For those who have not already seen it, here is a posting from the new Society of International Economic Law, with which a number of this blog's contributors (including myself) are involved:
SIEL is pleased to announce that Don McRae has agreed to serve as the Interim President of the SIEL. Professor McRae holds the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and was formerly the Dean of the Common Law Section of the Law Faculty. Professor McRae has held significant positions in both the public international law and international economic law arenas, including serving as: a member of the International Law Commission; Canada’s chief negotiator in the Pacific Salmon Treaty renegotiations; Chair of the first Canada-US FTA state-to-state dispute panel; Chair of the first US-Israel FTA dispute panel; and as a Member of the first NAFTA state-to-state dispute panel. Professor McRae is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law, and holds degrees from Otago University in New Zealand and from Cambridge. In addition, Professor McRae has also served as a President of the Canadian Council on International Law, as a Member of the ASIL Executive Council and as an ASIL Counsellor.
As Interim President, Professor McRae will guide the Founding Committee in their efforts to launch the society around the world. SIEL will benefit tremendously from his experienced hand.
It is expected that Professor McRae will serve as Interim President until shortly after the formal establishment of the SIEL, at which time SIEL members will then have the opportunity to participate in the selection of the SIEL President, in accordance with a more permanent governance structure that will be set up at that time.
