Required Courses Restricted to GLS Students
(1) GLS 1L Seminar. In their first year, the Global Law Scholars participate in a seminar that meets six to eight times. The first-year GLS seminar is non-credit.
(2) GLS 2L Seminar. During their second year, Global Law Scholars generally participate in a one-credit seminar which is graded on a pass/fail basis. This seminar meets approximately nine times. Because this seminar must be taken on a pass/fail basis, this credit does not count toward the 6 credit pass/fail maximum.
The content of the first- and second-year GLS seminars changes from year to year based on students' interests and the availability of speakers. Generally, the first-year seminar aims to acquaint GLS participants with the wide variety of practice areas in international and transnational law through faculty and visitor presentations.
The second-year seminar focuses on building skills by engaging students in a substantive project. For example, the GLS Class of 2010 has been working collectively on a proposed migrant bill of rights. The GLS class of 2011 will be working in the area of transnational boundary disputes.
Additional programs and talks will be scheduled throughout the year; in particular, we bring in speakers, including alumni, to talk about their international and transnational legal practices. Global Law Scholars are encouraged to attend these when possible, but attendance is not required.
Required Courses Chosen From the General Curriculum
Each GLS participant should meet at least once a year with the Program Director or Administrator to make sure that their course selection meets the following program requirements. Selection of alternatives and substitutions requires the Director's prior approval.
(3) International Law I (or an approved substitute) must be taken as the elective during the Spring Semester of students' first year; GLS students are assured admission into this elective.
Approved Alternative for International Law I (when offered)
Transnational Law
(4) International Law II (international economic law) or an approved substitute must be taken during students' second year.
Approved Alternative for International Law II (when offered)
International Business Transactions
International Business Transactions and Dispute Resolution
International Trade Law
International Trade Law and Regulation
International Trade and the World Trade Organization
(5) International/Transnational/Comparative Law Writing Requirement Seminar. Students must complete their J.D. writing requirement in a seminar dealing with international, transnational, or comparative law.
Illustrative Courses (2009-10) Satisfying International/Transnational/Comparative Law Writing Requirement Seminar
Center for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) Clinic
Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar: The South African Bill of Rights
Comparative Corporate Law Seminar
Constitutional Aspects of Foreign Affairs Seminar
Current Issues in Transnational (Private) International Law
Globalization and Systemic Risk Seminar
International Law Seminar: Use of Force and Conflict Resolution
International Legal Philosophy Seminar
International Migration and Development
International Trade Law and Regulation Seminar
International Trade Seminar: The WTO and Subsidies
International Women's Human Rights Clinic
International Women's Human Rights Seminar
Law and Development Seminar
Law and Policy of International Economic Relations Seminar
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Law: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies: Advanced Research Seminar
Space Law Seminar
Transnational Legal Theory Seminar
War and Peace Seminar: New Thinking About the Causes of War and War Avoidance
(6) Comparative Law Requirement. Comparative Law or an approved substitute must be taken prior to graduation. To satisfy this requirement, a course or seminar must devote at least a third of its curriculum to examination of a non-U.S. legal system. (NB: If a student takes an approved comparative law J.D. writing requirement seminar, the student may satisfy both this requirement and the requirement described in (5), above, with that one course.)
Illustrative Courses (2009-10) Satisfying Comparative Law Requirement
Anti-Corruption Laws and Enforcement Mechanisms: An International Approach
Chinese Law Seminar
Comparative Constitutional Law Seminar
Comparative Corporate Law Seminar
Comparative Privacy Law: EU and US
Comparative Tax Law
Data Privacy in the United States and the European Union Seminar
EU Law: Selected Topics in ECJ Jurisprudence
French for Lawyers: A Study of the French Legal System and French Legal Terminology
Harrison Institute for Public Law: Policy Clinic
International Civil Society Law Seminar
International and Comparative Law on Women's Human Rights
International Conflicts of Jurisdiction and the Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law
International Law of Labor and Employment
Investment and Trade Laws in the Middle East
Islamic Law: The Future
Japan/US Comparative Legal Study
Latin American Law
Law and Foreign Investment in China
Property Law and Gov't Economic Policy: American Indians, the Balkans and the Americas
Spanish for Lawyers Across Latin American Legal Systems
(7) Focus Elective. Students must also enroll in a qualifying course or seminar (for two or more units) that focuses on international or transnational legal problems in a specific context. Students generally elect, but are not required, to take this course in their third year. (NB: This requirement has to be met independently of the requirements set forth above. Thus, for example, a student may not in one course satisfy the "focus" elective requirement and the J.D writing requirement seminar described in (5), above.) Students are strongly encouraged to choose an elective that focuses on an area that they have not already explored in another course.
Illustrative Courses (2009-10) Satisfying "Focus" Elective
Advanced International Commercial Arbitration: Practice Seminar
Advanced Issues in International Human Rights Seminar
Advanced Patent Law Seminar
Anti-Corruption Laws and Enforcement Mechanisms: An International Approach
Aviation Law
Contract Law Seminar: Franchising
Copyright Law: Advanced
Cross-Border Commercial Regulation: Aviation and Maritime Law
Cross-Border Transactions in Latin America
Employment Discrimination: Domestic and International Perspectives
EU Tax Law
Foreign Relations Law
French for Lawyers
Global Commerce and Litigation
Global Health Law
Global Indirect Tax: The VAT
Global Pension Reforms and Issues: Responding to Aging Populations Worldwide
Global Securities Offerings
Globalization and the Legal Profession Seminar
Health and Human Rights
Human Rights at the Intersection of Trade and Corporate Responsibility
Immigration Law and Policy
Immunity under International Law
Intellectual Property in World Trade
International Banking in the United States
International Business Transactions
International Civil Litigation
International Commercial Arbitration
International Courts and Tribunals: An Introduction
International Criminal Law
International Criminal Tribunals
International Economic Crime and Corruption
International Human Rights
International Human Rights Law
International Negotiations Seminar
International Project Finance
International Project Finance and Investment
International Trade Remedies and the WTO
International Trade, Investment, and Sustainable Development: Reconciling Open Markets and Environmental and Social Concerns
International Trafficking in Persons
Law and Development Seminar
Law of War Seminar
Litigation Practice in International Arbitration
Managing National Security
Maritime Law
National Security and the Law of the Sea
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Law: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Pre-Negotiation Strategies for Cross-Border Transactions
Refugee Law and Policy
Restorative Justice in International Human Rights: A New Paradigm
Rule of Law and the Administration of Justice
Tax Treaties: A Practical Approach to Interpretation and Application
The Global Environment Health and Law
Trade and Integration in the Americas
Treaties and the Constitution: New Directions
U.S. and International Customs Law
U.S. Taxation of International Transactions
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Last Revised November 11, 2009 CM
