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Symposia Archive
BJIL held its inaugural Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium titled 'A Legacy of War: Displaced Masses in the Twenty-First Century' in the spring of 2000. Damir Arnaut (J.D. '02), was the inaugural Symposium Editor.
The symposium theme varies yearly from a public to a private international law theme—broadly defined.
2027 will be the 27th year of the annual Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium and will mark 45 years of the Berkeley Journal of International Law.
2026
Beyond Neutrality: Private International Law In a Multipolar World
2023
Seeking Truth & Accountability: Mass Atrocities in the 21st century
2025
Lawyering for Peace
2022
Big Money, Big Enforcement: New Frontiers in Global Antitrust Regulation
2024
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Factors and International Law
2021
Global Speech Under Pressure: The Promise and Challenges of Free Expression and Digital Rights
2020
Borderline: Problems and Perspectives in Global Migration
2016
Business Without Borders: Regulating Global Finance
2019
Corruption Zero: Addressing the Global Pandemic
2015
Conflict Now: The Role of International Courts?
2018
Lawyers on the Frontline: Protecting People and the Planet Over Profits
2014
Who's Watching? Global Perspectives on Privacy
2013
Beyond the Rankings: Measuring Governance and the Rule of Law
2010
Advancing Arbitration: Modern Trends in International Arbitration & the Case for California
2012
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
2009
Beyond the Bush Era: International Human Rights Law Looking Forward
2011
Justice Under Construction: Contemporary Initiatives and the Future of Efforts to Form and Reform Justice Systems
2008
Realizing the Potential: Global Corporations and Human Rights
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