Courses

    As the role of exports has grown within the U.S. economy, understanding and dealing with U.S. export controls has become an increasingly important skill for lawyers advising both manufacturing and service enterprises, as well as companies licensing their technology abroad. This course surveys, at an introductory level, the federal laws and implementing regulations governing the export and reexport of goods, services, technology and software from the U.S. or by persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

The course will begin with consideration of the history of, and evolving rationale for, U.S. export control laws, especially those enacted since World War II. The bulk of the course will then focus on the laws implementing U.S. export control policies (including the Export Administration Act, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, Trading with the Enemy Act, Arms Export Control Act, and Atomic Energy Act) and their implementing regulations issued by the Departments of Commerce, Treasury, State, and Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Relevant domestic case law will also be considered. In addition, the course will address multilateral export control regimes, the role they have played in shaping U.S. trade law and regulations, the impact of new regimes (such as that under the Chemical Weapons Convention) and the direction of U.S. export controls. The course will emphasize developing the working knowledge necessary for hands-on practice and problem solving in this field.