Two Art and Cultural Property Law Programs You Should Attend

Where can I learn more about cultural heritage law? CHL readers will want to take advantage of two upcoming opportunities that dive into the world of art and cultural property law.

Don’t miss Looted Art and Cultural Property: Current Controversies, Future Resolutions, a program sponsored by the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and Fordham Art Law Society. The all-day symposium will be held on March 25 at Fordham University Law School in New York City. The event hopes to spark serious discussions about the importance of protecting cultural heritage.

Panelists include leading professionals such as Attorney Leila Amineddoleh, Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos, Attorney Pierre Ciric, the Getty Trust’s Dr. James Cuno, Dr. Brian Daniels of UPenn, Attorney Kate Fitz Gibbon, Attorney Lawrence Kaye, Attorney Thomas Kline, the Antiquities Coalition’s Deborah Lehr, Attorney Howard N. Spiegler, and many more.

Registration and more information about the program can be found here.

Abbey of San Galgano, Province of Siena

And who wouldn’t want to study the relationship between international law, art law, and cultural property law ... in Italy! That is why Tulane Law School’s summer program in Siena should interest many law students.

Featuring the expertise of Dr. Patty Gerstenblith—chair of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee and director of the Center for Art, Museum and Cultural Heritage Law at DePaul College of Law—Tulane's Institute for International Law, Cultural Heritage and the Arts will start May 29 and end June 23.

Learn more about the Tulane program here.

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Watch Live: Monuments Men Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

The Monuments Men will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal today. Watch it live beginning at 3 p.m. today by clicking on the video box below.

UPDATE - The broadcast is now archived in the video below. The recording has intermittent audio and video problems. Please be patient.

Senate and House leaders of both political parties will bestow Congress's highest civilian award to the team of men and women who, during World War II, sought to preserve cultural heritage from destruction.

Both legislative chambers on Capitol Hill passed the Monuments Men Recognition Act in May 2014, which the president enacted into law on June 9, 2014.




Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX-12) was a primary sponsor of the legislation. Some of the lawmaker's remarks to members of the House appear in the video below.



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2016 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition: Registration is Now Open!

The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and DePaul University College of Law once again will host the annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. Registration is now open.

Oral arguments will be held on February 26 and 27 at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Illinois.

The 2016 Competition will focus on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and other procedural issues raised by a lawsuit brought by the Acropolis Museum against the British Museum seeking restitution to Greece of the Elgin Marbles/Parthenon Marbles.

The competition is open to 26 two- and three-member law student teams The registration deadline is November 19, 2015.

Visit the competition website at go.depaul.edu/chmoot for additional details or to register a team. Contact the Competition Board at chmoot@gmail.com with any questions.

Attorneys interested in serving as judges or brief graders should contact chmootjudges@gmail.com. CLE credit is available for attorneys who participate as judges.

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Full Video: $5 Million Reward Announced at Conflict Antiquities Symposium Focused on ISIS Terror Funding

Evidence seized during a raid in May by U.S. Special Operations Forces on the compound of an ISIS leader shows that the terror organization engages in antiquities trafficking. The cultural objects recovered from the raid, in part, prompted CHL to post "Steering Clear of ISIS Loot: Don't Buy, Apply Strict Due Diligence."

Last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the State Department revealed more direct evidence acquired from that raid and announced a reward of up to $5 million dollars for credible information leading to the significant disruption of the illegal trade in antiquities that benefits ISIS.

Robert Hartung, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Assistant Director for Threat Investigations and Analysis Directorate, announced the reward at a symposium held on September 29 and titled "Conflict Antiquities: Forging a Public/Private Response to Save the Endangered Patrimony of Iraq and Syria." Video of that symposium is now available and can be watched below.

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Cultural Heritage Events in Dallas and Philadelphia You Won't Want to Miss

Roger Atwood

Red Arch board of directors Roger Atwood and Victoria Reed will be featured at two upcoming events you will want to attend.

Atwood will share his vast knowledge of cultural heritage looting on February 20 at the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas. Atwood is the author of Stealing History, a riveting account of the antiquities trafficking underworld. He is a contributing editor at Archaeology magazine and a London correspondent for ARTnews.

Victoria Reed

On March 27 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Reed will share her experiences as a provenance investigator as a panelist at the Lawyer's Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) annual conference. She is Sadler curator for Provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

This year's LCCHP's conference, co-sponsored by the Penn Cultural Heritage Center, is titled Cultural Property: Current Problems Meet Established Law and presents an all-star cast.

Patty Gerstenblith

Luminaries in the cultural heritage protection field like Professor Patty Gerstenblith of the DePaul Center for Art, Museum & Cultural Heritage Law, Corrine Wegener of the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield, and many others are expected to offer crisp insights.

Register here today! The conference offers 4.5 CLE credits for lawyers, including 1.0 for ethics.

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Be a Judge: The 2015 National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition Needs You!

DePaul University College of Law and the Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation are seeking attorneys to serve as judges during the Sixth Annual National Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition. This year’s Competition is the largest and most competitive yet, with twenty-six teams representing nineteen law schools from across the country participating in the 2015 Competition! Oral arguments will be held on February 27-28, 2015 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, home of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Chicago, IL.

The 2015 Competition centers on constitutional challenges to the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A, which protects visual artists’ moral rights of attribution and integrity. The problem, which can be viewed here, addresses both a First Amendment and a Fifth Amendment challenge to VARA.

