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GENEVA, CH - Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law is proud to launch the Oral History Project of the World Trading System, the brainchild of the late Professor John H. Jackson, the Institute’s founding Faculty Director. A pioneering scholar of modern international trade law and intellectual architect of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Professor Jackson launched this project in 2001 to capture and preserve firsthand, candid accounts of the development of the global trading system—with an eye to how these histories have much to teach us today and in the future.
GENEVA, CH - Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) convened two discussions at the WTO Public Forum in Geneva.
IIEL Faculty Co-Director and Professor Jennifer Hillman moderated “Achieving Cross-Regime Governance of Services for Growth,” featuring Professor Joost Pauwelyn, Professor Michael Waibel, Joanna Redelbach, and Deepak Raju. The session explored the intersection and conflicts between competing legal regimes governing tax, trade, investment, finance, and monetary policy.
The Institute also hosted a Trade Policy Hub discussion on the Cambridge Handbook of Digital Trade Law, featuring Professor Katrin Kuhlmann and Professor Mira Burri. The volume edited by Professor Anupam Chander and Professor Burri is forthcoming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Georgetown Law’s Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) welcomed more than 100 students to its Fall Welcome Reception, where students learned about IIEL’s course offerings, extracurricular opportunities, and student competitions. The reception highlighted opportunities including the IIEL Student Fellowship Program, John H. Jackson WTO Moot Court Competition, the Georgetown Journal of International Law, and the John D. Greenwald Writing Competition, along with other ways for students to engage with international economic law. The Institute looks forward to an exciting year ahead with its students.
The Center on Inclusive Trade and Development is housed at the Institute of International Economic Law and was founded in 2022. It aims to bring together scholars, students, practitioners, NGOs, business and labor leaders, and international organizations to find solutions to the challenges facing the international trading system and develop global approaches to making trade rules more inclusive and sustainable.
The Sovereign Debt Forum is one of the Institute of International Economic Law's initiatives founded in 2019. Its work focuses on low- and middle-income countries at risk of sovereign debt distress, as well as countries that have recently gained market access and have limited debt management experience. This year, the Forum will host DebtCon 8 in Fall 2025.
