“International Law and Globalization:
Implications for 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:
Global Financial Crisis and Wisconsin – March 25, 2009
International Agriculture and Food – April 21, 2009
Globalization and Labor: Outsourcing and Immigration – May 5, 2009
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 for each workshop in order to facilitate planning:
Global Financial Crisis and Wisconsin – March 19, 2009
International Agriculture and Food – April 15, 2009
Globalization and Labor: Outsourcing and Immigration – April 30, 2009
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 Global Financial Crisis and
Implications for Wisconsin
March 25, 2009
2:45-6:00pm
Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
University of Wisconsin Law School
2:45-3:00
Registration
3:00-3:05
Welcome
Professor Heinz Klug
UW Law School
3:05-3:30
Financial crisis and Wisconsin
Professor Mark Copelovitch,
Department of Political Science, UW-Madison
3:30-3:50
Global financing supplies and networks or global businesses and
effects – speaker tbc
3:50:4:00
Break
4:00-4:20
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Crisis
Professor Darian Ebrahim
UW Law School
4:20-4:40
Q&A
4:40-5:00
Implications for developing countries
Professor Menzie D. Chinn
La Follette School of Public Affairs, UW-Madison
5:00-5:30
Discussion
5:30-6:00
Reception
Outreach workshop on International Agriculture and Food
April 21, 2009
2:45-6:00pm
University of Wisconsin Law School
Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
2:45-3:00
Registration
3:00-3:05
Welcome
Professor Heinz Klug
Evjue-Bascom Professor in Law, UW Law School &
Director, Global Legal Studies Center
3:05-3:25
Bioenergy and science/food security
Dr John Greenler
Education and Outreach Program, Director
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC)
3:25-3:50
(topic tbc) …………… Jed Hepworth
3:50-4:10
Governor's Bioenergy initiative
Rod Nilsestuen
Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection
4:10-4:25
Q&A
4:25-4:30
Break
4:30-4:50
Geographical Indications
Erik Ibele
4:50-5:15
Food safety and regulation
Stephanie Tai/Vicky Bier (tbc)
UW-Madison
5:15-5:30
Discussion
5:30-6:00
Reception
Outreach workshop on Globalization and labor:
Outsourcing v. immigration
May 5, 2009
2:45-6:00pm
Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
University of Wisconsin Law School
2:45-3:00
Registration
3:00-3:05
Welcome
Professor Heinz Klug
Evjue-Bascom Professor in Law, UW Law School &
Director, Global Legal Studies Center
3:05-3:25
Specialty occupations: highly skilled labor
Erik Ibele (tbc)
Neider and Boucher, Madison
3:25-3:50
Immigration v. outsourcing
Daniel Morales
UW Law School
3:50- 4:05
Q&A
4:05-4:10
Break
4:10-4:40
Movement of labor under NAFTA
Professor Kevin Kennedy
Michigan State University
4:40-5:00
Movement of labor in the EU
Maria Pia Belloni Mignatti
Visiting scholar, NYU
5:00-5:30
Discussion
5:30-6:00
Reception
“International Law and Globalization:
Implications for Wisconsin”
Outreach Workshops for Attorneys, Policy Makers, State Agencies, Civil Society Groups and
Other Interested Groups on Global Legal Issues
Registration Form
Name _____________________________________________________________
Institution _________________________________________________________
Designation ________________________________________________________
Mailing address _____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________
Fax: ______________________
Email ______________________________________________________________
I would like to register for the workshop on: (check as many as are applicable)
_____ Global Financial Crisis and Wisconsin – March 25, 2009
_____ International Agriculture and Food – April 21, 2009
_____ Globalization and Labor: Outsourcing and Immigration – May 5, 2009
Mail, fax or email this form to:
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