The Santa Clara Journal of International Law is proud to host a symposium on corporations and international law. The keynote speaker is Professor Jose Alvarez, one of the leading academics in international and foreign investment law and the immediate past president of the American Society of International Law. 

The conference will feature four papers on the following topics:

1. Corporations as plaintiffs under bilateral investment treaties;
2. Operationalizing a global framework for the regulation of transnational corporations;
3. The role of global governance in corporate social responsibility; and
4. Corporate accountability for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Claims Act.

The symposium will include four panels, one for each of the papers, in which commentators will provide a range of perspectives on the topics addressed. The conference will also feature a lunchtime speaker, Professor Anupam Chander, of the University of California, Davis School of Law, who will speak on the social responsibility of information technology companies.

The symposium will conclude with a roundtable discussion in which panelists will explore the implications of both American and international law for regulating, protecting, and holding corporations accountable for their operations around the world.