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.
*The information provided in this program is tentative and subject to change*
**This is a closed event and registration has reached capacity. Please feel free to contact us at worldclass@law.harvard.edu if you’d like to be placed on a waitlist to attend the event. We will notify people in the order in which spaces become available, but will not be able to provide updates or respond to requests for confirmation about waitlist status. Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept onsite registrations.**
Friday, September 27
8:00 am – 9:00 am: Check-in/Continental Breakfast, HLS Campus
Throughout the day: Campus and museum tours/class visits/kids activities/networking
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome Remarks, HLS Campus
- 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 LLM ’01 SJD ’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 of Heswall DBE LLM ’70, Former Justice, UK Supreme Court
- Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena LLM ’98, Justice, Supreme Court of México
- Raul Pangalangan LLM ’86 SJD ’90, Judge, International Criminal Court (2015-2021)
- Zha Hyoung Rhee LLM ’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
- Raymond A. Atuguba LLM ’00 SJD ’04, Dean and Professor of General Jurisprudence , University of Ghana School of Law
- Catherine Claypoole LLM ’98, Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Harvard Law School
- Daniel Jutras, O.C., Ad. E. LLM ’85, Rector, Université de Montréal
- Gerardo Puertas-Gómez LLM ’84, President and Professor of Law, Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey
- Dina Waked LLM ’06 SJD ’12, Professor of Law and Dean of the Sciences Po School of Research
- AI
- Moderator: Urs Gasser LLM ’03, Rector of the Hochschule für Politik (HfP) and Dean of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology,
- Elettra Bietti LLM ’12 SJD ’22, Assistant Professor of Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University
- Michele Davis LLM ’02, Partner and Global Co-Head of Tech, Media and Telecoms, Freshfields
- Armando Guio Español LLM ’16, Executive Director, Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC)
- Rui Guo LLM ’06 SJD ’13, Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
- Climate/Sustainability
- Moderator: Andrew Mergen, Faculty Director, Emmett Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
- Maxime Beaugrand LLM ’01, Director, Paris Office, Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
- Ana Margarita Garza-Villareal LLM ’96, Vice-President, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability LATAM, CLARIOS
- Onyi Iyizoba LLM ’20, Legal Specialist, International Solar Alliance
- Bayartsetseg Jigmiddash LLM ’08, Manager, Independent Integrity Unit, Green Climate Fund
- Jenny Sandvig LLM ’18, Partner, Simonsen Vogt Wiig
- International Investment and Trade
- Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Ambassador Chang-fa Lo LLM ’87 SJD ’89, Permanent Representative of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization
- Elizabeth Galdo LLM ’00, Former Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism
- Peter Bekker LLM ’91, Arbitration Counsel and Head of Investment Arbitration Task Force, CMS
- Caroline Richard LLM ’06, Partner, Freshfields
- Alvaro Santos LLM ’00 SJD ’08, Professor of Law 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, HLS Campus
- Cass Sunstein JD ’78, Robert Walmsley University Professor: “Nudging: Past, Present, Future”
2:15 – 3:30 pm: Concurrent Panels, HLS Campus
- Legal Profession
- Moderator: David B. Wilkins JD ’80, Lester Kissel Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Global Initiatives on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School
- The Hon. Dorothy Chin Brandt LLM ’75, Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice, Ret. and former Assistant Dean for the Graduate Program, Harvard Law School
- Philippe Coen LLM ’91, Vice President and Assistant Regional Counsel, The Walt Disney Company and Founder, Respect Zone anti-cyber bullying NGO
- Melli Darsa LLM ’94, Founder and Senior Partner, Melli Darsa & Co., member firm of PwC global network
- Gönenç Gürkaynak LLM ’01, Founding Partner, ELİG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law
- Francisco “Chico” Müssnich LLM ’79, Founder and Senior Partner, Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão and Adjunct Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Development and International IP
- Moderator: Ruth Okediji LLM ’91 SJD ’96, Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Daniela Bassan, K.C. LLM ’02, Partner & Trademark Agent, Stewart McKelvey and Chair, Patent Acquisition Committee, Innovation Asset Collective
- El Cid Butuyan LLM ’04, Director/Chief Ethics Officer, UNICEF
- Balakrishnan Rajagopal SJD ’00, Associate Professor of Law and Development, MIT and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
- Lorena Sander LLM ’04, Legal Innovation Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Criminal Law
- Moderator: Carol Steiker JD ’86, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Preeti Dash LLM ’19, Gates-Cambridge PhD Scholar in Law, University of Cambridge
- Karla Quintana Osuna LLM ’08, Researcher, El Colegio de México and former National Search Commissioner of Missing Persons (México),
- Selen Siringil Perker LLM ’10, Associate Director, Emerging Adult Justice Project, Columbia University Justice Lab
- Marie-Eve Sylvestre LLM ’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 LLM ’80 SJD ’84, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance, Harvard Law School
- Christine Desan, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Frank Michelman LLB ’60, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus
- Henry Smith, Fessenden Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Lucie White JD ’81, Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
3:45 – 5:00 pm: Plenary 2 – Bridging Cultures
- Moderator: Gabriella Blum LLM ’01 SJD ’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
- Helena Alviar García LLM ’97, Professor, SciencesPo Law School
- Malik Dahlan LLM ’01, Emeritus Professor, Queen Mary University of London and Founder and President, Scotia Group
- Roland Ewubare LLM ’98, CEO, Madison Legal Resources LLC
- Jake Romelhardt LLM ’14, Legal & Oceans Policy Advisor, United States Navy
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, HLS Campus
10:30 am – 11:45 am: Plenary 3 – World Leaders
- Moderator: Martha Minow, 300th Anniversary University Professor
- Ma Ying-jeou SJD ’81, Former President of Taiwan
- Roberto Dañino LLM ’75, Former Prime Minister of Perú
- Luc Frieden LLM ’88, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Picnic Lunch, HLS Campus
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm: Group Photo, HLS Campus
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Concurrent Panels and Discussion Groups
- Corporate Law
- Moderator: Scott Hirst LLM ’01 SJD ’16, Associate Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law
- Salvo Arena LLM ’00, Partner, and Head of New York Office, Chiomenti
- Apostolos Gkoutzinis LLM ’05, Partner, European Leveraged Finance/Capital Markets Group, Milbank
- Kyung Taek “KT” Jung LLM ’86, Managing Partner and Chair, Corporate Practices, Kim & Chang
- Mariana Pargendler, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Maximilian Schiessl LLM ’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 LLM ’20, UN Advocate, International Service for Human Rights
- Camilo Sanchez LLM ’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 LLM ’13, Democracy Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis and Senior Lawyer, Memorial Human Rights Group
- José Miguel Vivanco LLM ’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
- Katie Young LLM ’03 SJD ’09, Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, Boston College Law School
- Career Changers
- Moderator: Roberto Tallarita LLM ’18 SJD ’23, Assistant Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Ghislaine Bouillet-Cordonnier LLM ’90, Founder, Albatross Foundation
- Christine (Xiaoyu) Ding LLM ’20, Associate, A&O Shearman
- Caroline Kimeu LLM ’15, East Africa Correspondent, The Guardian
- Alexander Stevens LLM ’15, Founder & CEO, Greenomy
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Plenary 4: The Future
- [Coming soon]
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm: Pre-Gala Cocktail Reception, HLS Campus
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm: “World Class” Gala, HLS Campus