The Washington Foreign Law Society  Annual Gala Dinner Honoring  William H. Taft, IV and the Memory of Julia V. Taft 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Thursday, June 12, 2008 The Mayflower Hotel Colonial Room 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20035                   Invitation                 Registration by Mail Online Registration

May Special Luncheon   TOPIC: IRAQ Rule of Law   SPEAKER: John C. Mantini Rule of Law Advisor to the Office of Joint Strategic Planning and Assessment United States Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, 2008 The City Club of Washington DC Franklin Square -- Parkview Annex 1300 I(eye) Street, NW, Washington DC 20005 Metro Stop: McPherson Square (14 th Street/Franklin Square Exit)                   Registration by Mail Online Registration

"Law, as the formal instrument of orderly change in society, plays a pivotal role, even though this role has not always been readily recognized."

---	Dr. Ibrahim F. I. Shihata, Former World Bank General Counsel
	and Past Recipient of the WFLS Harry Leroy Jones Award

Dr. Shihata at The Washington Foreign Law Society, Washington, DC, 1998

What’s New!

 

WFLS elects 2007-2008 Honorary Governors, Governors and Board of Advisors.  2007 Annual Meeting Program 2007 Annual Meeting Report

What’s in the News!

 

	Legal Profession Goes Global
	-- Globalization requires American lawyers and judges to have more knowledge of foreign laws. National Public Radio, Morning Edition, March 7, 2006

	The Insidious Wiles of Foreign Influence
	-- How much are other countries' laws influencing America's?
	Economist, USA Edition, June, 9, 2005

	Discussion between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Stephen Breyer
	-- Constitutional Relevance of Foreign Court Decisions
	Washington College of Law, American University, Jan. 13, 2005