Schedule of Speakers
The schedule* for the 2007-2008 Meeting Year is below. All meetings are on Tuesdays at the Cleveland City Club, 2nd floor, 850 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
September 18, 2007: Richard O. Cunningham, from the Washington, D.C. office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP will present on “International Trade Developments – The Outlook for Developments in International Trade Law and Policy”. 1 Hour CLE Pending (Ohio). Sponsored by Kelemen & Company Translation Services, Cleveland, Ohio
October 16, 2007: Daniel F. Roules, from the Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Shanghai office, will present on “Taking the Fast Boat to China: A Tour Through Recent Legal Developments”. Sponsored by Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP, Cleveland, Ohio.
November 13, 2007: Simon Potter, from the McCarthy Tetrault firm, Montreal, Canada, will present on “Recent Developments from the Canadian Courts”. Sponsored by Porter Wright Morris and Arthur LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
January 22, 2008: Ellen G. Yost from the Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP firm, New York, N.Y., will present on “Update on Immigration Law and Policy“. Sponsored by Rosner Partners LLP, Cleveland, Ohio.
February 19, 2008: Homer E. Moyer, Jr. from the Miller & Chevalier firm, Washington, D.C. will present on “Points of Compliance with U.S. Regulations Impacting International Business”. Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, Ohio.
March 18, 2008: Larry D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, United Nations will present on “UN War Crimes Tribunals: What Works and What Doesn’t”. Presented in cooperation with the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve School of Law, Cleveland. 1.5 Hours CLE Pending (Ohio). Sponsored by Tucker, Ellis and West LLP, Cleveland, Ohio.
April 15, 2008: Gerald Aksen, formerly from the Reid & Priest firm, New York, N.Y., General Counsel of the American Arbitration Association, and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, will present on “Fifty Years of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards”. Sponsored by Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
May 20, 2008: Coaraci do Vale from the Franca Ribiero Advocacia in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will present on “Brazil: Update on Law and Policy”. Sponsored by Baker & Hostetler LLP.
June 10, 2008: Ronn Richard, President and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, will present on “Cleveland’s International Future”. Sponsored by Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
*Schedule is tentative and subject to change
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