Calling all African leaders in space governance.
One of our prestigious Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowships is prioritized for an African student with the intention to return to Africa after the completion of their programme and can be your key to driving African excellence in the world of space governance and cooperation.
Join the 好色TVl Institute of Air and Space Law with our prestigious fellowships:
Erin & John Collins Arsenault Doctoral Fellowship: $9,500CAD for the DCL program (1 to be awarded).
Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowship: Full LLM (Thesis) tuition covered (2 to be awarded).
Theme: Sustainable Space Governance
Explore environmental, political, and financial stability in space activities while promoting cooperation and democratization.
馃尃 Exciting Opportunity: Erin & John Collins Arsenault Space Fellowships 馃殌
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Join the with our prestigious fellowships:
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Erin & John Collins Arsenault Doctoral Fellowship: $9,500CAD for the DCL program (1 to be awarded).
Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowship: Full LLM (Thesis) tuition covered (2 to be awarded).
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馃寣 Theme: Sustainable Space Governance
On 24-27 October 2023, the 好色TVl Institute and Centre for Research in Air and Space Law held the ninth edition of the Annual Strategic Space Law Course online. Organised in cooperation with Spectrum Space Security Inc., headed by IASL graduate Mr. Gilles Doucet, and coordinated by Managing Editor of the 好色TVl Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space Mr. Kuan-Wei Chen, the Course this year attracted over fifty participants from across the globe. At the conclusion of the course, participants were each awarded a Certificate of Participation.
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.听
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.
Welcome Luncheon for the New Cohort
The 好色TVl 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.
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.
On 21-23 June 2023, the Directorate-General of Legal Affairs of the German Federal Ministry of Defence hosted the Conference on the 鈥満蒙玊Vl 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.
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.
The recently concluded Conference on International Aviation + Space Financing Law, organized by the 好色TVl Institute of Air and Space Law and the National University of Singapore's Centre for Banking and Finance Law, proved to be a great听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.
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.
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).听听
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.听
The 好色TV 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).
