Two from IU McKinney Elected to Leadership Positions in ASIL
04/12/2022
Dean Karen Bravo and Professor Yvonne Dutton were elected to leadership positions in the American Society of International Law. These elections took place during the group’s 116th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Dean Bravo was elected to a three-year term as counselor after having previously served as a member of the group’s executive committee. She was appointed co-chair of the organization’s DEI Task Force. In previous years, she has chaired the Teaching International Law Interest Group and the Interest Group Committee.
Professor Dutton was elected vice chair of the Women in International Law Interest Group. She also has served as ASIL’s Midwest vice chair. In addition, Professor Dutton spoke at the event. She was part of a panel discussion on the topic: “Evaluating the international Criminal Court after 20 years.” The panelists talked about a book they are launching on the ICC. Professor Dutton’s chapter was on the court and the peace versus justice debate.
ASIL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, educational membership organization founded in 1906 and chartered by Congress in 1950. ASIL holds Special Consultative Status to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies. Its nearly 4,000 members come from more than 100 nations, and include attorneys, academics, corporate counsel, judges, representatives of governments and non-governmental organizations, international civil servants, students, and others interested in international law.
IU McKinney is an ASIL Academic Partner, which provides for heavily discounted memberships for IU McKinney students, faculty, and staff.
ASIL maintains strong relationships with the academic community by providing access to international law publications, including the award-winning American Journal of International Law. It also hosts the world’s largest gathering of international law experts through its annual meeting.
