJILP Events Editor, Allison Derschang. Professor Nanda presented the 2016 DJILP Distinguished Alumnus Award to Doug Scrivner for his accomplishments in the field of corporate law; his continuous community involvement; his exceptional leadership of the University of Denver and Sturm College of Law; and his vision and generosity in establishing the Ved Nanda Center for International & Comparative Law. The 2016 DJILP Distinguished Student Award was presented to Julie Marling, elected by her peers for her dedication and commitment to the international law program, International Law Society, the Denver Journal of International Law & Policy, and as a voice for students.

  Professor Ved Nanda presented the Honorable Sidney B. Brooks as the 2016 Henry and Mary Bryan award lecturer in International Law. Doug and Mary Scrivner founded the award in honor of Mary’s parents, to be presented to outstanding practitioners, scholars, jurists in international law. Judge Brooks was recognized for his outstanding work in the field of bankruptcy law; his global outreach to promote the knowledge and understanding of the rule of law; his extraordinary contribution to international judicial training and court management programs; and his sponsorship and leadership of the Brooks-Nanda Russian Law Fellow program at the Sturm College of Law.

  The Denver Journal of International Law & Policy was established in 1971 at the University of Denver College of Law and has been a mainstay of international legal scholarship for four decades as a well-respected voice in the field.

• 2016 – Ten Points of Light: An International Debate on Human v. Data Rights Privacy Protections
  

  April 15th, 2016

  Ten transnational, multidisciplinary legal scholars and professionals explored tensions in their nations over the power struggle for equal human rights protections compared with recent protections to prevent unwanted data invasion. MYCY Radio Production Studio broadcast this discussion Live from the UN Buffer Zone in the last divided capital city in the world, Nicosia, Cyprus.

  1 General CLE credit | 9:00am – 10:00am | Lecture
  
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• 2016 – Conference on Tibet — Rights, Reality, & the Law

  February 17th, 2016 | 5:30pm – 8:30pm | Lecture & Reception

  Sturm College of Law — 2255 E Evans Ave — Room 165

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• 2016 – Rocky Mountain Regional White & Case Jessup Cup Competition

  February 19th – 21st, 2016

• 2015 – Investor–State Dispute Settlement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  November 19, 2015

  

  Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association’s International Law Section and International Transactions Subsection, the Ved Nanda Center for Intl & Comparative Law, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, the University of Denver International Law Society, and the Denver Journal for International Law & Policy, this event looked into the specific area of Investor-State Dispute Settlement as a result of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

  Moderator Kristi Disney hosted a distinguished panel which included:

  Professor Ved Nanda on “A Brief Introduction to the TPP and Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)—Possible impacts of ISDS on Sustainable Development

  Todd Wells, Esq. on “The Nuts and Bolts of ISDS and Why It Should Matter to You” and

  Tyler Rauert, Esq. on “An Overview of Government, Investor, and Civil Society Perspectives on ISDS”

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  1 General CLE credit

• 2015 – Comparative Perspectives — Individual Bankruptcy & International Law

  November 17, 2015

  University of Denver’s Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law and the Moscow State University’s Law School hosted a video conference for a discussion on

  “US & Russia — Perspectives in Individual Bankruptcy and International Law“.

  9:00am – 11:30am | LAW 165 — Ricketson Law Building

  Program

  U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sidney Brooks moderated this engaging and informative comparative presentation and discussion of Consumer Bankruptcy law and practice in the U.S. and in Russia. Participants were from the Sturm College of Law and Moscow State University and featured distinguished panelists—Professor Ved Nanda of the Sturm College of Law-International Law Program, Professor Evgeny Gubin Dean of the Business Law department of Moscow State University, and Moscow State University Professor Svetlana Karelina.

• 2015 – Comparative Perspectives — the Right to Privacy in Modern Societies

  November 13, 2015

  

  University of Denver’s Ved Nanda Center for International and Comparative Law along with Josef Korbel’s Center on Rights Development hosted a video conference with the Moscow State University’s Law School for a discussion on

  “The Right to Privacy in Modern Societies – Comparative Perspectives“.

  Friday, November 13, 2015 | 9:00am – 11:30am | LAW 165 — Ricketson Law Building

  Program

  The discussion focused on respective (US & Russian) constitutional as well as international law surrounding the right to privacy and how it is interpreted within each society. The program was driven by four brief student presentations from the respective participant organizations on various sub-topics such as: privacy vs. security and public interests, privacy in the age of the internet, privacy vs. freedom of speech. There was time for response, questioning and discussion after each student presentation.