The International Law Section recognizes the service of its Committees distinguished contributions to the pursuit of professional excellence and a just rule of law. The Section identifies Committee members’ outstanding accomplishments in advancing the profession via creative and insightful program, publication, and policy development, and awards their achievements in ceremony.
Committee Awards
2024
Outstanding Project
Food and Friends Outreach Project
Lawyers Abroad Committee, Seasoned Lawyers Interest Network
Cecilia Barrero, Col. Linda Murnane, Laurence Wiener
Best Use of Social Media
Young Lawyers Interest Network
Ljubica Kaurin Dragicevic, Yang Yu
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Mentoring Together Breakfast
Young Lawyers Interest Network and Seasoned Lawyers Interest Networks
Maritza Adonis, Catalina Fonseca, Dayana Saint Vil, Laurence Wiener
Outstanding Creative Committee Program
Your Client's on a List, Now What? Navigating Multijurisdictional Sanctions Listing and Delisting Processes
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee
Trevor Schmitt
Outstanding Committee Webinar
So, You Want to be an Expat Lawyer Series
Lawyers Abroad Committee
Nadia Moynihan
Forced Evictions of the Maasai: Whither the Rule of Law
International Criminal Law Committee
Regina Paulose
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions 2023 Year in Review
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee
Trevor Schmitt
Outstanding Conference Program
Extraordinary Attorney Woo and the Way Forward and Mentoring for Aspiring Young Professionals
2023 Asia Pacific Conference Committee
Hangil Lee and the KCAB Women’s Interest Committee
The Defense Industry: Lessons from General Counsels and Private Practitioners with Insights Regarding the Possible Effects of the U.S. Election
2024 Annual Conference Committee
Stephen Denyer (posthumously), Carly Hollingsworth, W. Brian Rose
Tyranny Arrives Like Twilight and, At First, the Eyes Adjust: The Role of the Rule of Law in Arresting Autocratization
Middle East Committee
Deena Hurwitz, The Honorable Delissa Ridgway
Outstanding Policy or Rule of Law Initiative
Broken Frame, Shattered Glass: Recognizing Crimes Perpetrated against the Hazaras of Afghanistan
International Criminal Law Committee
Tim Franklin, Regina Paulose
Statement on Changes to UK Sanctions Laws
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee
Barbara Linney, David Lorello
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
International Animal Law Committee
Maliat Chowdhury, Michael Swistara
Arts and Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Laura Tiemstra, Armen Vartian
International Criminal Law Committee
Vy Nguyen
Unsung Member
Cecilia Barrero
Vy Nguyen
Trevor Schmitt
Outstanding Volunteer
Kelly Blount
Anne Bodley
Most Improved Committee
International M&A and Joint Venture Committee
Sarah Schwartz, Takashi Toichi
Outstanding Committee
Art and Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Anne-Sophie Nardon, Betina Schlossberg
International Criminal Law Committee
Tim Franklin, Regina Paulose
Latin America and Caribbean Committee
Hector Ferreira, Federico Gurdián
2023
Outstanding Project
International Day of the Endangered Lawyer: ‘The Plight of Afghan Judges, Lawyers, and
Prosecutors
Middle East Committee
Editors: Fatemah Albader, Kelly Blount
Best Use of Social Media
UN and International Organizations Committee
Michelle Keith, Mandalena Prelashi
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Mentoring Together
Young Lawyers Interest Network and Seasoned Lawyers Interest Network
Maritza Adonis, Norman Greene, Laurence Wiener
Outstanding Creative Committee Program
Law Day
UN and International Organizations Committee
Michelle Keith
Outstanding Committee Webinar
Electronic Bills of Lading: Commercial Benefits and Legal Roadblocks
International Transportation Committee
