On March 4, Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal and The Lawyer’s Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation presented an all-day symposium, on how to prevent looting during times of both war and peace, how to deal with looted cultural material that enters into the international art market, and legal issues related to restitution of art works. Donny George, former director of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad is a presenter.


(From left ) Donny George, former Director General, Iraq Museum; former Chairman, Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage; Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel, US Marine Corps; Michelle Hobart, Archaeological Institute of America; Patty Gerstenblith, Director, Program in Cultural Heritage Law, DePaul University College of Law; and Lucille A. Roussin, Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law 


Donny George, former Director General, Iraq Museum


Donny George, former Director General, Iraq Museum and Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel, US Marine Corps


Morning panelists

(From left) Terence N. D’Altroy, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University; Robert Palmer, National Park Service NAGPRA Civil Penalties Investigator, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Loras College; Sharon Cohen Levin, Chief, Asset Forfeiture Unit, US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York; and Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service 

10:30am  Opening Remarks
Caroline Piela-Cohen, Symposia Editor, CPLPEJ

10:45am  Iraq and Afghanistan
Donny George, former Director General, Iraq Museum;
former Chairman, Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and
Heritage; Visiting Professor, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel, US Marine Corps
Brian Rose, President, Archaeological Institute of
America; Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology
Patty Gerstenblith, Director, Program in Cultural
Heritage Law, DePaul University College of Law

12:00 Lunch

1:30pm  Archaeology in the Americas
Sharon Cohen Levin, Chief, Asset Forfeiture Unit, US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York
Terence N. D’Altroy, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
Todd Swain, Park Ranger and Special Agent, National Park Service
Robert Palmer, National Park Service NAGPRA Civil Penalties
Investigator, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Loras College
Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program, National Park Service

3:15pm  World War II
Lucille A. Roussin, Professor, Cardozo School of Law
Monica Dugot, Director of Restitution, Senior Vice President,
Christie’s International
Lucian Simmons, Worldwide Head of Restitution, Senior Vice President,
Sotheby’s, New York
John J. Byrne Jr., Founding Partner, Byrne Goldenberg & Hamilton
Howard Spiegler, Partner, Herrick, Feinstein

4:45pm  Summary Session:
What are the different approaches to returning cultural property and do they work?
Lucille A. Roussin, Adjunct Professor, Cardozo School of Law

6:00pm  Reception
Attendance at the entire conference earns 6 Nontransitional New York MCLE credits in the Areas of Professional Practice Category.
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Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal (CPLPEJ) is a multidisciplinary publication dedicated to discussing and analyzing the policy implications of governmental actions, how lawyers advocate in the public interest, and how the ethical choices of legal workers affect the law and the public at large. CPLPEJ publishes writing in all areas of the law, including constitutional law, family law, legal ethics, criminal law, civil rights law, immigration law, environmental law, civil law, labor law, animal rights law, and sexual orientation law. The Journal is committed to a non-ideological investigation of issues, and accepts submissions from philosophers, economists, sociologists, activists, lawyers, and other professionals.

The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation (LCCHP) is a nonprofit organization of lawyers and law students who have joined together to promote the preservation and protection of cultural heritage resources in the United Statesand internationally through education and advocacy.