The University of Mississippi - Space law in spotlight

From the Clarion Ledger -February 28, 2010

OLE MISS
Space law in spotlight
 OXFORD - With China joining Russia and the United States as the only nations that have sent humans into space, international legal issues continue to emerge.

 Scholars from two of those nations are slated to address some of the issues - security, satellite communications, insurance, environmental monitoring, space debris and even space tourism - Wednesday at the University of Mississippi as part of the U.S.-China Student Space Law Research Symposium.

 Sponsored by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law at the UM School of Law, the symposium enables students from Ole Miss, the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law and the Harbin Institute of Technology School of Law to have open discussions regarding the issues.

 The overall goal is to bring together students from the U.S. and China to share their research experiences while at the same time help foster relations between the two nations, said Joanne Gabrynowicz, the center's director.

 The symposium is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the law school's Moot Courtroom II. To help bridge the two cultures, UM law students have volunteered to serve as ambassadors to their Chinese counterparts. The Chinese students will be on campus all week.

 Law students from China and Ole Miss participated in competitions in order to attend the symposium. The dean of the Harbin Institute of Technology School of Law and the deputy dean of the Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law are also among the participants.

 For three years, Gabrynowicz has served as a guest lecturer at both the participating Chinese institutions, which helped lead to the collaboration of the symposium.
 For more information, visit spacelaw.olemiss.edu.