Turning Points and Paradigm Shifts in U.S. Foreign Policy

Sept. 25-27, 2025 CWRU School of Law is pleased to have been selected as the host of the American Society of International Law’s 2025 Midyear Meeting. One of the largest annual gatherings of international law practitioners, academics, and students, the ASIL Midyear Meeting has been held since 2010 in Miami, Los Angeles, Athens and Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Seattle, St. Louis, New York, Miami, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Celebrating the theme of “Turning Points and Paradigm Shifts in International Law,” the ASIL’s 2025 Midyear Meeting will take place from September 25-27 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Practitioners’ Forum, featuring a lunch speaker and two panels, will be held at Jones Day Law Firm on the afternoon of Sept. 25. The Research Forum, featuring over thirty panels, will be held at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on Sept. 26-27. There will be a Keynote speech and opening ceremony and reception from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Woodland Hall in the Cleveland Botanical Garden; and a gala party from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which will be open only to ASIL Midyear Meeting attendees. Learn more about the Keynote speaker. The Midyear Meeting will end (Sept. 27) with a closing speech and reception at the Tinkham Veale University Center followed by drinks at the University’s Jolly Scholar Pub.