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“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
-Michael Jordan
Dear ILS Members:
We did it! For the first time in our Section’s history, on February 16, 2024, we SOLD OUT our flagship iLaw Conference! With 250 registrants from over 15 countries around the world, prominent speakers in arbitration, litigation and transactions, several in-house counsel speakers and attendees, as well as a fascinating Keynote Speaker in Ryan Abbott, we have established one of the premier international law conferences in the world!
I want to extend a special thanks to our iLaw Committee Co-Chairs, Davide Macelloni and Adrian Nunez, all of the other committee members, each of our Board members and our Program Administrator, Liz Hockensmith for their incredible commitment to achieve this extraordinary success!
I also want to thank all of our Section and iLaw Sponsors (listed below) who supported and collaborated with us to make this iLaw so successful, especially the ICDR and Luis Martinez who sponsored and organized the iLaw Arbitration Track.
On Saturday, February 17, 2024, we also celebrated the 20th Anniversary of our Section’s Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot competition. It was a fantastic turnout and competition.
Congratulations to Top Oralist, Vanessa Pilatova, from Case Western, and the Top Three Law Schools:
1. Stetson
2. The University of Miami
3. Florida State University
A special thanks to our Vis Pre-Moot Committee Co-Chairs, Andres Sandoval and Priscila Bandeira, as well as the other members of their Committee for organizing a first-class competition. We also want to thank and recognize our Vis Pre-Moot Sponsors: JAMS, Hogan Lovells and MIAS.
Lastly, we had a very productive Executive Council Meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2024, which included our Board, Executive Council, Committee Chairs, and Past Chairs with updates on significant achievements for the Section and each Committee. We also identified important Section initiatives, including strengthening our Foreign Bar cooperation, increasing our Section membership, organizing more CLEs, finalizing the Second Edition of the ILS Deskbook, and opposing a new bill prohibiting litigation funding.
Please let me know if you’re interested in getting more involved with our Section and/or joining one of our 28 Committees. We welcome your ideas, participation and leadership!
Cheers,
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