The Columbia Law School Association has created the Alumni Breakfast Series, which is designed to share the intellectual spirit of the Law School with alumni.
The controversial Goldstone Report, which concluded that Israel and Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes in connection with last winter’s conflagration in Gaza, will be the subject of the first breakfast on December 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The report, the product of the UN Human Rights Council Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, was headed by former judge of the South African Constitutional Court Richard Goldstone.
Discussing the ramifications of the report will be George Fletcher, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, and Adjunct Professor Trevor Norwitz ’90 LL.M. Fletcher is considered one of the leading scholars in the United States in the fields of torts and criminal law and comparative and international criminal law. Among his books is Defending Humanity: When Force is Justified and Why (Oxford 2008). Norwitz, who hails from South Africa, co-teaches the well-regarded workshop The Art of the Deal in Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Norwitz is also a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where the event is being held.
Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Administration will be the topic of a second alumni breakfast scheduled January 20 at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. The guest speaker will be Associate Professor of Law and Milton Handler Fellow C. Scott Hemphill, an expert in antitrust law, regulated industries, and intellectual property law. The 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. event is being hosted and moderated by Marilyn C. Kunstler, a partner at Boies Schiller.
For more information on either breakfast, please contact Fran Williams: fran.williams@law.columbia.edu or (212) 854-6486. View the alumni events calendar.
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