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International Section The International Section of the New York State Bar Association (sometimes informally referred to as “NYSBA International”) is dedicated to the promotion of the international practice of law on all planes of international life – whether commercially or for the public good – and the support of the rule of law throughout the world. The Section, which was founded 25 years ago, has approximately 1900 members. While the majority of the Section’s members are admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, many members are licensed attorneys in other states of the United States or other countries. All licensed attorneys in any jurisdiction are invited to join the New York State Bar Association and the International Section. Members in good standing may identify and locate the names and contact information of other Section members for purposes of referral, collaboration and friendship through a web-based directory that is available to all members. In 2009, the Section adopted three long-range Missions: (1) Custodian of New York Law as an International Standard, (2) Guardian of the New York Convention on the Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards and the international arbitral process and (3) Monitor of International Law Development at the United Nations, which engage the interest and activities of almost all of the Section’s Committees and Chapters. These Missions are non-exclusive and the Section envisages undertaking additional important and exciting Missions in the future. The Section has more than thirty Committees covering virtually every aspect of the private practice of international law and also public international law. Committees typically organize educational and networking opportunities for their members and sponsor initiatives to improve the state of the law in New York, the United States and internationally. All members of the Section who work in the New York offices of non-U.S. law firms

are especially invited to join in the programs and social events sponsored by the Section’s Foreign Lawyers Committee. The Section also has more than sixty chapters in many of the most important legal jurisdictions of the world, which provide educational and networking opportunities for Section members abroad and foster cooperation and dialogue between the Section and the legal communities of other countries. The Section provides to its members a wide array of conferences, seminars, web-conferences, and informational and educational meetings. Highlights include programs at the NYSBA Annual Meeting in New York City each January, “Fundamentals of International Practice” each spring, meetings of the Section’s chapters around the globe, joint programs with other international bar associations, and the Annual Seasonal Meeting held each fall in a major city outside the United States. The International Section publishes the New York International Law Review (devoted to substantive studies of United States and international jurisprudence bearing on important issues of international law), the International Law Practicum (devoted to information about cross-border and transnational legal issues for international practitioners), and the New York International Chapter News (devoted to information on current issues and updates on international law, country news, member news, firm news and Section activities.) The Section annually confers an Award for Distinction in International Law and Affairs. Recent recipients of the Annual Award have included Fiona Sampson, Executive Director of the Equality Effect, the Honorable Jon O. Newman, former Senior Judge and former Presiding Judge of the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Fernando Pelaez-Pier, President of the International Bar Association. At its Annual Meeting Program each year, the Section also awards the annual Albert Pergam Award for a distinguished contribution to legal scholarship by a law student. You can find more details on all these activities and announcements of upcoming events by clicking on the Section’s website at www.nysba.org/intl.

Why Join the NYSBA International Section? Join the International Section and you will have: • the opportunity to represent the Section at meetings and conferences sponsored by NYSBA International’s network of Chapters throughout the world. • the opportunity to serve as a member of more than thirty Committees covering almost every area of international private practice as well as major areas of international public law. • if working abroad, opportunity to become a member of the NYSBA International Chapter in your country. • subscriptions to the International Law Practicum, the New York International Law Review, and the New York International Chapter News. • discounts for registration at NYSBA International CLE programs such as “Fundamentals of International Practice.” • invitations to breakfast and lunch meetings sponsored by NYSBA International Committees at which speakers address important and breaking issues of international practice and jurisprudence. • access to current information about all NYSBA International programs and select announcements about programs of-

fered by other international bar groups through the NYSBA International Announce Listserve. • participation in the web-based NYSBA International Membership Directory – an especially important referral mechanism for NYSBA international members living outside of New York State. • invitations to and opportunities to participate as a speaker or presenter at the section’s Seasonal Meeting each fall. Global Law Week – Week-long series of programs, panels, receptions and other events hosted and sponsored by leading New York City law firms, bar associations and legal institutions at locations throughout New York City, all dealing with various aspects of the practice of private and public international law and the promotion of the worldwide rule of law. May 12-15, 2015 www.nysba.org/globallawweek2015/ São Paulo Seasonal Meeting – Three day conference offering up to 18 NY MCLE credits. Panels represent various topics of international law and the program offers multiple networking events throughout the city. October 14-17, 2015 www.nysba.org/internationalbrazil2015/

Panama City 2011 L to R: Alvaro Javier Aguilar Alfu, Lombardi Aguilar Group, Panama, NYSBA International Section Panama Chapter Co-Chair, Program Co-Chair of the Panama Seasonal Meeting; Vincent E. Doyle, Past President of NYSBA; Phyllis M. Powers, U.S. Ambassador to Panama; Pamela Oakes, Lombardi Aguilar Group, Panama; Andre R. Jaglom, Chair of the NYSBA International Section; at Ambassador Powers’s reception for the International Section’s Panama Seasonal Meeting at the U.S. Ambassadors’ Residence in Panama City.

L to R: Andre R. Jaglom, Chair of the NYSBA International Section; Cesar A. Ruiloba, President of the Colegio Nacional de Abogados de Panama (Panama Bar Association); Vincent E. Doyle, Past President of NYSBA; at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between NYSBA and the Panama Bar Association.

L to R: Phyllis M. Powers, U.S. Ambassador to Panama; Dani Kuzniecky, Kuzniecky & Co., Panama, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Panama Canal Authority and Minister for Canal Affairs and Secretary of Energy; L. Donald Prutzman, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, New York, Co-Chair International Section Committee on Intellectual Property Protection; Hon. Harley J. Mitchell, Justice of the Supreme Court of Panama; at Ambassador Powers’s reception for the International Section’s Panama Seasonal Meeting at the U.S. Ambassadors’ Residence in Panama City.