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Law
Student Writing Competition
Winners Announced for the Second
Annual Law Student Writing Competition (2008)
- First Place Winner: The Legal Implications of Nearshore
Outsourcing to Mexico, Renee
Dopplick ($2,000 prize)
- Second Place Winner: GOING PUBLIC: The Prosecution of Rape
Under International Law and its Effect on the Public-Private
Divide, Liane Aronchick ($750
prize)
- Third Place Winner: Body Snatchers: Transnational Organ and
Tissue Trafficking, Kathryn G.
Reid ($250 prize)
All winning articles will be submitted for publication to the The California International Law Journal. For more
information, see Writing Competition or contact Dena Cruz.
Winners of the First Annual Law
Student Writing Competition (2007)
Welcome
Dear California Law Students:
Thank you for your interest in the International Law
Section of the State Bar of California. As a former Chair of the
International Law Section, I strongly urge you to join our Section.
Whether you join as a law student or an active committee member,
the benefits of joining the Section are enormous. Besides meeting
great people who practice in a variety of international fields, you
will meet and network with people who will become lifelong friends
and associates. It is our goal as a Section to help you transition
from law student to practicing lawyer. We hope that the transition
won’t just be viewed as a long hard journey! We hope that you
will view this period of time as a law student member of our
Section as the beginning of your International Law Career!
Below you will find commonly asked questions regarding our Law
Student Membership Program and information on how to join at no
cost. If you have a  question that has not been addressed, please feel
free to contact our current Chair, Steven DeLateur or our Law Student Liaison, Dena Cruz.
Donal Hanley
Advisor and Former Chair
The International Law Section of the State Bar of California
What Does the International Law Section
Do?
The International Law Section of the California State Bar was
founded in 1987 to serve California lawyers handling international
and trans-border legal matters in a variety of practice areas,
including corporate and business transactions, litigation and
arbitration, tax, regulatory and trade matters, bankruptcy,
intellectual property, and family law, amongst others.
With well over a thousand members, the Section organizes
programs and events at State Bar meetings — the State Bar
Annual Meeting and Section Education Institute (SEI) — and at
events organized by the Programs Committee of the Section. The
Section also publishes and distributes two key publications —
The California International Law Journal, a collection
of practical articles on various aspects of international practice,
and an online newsletter, The
International Law Section Newsletter.
What are the Benefits
of Membership?
- Membership is Free for Law
Students — There is no cost to become a law student
member of the International Law Section!
- Networking — By
attending a Section event, you will have an opportunity to network
with lawyers who work in an exciting and dynamic practice
area.
- Career Development — By
networking at Section events and reading our online job referral
column in The International Law
Section Newsletter, you can learn about
internships and career opportunities for licensed attorneys. The
Section also actively participates in career forums at law schools,
and will advise you of these dates as they are set.
- Resources — Our
Section's Executive Committee strives to keep our website current
and up to date. As a member you will be entitled to log into our
Members Only Area and review current and past issues of The
California International Law Journal. You will also be able to
review current and past E-Briefs and participate in discussion
groups and other on-line services which we hope to provide in the
near future.
- Discounts — As a member
of the International Law Section, you will be entitled to receive
valuable discounts at events sponsored by the Section.
- Law Student Writing
Competition — The Section holds an annual Law Student
Writing Competition. Besides a cash prize, the winning article is
published in our prestigious California Intrernational Law Journal.
Where Are the Best
Sources of Section News and Information?
- The California International
Law Journal:
 The California International Law Journal is published
quarterly and delivered to full members of our Section by mail. It
is available to Law Student Members in the Members Only Section of
the website.The Journal contains practical articles on a variety of
subjects.
For example, a recent journal included articles on:
“Vietnam-Overview of Foreign Investment” by Oliver
Massmann and Katharina Kuehn; “Conducting Document Discovery
in International Commercial Arbitration-A Practical Overview”
by Nathan D. O’Malley; “The Basics of the CISG”
by Allison E. Butler; “Doing Business in India-Introduction
and Update for Lawyers” by S. Elizabeth Foster;
“Practical Tips on Negotiating with the Japanese” by
Rudy Guyon; and “Immigration to the U.S. Tax Planning and
Fast Track Permanent Residency” by Stephen A. Malley.
We hope to see articles written by Law Student Members in upcoming
issues! (Being published in a prestigious journal will surely
enhance any future resume!) If you are interested in writing an
article for the journal, please contact our Co-Editors Dena Cruz at dena.cruz@hro.com and
Lisa Earl at lisa.earl@pillsubrylaw.com.
- The International Law Section
Newsletter:
The Section publishes The
International Law Section Newsletter frequently. The
Newsletter is delivered electronically to all members,
including law student members. It contains short articles on
matters affecting international practitioners, announcements on
upcoming programs, biographies on our Members, requests for
assistance or help from fellow Members, and announcements of
internships and job opportunities. We welcome your contributions to
our Newesletter. Please contact Elizabeth Foster at efoster@luce.com with
contributions, questions or suggestions.
Does the Section Meet in Person?
As a law student member you may attend any of our full committee
meetings and educational programs, notice of which will be posted
on the website and sent to you via the International Law Section Newsletter. Let
one of us know if you are attending one of our meeting (see
contact information below). We promise to make you feel
welcome!
How Much Time is Involved in Being a
Member?
We appreciate the fact that as a student you have very little
free time. It is really up to you to decide how much time you want
to devote to the Section. You can choose to simply login and
utilize our on-line resources or you can choose to attend our
programs and meetings, network with our membership, or, perhaps,
write an article for our Journal, submit a piece for our
Newsletter, or coordinate career forums for students. In all
honesty, the more time you spend and devote to our Section, the
greater the benefits you will receive!
How Do I Join the
Section?
In order to join the Section, you will need to:
(1) Fill out the “My Law Student
Profile” on the Website for the State Bar of California: https://lawstudents.calbar.ca.gov/login.aspx.
Or use the Section Enrollment Form to enroll in up to three
Sections for free as a Law Student.
(2) Bookmark the Section Web site: www.calbar.ca.gov/ils. You will find Section-related
news, copies of our Journals, and meeting and committee
information.
(3) Upon receipt of your Request to Join the International Law
Section, we will send you a member identification number and a
password to login to the Members Only Area of the International Law
Section’s website.
What Does it Cost to Join the Section?
There is no charge to become a law student member of the
International Law Section. The International Law Section hopes to
assist you in making the transition from the study of law to the
practice of law. We hope that in the course of your study you will
see the benefits of membership and will become a full voting
member— and a future leader of our Section— once you
are licensed by the State Bar to practice in California.
Contacts
International Law Section
Chair:
Steven W. DeLateur
McDermott and DeLateur, LLP
sdelateur@mcdelaw.com
San San Lee
Law Offices of San San Lee, Los Angeles, CA
sslee@sansanlaw.com
 Chair of the Law Student
Subcommittee of the International Law Section:
Dena M. Cruz
Holme Roberts & Owen, San Francisco, CA
dena.cruz@hro.com
Julie
Martinez, Section Coordinator
International Law Section
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1639
415/538-2380
415/538-2368 fax
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