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Indiana International and Comparative Law
Review Symposium Marks 25th Anniversary
On February 12, the Indiana International and Comparative Law Review (IICLR) hosted
its annual symposium followed by a celebration in honor of the publication’s 25th anniversary.
This year’s topic, “Is 2015 the Beginning
of the End for the ICC and
Guantanamo Bay, or a Turning Point
for the Law and Practice of International
Criminal Law?” was examined
through remarks by keynote
speaker Professor Bartram Brown,
Professor of Law and Co-director
of the Program in International and
Comparative Law at IIT Chicago-
Kent College of Law. Discussion continued
through two panels. The first
panel examined “The Rome Statute:
Opportunities and Challenges
in Enforcement” and featured IU
McKinney Law Professor Yvonne
Dutton, as well as professor Stuart
Ford, of the John Marshall Law
School, and practitioner Avril Rua
Pitt, LL.M. ‘11. The second panel discussed
“International Criminal Law
and its Influence, If Any, on the U.S.
Military Commissions at Guantanamo
Bay and other Domestic
Tribunals” and featured Assistant
Professor of Law Chris Jenks,
Director of the Criminal Justice
Clinic at SMU Dedman School of
Law; Professor Shahram Dana,
John Marshall Law School; and
practitioner Richard Kammen of
Kammen & Moudy in Indianapolis.
“We were excited that a majority
of our speakers at this year’s symposium
were from the Midwest with
(above) Professor Yvonne
Dutton, Avril Rua Pitt, LL.M. ‘11,
Professor Stuart Ford, Professor
George Edwards, Professor
Bart Brown, Laura Walker, ‘15,
Paul Babcock, ‘15, Professor
Dana Shahram, Professor Frank
Sullivan, Jr.
(left) Practitioners, including
alumni, as well as students
and faculty, gathered in the
Wynne Courtroom to hear the
symposium speakers.
42 IU ROBERT H. McKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW / Summer 2015 Alumni Magazine