S E M I N A R S, P A N E L S
&  S P E E C H E S

October 9, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, "THE FIGHT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS AT THE UNITED NATIONS: CAN THE UN BE REFORMED?” Metropolitan Water District Biannual Ethics Discussion and Dinner.
Location: Metropolitan Water District Headquarters, Los Angeles, California.

October 5, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, moderator, Panel of UN Ambassadors from India, Indonesia and Russia address the subject of "IMPLEMENTING THE 1981 U.N. DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON RELIGION OR BELIEF,"sponsored by Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights, the United Nations NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University.
Location: Church Center, United Nations Plaza, New York, New York.

September 8, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, "THE STATUS OF REFORM AT THE UNITED NATIONS," Executive Committee of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce.
Location: The Lincoln Club, Lincoln, Nebraska .

July 13, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, "UN REFORM: A DELEGATE'S PERSPECTIVE,"
J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Los Angeles Chapter.
Location: Latham & Watkins, LLP, Los Angeles, California.

May 11, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, Keynote Speaker and Award Recipient (Public Service), SCHOLARSHIP/LEADERSHIP CELEBRATION DINNER, Cardinal Newman and Ursuline High Schools. For additional information on the event, click here.
Location: Mary Agatha Furth Center, Santa Rosa, California.

April 18, 2006 at 12:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, "CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING THE UNITED STATES AT THE UN," Valley Industrial Association of Santa Clarita.
Location: Valencia Hyatt Hotel, Valencia, California.

April 6, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, Keynote Speaker, EAGLE RECOGNITION DINNER, Verdugo Hills Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Location: The Castaway Restaurant, Burbank, California.

January 30, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, USUN Panelist (with Ambassadors Prosper (USA), Rogachev (Russia), Tafrov (Bulgaria), Adekanye (Nigeria), Utoikamanu (Tonga) and Professor Cole Durham (BYU)) , "THE CHANGING FACE OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ISSUES: CHALLENGES 25 YEARS AFTER ADOPTION OF THE UN'S 1981 DECLARATION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION OR BELIEF."
Location: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

January 23, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
Robert C. O'Brien and Professor Yehuda Blum, "THE UN REFORM AGENDA," International Law Class and American Constitution Society.
Location: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California Berkeley.

December 5, 2005 at 1:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, USUN Representative, "VOLUNTEERING AND THE ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS IN RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND 'SILENT CRISES' SUCH AS POVERTY AND DISEASE," (panel moderated by Ann Curry of NBC’s Today Show), United Nations Volunteer Day.
Location: UN Headquarters, New York, NY.

June 10, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien and Bela G. Lugosi, "CALIFORNIA RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY AND LICENSING," Annual Meeting of Euro-American Lawyers Group.
Location: Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica, California.

May 13, 2004 at noon.

Bela G. Lugosi, "CELEBRITY RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY AND LICENSING," J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Los Angeles Chapter Luncheon.
Location: Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, California.

February 12, 2004 at 12:00 p.m.

Bela G. Lugosi, "RIGHT OF PUBLICITY - PUSHING THE FIRST AMENDMENT FRONTIER," Selected Speakers: Intellectual Property Law.
Location: Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California.

April 14 and 15, 2003 at 5:00 p.m.
Bela G. Lugosi, "COMEDY III PRODUCTIONS V. SADERUP: THE THREE STOOGES CASE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY IN CALIFORNIA," The Trademark Office Comes to California, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of California.
Location: Four Points Sheraton Hotel, San Francisco, California.

August 1, 2002 at 1:30 p.m.
Robert C. O'Brien, "DEPOSITION SKILLS,"
Continuing Legal Education seminar.
Location: Le Merigot Hotel, Santa Monica, California.

March 20, 2002 at 2:30 p.m.
Bela G. Lugosi, panel presentation, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES WITH A HOLLYWOOD TWIST," Celebrity Images and Rights of Publicity, 30th Annual ALI-ABA Course of Study, Legal Problems of Museum Administration.
Location: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California.

November, 2001
Bela G. Lugosi, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY" The Phi Beta Kappa, Southern California Alumni Association.
Location: University of Southern California.

April, 2001
Bela G. Lugosi, "FREE SPEECH, RIGHT OF PUBLICITY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN PRIVATE INFORMATION," The Federalist Society Conference.
Location: Chapman University Law School, Orange, California.

Summer Semester, 2000
Bela G. Lugosi, Adjunct Professor, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY," Whittier Law School.
Location: Costa Mesa, California.

March, 2000
Bela G. Lugosi, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY."
Location: DePaul School of Law, Chicago, Illinois.

January, 2000
Bela G. Lugosi, panel presentation, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY: COMPETING PERSPECTIVES AND DIVERGENT ANALYSES," American Association of Law Schools, Annual Meeting.
Location: Washington, D.C.

November, 1999
Bela G. Lugosi, "ENTERTAINMENT LAW," ABA, Litigation Section, Committee on Corporate Counsel, Southern California Regional Workshop.
Location: Century City, California.

October, 1999
Bela G. Lugosi, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY," Intellectual Property Law Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Location: Los Angeles, California.

August 2, 1999
Robert C. O'Brien, Guest Lecturer, "CAREERS IN ENTERTAINMENT LAW," Entertainment Studies, UCLA Extension Program.
Location: Los Angeles, California.

July, 1999
Bela G. Lugosi, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY," Entertainment Law Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Location: Beverly Hills, California.

May, 1999
Bela G. Lugosi, "DRAFTING AND NEGOTIATION OF LICENSES," Promotion Marketing Association Star Day Convention.
Location: Universal City, California.

March, 1999 and October, 2001
Bela G. Lugosi, Guest Lecturer, "THE RIGHT OF PUBLICITY," The John Marshall Law School, Center on Intellectual Property Law.
Location: Chicago, Illinois.

December 10, 1998
Robert C. O'Brien, panel presentation, "THE EMERGING INTERNATIONAL REGIME GOVERNING DOMAIN NAMES," Pepperdine University School of Law Cyberlaw Symposium.
Location: Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California.

October 29, 1999
Robert C. O'Brien, Guest Lecturer, "THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS," graduate business law course, University of California at Irvine, School of Mangement.
Location: Irvine, California.

October 3, 1998
Robert C. O'Brien, "DISPUTE RESOLUTION OF WWW DOMAIN NAMES,"Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Calfiornia.
Location: Montery, California.

September, 1998
Bela G. Lugosi, "MISAPPROPRIATION OF NAME, PICTURE OR IDENTIFICATION & RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES," Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, 16th Annual Las Vegas Convention.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada.

July 31, 1998
Robert C. O'Brien, "INTERNET: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES," LAWASIA Intellectual Property Conference and 1oth Annual California International Law Wekend, 4th Session.
Location: San Francisco, California.

May, 1998
Bela G. Lugosi, "GUIDELINES FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS," Los Angeles Estate Planning Council.
Location: Los Angeles, California.

April 7, 1998
Robert C. O'Brien, Panelist, "INTERNATIONAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES," Boalt in the Global Age: An International Reunion & Conference, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.
Location: Berkeley, California.

Fall Semester, 1997
Robert C. O'Brien, Adjunct Professor, "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW," Webster University.
Location: Geneva, Switzerland.