The University of Nice School of Law hosts the program on the French Riviera. Nice is one of the most beautiful cities in all of Europe and a launching pad for weekend travel to Italy, Spain, Switzerland, North Africa, and England. The summer program offers four courses in international law: International Business Transactions (Professor Tiefenbrun); Transnational Environmental Law (Professor Tamar Cerafici); Comparative Family Law (Professor Linda McClain); and International Criminal Law (Professor Michael Corrado).

Twelve students from Thomas Jefferson School of Law are participating in the summer program. They will get a chance to meet 51 other American law students from 17 different U.S. law schools, and greet 15 French students from the University of Nice Law School. In addition to their courses, they will get a chance to spend a day in French court, attend a brown bag lecture series featuring law professors and practitioners of international law, and attend other events.

This summer the Program held an international women’s human rights conference titled “Women’s Rights Law in the International Arena” on July 10, 2006. Key speakers included Judge Theodor Meron, President of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; The Honorable Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe and The Honorable Jacqueline Guillenchmidt of the French Constitutional Council; and eminent scholars, program faculty members and other distinguished guests. Professor Tiefenbrun spoke on "Is the U.S. Law on Sex Trafficking of Women Reducing this International Crime in the U.S. and Abroad?"

The following was the schedule for the international conference:

International Law Conference

Women’s Rights Law in the International Arena
Faculte de Droit de Nice (Nice Law School in France)
7 Avenue Robert Schumann, Nice, France 06005
July 10, 2006
2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

2:30-2:45: Introductory Remarks by the President of the University of Nice, Albert Marouani

Greetings from the Dean of Nice Law School

Moderator: Professor Michael Louis Corrado, Arch Allen Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:45-3:15: Judge Theodor Meron, President of the ICTY
“Rape as a War Crime: International Humanitarian Law and the Jurisprudence of the ICTY”

3:15-3:45: Judge Jacqueline Guillenchmidt, Member of the French Constitutional Council
“Women’s Rights Under the French Constitution”

3:45-4:15: Judge Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe, Member of the French Constitutional Council
“The French Head Scarf Case and Why Women Cannot Legally Wear Head Scarves in French Public Schools”

** Break 4:15-4:30

4:30-5:00: Professor Linda McClain, Rivkin Radler, Distinguished Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School
“Why do Conservative Religious Groups in the U.S. Oppose Women’s and Children’s Rights?”

Professor James E. Fleming, Leonard F. Manning Distinguished Professor of Law, Fordham University School
of Law
“Constitutionalism, Judicial Review, and Gender Equality”

5:00-5:30: Professor Susan Tiefenbrun, Director
Center for Global Legal Studies, Thomas Jefferson
School of Law
“Is the U.S. Law on Sex Trafficking of Women Reducing this International Crime in the U.S. and Abroad?”

5:30-6:00: Anicee Van Engeland, L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques
“Women’s Rights in Iran”

6:00-6:30: Professor Elizabeth Defeis, Seton Hall Law School
“Sexual Exploitation of Women by U.N. Peacekeepers: Proposed Initiatives”

Concluding Remarks: Professor Susan Tiefenbrun

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