
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Laurie Mellas, (505) 277-5915
Jan. 4, 2006
Yale Law School Dean to Speak at UNM
Is the United States Supreme Court prepared to rule in the age of globalization? Harold Hongju Koh, dean of Yale University Law School, will give a free public lecture “International Law and the United States Supreme Court,” Friday, Jan. 27, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the University of New Mexico School of Law, 1117 Stanford NE.
A reception will follow. Free parking is available in the law school's “L” lot.
Koh will cite recent Supreme Court cases involving global issues and discuss whether they demonstrate a consistent philosophy. He will also discuss changes that may result from the recent appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts and possible appointment of nominee Judge Samuel Alito.
Koh has been on the faculty of the Yale Law School since 1985 and became the school's 15th dean in July 2004. A Korean-American, Koh first moved to New Haven as a child with his family in 1961. He graduated from Harvard College, Magdalen College at Oxford University and Harvard Law School.
Koh clerked for Judge Malcolm Richard Wilkey of the D.C. Circuit and Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court. After a brief stint practicing with a Washington, D.C. firm, he began teaching at George Washington University National Law Center before joining the faculty at Yale where he is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law. In addition to teaching international law, he leads courses in the law of U.S. foreign relations, international human rights, international organizations and international regimes, international business transactions, international trade and civil procedure. He is co-author of Foundations of International Law and Relations, published in 2004.
The UNM School of Law Alumni Association, in conjunction with the John Field Simms Memorial Lecture Series, sponsors the talk. The Simms lectures were established in 1954 by a gift from Albert Simms in memory of his brother, John, a trial lawyer and justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Members of the State Bar of New Mexico may earn one general continuing legal education credit for attending the lecture. The CLE registration form is posted online at http://lawschool.unm.edu/announcements/simms/form.php .
For more information on CLE registration, contact Claire Conrad 277-0080.
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