Draft November 2, 2011
Managing North American Security:
Where Do We Go From Here?
NORTH AMERICAN CONSORTIUM ON LEGAL EDUCATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 10-12, 2011
Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom
George Washington University Law School
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
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INFORMATION TO NACLE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
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All Workshop sessions will be held at GW Law School, 2000 H Street, NW,
Washington, DC, in the Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom, unless otherwise noted.
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The hotel for NACLE faculty and students is One Washington Circle Hotel, a 10
minute walk to the workshop venue at GW Law School . NACLE faculty
members must register on the NACLE website (www.nacle.orq) to assure
complimentary hotel accommodations. Non-NACLE faculty should contact the
hotel directly. For more information on One Washington Circle Hotel, see
http://www.thecirclehotel.com
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Thursday, November 10
Afternoon/Arrival
One Washington Circle Hotel
1 Washington Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20037
7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Circle Bistro at One Washington Circle Hotel
Friday, November 11
8.00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Stephen Zamora
University of Houston Law Center
Associate Dean Susan Karamanian, GWU Law School
9.00 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session
U.S. Approaches to North American Security: A Conversation
with Douglas J. Letter, Terrorism Litigation Counsel, US
Department of Justice
10:00 a.m.
Plenary Session
Transnational Organized Crime and Terrorism from a
Regional Perspective
Moderator:
Josê Antonio Caballero (CIDE) —
iose.caballerocide.edu
Presenters:
Josè Antonio Caballero (CIDE)
Vanda Felbab-Brown (Brookings Institute)
Eric Olson (Woodrow Wilson Institute)
Juan Salgado (CIDE)
Participants will discuss how transnational organized crime and terrorism
affect regional security and efforts to confront them. The focus will be
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Friday, Nov. 11 (cont.)
on identifying the problems that the three NAFTA countries face in this
area. Topics include the national security dimensions of due process,
human rights and migration; transnational organized crime;
trafficking in firearms, persons and drugs; collaboration between
state agencies, and areas where collaboration is not working; and the
Merida Initiative,
As a starting point, the session may begin by addressing the current
debate in Mexico over the Bill to reform the National Security Act,
including questions regarding the role of Armed Forces in facing
organized crime as well as the proposed regulation's impact on due
process and human rights. One anticipated outcome of the session is the
establishment of a research network on issues related to transnational
organized crime and terrorism from a regional perspective.
11:00 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent workshop sessions are designed to maximize the exchange of
ideas. For this reason, presenters are referred to as "discussants," to
encourage interplay between the leader of the discussion and other
NACLE participants.
IF YOU ARE WORKING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS, AND
WISH TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN ONE OF THESE SESSIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT THE CONVENOR DIRECTLY.
Cybersecurity and Privacy (Room: Stockton 304)
Convenor: Dawn Nunziato (GWU) - dnunziato@law.gwu.edu
Identifies the risks of cyber disruptions of critical infrastructure, including but
not limited to digital infrastructure; ideas for how to implement a
comprehensive cross-border approach to strengthen the resilience of our
shared digital infrastructure, including enhancing the security of our
integrated communications networks; existing initiatives in the Canada, the
United States and Mexico to deal with threats to cybersecurity; and
implications of cybersecurity initiatives for privacy and due process.
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Friday, Nov. 11 (cont.)
Human Rights, National Security and Immigration
Status: Convergence and Conflict
The focus for this session is the relevance or role of human rights in
enabling security in the context of migration and border issues. This
focus will be explored from a variety of perspectives, including how
human rights protections align with and diverge from state security and
economic interests; how exclusion practices that are intended to
promote security may undermine it; and how ignoring the human rights
of some groups may relate to the ‘success’ of organized crime. These
perspectives will draw upon examples such as the situation of
undocumented trans-migrant workers within a state, and persons who
are flagged as raising security concerns.
Speakers include Jennifer Bond (Ottawa), Gerhald Niedrist (EGAPITESM) & Constance MacIntosh (Dalhousie)
International Trade and North American Security
(Room: Stockton 305)
Convenor: Tony VanDuzer (Ottawa) — Vanduzer@uottawa.ca
Features a panel on the work of the Beyond the Border Working Group
on enhanced border cooperation between Canada and the United States.
The report will set out strategies to enhance Canada/US cooperation
with the goals of improving security in both countries while facilitating
the cross-border movement of goods and
Speaker: Deborah Myers, Director of Canadian Affairs, US
Department of Homeland Security
Commentators: Professors Armand de Mestral (McGill) and Gabriel
Cavazos-Villanueva (ITESM), Steve Charnovitz (GWU), Luis
Ricardo Rodriguez Meneses (ITESM) and Salvador Behar of the
Mexican Ministry of the Economy will address the merits of the plan and
the feasibility of extending it to the United States-Mexico Border.
