2025 Creighton Law Symposium: The Challenge to Democracies and International Law

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Creighton International & Comparative Law Journal Presents the 2025 Symposium

“The Challenge to Democracies and International Law”

Keynote Speaker: 
Hon. Raul Pangalangan Retired Judge of the ICC

Symposium Agenda

• Welcoming Remarks: Dean Joshua Fershee, J.D. - Creighton School of Law

• Opening Keynote: Judge Raul Pangalangan - Former Judge of ICC

• Panel Discussion: Can International Law Save Democracies? The Judiciary, International Norms and Democracy.
  Topic: How domestic and international judges apply international law in democratic societies. Discussion of judicial deference to international legal norms, the role of courts in holding state actors accountable, and how transnational legal principles promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations based on law and justice.

Moderator:

• Rev. Stefanus Hendrianto, S.J., J.D., Ph.D.

Panelists:

• Brian D. Lepard, B.A., J.D. - University of Nebraska College of Law
• Jena Martin, B.A., J.D. - St. Mary’s University School of Law
• Kelley Loper, LL.M. - University of Denver
• Christopher N.J. Roberts, B.A., J.D., Ph.D. - University of Minnesota

• Closing Remarks: Professor Michael Kelly, J.D., LL.M. - Creighton School of Law

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