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THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE
LCCHP Speaks at CPAC Hearing on Import Restrictions on Cambodian Antiquities On Wednesday, February 27, the Cultural Property Advisory Committee held an open hearing at the State Department on the potential five-year extension of the U.S-Cambodia bilateral agreement imposing import restrictions on certain archaeological materials from Cambodia.
The agreement seeks to discourage and inhibit the looting of Cambodia's temples and archaeological sites, an activity that continues to threaten the nation's cultural heritage.
 LCCHP spoke in favor of the agreement's renewal, and was joined by a diverse group of speakers that included representatives from the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, the Association of Art Museum Directors, the Society for American Archaeology, and The Friends of Khmer Culture.
LCCHP's written comments in favor of the renewal can be downloaded here; all other public submissions are available here.
DePaul Hosts 4th Annual National Cultural Heritage Moot Court Competition
LCCHP would like to thank everyone who made the 2013 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition possible and to congratulate this year's champion team from the South Texas College of Law and
runner-up from the University of Michigan Law School! The event, co-sponsored by LCCHP and DePaul University College of Law, took place in Chicago on February 22-23, and twenty teams participated. A full list of winners will be available here.
DePaul University College of Law and LCCHP are also pleased to announce the Fifth Annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. Registration will open in August 2013 and the oral arguments for the 2014 Competition will be held at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago. Look for more details on the DePaul Competition webpage in early summer.
New Orleans Chapter of the FBA Presents "Preparing for the Coming Storm: The Legal Framework Governing Cultural Heritage in Natural Disasters"  This conference, organized by LCCHP, was proudly presented by the New Orleans Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and was hosted by The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC), Williams Research Center in the French Quarter on January 25, 2013.
The LCCHP Executive Director, Tess Davis, organized and chaired a panel with a broad spectrum of experience and expertise from local law in New Orleans arising from Katrina, to State, Federal and international law and practice that has developed over the past few decades.
Speakers included: John Stubbs (Director of Preservation Studies, Tulane University); Robert Collins (General Counsel, Office of Louisiana Inspector General); Marsh Davis (President, Indiana Landmarks); Ole Varmer (Attorney-Advisor, International Section of the General Counsel, NOAA); John Norris (Property Manager, Felicity Redevelopment); and James Reap (Associate Professor, University of Georgia).
Materials from the conference are available here.
Join Us for Dinner on Wednesday, April 3, in Washington, DC!
The Cultural Heritage and the Arts Interest Group (CHAIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) invites you to its annual dinner, which will take place on Wednesday, April 3, in Washington, DC. While this event is hosted by CHAIG — and scheduled to correspond with ASIL's Annual Meeting — all are welcome to attend. We hope that it will give professionals, students, and members of the public a chance to interact and discuss the field of cultural heritage law.
Tickets cost $35 and include a three-course dinner at Cedar Restaurant, located in Penn Quarter (a short walk from ASIL's Annual Meeting), which serves up "a contemporary take on country fare: roasts, game, sausages, salmon, trout, forest forage--berries, mushrooms, herbs, greens, and smoke."
If you would like to join us at the annual dinner, you must register by Monday, April 1.
Register online now!
For more information, email Tess Davis at director@culturalheritagelaw.org.
2013 Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Preservation Law
LCCHP is pleased to announce its 2013 Student Writing Competition. In doing so, we continue to encourage and recognize scholarship in cultural heritage law by awarding law students for superior papers in the field. This year's deadline for submissions is Monday, June 10, 2013.
The competition is open to US law students at schools approved by the American Bar Association and to students enrolled in a JD, LLB, or other first degree program in law at an accredited faculty outside the United States. Papers may address any aspect of cultural heritage law, such as art, terrestrial and submerged cultural property, historic preservation, indigenous peoples, and intangible cultural heritage (but not intellectual property issues, except as they relate to cultural heritage).
The papers will be judged anonymously by a panel of experts in the field and the First Place winner will receive a cash award of $1,000. LCCHP may also award a Second Place prize of $500, at its discretion, if it determines that such a prize is appropriate.
Detailed paper requirements and submission instructions are available here.
LCCHP Welcomes Lily McManus, Post-Graduate Public Service Fellow
Lily McManus joined LCCHP in January, 2013, as a William & Mary Post-Graduate Public Service Fellow. She obtained her J.D. from William & Mary Law School in May 2012 and is admitted to practice law in Virginia.
Prior to law school, Lily worked as Senior Legal Assistant to the International Trade Practice Group of the law firm Arnold & Porter LLP. She obtained her B.A. in Classical & Medieval Studies from Bates College in 2005, having spent a full academic year in Florence, Italy, and has cultivated a lifelong passion for studio art. As an artist, attorney, and former student of history, Lily has a deep appreciation for cultural heritage and the necessity for its legal protection.
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