This seminar will examine the use and effectiveness of international law in U.S. Courts, including the nation's current policy that allows domestic spying in certain cases.  Expert panels will be formed to discuss various topics:  Jim McDevitt, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, will form a panel to discuss "The Patriot Act"; Tony Anghie, the Samuel D. Thurman Professor at the S.J. Quinney School of Law, University of Utah, will form a panel to discuss:  "The Governance of Backward Territories:  The Vision of Elihu Root"; David Aronofsky, University of Montana General Counsel and adjunct faculty member at the Schools of Law and Education, will form a panel to discuss:  "Using International Law to Decide Tough Cases"; Ved P. Nanda, the Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at the University of Denver College of Law, will form a panel and discuss a topic to be announced; and Breean Beggs, Chief Catalyst at the Center for Justice, will form a panel to discuss:  "Domestic Spying in the Age of Terror." 

The event is presented by the Gonzaga Journal of International Law, the Gonzaga American Constitution Society, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Gonzaga International Law Society. The symposium is free and open to the public, and Continuing Legal Education credits are being sought for the symposium.