High Table Symposium
One of the central features of the LL.M. program is the “High Table” colloquium. Occurring on Wednesdays during the academic year, it is a luncheon attended by students and faculty, focusing on international law research. It features regular lectures by faculty, visiting scholars, distinguished guests, and also offers opportunities for students to present their research.
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Below are examples of discussions led by legal experts who have visited the LL.M. program as guests of our High Table series.
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Donald Gonson, Retired Partner at WilmerHale and Adjunct Professor of International Law at Fletcher, speaks with an LL.M. student following his High Table presentation on practicing as an international lawyer. |
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LL.M. students listen intently during the inaugural High Table of the 2009-2010 academic year as Dean Stephen Bosworth discusses his experience serving as Special Representative for North Korea. |
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Jay P. Stephens, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Raytheon, visited the LL.M. Program’s High Table in April of 2009, and shared his experiences working as general counsel to a multibillion-dollar international corporation. |
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Professor of International Humanitarian Studies and Academic Dean at the Fletcher School, Peter Uvin, spoke on his recent book, “Silence and Dialogue: Burundians’ Alternatives to Transitional Justice”, March 2009. |
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Karl Kaiser, Director of Transatlantic Relations Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School, was our guest at High Table in February 2009. Pictured from left: Professor Karl Kaiser, Harvard; Professor Antonia Chayes, Fletcher; Professor Michael Glennon, Fletcher. |
 | Hauwa Ibrahim, noted Nigerian human rights lawyer and Radcliffe Institute Fellow at Harvard University, spoke to LL.M. students on protecting women’s rights before Sharia courts, February 2009. |
 | Dr. Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice President of Tufts University, lectured on “The Implications of Neuroscience for the Law”, January 2009. |
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Hon. Robert J. Cordy, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, addressed the LL.M. students on the role of the SJC and State Supreme Courts in he development of U.S. law, December 2008. |
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John Rielly (on right), Northwestern University, former President of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Policy Assistant to Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Speaks on “The Foreign Policy of the Next American Administration”, October 2008. |
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Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-Mass), April 2008 |
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