Deputy U.S. trade representative to discuss controversial international investment agreement during Cornell Law School symposium March 6 and 7

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Lang and other experts on international trade will offer insight into a controversial new international investment agreement Friday, March 6, at the Cornell Law School.

Cornell Law School symposium examines endangered species act and other environmental laws Feb 27 and 28

Attorneys, legal scholars and environmentalists will participate in a Cornell Law School symposium, "Changing of the Guardian: Re-examining the Role of the Federal Government in the Protection of Endangered Species and Environmental Habitat," Feb. 27 and 28.

Law professor's book honored as one of best scholarly works of 1997

A book by Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell professor of law, has been named one of the best scholarly works of 1997 by the Association of American Publishers. Alexander's Commodity and Propriety: Competing Visions of Property in American Legal.

Lecture by former death row inmate rescheduled for Feb. 19 at Cornell Law School

Former death row inmate Rolando Cruz has rescheduled his appearance at the Cornell Law School for Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. in Room G90 of Myron Taylor Hall.

Cornell's Larry Palmer named to AMA foundation's board of directors

Larry Palmer, professor of law at Cornell University, has been named as a member of the board of directors of the American Medical Association's National Patient Safety Foundation.

U.S. ambassador to Croatia to address Cornell Law School April 25

Peter Galbraith, the U.S. ambassador to Croatia, will discuss the successes and failures of the negotiated peace in the former Yugoslavia in a keynote address during "Making Peace Agreements Work," a two-day symposium beginning Friday, April 25, at the Cornell Law School.

Attorney profiled in the best seller A Civil Action to speak at Cornell Law School March 26 on legal ethics, justice and life as a litigator

Jan Schlichtmann JD '77, the principal plaintiffs' attorney in a major environmental civil case documented in the paperback best seller A Civil Action, will participate in a panel discussion on March 26.

John Siliciano, Gary Simson named associate deans at Cornell Law School

John Siliciano and Gary Simson, members of the Cornell Law School faculty, have been named to administrative posts within the school.

China policy expert Byron S.J. Weng will give three Cornell lectures

Byron S.J. Weng, professor of government and public administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong will deliver three Messenger Lectures at Cornell this fall.