LL.M. 100th Anniversary Program Details

Harvard Law School Graduate Program
Wasserstein Hall
1585 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

LL.M. 100: Transforming Lives and Law Around the World

The overarching theme of the event is the transformative power of the LLM program, both in the ways the program has transformed its participants, and in the ways those participants have had a transformative effect on the law and their countries and communities. 

Friday, September 27

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Check-in/Continental Breakfast

Throughout the day: Campus and museum tours/kids activities/networking

9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome Remarks

  • John F. Manning JD ’85, Harvard University Provost and Dane Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • John C.P. Goldberg, Interim Dean and Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence
  • Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, Harvard Law School

9:30 am – 10:45 am: Plenary 1 – Judges and Judging on International and Supreme Courts

  • Moderator: Vicki C. Jackson, Laurence H. Tribe Professor of Constitutional Law, Harvard Law School
  • The Rt Hon Lady Arden DBE of Heswall LL.M. ’70, Former Justice, UK Supreme Court
  • Alfredo Gutiérrez LL.M. ’98, Justice, Mexican Supreme Court
  • Raul C. Pangalangan LL.M. ’86 S.J.D. ’90, Judge, International Criminal Court (2015-2021)
  • Zha Hyoung Rhee LL.M. ’00, Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

11:15 am – 12:30 pm: Concurrent Panels

  • Legal Education
    • Moderator: William P. Alford JD ’77, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Catherine Claypoole LL.M. ’98, Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Harvard Law School
    • Daniel Jutras, O.C., Ad. E. LL.M. ’85, Rector, Université de Montréal
    • Gerardo Puertas-Gómez LL.M. ’84, President and Professor of Law, Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey
    • Dina Waked LL.M. ’06 S.J.D. ’12, Dean of the School of Research and Associate Professor of Law, Sciences Po
  • AI
    • Moderator: Urs Gasser LL.M. ’03, Rector of the Hochschule für Politik (HfP) and Dean of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
    • Elettra Bietti LL.M. ’12 S.J.D. ’22, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University
    • Michele Davis LL.M. ’02, Partner, Freshfields
    • Armando Guio Español LL.M. ’16, Executive Director, Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC)
    • Rui Guo LL.M. ’06 S.J.D. ’13, Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
  • Climate and Sustainability
    • Moderator: Andrew C. Mergen, Emmett Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Maxime Beaugrand LL.M. ’01, Director, Paris Office, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
    • Ana Margarita Garza-Villareal LL.M. ’96, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability LATAM, CLARIOS
    • Onyi Iyizoba LL.M. ’20, Legal Specialist, International Solar Alliance
    • Bayartsetseg Jigmiddash LL.M. ’08, Manager, Independent Integrity Unit, Green Climate Fund
    • Jenny Sandvig LL.M. ’18, Attorney admitted to the Norwegian Supreme Court, Partner in Simonsen Vogt Wiig
  • International Investment and Trade
    • Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Peter Bekker LL.M. ’91, Arbitration Counsel and Head of Investment Arbitration Task Force, CMS
    • Elizabeth Galdo LL.M. ’00, Former Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Peru
    • Ambassador Chang-fa Lo LL.M. ’87 S.J.D. ’89, Permanent Representative of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization
    • Caroline Richard LL.M. ’06, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer USA LLP
    • Alvaro Santos LL.M. ’00 S.J.D. ’08, Professor of Law; Anne Fleming Research Professor and Faculty Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA), Georgetown Law

1:00 – 2:00 pm: Faculty Lunch Talk: Nudging: Past, Present, Future

  • Cass R. Sunstein JD ’78, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University

2:15 – 3:30 pm: Concurrent Panels, HLS Campus

  • Legal Profession
    • Moderator: David B. Wilkins JD ’80, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Center on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
    • Hon. Dorothy Chin Brandt LL.M. ’75, Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice, Ret.
    • Philippe Coen LL.M. ’91, Vice President and Assistant Regional Counsel, The Walt Disney Company and Founder, Respect Zone anti-cyber bullying NGO
    • Melli Darsa LL.M. ’94, Founder, Melli Darsa & Co., former member firm of PwC global network
    • Dr. Gönenç Gürkaynak LL.M. ’01, Founding Partner, ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law (Istanbul); Professor of Practice at University College London (UCL) Faculty of Laws
    • Chico Müssnich LL.M. ’79, Founding and Senior Partner of BMA Advogados, Brazil; Professor of Corporate Law PUC/RJ; President of the Harvard Law School Association of Brazil
  • Development and International IP
    • Moderator: Ruth L. Okediji LL.M. ’91 S.J.D. ’96, Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Daniela Bassan, K.C. LL.M. ’02, Partner & Trademark Agent, Stewart McKelvey and Chair, Patent Acquisition Committee, Innovation Asset Collective
    • El Cid (Cid) Butuyan LL.M. ’04, UNICEF Director and Chief Ethics Officer (speaking in personal capacity)
    • Balakrishnan Rajagopal S.J.D. ’00, Associate Professor of Law and Development, MIT and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
    • Lorena Sander LL.M. ’04, Legal Innovation Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Criminal Law
    • Moderator: Paulo Barrozo S.J.D. ’09, Professor, John C. Ford Distinguished Scholar, and Associate Dean of Faculty and Global Programs, Boston College Law School
    • Preeti Dash LL.M. ’19, Gates-Cambridge PhD Scholar in Law, University of Cambridge
    • Karla Quintana Osuna LL.M. ’08, Researcher, El Colegio de México and former National Search Commissioner of Missing Persons (México)
    • Selen Siringil Perker LL.M. ’10, Associate Director, Emerging Adult Justice Project, Columbia University Justice Lab
    • Marie-Eve Sylvestre LL.M. ’02 SJD ’07, Dean and Full Professor, Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa
  • Mentoring and Being Mentored (Faculty Edition)
    • Moderator: David Kennedy JD ’80, Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Lucian Bebchuk LL.M. ’80 S.J.D. ’84, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, Harvard Law School
    • Christine Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Frank I. Michelman LL.B. ’60, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University
    • Henry E. Smith, Fessenden Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Lucie E. White JD ’81, Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

