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PUBLIC LECTURE

Thursday, October 1, 2009

 

Launch of the Douglas M. Johnston Annual Ocean Governance 

 

Lecture at 7:00 pm – Room 104, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University

Reception at 8:30 pm – Atrium, Weldon Law Building, Dalhousie University

 

Dalhousie’s Marine & Environmental Law Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the new Douglas M. Johnston Annual Ocean Governance Lecture.

 

Guest speaker: Professor John Norton Moore, will discuss “Toward More Effective Counter Piracy Policy.”

John Norton Moore is the Walter L. Brown Professor of Law and Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy and Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School of Law. He is former Ambassador of the United States to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and Chairman of the Board of the United States Institute of Peace.

 

Also scheduled to speak are:

David VanderZwaag, Chair

Dean Phillip Saunders

Brian Flemming

Aldo Chircop

 

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Thursday November 19, 2009

ELSS and the MEL Institute present "Meet the MELP Profs"

 

 

more detailed information to follow...

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Friday March 28, 2008
An Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU:  An Innovative Approach to EU Policy-Making
Haitze Siemers, Maritime Policy Task Force
European Commission, Brussels
12:00 - 1:30PM, Room 105
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University
Click
here for more information.


Tuesday March 11, 2008
Speaker Series #5
With or Without Ice?:  Perspectives on Polar Governance

Antarctica and Maritime Claims: The Art of Jurisdictional Illusion
Stuart Kaye, Professor Melbourne Law School
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Co-sponsored with MAP, MEL & CFPS
12:00-1:00PM, Room 207
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University


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PROGOVNET Scholarship Opportunity!

Progovnet, a two year project funded by the Nippon Foundation in collaboration with Dalhousie University, the International Ocean Institute Canada (IOI) and the University of the West Indies is offering a variety of scholarships to nationals of the Wider Caribbean aimed at building regional capacity in ocean governance.

Click here to read the project overview document.
Click here to read the scholarship descriptions.
Click here for the details on the Marine & Environmental Law Institute Scholarship.
Click here for the details on the International Ocean Institute Canada (IOI) Scholarship.
Click here for the details on the Marine Affairs Program (MAP)Scholarship.
 

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Recent News

Brian Flemming, CM, QC (Class of 1962) is the recipient of the 2010 Weldon Award for Unselfish Public Service.  Presentation to be held at the Annual Spring Reception held on Thursday March 25th from 4:00-6:00pm in the Law School Atrium.

OMRN Board member David VanderZwaag has been appointed to The Royal Society of Canada (The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada) expert panel on "Ocean Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity", commissioned at the RSC's own initiative  (January 2010).

Wylie Spicer appointed Presient of the Canadian Bar Association for Nova Scotia.  As of September 1st, 2008 McInnes Cooper's Wylie Spicer was appointed President of the Canadian Bar Association for Nova Scotia. Wylie is a Partner in the Halifax office whose area of practice is maritime law as well as energy and natural resources. Wylie also works with maritime and multi issue disputes involving commercial entities.

Professor Aldo Chircop has been selected as the recipient of the 2007-2008 DSU Award for Teaching Excellence for the Faculty of Law.The award ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00pm. Congratulations to Professor Chircop from the Law School community!

Thursday March 6, 2008
Dalhousie University Marine Affairs in conjunction with the Marine & Environmental Law Institute and the International Ocean Institute (IOI) sign agreement with the University of West Indies to undertake ocean governance project.
Click here to read full article

Thursday January 31, 2008
Dalhousie 1993 JSD Graduate, Dr. Zhiguo Gao, elected Judge of the International Tribunal For The Law of the Sea.  Click here to read the full press release.

 

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