Annual Institute Agenda
Theme: “You’re An International Lawyer But May Not Know It!”
Approved for 6.75 Hours of MCLE including 1 Hour of Ethics
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Networking Breakfast and Registration
8:45 – 8:50 a.m.
Welcome
8:50 – 9:40 a.m.
Current Issues in Export Controls and Sanctions
- Lindsay Forbes, Senior Associate, The Schulz Law Firm, Dallas, Texas
9:40 – 10:25 a.m.
Nearshoring Trends and Impacts for US and Mexican Companies
- Edgar Klee, Partner, Haynes Boone, Mexico City
10:25 – 10:40 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:40 – 11:30 a.m.
A Primer on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS): Are You Ready for Increased Enforcement?
- Derrick Kyle, Senior Associate, Torres Trade Law, Dallas, Texas
- Olga Torres, Founding Partner, Torres Trade Law, Dallas, Texas
11:30 – 12:15 a.m.
Healthcare Staffing Crisis: Can Immigration Reform Solve the Problem?
- Kim Cummings, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Talent and Workforce Planning, Children’s Health, Dallas, Texas
- Fred Gaona III, Partner, Frost Todd Brown, Dallas, Texas
- Kathleen Campbell Walker, Partner, Dickinson Wright, El Paso, Texas
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCHEON PROGRAM
The United States on the World Stage in 2023: A Conversation with Former US Ambassador to NATO and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Moderated by Eric F. Hinton, Director, Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership, SMU Dedman School of Law; International Law Section Chair, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas
1:30 – 2:20 p.m.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: A Global Look at the State of Human Rights in 2023
- Dr. Rick Halperin, Professor of the Practice, Human Rights, and Director, Human Rights Education Program, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- John Vernon, Partner, The Vernon Law Group, Adjunct Professor of Law, SMU, Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas
2:20 – 3:05 p.m.
The Origins of Russian Membership in the Council of Europe and the Seeds of its Expulsion
- Professor Jeffrey Kahn, University Distinguished Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas
3:05 – 3:20 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:20 – 4:20 p.m.
Ethics for International Compliance Lawyers and Compliance Officers
- Eric F. Hinton, Director, Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas
- Howard Hacker, Chief Compliance Officer, Walmart Global Health & Wellness, Dallas, Texas
- Betty E. Ungerman, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Lennox International Inc., Richardson, Texas
4:20-4:30 p.m.
Closing
This program is subject to change at the discretion of the ILS.
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