Welcome to The International Section of the New York
State Bar Association
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 a little over 20 years ago, has approximately
2200 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 Statesor other countries. All licensed
attorneys who are resident or non-resident members of the New York State
Bar Association are invited to join the 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. Simply go to the Directory
tab to the left and search for names by country, state
(within the United States), and/or practice specialty.
The Section’s Executive Committee has 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. Further details about
these Missions and their implementation may be found by reading the Executive Committee Blog.
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
Statesand
internationally. Click on the Committee
Rosters tab to your left to learn more about the
Section’s Committees. Guidelines for Committee Co-Chairs may be
found by clicking on the Executive Committee Blog to the left. 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. Already a Member of this section? Join a
committee! Click here to join
a committee online now!
The Section provides to its members a wide array of
conferences, seminars, web-conferencing, and informational and
educational meetings. Look to the upper
right hand corner of this page for upcoming
events.
The Section has more than fifty 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. Check
the list of Chapters by clicking on the Committee
Rosters link to the left to see “if there is a Chapter
near you.” Guidelines for Chapter Chairs may be found by clicking
on the Chapters Blog to the left. The Section sponsors
a three-day conference in the fall of each year in an important
jurisdiction outside the United
States. Recent conferences have been
held in London (2005), Shanghai (2006), Lima (2007), Stockholm (2008), Singapore (2009) and Sydney
(2010). 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 will soon
be inaugurating a mechanism for Section members to post on the web
significant articles on international law and practice that they have
authored, through the Google Knols project..
The Section annually confers an Award
for Distinction in International Law and
Affairs. 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. Look to
the lower right of the webpage for more
details on this annual competition.
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