Faculty Activities

March 2017

Professor Sahar Aziz:

• Awarded a $15,000 grant by the Hollings Center to bring law students to research the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan (Mar. 2017).


• Panelist on “Uncertainty in the Middle East: Development, Security and Great Power Politics” at the Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Policy (Mar. 30, 2017).


• Moderated “The Role of Judges in Enforcing International and Regional Agreements” at the International Law Weekend—South conference, The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, Texas A&M School of Law (Mar. 2-3, 2017).

Associate Dean William Byrnes :

• Invited to speak at Education 4.0, Education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Chennai, India, Apr. 22, 2017


• Quoted in “Amazon, Chevron tax disputes highlight uncertainty in litigating against multinationals,” The Sydney Morning Herald (Mar. 27, 2017).

Professor Irene Calboli:

• Served as a member of the scientific committee organizing the International Law Weekend—South conference: The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development at Texas A&M University School of Law, Fort Worth, Texas. Calboli also served as chair and moderator for the panel "Intellectual Property and Trade Agreements" at the same conference (Mar. 2-3, 2017).


• Elected as Member of the Council, International Law Association, Singapore Branch (Mar. 2017).


• Presented "Copyright Reforms in Singapore: What Future for Fair Dealing?" at the Globalizing Fair Use conference at American University College of Law, Washington, D.C. (Mar. 29, 2017).


• Served as discussant at the roundtable “Copyright Balance in International Trade Law,” American University College of Law, Washington, D.C. (Mar. 28, 2017).


• Presented "The Protection of GIs in Asia-Pacific" at the 5th Asia Pacific Forum Challenges and Opportunities for IP Protection, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan (Mar. 17-19, 2017).

Professor Gabriel Eckstein:

• Presented “Emerging Threats: Pharmaceuticals Wastes and Pollutants in the Aquatic Environment” for the World Water Day 2017 – Wastewater Webinar, International Water Resources Association (Mar. 22, 2017).


• Served as panel moderator for “New Developments in Resource Management and Trade: The Internationalization of the Local,” as well as on the Planning Committee for the International Law Weekend—South conference: The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, held at Texas A&M University School of Law in cooperation with the American Branch of the International Law Association (Mar. 2-3, 2017).

Associate Dean and Professor Luz Herrera:

• Hosted over 100 participants from around the world at Texas A&M University School of Law for the 4th Annual Conference on Access to Justice: Incubators, Residencies, Apprenticeships, and Non-profit Law. Speakers included Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Texas State Bar President Frank Stevenson, New York City Courts Judge Fern Fisher and Professor Rebecca Sandefur. Herrera also served as the law school chair of the Conference Planning Committee (Mar. 17, 2017).

Associate Dean Charlotte Ku:

• Organized and opened the International Law Weekend—South program, The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, at Texas A&M University School of Law (Mar. 2-3, 2017).


• Presented “1917: Laying the Foundation for Global Order” at 1917: A Global Turning Point in History and Memory organized by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (Mar. 1, 2017).

Professor Srividhya Ragavan:

• Presented “Patent Backlash: A Case to Redefine Future Roles” at the Intellectual Property and Global Development: Fifty Years After Stockholm Symposium held at Texas A&M University School of Law (Mar. 31, 2017).


• Presented “Trade Issues in India” at International Law Weekend—South: The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, held at Texas A&M University School of Law (Mar. 3, 2017).


• Interviewed for “Use the WTO System Effectively” in The Hindu BusinessLine (by Amiti Sen) (Mar. 5, 2017).


• Authored “Whose Country is it, Anyway?” for India Abroad (Mar. 17, 2017).

Professor Elizabeth Trujillo:

• Served on the organizing committee for the International Law Weekend—South: The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development conference held at Texas A&M University School of Law (Mar. 2-3, 2017). For this event, she:
  • Introduced the plenary speaker, Professor David Gantz from the University of Arizona, who spoke on the implications for North America in renegotiating NAFTA.
  • Organized and moderated the panel “Making Trade Work for Sustainable Development: Possibilities and Challenges."

Professor Peter Yu:

• Joined the five-member External Advisory Board of the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network Innovation Society, which is funded by the European Commission (Mar. 2017).


• Co-chaired International Law Weekend—South: The Global Future of International Trade, Human Rights, and Development, the South regional meeting of the American Branch of the International Law Association, at Texas A&M University School of Law (Mar. 2-3, 2017).


• Presented his forthcoming book chapter, “Biobanking, Scientific Productions and Human Rights,” at Global Genes, Local Concerns: A Symposium on Legal, Ethical and Scientific Challenges in International Biobanking, organized by the Centre for Information and Innovation Law at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark (Mar. 16, 2017). 


• Delivered a public lecture on "Intellectual Property in Free Trade Agreements: Conflict, Coexistence or Convergence?" at the School of Law at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy (Mar. 20, 2017).


• Spoke on "Primary and Secondary Liability of Intermediaries in U.S. Law" at the International Symposium, Online Platforms and Intermediaries in Copyright Law, organized by Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany (Mar. 23-24, 2017).


• Participated in the "Copyright Balance in International Trade Law" roundtable organized by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law and the American University International Law Review (Mar. 28, 2017).


• Organized the Intellectual Property and Global Development: Fifty Years After Stockholm Symposium at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth (Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 2017).