One of 3 academics invited to participate and comment in Harvard Law School's special workship for the "Constitutional Court Judges from the Muslim World."
"The Search for Common Ground between Islamic and International Law: The need to define terms" Presented at Salzburg Seminar on Islamic law and International Law: The Search for Common Ground (Co-sponsored by the International Bar Association), Salzburg, Austria, October 26, 2008.
"Shariah & Constitution Making in Egypt, Indonesia, and Afghanistan", Conference: Is there a Role for Shari`a in Modern States?, Georgetown University, October 23, 2008.
"Islamic Law, Human Rights and the State in Modern Egypt": Public Lecture at University of Tokyo, October 21, 2008.
"Judicial Interpretation of Shari`a in Egypt: Trends and Implications": Presentation to Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Tokyo, October 20, 2008.
"Islamic Law as a source of non-derogable liberal rights: The surprising views of a liberal Christian, Islamist, Pakistani judge": Conference on Emergency Rule in Asia, Nat'l Univ. of Singapore, May 3, 2008.
"The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt and Shari`a": Public Lecture at The Islamic Republic of Pakistan's official Council on Islamic Ideology, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 28, 2008.
"Development of Islamic Law Studies in the United States": Presentation at post-graduate faculty, National Islamic University of Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 25, 2008.
"Afghanistan" [with Prof. Jon Eddy] in the University of Washington's "Hot Spot's" lectures for the community. (October 2007)
"Federal and regional court jurisdictions in federal states: considerations for Iraq" off the record presentation to Iraqi lawmakers and politicians at the International Seminar on Practical Federalism in Iraq (Erbil, Iraq, July 2007)
"Federal and regional powers as envisioned in the new Kurdish oil law" off the record presentation to Iraqi lawmakers and politicians at the International Seminar on Practical Federalism in Iraq (Erbil, Iraq, July 2007)
"The Rise of Judges as a New Voice in Islamic Law: Lessons from Egypt, Questions for Pakistan," Paper presented at National University of Singapore (sponsored by Faculty of Law and Asian Research Institute). April 29, 2007.
"What is the "Law" of a Developing Muslim State?: Reflections on Afghanistan"; presentation given at Asian Law Institute Annual Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia. April 24, 2007.
Chair of Panel on "Autonomy, Federalism and the Rule of Law in Iraq", American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference (January 2007).
"Integration of Islamic Law into the Constitutional Law of Muslim Countries," American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference (January 2007).
"Compatability of Constitutional Provisions Requiring Conformity with Sharî`a and the Liberal Rule of Law: Lessons from Egypt," Columbia University School of Law Associates in Law Colloquium (November 2006).
"The Democraticization and Liberalization of Islam in Egyptian Courts," Conference on Law and Democracy, Jackson School of Int. Affairs, University of Washington (October 2006).
Discussant on Panel on Religious Freedoms in Federal States, International Conference on Implementing Federalism in Iraqa meeting of international experts and Iraqi government officials convened in Venice, Italy (July 2006).
Fiscal Federalism and the Distribution of Oil Revenues in Federal States, International Conference on Implementing Federalism in Iraqa meeting of international experts and Iraqi government officials convened in Venice, Italy (July 2006).
Discussion leader for roundtable on "Shari`a and Democracy", Council on Foreign Relations National Conference (June 2006).
"Nineteenth-Century Free Exercise Jurisprudence in Context: Rethinking Reynolds v. United States," University of Oregon (March 2006).
"Nineteenth-Century Free Exercise Jurisprudence in Context: Rethinking Reynolds v. United States," University of Oregon (March 2006).
"Islam in National Constitutions: Iraq and Beyond," Public lecture at the University of Puget Sound (February 2006).
"The New Supreme Court and Your Civil Liberties," Speech at the University of Washington jointly sponsored by the ACS, ACLU and Federalist Society (January 2006).
"Distribution of Oil Revenues Among National and Sub-national Units in Contemporary Federations," Presentation to members of the Iraqi national assembly and members of Iraqi civil society at the Seminar on Practical Federalism in Iraq, Sicily (November 2005).
Commentary on the papers presented at the opening panel of the Islam, Modernity and Asia Conference, University of Washington (May 2005).
Council on Foreign Relations Special Advisory Committee, Report on the Drafting of an Iraqi Constitution, Washington, D.C. (February 2005), Participant in meetings to review the report.
Council on Foreign Relations Special Advisory Committee, Report on the Image of America in the Islamic World, New York City (Feb. 2005), Participant in meetings to review the report.
"Application of Islamic Law in Federalized Legal Systems," Presentation to members of the Iraqi national assembly and members of Iraqi civil society at the Seminar on Practical Federalism in Iraq, Sicily (November 2005).
"The Study of Islamic Law in American Law Schools," American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco (January 2005).
"Islamic Law and Islamic Politics in Asia," Presentation to the First Special Forces Command, U.S. Army, Fort Lewis, Washington (Sept. 2004).
"Transmission of Islamic legal knowledge in Indonesia," Commentator on the panel at the Islamic Law in Indonesia Conference, Harvard Law School (April 2004).
"The Nass in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt," American Research Center in Egypt, Annual Conference (April 2003).
"Islam, Constitutionalism and Human Rights," Presentation to the Human Rights Committee, Bar Association of the City of New York (July 2002).