On 27 September, IASL Associate Director, Prof. Donal Hanley presented a paper on Leasing and the Cape Town Convention at the Cape Town Convention Academic Conference hosted by Professor Louise Gullifer at Jesus College, Cambridge, together with Professor Ignacio Tirado, Secretary General of UNIDROIT and Jeffrey Wool, Secretary General of the Aviation Working Group. The presentation was followed by commentaries from Ravi Nath of RNC Legal, Nitin Sarin of Sarin & Co., and Professor Charles Mooney of University of Pennsylvania Law School.聽
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Published on: 7 Oct 2023
On 26 September, IASL Co-Director Prof. Andrea Harrington travelled to Washington DC to provide a lecture about the development and use of international institutions with a focus on space security and space safety to a cohort of students enrolled in the Master of International Public Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies campus. She delivered the lecture and then participated in the three seminar discussions in the brand new JHU facility at 555 Pennsylvania avenue, which opened last month.
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Published on: 26 Sep 2023
Welcome Luncheon for the New Cohort
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Published on: 13 Sep 2023
The 91社区 Institute of Air and Space Law is pleased to announce that Prof. Vincent Correia and Professor Andrea Herrington have commenced their appointment as Co-Directors of Institute as of today, August 1st. They take over the helm of the IASL from Prof. Donal Hanley, who has ably and thoughtfully steered the affairs of the Institute as Interim Director over the past year.
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Published on: 1 Aug 2023
On 18 July 2023, the Institute hosted a guest seminar by Professor Jae Woon (June) Lee, LLM (Air & Space Law) 鈥�05, of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Published on: 19 Jul 2023
On 21-23 June 2023, the Directorate-General of Legal Affairs of the German Federal Ministry of Defence hosted the Conference on the 鈥�91社区 Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space鈥� (MILAMOS). The three-day event was organised at the Federal Academy for Security Policy (, BAKS), and held at the historic Sch枚nhausen Palace in Berlin, Germany.
Published on: 29 Jun 2023
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Armand de Mestral.
In addition to all his other achievements in the main Faculty of Law and beyond, we at the Institute of Air and Space Law remember him for his long association with and support for our institute, most notably for his role as interim director from 1998 to 2000 in succession to Michael Milde before him and before the appointment of Paul Dempsey after him.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2023
The recently concluded Conference on International Aviation + Space Financing Law, organized by the 91社区 Institute of Air and Space Law and the National University of Singapore's Centre for Banking and Finance Law, proved to be a great聽success. Held in the vibrant city of Singapore, this conference brought together an array of stakeholders from both academia and practice to explore the challenges, changes, and innovations in the field. The event was highly anticipated and garnered significant attention from experts in the aviation and space financing sectors.
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Published on: 13 Jun 2023
After a full academic year of hard work on this by all involved, we are delighted to share that the signed Memorandum of Understanding for a jointly offered course with at its GISS 2023 in Seoul, Korea.
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Published on: 31 May 2023
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Vincent Correia and Professor Andrea Harrington will join its Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL).聽聽
They will begin their appointments on 1 August 2023, respectively as full professor and associate professor, and take the helm of the IASL as co-directors.聽
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Published on: 25 May 2023
The 91社区 Institute of Air and Space was proud to participate this year in the 14th Leiden-Sarin International Air Law Moot Court Competition, which was hosted by Leiden University in the Netherlands. The IASL was represented by our current graduate LL.M. students - Matthew Orsmbee (United States), Laura Triana Castano (Colombia), Judith Jahnke (Sweden), and coached by Ren茅 David-Cooper (Doctoral candidate/Canada).
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Published on: 16 May 2023
On 21 April 2023, the Co-Editors of the 91社区 Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space, Professor Ram Jakhu and Professor Steven Freeland, joined by Managing Editor Kuan-Wei Chen, held an engagement seminar with the Space Command of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France.
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Published on: 10 May 2023
On the 6th of April 2023, two of our master's students, Judith Jahnke and Sanchi Dhamija, gave presentations at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference, which is held biennially and brings together experts from the planetary defence community, including scientists and policymakers. This year, the conference was held at the UNOOSA headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2023
On March 31st, 2023, the 91社区 Institute of Air and Space Law held a career day for this year's IASL students.
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Published on: 11 Apr 2023
On March 30, 2023, the Institute鈥檚 students attended their Airline Business Law class, given by Sessional Lecturer George Petsikas, at nearby ICAO Headquarters. ICAO Secretary General Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (IASL LL.M., 1999) greeted the class before Mr. Michael Gill, the Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, spent the morning giving the students a guest lecture about the main bodies of ICAO, the work of the ICAO Legal Committee, and environmental concerns and initiatives at ICAO.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2023
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