The future of American Airlines

Though the labor unions have agreed to concession plans and new CEO, Gerard J. Arpey, is in place, the future of American Airlines still remains uncertain. Besides American Airlines’ looming financial issues, the company may have continuing labor problems. Neil N. Bernstein, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in labor law, is available to comment.

War crimes

SadatInternational lawyers, human rights advocates, top government officials and, most recently, the U.S. House of Representatives have urged that Saddam Hussein and other top Iraqi leaders be indicted for the massive atrocities they have committed during the past two decades. Leila Nadya Sadat, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis and an expert on international war crimes tribunals, notes that the current military action could make effective and legitimate war crimes prosecutions much more difficult.

Edwards to deliver Williams lecture Feb. 18

Harry T. Edwards, chief judge emeritus and judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, will deliver the School of Law’s 2004 Tyrrell Williams Lecture. “A Conversation With Judge Edwards” will begin at 4 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Edwards is expected to […]

“Access to Justice” speaker series presented by law school

The respondent in the U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger and a member of the American Society on International Law’s executive counsel are part of the fall lineup for the School of Law’s sixth annual Public Interest Law Speaker Series. This popular series, titled “Access to Justice: The […]

Law school to host forum on mental health

James W. Ellis, the National Law Journal’s 2002 Lawyer of the Year, will deliver the keynote address during the School of Law’s fourth annual access to equal justice conference, titled “Mental Health and the Law,” March 19 in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Ellis, professor of law at the University of New […]
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