DePaul Law News

John R. Byerly, scholar-in-residence with DePaul's aviation institute

John R. Byerly, formerly the Department of State's longest-serving deputy assistant secretary for transportation affairs, was the International Aviation Law Institute's (IALI) distinguished guest and Scholar-in-Residence on April 3 and 4, 2013. Perhaps best known for his groundbreaking work on both stages of the U.S.-EU Open Skies air transport agreement, Byerly lectured and answered students' questions in the Public International Aviation Law class taught by adjunct professor John Mulligan, IALI's FedEx-United Airlines Resident Research Fellow. 

Following the class, IALI hosted a well-attended reception during which Byerly engaged with students and shared his views on international aviation regulation, diplomacy and his long career at the State Department.

Jacobs to keynote New Zealand competition workshop

International Aviation Law Institute Co-Director Michael Jacobs has been selected as the keynote speaker for the 24th annual workshop of the Competition Law & Policy Institute of New Zealand (CIPLINZ), which will take place on August 2 in Auckland. Professor Jacobs also will present a paper at the event. The CLPINZ serves as a key forum for experts to contribute to future competition legal and policy initiatives. The workshop is attended by lawyers, economists, regulators and judges from New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Havel, Mulligan at IATA Legal Symposium

IALI Director Brian Havel and FedEx/United Airlines Resident Research Fellow John Mulligan represented the institute at the 2013 IATA Legal Symposium February 17 to 19 in Berlin. The three-day conference included panels and presentations concerning a number of international aviation law and policy issues on which the institute has worked over the past few years, including aircraft finance, antitrust and dispute resolution. During the final session, Professor Havel participated in a lively panel debate entitled "Does International Air Law Still Matter?"

Journal's special edition preserves deregulation history

The International Aviation Law Institute journal Issues in Aviation Law and Policy (IALP), has published its second special edition, containing transcripts from the institute's acclaimed "Conversations with Aviation Leaders" Oral History Project. The project explores the origins, history, and record of U.S. airline deregulation as told through the voices and memories of its participants. Six interviews have been completed to date, all of which may be viewed at the Institute's website.

By transcribing these interviews, IALP has turned valuable conversations into more easily searchable and citable scholarly resources. Later interviews will be collected in subsequent special editions.

The current special edition contains interviews with the following aviation scholars:

• John R. Byerly, the U.S. Department of State's longest-serving Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs, and the lead U.S. negotiator for dozens of U.S. air services agreements (ASAs), including the historic U.S.-EU Open Skies agreement
• The Honorable Gerald L. Baliles, former Attorney General and Governor of Virginia and chair of the 1993 National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry; Gov. Baliles is also the co-founder of Issues in Aviation Law and Policy
• Jeffrey N. Shane, who served in a number of key policymaking positions in the federal government over a 30-year period, including Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy from 2003 to 2008.

To purchase a copy of the special edition, or to subscribe to IALP, please email IALP@depaul.edu.

 

College of Law hosts visiting scholar Dr. Zhyldyz Tegizbekova

The International Aviation Law Institute (IALI) is pleased to host visiting scholar Dr. Zhyldyz Tegizbekova, dean of the law program at the International University of Central Asia in the Kyrgyz Republic. Dr. Tegizbekova, who returns to DePaul following her spring 2010 IALI residency, will spend a semester at the College of Law as part of a Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute program.

Internationally recognized and renowned for her high level aviation work, Dr. Tegizbekova specializes in research on the development of aviation law in the Kyrgyz Republic, on customary law, and on comparative analysis of U.S. and Kyrgyz law.

Aside from meeting with staff and faculty members at DePaul, Dr. Tegizbekova will write an article on the concept of open skies in Krygyzstan for Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, and will observe an aviation law course led by FedEx/United Airlines Resident Research Fellow John Q. Mulligan.

Aviation law institute showcases student and faculty research in action

Thomas Wangard knew he wanted to combine his love for aviation with his passion for the law when he considered taking the law school plunge.

That is why it was an easy decision to choose DePaul’s College of Law when he discovered its International Aviation Law Institute (IALI).

“I realized studying with the institute was the perfect route for me,” says Wangard, who is now a third-year law student. “The institute has exposed me to substantive aviation law, government policy and some of the individuals who were instrumental in enacting both. I have had the great opportunity to learn directly from the aviation industry’s titans.”

