Institute of International Economic Law

About the Institute

The Institute of International Economic Law (IIEL) at Georgetown Law facilitates thoughtful and scholarly research on a broad range of subjects that concern the law of international economic activity.

The IIEL was created at Georgetown Law in 1999, under the direction of Professor John H. Jackson, with the primary mission of encouraging research on international economic law. One of the Institute’s major activities is the IIEL Fellows Program, which fosters scholarly research and provides a forum for discussion of current issues, including those related to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Each year, the IIEL appoints a small number of outstanding students, visiting researchers and visiting scholars as IIEL Fellows. The Fellows are involved in research projects and a weekly luncheon seminar that attracts well-known scholars and practitioners as speakers.

The IIEL awards a Certificate in WTO Studies to Georgetown Law students who fulfill special course requirements on WTO related issues, as a complement to their LL.M and J.D. degrees. The IIEL also offers an annual Academy of WTO Law and Policy, which is a week-long, non-degree professional development course on the legal obligations and policy underpinnings of the WTO and its agreements. The Academy is designed to help governments, educational institutions and others build the capacity to take advantage of the multilateral trading system.

The IIEL collaborates with several other institutions around the world, including WorldTradeLaw.net, the World Trade Institute of the Universities of Berne, Fribourg and Neuchâtel, and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London. The Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL), although not formally part of the IIEL, has a close relationship with IIEL since Professor Jackson is the Editor-in-Chief and other IIEL Faculty Associates are on the JIEL Editorial Board.

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COMING EVENTS

November 16-20, 2009: IIEL will conduct its fourth Academy of WTO Law and Policy.
May 19-20, 2010: Tenth Annual WTO Conference in London, jointly organized by British Institute of International & Comparative Law and IIEL.

IIEL NEWS & PAST EVENTS

May 20-21, 2009: Ninth Annual WTO Conference in London, at British Institute of International & Comparative Law, organized in association with IIEL, JIEL, and SIEL.
April 23, 2009: A webcast of Georgetown Law Forum remarks by Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, is available here. For a copy of the remarks, click on this link:
Remarks by Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative "Trade and the Economic Agenda: Serving America's Families and the Global Recovery.
March 5-6, 2009: International Trade Update, continuing legal education program at Georgetown Law.
Applications for IIEL Fellowships are due on February 15 each year, and applicants are encouraged to submit the application form online.
November 17-21, 2008: IIEL conducted its third Academy of WTO Law and Policy.
September 8, 2008: IIEL hosted a roundtable on Recent Developments in the European Union and the Implications of Ireland's "No" Vote on the Treaty of Lisbon featuring Prof. Jackson, IIEL Director, Prof. Meng, University of Saarland, Prof. Leal-Arcas, QMUL, and HH Judge Toulmin, CMG QC, High Court of Justice, London.
August 2008: IIEL announced selection of the 2008-2009 IIEL Fellows.
May 13-14, 2008: IIEL joined the British Instititute of International & Comparative Law in organizing the Eighth Annual WTO Conference in London.

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