Rebecca Fenneman
Outstanding Conference Program
Reception with King Felipe VI of Spain
2022 Madrid Fall Conference Committee
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaria
Outstanding Policy or Rule of Law Initiative
Invasion of Ukraine (R&R 506)
Ronald Bettauer, Steven Richman
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
Young Lawyers Interest Network
Editors: Maritza Adonis, Ljubica Kaurin Dragicevic
Unsung Member
Levon Golendukhin
Eric Kuhn
Outstanding Volunteer
Sherman Humphrey
Catherine van Kampen
Most Improved Committee
UN and International Organizations Committee
Michelle Keith, Mandalena Prelashi
Outstanding Committee
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee
Andrea Al-Attar, Alexandre Lamy
2022
Outstanding Project
Arbitration Masterclass
International Arbitration Committee
Betsy Hellmann, Bart Wasiak
Afghan Resettlement of Afghan Refugee Judges, Lawyers, Prosecutors, and Other Legal professionals
Mike Byowitz
Best Use of Social Media
International Animal Law Committee
Daina Bray, Cailen Labarge, Joan Schaffner
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Women Judges of Afghanistan: A CALL TO ACTION
International Human Rights Committee, Middle East Committee and Women’s Interest Network
Morvarid Bagheri, Harry Baumgarten, Daniel Cooper, Dana Katz, Corinne Lewis, Larry Locker, Wendy Taube, Catherine van Kampen, Elizabeth Zechenter
Outstanding Creative Committee Program
Law Day
Immigration Committee
Margaret (Peggy) Taylor
ABA Day at the Organization of American States
2022 Annual Conference Committee
Maximiliano J. Trujillo
Outstanding Committee Program
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine – How Can the West Respond?
National Security Committee
Jonathan Meyer
Outstanding Conference Program
Return of Art and Cultural Objects: Provenance, New Tech and Ethics
2022 Annual Conference
Art and Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Anne-Sophie Nardon, Peter K. Tompa, Betina Schlossberg
Who Protects the World’s Seniors? From Long Term Care to Covid-19 Challenges, What Have We Learned of the Rights and Needs of Older Persons
2022 Annual Conference
Latin America and Caribbean Committee, Mexico Committee
Maximiliano J. Trujillo
The Latest from Ukraine
2022 Annual Conference Committee
Timur Bondaryev
Outstanding Policy or Rule of Law Initiative
Letter to the President of Mexico
Mexico Committee
Enrique Garcia, Laura Nava, John Walsh
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
Legal Developments in Latin America
Latin America and Caribbean Committee
Editors: Hector Ferreira, Jorge Mestre
Mexico Committee
Andres Nieto, Karla Ruiz, Kelsey Quigley
Middle East Review
Middle East Committee
Editors: Fatemah Albader, Kelly Blount
Unsung Member
Kelly Blount
Nancy Boswell
John Coogan
Reuben Moses
Regina Paulose
Most Improved Committee
International Criminal Law Committee
Chairs: Susan Schwartz, Arthur Traldi
Outstanding Committee
Women’s Interest Network
Dana Katz, Catherine van Kampen, Elizabeth Zechenter
Chair Award
Dana Katz
2021
Outstanding Project
Task Force on Foreign Agents Registration Act
David H. Laufman, Matthew Sanderson
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Western Sahara: The Struggle for Self-Determination
Africa Committee and Middle East Committee
Daniel Cooper, Porpoise Evans, Deena Hurwitz, Kerry McLean
Outstanding Creative Committee Program
Middle East Themed Trivia Nights and Virtual Happy Hours
Middle East Committee
Daniel Cooper
Outstanding Committee Program
Privacy at Risk: Searches of Electronic Devices at Ports of Entry and Beyond
International Ethics Committee
Sergio Karas
Outstanding Policy
Justice and Accountability for Atrocity Crimes and Gross Violations of Human Rights Committed Abroad (R&R 502)
International Human Rights Committee
Larry Locker
International Convention for the Protection of Animals (R&R 101C)