IALI is just a single example of the College of Law’s investment in experiential learning and faculty enrichment through clinics and institutes.

 

International aviation law students (from left) Thomas Wangard, Alex Bashinsky and Brian Khan listen as former Virginia Governor Gerald L. Baliles answers a question. Baliles chaired the 1993 Presidential Airline Commission and visited the College of Law to participate in the institute’s “Conversations with Aviation Leaders” oral history program.

The law school boasts 15 centers and institutes focusing on a range of issues from criminal defense and family law to intellectual property and cultural heritage law. Each has helped students parlay classroom learning into hands-on experience, while offering faculty a forum to spotlight their academic acumen.

 

Established in 2004 by distinguished research professor of law and international aviation scholar Brian F. Havel, IALI is the only international aviation law institute in the United States. IALI quickly embraced its mission of educating the next generation of aviation law and policy experts, and has become a valuable resource to help students gain practical experience in international law. The institute also is a sought-after source of information for academics and policymakers around the world, and has given faculty and students the opportunity to consider cutting-edge aviation law issues as they come to the fore.

“The institute allows students to put their legal skills to work in real-life settings that enrich them beyond the typical law school classroom experience,” says Steve Rudolph, executive director.

Professor Jacobs addresses Asian Competition Forum at annual conference

Co-Director of the International Aviation Law Institute Mike Jacobs continues to participate in important antitrust and competition law conferences worldwide.

On December 8, Jacobs attended the Asian Competition Forum's (ACF) annual board of directors meeting in Hong Kong. The ACF was founded in 2005 by a group of academics in law and economics and experts in competition law in the Asia-Pacific region. The organization promotes economic competition through research and study of law and economics through teaching, conferences and seminars, and publications.

Professor Jacobs also spoke at the ACF's 8th Annual Conference, presenting his paper titled "Developing a Culture of Competition--a Subversive View." The conference was held at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The following day, Professor Jacobs chaired a panel discussion on "Contemporary Issues in Japanese Antitrust."

 

Havel addresses Oxford group on EU ETS implications

Professor Brian Havel, International Aviation Law Institute director and 2011-13 Keeley Visiting Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford, presented "A Clash of Law and Politics: the EU's Audacious Self-Appointment as the Global Regulator for Limiting Aviation Carbon Emissions" to Oxford's EU Law Discussion Group on November 21.

Professor Havel discussed whether the EU's unilateral application of its own Emissions Trading Scheme to the entire global air transport industry -- which produced a controversial supportive opinion by the EU Court of Justice and provoked outrage and threats of retaliation from key trade partners -- pushed the international community toward stronger remedial action. He also discussed whether the EU's political imperative of dealing with climate change should trump the prevailing structure of international legal relationships and force a fundamental rethinking of how international law responds to transborder systemic challenges.

IALI participates in EALA, WEF conferences

International Aviation Law Institute Director Brian Havel represented the institute at several international conferences in November, including the European Air Law Association's 24th Annual Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. There, he moderated a panel, "EU Market Access Developments -- 10 Years Open Skies -- How to Proceed from Here?" 

Professor Havel later attended the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is a member of the WEF's New Models for Travel & Tourism Council, contributing to the organization's efforts to promote e-visa systems as a means to increase economic growth from travel and tourism.

IALI director speaks in India on aircraft finance, environmental issues

International Aviation Law Institute Director Brian Havel spoke to a group of aviation professionals on aircraft financing and aviation environmental issues at the launch of the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's CAPA AeroPark in Mumbai, India, in November. In a press releas about the three-day executive program, Kapil Kaul, CEO South Asia, CAPA Centre for Aviation said, “CAPA AeroPark was established with a mission of bringing world class aviation education and training to fast growth emerging markets and we are proud to be launching this inaugural series of courses in conjunction with the leading global universities and executive training organisations.” 

Professor Havel's first lecture, "Aircraft Financing Law and Policy," provided attendees with an overview of common industry practices used to finance the acquisition of new aircraft. His second lecture, "Aviation Environmental Law and Policy," recounted the historical development and current state of regulation regarding aircraft noise and greenhouse gas emissions from international air transport.