International Law and Immigration
Ca. Int'l Law Journal 2018 WINTER, VOL. 26, NO. 1
Content
- 2018 Cla Annual Meeting Report
- California Now Open For Business In International Arbitration
- Restorative Justice Solutions For Mass Incarceration
- Sec Confirms Its Authority In Eb-5 and Tags Immigration Attorney For Unregistered Brokering In California Federal Court Win: Sec V. Feng
- Steel, Tariffs and National Security Under the Trump Administration
- The California International Law Journal
- The International Law Section Continues Its Dynamic Relationship With Foreign Bar Associations Through Friendship Agreements and Conferences
- The International Law Section of the California Lawyers Association
- Thief In the Night: the Invasive Nature of Home Internet of Things and Its Attempt To Silently Shift Rules of Personal Data Ownership
- Unarmed Attacks: Cyber Combatants and the Right To Defend
- Welcome From the International Law Section's Co-chairs
- Welcome From the Journal's Editor-in-chief
- The International Law Section Presents Eighth Annual Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year Award
THE INTERNATIONAL LAW SECTION PRESENTS EIGHTH ANNUAL WARREN M. CHRISTOPHER INTERNATIONAL LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
ILS Co-Chairs and Jeff Daar, Chair,
Warren Christopher Committee, with
Claire Chino at the Awards Ceremony
The International Law Section is pleased to honor Mitsuru Claire Chino, the recipient of the ILS’s Eighth Annual Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year Award.
This prestigious Award, presented annually by the ILS, is intended to honor California legal practitioners who render extraordinary service to our profession in the field of international law. The Award is named after its first recipient, Warren M. Christopher, who had a long and distinguished career both as a lawyer and statesman; among his many accomplishments as the 63rd Secretary of State, Mr. Christopher brokered the Bosnian Peace Agreement during President Bill Clinton’s first term in office.
The recipient of this year’s Award, Mitsuru Claire Chino, is the President & CEO of ITOCHU International Inc. and Managing Executive Officer of ITOCHU Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, headquartered in Japan, with over 40,000 employees worldwide. In 2013, she became the first female executive officer of any major trading company in Japan. She has also been active in promoting women’s interests in corporate Japan and was instrumental in initiating a diversity program within ITOCHU. Prior to joining ITOCHU, she was a partner of an international law firm. Claire has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout her career, including from the World Economic Forum (Young Global Leader), Yale University (Yale World Fellow), Asia Society (Asia 21) and the U.S. Japan Leadership Program. She has also been recognized in the in-house community as a "Top 25 In-House Counsel in Asia" (Asia Legal Business), "Asia Pacific’s Innovative Lawyer" (Financial Times) and "FT Global General Counsel 30 (Financial Times). Claire is a graduate of Smith College (B.A. cum laude) and Cornell Law School (J.D.), where she serves on the advisory board, and has taught as a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence.