“Global Legal Issues and Wisconsin”
Outreach Workshops for Attorneys, Policy Makers, State Agencies, Civil Society
Groups and Other Interested Groups on Global Legal Issues
Agenda: 2:45-6:00 pm (reception from 5:30-6:00 pm)
Venue: Lubar Commons (7200 Law), UW Law School
Sponsors: Global Legal Studies Center, UW Law School; Center for World Affairs and the Global
Economy (WAGE), UW-Madison; and co-sponsored by the International Practice Section of the State
Bar of Wisconsin. For details, visit: http://law.wisc.edu/ils/glsi/events.htm
Description of the workshops: Due to globalization, international society is rapidly shrinking with
the line between international law and national law becoming increasingly blurred. Given the
increasing importance of international law and how close it has become to our day to day lives, we
are organizing a series of workshops on the following topics:
Renewable Energy and Wisconsin, April 13, 2011 (register by April 11, 2011)
Global Health Law, April 25, 2011 (register by April 20, 2011)
Law and Emerging Economies, May 5, 2011 (register by April 29, 2011)
Registration: Registration is free but space is limited. If you would like to register, please fill the
registration form and fax, email or mail it to Sumudu Atapattu (see below for contact details) before
the date indicated above for each workshop in order to facilitate planning:
Resource material: Each registered participant will receive resource material which will include
published articles by the speakers and other relevant documents.
CLE credit:
CLE credit for Wisconsin attorneys is pending.
Questions?
Contact: Sumudu Atapattu
Associate Director,
Global Legal Studies Center
University of Wisconsin Law School, Room 6222
975 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706
Phone:(608) 890 1395, fax:(608) 262 5486, saatapattu@wisc.edu
Outreach Workshop on Renewable Energy & Wisconsin
April 13, 2011
2:45-6:00pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
University of Wisconsin Law School
Workshop overview
Much attention has been paid to renewable energy in recent years with more and more evidence
surfacing on climate change highlighting that the international community has to move away from
its reliance on fossil fuels. The current high gasoline prices fuelled by unrest in the Middle East have
contributed to the debate. While US federal legislation on the subject may be stalled, no country in
the world would escape the consequences of climate change. While several options are available, the
best long-term alternative is to develop renewable sources of energy, moving away from sources of
energy that contribute to climate change. This workshop looks at what WI has done to meet this
challenge from several perspectives including the current debate on biofuels and food security.
2:45-3:00
Registration/refreshments
3:00-3:10
Welcome
Sumudu Atapattu
Associate Director, Global Legal Studies Center
3:10-3:30
Wind Siting Regulation in WI
Deborah Erwin
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
3:30-3:55
Legal and policy implications
Elizabeth Wheeler
Clean Wisconsin, Madison
3:55-4:10
Q&A
4:10-4:20
Break
4:20-4:45
Renewable Energy – Industry Perspective
Gregory Bollom
MG&E
4:45-5:10
Sustainable Biofuels and Food Security
John Greenler
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
5:10-5:30
Q&A
5:30-6:00
Reception
Workshop on Global Health Law and WI
Monday, April 25, 2011
2:45-6:00pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
University of Wisconsin Law School
Program overview
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of global health pandemics such as H1N1 and avian flu
causing considerable panic among the international community as well as various restrictions
imposed on people. Again, similar to climate change, no country or state would be spared if a
global health pandemic breaks out. This workshop looks at how the WHO responds to pandemics,
the experience of a practitioner, healthcare law adopted by the Obama Administration and
Perspectives on the Legislative Study Committee on Health Care Reform.
2:45-3:00
Registration/refreshments
3:00-3:05
Welcome
Sumudu Atapattu
Associate Director, Global Legal Studies Center
3:05-3:25
Global Health Pandemics and Law
Dr Maya Prabhu
Yale Medical School & Center for International Sustainable Development Law
3:25-3:50
Global health – practitioner’s perspective
Lori Diprete Brown
Center for Global Health, UW-Madison
3:50-4:10
Q&A
4:10-4:20
Break
4:20-4:45
US Healthcare Law
Tommy Thompson (tbc)
Former Governor of WI
4:45-5:10
Perspectives on the Legislative Study Committee on Health Care Reform.
Attorney Barbara Zabawa
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., Madison
5:10-5:30
Q&A
5:30-6:00
Reception
Outreach Workshop on Law and Emerging Economies
Thursday, May 5, 2011
2:45-6:00pm
University of Wisconsin Law School
Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
Workshop overview
It is no secret that the global economic structure is changing with several “developing” countries
playing an important role in the global market. UW Law School is working on a project that looks
at these emerging economies – India, Brazil and China – and this workshop will launch this
initiative. It will provide an overview of the project followed by presentations on each country.
While UW-Madison has several country initiatives, this project will look at these emerging
economies in a holistic manner.
2:45-3:00
Registration/refreshments
3:00-3:05
Welcome
Dean Gilles Bousquet
Division of International Studies, UW-Madison
3:05-3:20
Law and Emerging Economies: A Practitioner’s View
Timothy Sheehan
Foley & Lardner
3:20-3:30
Law and Emerging Economies at UW: An Overview
David Trubek
UW Law School
3:30-4:20
Work in Progress by UW Faculty and Partners
(a) China
The Role of Foreign Law Firms
Sida Liu, UW-Madison
Foreign Direct Investment
John Ohnesorge, UW Law School
(b) India
Intellectual Property
Shubha Ghosh, UW Law School
Foreign Direct Investment
Charles Maddox/Jonathan Burton MacLeod, Jindal Law School, India
The Indian Judiciary
Marc Galanter, UW Law School
4:20-4:30
Break
4:30-5:00
(c) Brazil
Capital Markets
Mario Gomes Schapiro, FGV Law School, Brazil
(c) Russia
The Russian Legal Profession
Kathryn Hendley, UW-Madison
(e) South Africa
Heinz Klug, UW Law School
5:00-5:15
The Way Forward
Heinz Klug/David Trubek, UW Law School
Tim Sheehan, Foley & Lardner
5:15-5:45
Q&A
5:45-6:15
Reception