Attorneys who serve as judges during the competition may receive CLE credit if they qualify. Each judge also receives a complimentary ticket to the Awards Reception, to be held on Saturday, February 28^th in the Grand Ballroom of the Standard Club.  If you are interested in serving as a judge, please download and complete the 2015 Judge Registration Form on the competition website and email it to chmootjudges@gmail.com. Additional information regarding the 2015 Competition can be found at go.depaul.edu/chmoot.

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Register Now for the Sixth Annual Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition

The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and DePaul College of Law have opened registration for the Sixth Annual Cultural Heritage Law Moot Court Competition.

Chicago-Kent College of Law won the fifth annual event that focused on trafficked heritage. Who will win next?

The 2015 competition will argue constitutional challenges to the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A, which protects visual artists’ moral rights of attribution and integrity.

Oral Arguments are scheduled for February 27 and 28, 2015 at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, Illinois.

The moot court is open to 26 two- and three-member student teams from ABA-accredited or provisionally accredited law schools. Schools may register up to two teams.

The registration deadline is November 20, 2014, and the fact pattern will be released on November 21, 2014 so it is important to register soon.

Visit the moot court website at go.depaul.edu/chmoot to register a team.

Attorneys interested in serving as judges or brief graders should contact chmootjudges@gmail.com. CLE credit may be available for attorneys who participate as judges.

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Museums Honor America's Soldiers with Free Admission

Cultural institutions throughout the country will offer free admission to active duty, National Guard, and Reserve soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines from Memorial Day through Labor Day. These "Blue Star" museums and science centers will once again, as in past years, open their doors to the brave men and women who serve in America's armed forces.

Participants include some of the nations top institutions like the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the American Museum of Natural History in New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Find a complete listing of all participating cultural institutions here.

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LCCHP to Host Egypt: Night at the Museum on May 7

On May 7, the Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) will be hosting Egypt: A Night at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Egypt has recently drawn attention for the destruction of cultural heritage by the looting and destruction of museums and archaeological sites throughout the country. This spring, Egypt formally requested the U.S. to place import restrictions on endangered archaeological materials originating from within its borders.

Please join LCCHP and our members to learn more about these issues during a private tour of the Egyptian Wing of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (the Penn Museum houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian and Nubian material in the United States) followed by a happy hour near the museum.

When:              Wednesday, May 7^th  

                        Private tour from 6:30 – 7:30 pm
                        Reception from 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Where:             Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
                       3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Admission:        LCCHP members: $17
                        Non-LCCHP members: $22
                        University of Pennsylvania students and faculty: $5

Join LCCHP at www.culturalheritagelaw.orgto receive LCCHP members’ rates for the event. Purchase your tickets hereor visit the LCCHP website at www.culturalheritagelaw.org.

Contact Leila Amineddoleh, at director@culturalheritagelaw.org, or see the flyer (Egypt at Penn Museum) for additional details.

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International Archaeology Day 2013

Archaeology is the scientific study of humanity's past. It gives us access to information unavailable anywhere else and guides our civilization toward the future.

International Archaeology Day is a time to learn more about this vital field. It is officially celebrated on October 19, but groups celebrate throughout the month of October.

Find out where you can learn more about archaeology and our past by visiting the Archaeological Institute of America's web site here. It lists many International Archaeology Day events throughout the United States and the world.

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Upcoming LCCHP Event in New York: The Monuments Men, Social Media, the Law and Cultural Heritage

LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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The Monuments Men, Social Media, the Law and Cultural Heritage

Historical, Political, Social and Cultural Perspectives

on the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Times of Armed Conflict

 

Friday, November 1, 2013

Fordham Law School, Lincoln Center Campus
113 W. 60th Street, New York, NY 10023

 

Click here to register online today.

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Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects Symposium

Restitution and Repatriation: The Return of Cultural Objects is a symposium that will be held at DePaul University in Chicago on November 14, 2013. It will address the underlying legal, ethical and moral reasons and policies behind the return of cultural objects.

Panels will discuss provenance research, museum acquisitions, the 1970 UNESCO Convention and historical appropriations, and the ethical issues that come into play when requests for repatriation are made.

The featured Lecturer is Jack Trope, Executive Director of the Association on American Indian Affairs. In addition, several other distinguished speakers and moderators will be present, including

• Lori Breslauer, Acting General Counsel of the Field Museum of Natural History;

• Simon Frankel, partner at Covington & Burling LLP;

• David Franklin, Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art

• Patty Gerstenblith, Director of DePaul's Center for Art, Museum, and Cultural Heritage Law

• Thomas Kline, counsel at Andrews Kurth

• Richard Leventhal, Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center

• Jane Levine, Worldwide Compliance Director at Sotheby's

• Victoria Reed, Curator for Provenance at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Further information and registration details may be found here.

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Upcoming MFA Lecture: "The Role of the Carabinieri in Combating Art Theft in Italy"

"The Role of the Carabinieri in Combating Art Theft in Italy" is the title of this week's lecture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Colonel Luigi Cortellessa of the Carabinieri Division for the Protection of Cultural Heritage will be the featured speaker.

The event will be held at the MFA at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 12.  For complimentary museum admission, email hstockton@mfa.org.

The lecture is held in conjunction with the 2013 Year of Italian Culture, featuring the MFA's exhibition of Piero della Francesca’s Senigallia Madonna, one of three stolen paintings recovered in 1975 by Italy’s Carabinieri.

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