Guest Blogger: Deepali Lugani

It's IntLawGrrls' great pleasure to welcome Deepali Lugani (left) as today's guest blogger.
Deepali is a researcher for Judge Donald C. Pogue of the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York. She earned an LL.M. in International Law from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., in 2010, and an LL.B. cum laude from the University of Ottawa, Canada, in 2008. While at Ottawa, she was the legal editor for the 1st student-run international policy thinktank in Canada, and was selected a rapporteur for the annual meeting of the Canadian Council on International Law. Her summaries of conference proceedings were published in the Journal of Canadian Council on International Law in 2006 and 2007. In 2009, Deepali was an intern at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, where she worked on matters related to the administration of ICC’s detention center in Scheveningen.
In her guest post below, Deepali reports on a recent meeting of the Women in International Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, of which she's a member.

Heartfelt welcome!

Write On! International Law & Democratic Theory

(Write On! is an occasional item about notable calls for papers.) Paper proposals are being sought in preparation for what'll be the 2d event of the Four Societies Special Colloquium -- a joint project of the Australian & New Zealand Society of International Law, the American Society of International Law, the Canadian Council on International Law, and the Japan Society of International Law. The theme is "International Law and Democratic Theory," which, in the view of organizers, encompasses topics such as:

► Role of national legislatures and policy-making in the making and reception of international law
► Governance of international organizations
► Democratic accountability in the development of trade and investment law
► Application of international human rights and humanitarian law in the context of terrorism
► Internationalization of criminal law

Preference'll be given to scholars "in the early stages of their careers ... who have not had opportunities to present at an international conference," as well as "to innovative and cutting edge proposals related to" the overall theme. Accepted papers will be presented at a September 2008 conference at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and likely published in that school's law review. Check out details here asap; deadline's in just a couple weeks: December 14, 2007.