Events

The Society hosts monthly luncheons from September through May at which speakers from foreign countries, the US Government, international institutions, and private practice address topics of current interest in the international arena.  The Society also organizes several signature events each year including the WFLS Embassy Roundtable, the WFLS Annual Dinner Gala, the WFLS Diplomatic Reception, and a spring Annual Meeting and Garden Party.

Upcoming Events

  • Careers in International Anti-Money Laundering

    February 6, 2012

    A panel representing a broad spectrum of practitioners who are focused on anti-money laundering issues will present to law students, new grads and those just interested in learning more about careers in AML. Panelists will share how they arrived at their present positions, what helped to get them there, the type of work they do and what they wish they’d known in law school related to AML careers

  • Stolen Asset Recovery

    February 7, 2012

    Join us for a substantive discussion that will focus on the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR); current efforts to track and trace misappropriated monies from former government officials such as former Tunisian president Ben Ali and former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak; the DOJ’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative that is now up and running tasked to identify, and recover, the proceeds of foreign official corruption through civil forfeiture; the strength and weaknesses of criminal and civil laws in pursuing the recovery of these assets in foreign jurisdictions; and cooperation and challenges in building these types of asset recovery cases.

  • China’s Restrictions on the Internet: Actionable Trade Barriers?

    February 15, 2012

    The Washington Foreign Law Society and the International Trade Committee of the International Law Section invite you to hear officials of the Executive and Legislative Branches and industry representatives discuss China’s restrictive Internet practices, the impact those practices have on U.S. firms, and the potential WTO implications

Past Events