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Friday, Nov. 11 (cont.)
12:30 p.m.
Luncheon
Michael K Young Faculty Conference Center, Burns 505
"Securing North America and the Challenge to Individual Rights
and Liberties"
Professor Jeffrey Rosen, GW Law School and Legal Affairs
Editor of The New Republic
2:00 p.m.
NACLE Student Essay Competition - Presentations of awardwinning papers by NACLE students, with commentary from
NACLE faculty on each paper [Jacob Burns Moot Courtroom]
Lucas Gifuni, McGill University, Montreal
"The CEC Council’s Discretionary Decision-Making under Article 15 of the NAAEC and its Legality
under International Law"
Rachel Godley, Dalhousie University, Halifax
"Stand up, Turn around, Lie down: California’s Proposition 2 and the Canadian Perspective on Farm
Animal Welfare Law"
Juan Pablo Hugues Arthur, CIDE, Mexico City
"National Treatment of North American Investment in Mexico: A NAFTA Chapter XI case study"
Florence Sauvé-Lafrance, University of Ottawa
"L’arbitrage International Entre Investisseurs et États, Incohérence et Manque de Légitimité"
Jennie Simmons, University of Arizona
"The Hague Convention’s Unforeseen Development: Perpetuating the Subordination of Domestic
Violence Victims"
Ricardo Ortiz-Platas, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City
"Propuesta de cooperación trilateral en materia de competencia económica para fortalecer a la Comisión
Federal de Competencia"
Magda Sanchez, ITESM, Monterrey
"Gambling Regulation in the NAFTA Countries: A Comparative Analysis"
5:00 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
Adjourn
Dinner
Kellari Taverna, 1700 K Street, NW, Washington DC 20006
202.535.5274 http://kellaridc.com/
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Saturday, November 12
9:00 a.m.
Plenary Session
"How Can We Make North America Secure?"
Professor Robert Pastor, Director of the Center for North
American Studies, American University; author of The North
American Idea (Oxford UP, 2011)
Commentator: Laura Spitz, Miller Thomson/UBC
10.00 a.m.
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Transnational Pedagogy and Research: Best Practices
V i r t u a l N A C L E - Report on initiatives taken, including NAFTA in Trilateral
Perspective Elizabeth Trujillo (Suffolk) and Tony VanDuzer (Ottawa)
NACLE - CEC project - Lee Paddock (GWU) and Tracy Hester (Houston)
10:45 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Workshop Sessions —
Roundtable on Collaborative Cross -border Teaching
a n d L e a r n i n g Activities (Stockton 304)
Small group discussions to develop ideas for cross-border teaching
initiatives, with an emphasis on developing specific projects to promote
student interaction among NACLE members.
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Saturday, Nov. 12 (cont.)
Environmental Law – Working Session of the NACLE – CEC
project (Stockton 301). Environmental law professors from
NACLE law schools held a workshop in Montreal, at the headquarters of
the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC —
www.cec.orq), to develop a multi-year project that will engage NACLE
professors and students in an objective, critical assessment of the
citizen submission process employed by the CEC pursuant to the
environmental side agreement to NAFTA. The citizen submission
process permits individuals or groups to seek a review by the CEC
of complaints concerning lack of enforcement of environmental laws in
Canada, Mexico or the United States. Interested NACLE professors or
students will discuss the CEC project. Lee Paddock (GWU)
(lpaddock@law.gwu.edu) Tracy Hester (Houston)(
tdheste@uh.edu) are the co-chairs of the project. Other interested
faculty participating in the session include Stephen Charnovitz (GWU),
Jamie Benidickson (Ottawa), Will Amos (Ottawa), Julio Cruz
(Monterrey Tec) and Armand de Mestral (McGill)
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
Discussion of Issues and Challenges in promoting NACLE
Student Exchanges
Michael K Young Faculty Conference Center, Burns 505
1:30 p.m -3.00 pm NACLE Annual Business Meeting
(NACLE Faculty and Administrative Representatives and other
interested faculty and students)
Michael K Young Faculty Conference Center, Burns 505
7:00 p.m.
“Commencement Dinner/Celebration”
Primi Piatti, 2013 I St. NW Washington, DC 20006
202.223.3600 -- http://www.primipiatti.com
DINNER SPONSOR: LEONARD B. ROSENBERG CHAIR, UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON LAW CENTER
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