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THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE
Register Today for LCCHP's Annual Conference!
 It’s not too late to register for our fifth annual
conference:
The
Monuments Men, Social Media, the Law and Cultural Heritage.
Focusing on looting and destruction in the context of warfare and civil unrest,
LCCHP’s Fifth Annual Conference will consist of a full day of panels that trace
historic looting, prevention and remediation and restitution efforts from the
Second World War to modern day pillaging.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Visit the 2013
Annual Conference webpage to view the full program, register online, and
receive updates.
This event will take place Friday, November 1, 2013 in New
York, NY at Fordham Law School, McNally Amphitheatre. CLE credit available.
Winner of Student Writing Competition
LCCHP is pleased to announce the winner of its 2013 Student
Writing Competition, Lauren Harkey of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, for her paper, "Copyright's Identity Crisis in the Reflection
of Contemporary Art." Each year, LCCHP seeks original, quality student
submissions that address any aspect of cultural heritage law, such as art,
terrestrial and submerged cultural property, historic preservation, indigenous
peoples, and intangible cultural heritage.
For more information and forthcoming announcements on the
2014 competition, please visit LCCHP’s Student Writing Competition Webpage.
State Department Extends US-Cambodia Agreement
Great news for Cambodian Cultural Heritage! The  Cultural
Property Advisory Committee (CPAC) has elected to extend the US-Cambodia
Memorandum of Understanding for another five years. This agreement restricts
importation of archaeological items dating from the Bronze and Iron Ages
through the 16th century C.E. LCCHP has twice submitted letters in favor of the
agreement, and President Diane Edelman spoke at the State Department’s public
hearing on the extension in early 2013.
Click here to download LCCHP’s letter in support
of the extension, as well as other LCCHP submissions in favor of similar
bilateral agreements.
LCCHP Joins Fight for Syria's Cultural Heritage
LCCHP has joined other prominent cultural heritage
organizations in signing the letter from the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield to the White House
concerning the possibility of military intervention in Syria.
The letter urges President Obama to: 1) Issue an Executive Order requiring
all federal agencies to enter into agreements with allies and rebel forces with
which it coordinates, including the Free Syrian Army, to ensure the protection
of Syria's cultural heritage;
2) Issue an Executive Order requiring all federal agencies to ensure that
looted and stolen cultural artifacts do not enter the U.S. from Syria; and
3) Remind the U.S. of its obligations under the 1954 Hague Convention to
protect Syria's cultural heritage.
Read USCBS's full letter to the White House, signed by LCCHP
and others: http://uscbs.org/documents/Syria%20Cultural%20Heritage%20USCBS.pdf.
2014 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition
DePaul University and LCCHP are pleased to
announce the Fifth Annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court
Competition, to be held February 21-22, 2014, in Chicago. Registration is now
open! Visit the Competition’s official
website for details.
LCCHP's New Executive Director
 LCCHP extends a warm welcome to its new
Executive Director, Leila Amineddoleh. She is an art and intellectual property
litigator, working on complex legal matters involving artists’ rights,
authenticity disputes, international art fraud, theft, and cultural heritage
matters. Leila also works in academia,
teaching Art & Cultural Heritage Law at Fordham University School of Law
and St. John’s University School of Law.
Her academic research focuses on art authenticity issues and cultural
heritage preservation.
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