David D. Caron Fund
David D. Caron
David D. Caron (1952-2018), judge, lawyer, educator, and scholar, was an admired leader of the American Society of International Law and a cherished friend, mentor, and colleague to many within its ranks. The Society has established the David D. Caron Fund, with the support and approval of the Caron family, as a way of paying tribute to his life and achievements and perpetuating his legacy.
David first became engaged in the Society as a student in 1979. As a young professional, he received the American Journal of International Law's Francis Deák Prize for best article by an author under 40. He participated in the Disaster Law and International Environmental Law Interest Groups and chaired the ASIL West Interest Group. He went on to serve as a member of the Program, Outreach, Honors, Executive, and Nominating committees and the Journal's Board of Editors, as a vice president, and as president from 2010-2012. During his presidency, David and his wife Susan relocated to Washington, D.C., and David became the first (and only) president to have an office in the Society's headquarters at Tillar House. He was a devoted supporter of the Society, both intellectually and financially, becoming an Elihu Root Patron in 2011. He appeared before the Society for the last time at the 2017 Annual Meeting, where, he delivered the Charles N. Brower Lecture on International Dispute Resolution. David's untimely passing in February 2018 was an enormous loss to the Society and the international law community in the United States and worldwide.
David D. Caron Fund Convocation - 2018 Midyear Meeting
The David D. Caron Fund will be used to support the Society's Research Forum, including the creation in David's name of an annual prize and annual fellowships for students or recent graduates who attend the Forum, as well as for other Society activities. The Society gratefully acknowledges generous commitments from Society Patron and Past President Charles N. Brower to match the first $100,000 in donations, and from the Spencer and Caron families to match the next $25,000 in donations.
David D. Caron Prize
The David D. Caron Prize is awarded for the best paper presented at the ASIL Research Forum by (a) a student currently enrolled in a graduate program; or (b) a person who received a graduate degree not more than five years prior to the date of the Research Forum at which the paper is presented. The Prize is announced at the Research Forum and the recipient receives a travel stipend to attend the formal presentation at the Society's subsequent Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.David D. Caron Prize Recipients
- 2024: Sebastian von Massow, the European University Institute, "Redrawing Trade Routes Through Litigation: Phosphates and the Front Polisario in Panama and South Africa"
- 2023: Tobias Traxler, European University Institute, "Issues of Timing and Pro-Claimant Bias in Arbitration Selection"
- 2022: Dr. Chen Yu, National University of Singapore, "International Adjudication as Interactional Law-Making"
- 2021: Shiri Krebs, Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, "The Effects of Visual Evidence on the Application of International Humanitarian Law: A behavioural approach"
- 2020: Tatsiana Ziniakova, Wake Forest University School of Law, "Gender-Based Violence in International Human Rights Law: Evolution towards a Binding Post-Binary Framework"
- 2019: Yanbai Andrea Wang, Stanford Law School, "Exporting American Discovery"
- 2018 (inaugural): Léon Castellanos-Jankiewicz, T.M.C. Asser Institute, "Nationalism, Alienage, and Early International Rights"
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In 2015, David was appointed to succeed Judge Brower on the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. At the time of his death, he was sitting not only as a judge on the Tribunal, but also as an ad hoc judge on the International Court of Justice and in several ad hoc arbitrations.
In addition to fostering new scholarship and professional development, the Research Forum seeks to strengthen the Society's connections with scholars, practitioners, and students of international law and related disciplines in diverse regions. As a result of David's initiative, the Midyear Meeting and Research Forum have now been held in locations across America, including Miami, FL; Athens and Atlanta, GA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; and St. Louis, MO. On November 8-10, 2018, it will return to Los Angeles, the site of the first Research Forum on 2011, at which David presided.
In recent years, the Midyear Meeting has expanded to include a Practitioners' Forum, which furthers David's vision by enabling the Society to engage with all segments of the international law community.
- Fostering the professional development of the next generation of international lawyers, by expanding their access to the programs and resources of the Society;
- Building bridges across the globe by increasing the participation of non-U.S. nationals in the Society's activities;
- Promoting the development of regional and local communities of international lawyers within the United States;
- Promoting knowledge of international law within and beyond the legal community; and
- Enhancing understanding of international law by strengthening the Society's national, regional, and international presence.
The first $200,000 raised will be held as principal in the Fund. Annual earnings on the principal will be used to support, enhance and perpetuate the Research Forum (and the associated Midyear Meeting), including through the creation of two new named activities:
- The David D. Caron Prize, to be awarded to the best paper presented at the Research Forum by a current student or recent graduate. The Prize would be accompanied by a travel stipend to enable the recipient to attend the Society's Annual Meeting to receive the Prize.
- The David D. Caron Fellowships, to be used to help defray the travel expenses of students or recent graduates who have been selected to present a paper at the Research Forum but require financial assistance to attend.
The Society gratefully acknowledges generous commitments from Society Patron and Past President Charles N. Brower to match the first $100,000 in donations, and from the Spencer and Caron families to match the next $25,000 in donations.
"I had the pleasure of many years of friendship with David Caron, as well as the honour of sitting with him as a Judge. He was that rare man who was a distinguished international lawyer but who wore his distinction lightly, never taking himself too seriously. He will be missed as a lawyer, a judge, a teacher and a great friend to so many of us."
Sir Christopher Greenwood, Former Judge, International Court of Justice
"...an undoubted giant in the fields of international law and dispute resolution and should have had a long time before him to contribute even more to its development..."
The Honourable Charles N. Brower, Arbitrator
"David was a professional giant among the California redwoods whom I knew and greatly admired throughout most of his brilliant career of teaching, scholarship and other service. I was a beneficiary of several community-building workshops on issues of international law that he hosted in Berkeley for West Coast colleagues. His hospitality, often music-oriented, capped those occasions, may I say, beautifully."
James A.R. Nafziger, Willamette University College of Law
View more tributes here."As David became more and more involved in the governance of the American Society of International Law, we worked together closely. And we did so during his presidency of the Society when he took so much time away from his teaching and scholarship to ensure the Society's continued success. His presidency was a model of energy and ideas for his successors to follow..."
Peter Trooboff, Covington & Burling LLP