About the Symposium
Each year, The George Washington University International Law Review‘s annual Symposium draws nearly 200 students, faculty, practitioners, and alumni to hear distinguished speakers from government, academia, business, and civil society address novel issues in international law. The Symposium is also an opportunity for scholars to publish cutting-edge work related to the Symposium theme, which is published in a special Symposium edition of the International Law Review. The Symposium Editor welcomes suggestions and solicitation from international law scholars who wish to become involved as a moderator, panelist, or otherwise.
Past themes have included “Frontiers: Emerging Physical and Technological Spaces for International Law” and “The Collaborative Approach: Combatting Conflict Through Cooperation.”
The 2023 Symposium, Finance’s Final Frontier?: The Role of Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency Within the Global Economy, will take place on March 24, 2023.
Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets
Please join The George Washington International Law Review for our annual Symposium, Please join The George Washington International Law Review for our annual Symposium, Finance’s Final Frontier?: The Role of Digital Assets & Cryptocurrency Within the Global Economy, THIS Friday, March 24, 2023, in the Burns Moot Court Room (L101). We will consider international law and policy challenges involving global technological advancement and economic shifts created by the rise of digital assets and their adoption as legitimate currency.
Speakers include CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson, Dean Rosa Celario, Dean Michael Abramowicz, Scott Farnin of BetterMarkets, Douglas Pepe of Cohen & Gresser and GW Law Professor, Dr. Mardoqueo Tóchez of the Embassy of El Salvador, and more!
Recent Publications
Volume 54, Number 3
Table of Contents (PDF) Globalization, State Sovereignty, and the Development of International Criminal Law (PDF) by Milena Sterio Counternormativity and the International Order (PDF) by Dan E. Stigall The Red Card of All Red Cards: How FIFA’s Decision to Increase the...
Volume 54, Number 2
The Obligation to Prevent Transboundary Cyber Harm: Expand the Regulatory Regime or Continue Deflecting Responsibility (PDF) by Dafina Bucaj Contracting for Collateral: Solving the Sovereign Bond Enforceability Problem (PDF) by Victoria Colbert The City’s Right to...
Volume 54, Number 1
International Law: Corpus Linguistics and Ordinary Meaning (PDF) by Eric Talbot Jensen & James Rex Lee Fiscal Sovereignty: Tax Havens and the Demarcation of the Third World (PDF) by Eric A. San Juan Global Cooperation for an International Database Needed to Combat...
Volume 53, Number 3
The Arctic Cold-Rush: The Need for a Convention for the Protection and Preservation of the Arctic and Trans-Arctic Passage (PDF) by Samuel Maier Anonymity is Not for Losers: Examining the United Kingdom’s Adherence to Intellectual Property Conventions (PDF) by Emma...
Publication Process:
After selecting which Articles and Notes to publish, the Article Editors (AE) work with the authors to fine tune the above-the-line text. Thereafter, the ILR Members and Managing Editors (ME) collect the cited sources, substantiate the claims, and edit the footnote citations. The Executive Production Editor (EPE) then completes a final review before sending each Issue to our printer.