Welcome from the Journal's Editor-in-chief

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 28 No. 1
• Publication year: 2020
• Author: Catherine (Cathy)
• topic: Business of Law

WELCOME FROM THE JOURNAL'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Catherine (Cathy)

Carlisle^*

Editor-in-Chief

At the risk of stating the obvious, this past year has posed an unprecedented challenge for all of us professionally and personally. The twin catastrophes of the COVID-19 pandemic and (more recently) massive wildfires have upended our lives and professional activities, and have cut those of us in California off from our colleagues and partners around the world. And yet, as International Law Section (ILS) Chair Josh Surowitz notes in his message below, our Section continues its vital work on a number of fronts, whether in agitating against disruptive government policies that target international students in the United States (US), or in adapting to host our annual meeting virtually.

Given all of the issues that we have encountered this past year, I am proud of the fact that we are still able to publish this...