February 23, 2009

Loyola Law School to Host

Symposium on Litigating Genocide

International Law Scholars to Discuss Legal Aspects of Armenian Genocide

LOS ANGELES – Loyola Law School will host a gathering of scholars and
practitioners on all-day Friday, February 27, to discuss the challenges
American lawyers face in litigating genocide and other mass human rights
violations.

The event, titled "Litigating Genocide: When, Where, and How" is organized
by the Loyola International & Comparative Law Review and the Loyola Center
for the Study of Law and Genocide. The event is sponsored by the law firm of
Geragos & Geragos, APC.

The three panels of the symposium will each address a different aspect of
genocide litigation, ranging from questions on the validity of pursuing
relief for historic human rights violations to an inside look at litigators’
experiences in U.S. courts. The symposium will take a multi-disciplinary
approach to the topic of genocide litigation and will consider litigation in
context of different historical events.

Registration information and additional details are found at:

Loyola Law School alumni Mark Geragos ’82 and Brian Kabateck ’89 helped
establish the Center for the Study of Law & Genocide with funds from a $20
million settlement they secured against the New York Life Insurance Company
for unpaid life insurance benefits in the wake of the Armenian genocide.

The International & Comparative Law Review (ILR) is a student-run
publication that produces three issues each academic year.

Contact: Jeffrey Choi, Executive Symposium Editor, Loyola of the Int’l &
Comp. Law Review,

Jeffrey.Choi@lls.edu.