LITIGATING PALESTINE

DAY ONE

Panel I – Palestinian claimants and defendants before U.S. Courts (03/25/11)

• Professor Gwynne Skinner, Willamette University Law School, “The Nonjusticiability of the Middle East: U.S. Human Rights Litigation and the Misuse of the Political Question Doctrine”

• Noura Erakat, Adjunct Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, “Palestinians in US Federal Courts: Constructing a ‘Terrorist’ Prototype”

• Linda Moreno, Esq., “Political Prosecutions in America: Prosecuting Other People's 'Terrorists’” 5:15-5:30 – Break

• Professor Jules Lobel, University of Pittsburgh Law School, “Success Without Victory: The Politics of Palestinian Litigation”

http://www.livestream.com/uchastings/video?clipId=flv_4e914646-7155-468d-af43-02d427b73aa9

- Keynote- Prof. Jules Lobel (03/25/11)

http://www.livestream.com/uchastings/video?clipId=flv_1089b0a3-aaeb-4b53-904d-20d17a406514

DAY TWO

Panel II – Courts in Israel/Palestine (03/26/11)

• Jamil Dakwar, Esq., ACLU – New York, “Hollow Justice: Litigating Palestinian Equality In Israeli Courts”
• Nimer Sultany, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School, "The Master's House and the Master's Tools: Occupation and the High Court"
• Diana Buttu, Esq., "Fitting a Square Peg Into a Round Hole: The Use of Palestinian Courts to Secure Palestinian Rights"

http://www.livestream.com/uchastings/video?clipId=flv_74d53bdb-3883-44ad-9ca1-3a2637b8eed7

Panel III – Other National Courts and the International System (03/26/11)

• Emily Schaeffer, Esq., Law Offices of Michael Sfard, "Litigating Bil'in in Canada: Victories and Obstacles in the Face of an ‘Inconvenient’ Forum"
• Daniel Machover, Esq., Hickman and Rose, “Delegitimising the Rule of Law – The Israeli Campaign Against Universal Jurisdiction”
• Victor Kattan, Lecturer in Law, SOAS, "Litigating ‘Palestine’ before International Courts: The Prospects of Success and Perils of Failure"
• Lisa Hajjar, University of California, Santa Barbara, Discussant

http://www.livestream.com/uchastings/video?clipId=flv_ec2fe65c-35e7-4a3e-ade6-b2e35bef28e1

Panel IV – Beyond Litigation (03/26/11)

• Yasmine Gado, Esq., "The Russell Tribunal on Palestine: London Session on Corporate Complicity in Israel's Violations of International Law"
• Matthew Ross, Esq. and Elizabeth Jackson, “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Defending the BDS Movement from Legal Challenges”
• Samera Esmeir, Professor of Rhetoric, UC Berkeley, “International Strategies of Rule and Liberation Struggles: Between Revolution and War”

http://www.livestream.com/uchastings/video?clipId=flv_a8f0d4b5-581b-4fb8-8f2c-a2d73d803f37