Agenda

Guided Walking Tour of the Cornell Campus

Join JDSA and the Conference panelists for a walking tour of the Cornell campus. This is an opportunity to connect with the Conference speakers. Meeting point: Law School Courtyard.

Conference Opening, Myron Taylor Hall Rm. 390 (Moot Court Room)

Opening remarks will be provided by Director of Graduate Studies Professor at Cornell University Mitchell Lasser and JSDA President Ayesha Umana-Dajud.

The Berger Keynote Speaker is Federica D’Alessandra, Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC) at Oxford University.

Register for the conference opening here.

Career Path of a Law School Professor, Myron Taylor Hall Rm. G65 (Student Lounge)

Panel members include:

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Jacob Hamburger
• Adjunct Professor of Law Mohamed Arafa
• Vice Dean and Radice Family Professor of Law Chantal Thomas

The panel will be moderated by JSDA Member Upsana Singh.

Register for lunch here.

Panel 1: International Criminal Law and the Law of Genocide, Myron Taylor Hall Rm. 221 (Faculty Lounge)

1. What Leads to the “Crime of Crimes”? A Comparative Analysis of four Genocides – By Özge Karsu & Kerem Gülay  

2. Restorative and Negotiated Justice in Transitional Societies: Rethinking the ICC’s Principle of Complementarity – By Olga Obolenets 

3. Land Grabbing Meets Genocide – By Temitayo Olarewaju  

4. The analogous operation of the ICC and the USA mass incarceration – By Falyn Dwyer 

The panel will be moderated by JSDA President Ayesha Umana-Dajud and Professors Muna Ndulo and Federica d’Alessandra.

Register for Panel 1: International Criminal Law and the Law of Genocide here.

Panel 2: Philosophy of Law, Myron Taylor Hall Rm. 389

1. The Concept of Legal Order between Principles and General Clauses in the Post-Modern Era – By Giacomo Cipriani 

2. Not a rational choice: how AI (regulation) is eroding our autonomy – By Federica Fedorczyk 

3. Coercive-offers and Responding to the Wrong Kind of Reasons – By Benjamin Newman 

4. The Death of Obiter Dicta –  By Amit Singh 

The panel will be moderated by JSDA member Santiago Garcia-Jaramillo and Professors Michael Dorf and Bradley Wendel.

Register for Panel 2: Philosophy of Law here.

Panel 3: Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), Myron Taylor Hall Rm. 387

1. Standing Authorizations for Pro-Democratic Interventions and the Paradox of Sovereignty – By Samira Mathias  

2. Third-State Position Amidst Russian Aggression Against Ukraine – By Kaan Erdoğan 

3. The Big Tech-Military Nexus: AI, Warfare, and the Future of International Law – By Romaissa Ghenai 

4. Addressing the LGBT+ Protection Gap in Armed Conflict: The Legality of Repealing Anti-LGBT+ Laws in Occupied Territories by Jacqueline Stark 

The panel will be moderated by JSDA member Mayar Darawsha, Professor Federica D’Alessandra, and Dean Jens Ohlin

Register for Panel 3: Law of Armed Conflict here.

Panel 4: International Environmental Law (IEL), Myron Taylor Hall Rm. 389

1. Energy Transition Under the Paris Agreement: Legal Analysis of Article 6’s Role in Steering States’ Behavior Toward Mitigation – By Sharaban Tahura Zaman 

2. Integrating Bioacoustics and International Water Law for Assessing the Behavioral Impacts of Underwater Noise on Cetaceans: Towards Private Governance & Enhanced Conservation Strategies – By Ayman Irfan 

3. Third countries’ reactions to the EU CBAM: a Law & Economics approach – By Luca Cerea 

4. Private Climate Governance: Bridging the Gap Between IEL and Economic Incentives – By Ziyi Wang 

The panel will be moderated by JSDA member Maria Alejandra Anaya-Torres and Professor Allison Chartchyen.

Register for Panel 4: International Environmental Law here.

Career Path of a Clinical Professor, Myron Taylor Hall Rm. G65 (Student Lounge)

Panel members include:

• Clinical Professor of Law Elizabeth Brundige
• Associate Clinical Professor of Law Ian M. Kysel

The panel will be moderated by JSDA President Ayesha Umana-Dajud.

Closing Lecture “After Courts”, Zhu Room

The closing lecture “After Courts” will be given by Samuel Moyn Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University and moderated by JSDA member Santiago Garcia-Jaramillo.

Closing remarks will be given by Allan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of Law Jens Ohlin.

Register for the closing lecture here.

Closing Drinks, Big Red Barn