Announcements: David Held at Sciences Po; iCourts Conference & Summer School; Cagliari Conference Accountability of International Organizations; ASIL Event on Careers in International Organizations

1) Prof. Olivier de Frouville, University Panthéon-Assas, member of the French University Institute organizes a conference and a master class with David HELD, Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University, Master of University College Durham. The event will take place on 21 March 2014, from 9 h 30 to 17 h 30, in the CERI-Sciences Po Paris Conference Room, 56, rue Jacob, Paris 6ème. Applications for the master class can be sent until 14 February 2014 at olivier.de-frouville {at} u-paris2(.)fr . The applications will include: (1)  a curriculum vitae, clearly indicating the topic of the research and the works already published (if any) or in the course of being published. (2)  A one page letter of motivation. The list of successful applicants will be communicated at the latest on the 28th of February 2014. Further information available here.

2) The Center of Excellence for International Courts, (iCourts) Faculty of Law, Unviversity of Copenhagen is pleased to announce its conference on International Courts and Domestic Politics. The conference will be held a Copenhagen University on September 11^th-12^th. For this conference, we invite both political science, sociology and law papers. Please submit your paper proposal to: Zuzanna.Godzimirska {at} jur.ku(.)dk or Kristoffer.shaldemose {at} gmail(.)com by first of March 2014 at the latest.

The Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) and PluriCourts – Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order is also hosting a high-level summer school for PhD students and junior scholars working on international law and with a special interest in interdisciplinary studies of international law and its social and political context. For more information, see here

3) Conference on “Conceptualizing Accountability in International Economic Law” – The University of Cagliari, Department of Law welcomes submissions that describe cutting-edge research in the following focus areas: Accountability and Law of International Banks; Accountability and WTO Law; Accountability and International Environmental and Energy Law; Accountability and Investment Law; Accountability and Law-makers. Interested participants should provide an abstract of up to 500 words by the 31th of March, 2014 to federico.esu {at} gmail(.)com. Outstanding papers will be selected for publication. More information is available here .

4) ASIL New Professionals Interest Group event on Careers in International Organizations: Wednesday, January 29, 5:30pm-7:30pm; Washington, DC and *livestreamed*

“Working at an international organization offers unique insight into how international law is made through the convergence of national interests, personal dynamics, global realities, and constantly evolving norms.  But how does a lawyer enter these labyrinths?  What is it like to work in them?  How do you get the assignments that advance your career once inside?  And where do you go from there?   Panelists at this event sponsored by ASIL’s New Professionals Interest Group will share the perspectives they have gained from the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and other international organizations, answering these questions and ones posed by the audience. Panelists include: Simone Schwartz-Delgado (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees); Grace Menck (Inter-American Development Bank); Heidi Jimenez (Pan-American Health Organization); Steve Koh, ASIL (former attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Court) Please register/get more info here