Panel at NYU on Promoting Public Interest Law in Europe: Past, Present, and Future (October 15, 2015)

Network member Alberto Alemanno (NYU) has asked us to invite the network to attend a panel event on public interest law in Europe at NYU next week.  The invitation is below; further information can be obtained from Alberto here.

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Panel on Promoting Public Interest Law in Europe: Past, Present and Future
Thursday, October 15, 4:00-6:00 PM

Hosted by the Office of Global Programs in conjunction with NYU Law in Paris’ EU Public Interest Law Clinic, this event will explore the past, present and future of public interest law in Europe. Looking particularly at clinical legal education and its promise in the context of EU law, the speakers will reflect on how public interest law has taken shape in Europe and how it might develop in the coming years. The speakers will also reflect on the need for entrepreneurialism in the context of emergent public interest law fields. Coffee and snacks will be served.

Location: Vanderbilt Hall, Room 216; NYU School of Law; 40 Washington Square South; New York, NY 10012.

Panelists:

• Louise Trubek, Emerita Clinical Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School;
• Ed Rekosh, Founder and former Director of PILnet, the Global Network for Public Interest Law and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School;
• Gráinne de Búrca, Florence Ellinwood Allen Professor of Law, NYU Law School;
• Alberto Alemanno, Global Clinic Professor, NYU Law in Paris; Professor of Law, HEC Paris; Founder, eLabEurope.

For more information about the event, please visit:http://www.law.nyu.edu/global/globalopportunities/nyulawabroad/paris/promoting-public-interest-law-in-europe.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the Office of Global Programs HERE.