The students will be volunteering at the event throughout the week. "They will be very engaged," said Gretchen Bellamy, the Director of International Public Interest Programs at Miami Law and a program chair and panelist at the ABA gathering, of which Miami Law is a co-sponsor. Bellamy is also the Diversity Officer for the ABA's Section of International Law as well as a co-chair for the section's International Legal Exchange Delegation to Rwanda and Tanzania earlier this year.
Attendees at the fall meeting will include high-level practitioners with some of the largest global law firms; lawyers with regional and national firms in the United States; members of small firms and solo practitioners with international practices; corporate and in-house counsel; lawyers serving in government or with non-governmental organizations and inter-governmental organizations; and academics.
The meeting at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach will include more than 70 concurrent continuing legal education sessions and showcases with world-class speakers; programming on key issues and interest areas; networking opportunities with contemporaries from around the world; special programming for young lawyers and law students; and provisions for a year's worth of CLE credits.
The educational programs that Miami Law is involved in include Pathways to Employment, with Bellamy as a panelist, on Oct. 16 at 3 p.m., for both young lawyers seeking to bring their skills to the global arena and experienced practitioners who wish to expand their practices into international law; The Human Rights Council Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: The Lawyer's Role, moderated by Miami Law's James W. Nickel, Professor of Philosophy and Law, on Oct. 17 at 9 a.m.; International Legal Exchange Follow-Up: The State of Women's Rights and Access to Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Bellamy as panelist, on Oct. 17 at 11 a.m., featuring a discussion about steps the ABA can take to move justice and human rights forward in East Africa; From Norms to Implementation: Realizing Women's Human Rights in the United States, with Caroline Bettinger-López, an Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education and Director of the Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic, as program chair, on Oct. 17 at 2:30 p.m., when the panel will discuss the landmark Lenahan case and other aspects of international human rights law; Right Before Our Eyes: Occupational Segregation and Inequities Faced by Afro-Latinos in the Workplace, on Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m., a forum in which to analyze the inequities that exist for an often overlooked and marginalized population; How Can Diversity Help or Hinder Cross-Cultural Negotiations, on Oct. 19 at 2:30 p.m., which will address how diversity can be an important interest in composing negotiating teams, whether the corporate world should be paying attention to indigenous populations, and so-called "cross-cultural gaffes" that may occur during cross-border negotiations; and Developments in Global Pro Bono: Emerging Opportunities for Law Firms and Corporate Law Departments to Strengthen the Rule of Law in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, on Oct. 19 at 4 p.m.
Bellamy will serve as program chair for the latter three events.
Miami Law to Play Significant Role in American Bar Association Meeting in Miami Beach
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