International Animal Law Committee
Joan Schaffner
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Editors: Laura Tiemstra, Armen Vartian
Unsung Member
Elizabeth Barad
Outstanding Volunteer
Morvarid Bagheri
Most Improved Committee
International Investment and Development Committee
Levon Golendukhin, Qingqing Miao
Outstanding Committee
International Human Rights Committee
Dan Appelman, Steven Richman, Sara Sandford
2020
Outstanding Project
19th Amendment Working Group
Gabrielle Buckley, Renee Dopplick, Audrey Kucia, Afsoon McClennan, Col. Linda Strite Murnane, Joseph Raia, The Honorable Delissa Ridgway, Lisa Ryan, Lisa Savitt, Nancy Stafford, The Honorable Elizabeth Stong, Deniz Tamer, Margaret Kuehne Taylor, Chad Vickery, Elizabeth Yang
Outstanding Committee ABA Connect Page
International Human Rights Committee
Daniel Appelman, Darren Fenwick
Best Use of Social Media
2020 Annual Meeting Steering Group
Michael Burke, Michael Byowitz, Ed Mullins, Lisa Ryan, David Schwartz, Deniz Tamer Maximilliano J. Trujillo
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Asia Pacific Division Newsletter
Northeast Asia, Japan and Korea Committee, Central/East Asia and China Committee, and the South Asia/Oceania and India Committee
Paul Edelberg, Kenji Hirooka, Athena Hou, Jaipat Jain, Justin Persaud, Philip Zhang
Outstanding Committee Program (Stand Alone)
Black Lives Matter at the UN: Reflections on and Implications of the Recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution on Systemic Racism
International Human Rights Committee
Shauna Curphey
Outstanding Program (COVID Series)
Domestic Violence, Global Resources, and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Melissa Kucinski
Force Majeure and COVID-19: An International Perspective
Steven Richman
Outstanding Program (Forum)
General Counsel Fireside Chat at the International Startup and Emerging Companies Forum in San Francisco
Douglas Mandell
Outstanding Annual Meeting Program
How Diversity Impacts the Bottom Line for Corporations and Law Firms: The Case of General Motors
International Corporate Counsel Committee
Kenjiro Lecroix, Deniz Tamer
Outstanding Policy
Military Working Dogs (R&R 104B)
International Animal Law Committee
Fran Arricale, Gilda (Jill) Mariani
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
Cross-Border Real Estate Committee
Editor: Andrea Castro
Unsung Member
Col. Linda Strite Murnane
Kelsey Quigley
Outstanding Volunteer
Darren Fenwick
Most Improved Committee
International Refugee Law Committee
Regina Paulose, Marlyse Sime, Heather Weckel
Outstanding Committee
International Human Rights Committee
Dan Appelman, Darren Fenwick
2019
Outstanding Collaborative effort Between Committees
Comments on Emerging Technologies
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions Committee, International Trade Committee, and National Security Committee
Kay Georgi, Geoffrey Goodale, Gwen Jaramillo
Outstanding Committee Program (Non-CLE)
Universal Jurisdiction: Its Successes, Failures and Opportunities to Hold Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations Accountable
International Human Rights Committee
Dan Appelman, Darren Fenwick
Outstanding Annual Meeting Program
China’s New Route to the Silk Road: Challenges and Opportunities for the Eurasian Region
Eurasia Russia Committee
Michael Shapiro, Diana Tsutieva
Outstanding Committee Year in Review
National Security Committee
Annie Jacobs, Jody Prestia
Outstanding Committee Newsletter
Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee
Laura Tiemstra, Armen Vartian
Unsung Member
Jeff Bartlett
Outstanding Volunteer
Sahar Hafeez
Most Improved Committee
International Human Rights Committee
Chairs: Dan Appelman, Jeff Bartlett, Sara Sandford
Outstanding Committee
Immigration and Naturalization Committee
Chairs: Mo Syed, Margaret (Peggy) Taylor
Chair Award
Deniz Tamer