International Arbitration: Between Myth and Reality
This year's John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Susan D. Franck, Professor at the Washington College of Law, American University.
About the speaker
Professor is an expert in the fields of international economic law, dispute settlement, and the empirical analysis of international law. Professor Franck's legal experience includes serving at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and practicing in international dispute settlement with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering [now Wilmer Hale] in Washington, DC and Allen & Overy in London, England. She is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Minnesota and the District of Columbia. She is the Chair of the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society of International Law, and a member of the American Law Institute.
About the Brierley Lecture
This lecture on arbitration commemorates the life and work of John E.C. Brierley, who was Professor and Dean of Law at 不良研究所. He was a prominent figure in the discipline of comparative law internationally and the leading Canadian expert on arbitration.
The John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture is presented by 不良研究所 and its Research Team on Private Justice and the Rule of Law, with the participation of the Canadian Bar Association (Qu茅bec branch) and the L. Yves Fortier Chair. It will be followed by an informal cocktail in the Atrium.
An application for 1 hour of continuing legal education to members of the Quebec Bar and the Chambre des notaires is pending.