3:45 – 5:00 pm: Plenary 2 – Bridging Cultures

  • Moderator: Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
  • Prof. Dr. Malik Āl Dahlan LL.M. ’01, Honorary Professor of Constitutional and Legal Studies, University of St Andrews; Emeritus Professor of International Law and Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London; and Founder, Scotia Group
  • Helena Alviar García LL.M. ’97 S.J.D. ’01, Professor, SciencesPo Law School
  • Roland Ewubare LL.M. ’98, CEO, Madison Avenue Legal Resources LLC
  • CAPT Jacob (Jake) Romelhardt, JAGC, USN LL.M. ’14, Director, National Security Law Division (Code 10) of the U.S. Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General
  • Venera Ziegler LL.M. ’00, Partner, Investment Funds, DLA Piper

6:00 – 8:00 pm: Welcome from Professor William P. Alford and Concurrent Discussion Group Receptions

Saturday, September 28

Throughout the day: Campus and museum tours/kids activities/networking

9:30 am – 10:15 am: Regional Networking and Continental Breakfast

10:30 am – 11:45 am: Plenary 3 – World Leaders

  • Moderator: Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor
  • Luc Frieden LL.M. ’88, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • Ma Ying-jeou S.J.D. ’81, Former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Roberto Dañino LL.M. ’75, Former Prime Minister of Perú

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Picnic Lunch

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm: Group Photo

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Concurrent Panels and Discussion Groups

  • Corporate Law
    • Moderator: Scott Hirst LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’16, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
    • Salvo Arena LL.M. ’00, Partner, Head of International and Co-head of Private Equity, Chiomenti; President, HLSANYC
    • Apostolos Gkoutzinis LL.M. ’05, Partner, Co-Head of Capital Markets Group, Milbank LLP
    • Kyung Taek Jung LL.M. ’86, Managing Partner, Kim & Chang
    • Mariana Pargendler, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Maximilian Schiessl LL.M. ’86, Partner, Hengeler Mueller
  • Human Rights
    • Moderator: Gerald L. Neuman JD ’80, J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law and Director of the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School
    • Maithili Pai LL.M. ’20, UN Advocate, International Service for Human Rights
    • Camilo Sanchez LL.M. ’07, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and Director of the Immigration, Migration and Human Rights Program
    • Grigory Vaypan LL.M. ’13, Democracy Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis and Senior Lawyer, Memorial Human Rights Group
    • José Miguel Vivanco LL.M. ’90, Partner, DGA Group, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Human Rights at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), former Americas Director of Human Rights Watch, and Founder and Former Executive Director Center for Justice and International Law
    • Katharine G. Young LL.M. ’03 S.J.D. ’09, Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School
  • Career Changers
    • Co-Moderator: William P. Alford JD ’77, Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
    • Co-Moderator: May Loh LL.M. ’00, Partner, Albright Stonebridge Group
    • Ghislaine Bouillet-Cordonnier LL.M. ’90, Founder, Albatross Foundation
    • Lester Dally LL.M. ’78, Retired, International Business Consultant
    • Christine (Xiaoyu) Ding LL.M. ’20, Associate, A&O Shearman
    • Caroline Kimeu LL.M. ’15, East Africa Correspondent, The Guardian
  • Armed Conflict (Discussion Group)
    • Gabriella Blum LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’03, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies, and Faculty Director of the Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC), Harvard Law School
    • Naz K. Modirzadeh JD ’02, Professor of Practice and Founding Director of the HLS Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC), Harvard Law School

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Plenary 4: The Future

  • Moderator: John C.P. Goldberg, Interim Dean and Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence
  • Raymond A. Atuguba LL.M. ’00 S.J.D. ’04, Dean and Professor of General Jurisprudence, University of Ghana School of Law
  • Pascale Fournier LL.M. ’02 S.J.D. ’07, Full Professor and Founding Director, Observatory on Human Rights at the United Nations, Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa
  • Drew E. MacIntyre LL.M. ‘93, Vice Chair – TD Securities Inc.
  • Dolly Mirchandani LL.M. ’96, Partner and Head of the Global Infrastructure, Transportation and Logistics Group, White & Case LLP
  • Holger Spamann LL.M. ’01 S.J.D. ’09, Lawrence R. Grove Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Conrado Tenaglia LL.M. ’94, Partner and Co-head of the Latin America Practice, Linklaters

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Pre-Gala Cocktail Reception

7:30 pm – 10:30 pm: “World Class” Gala