For Immediate Release
November 7, 2005

Contact:
Elissa Free, (202) 662-9500

Washington - Georgetown University Law Center's Georgetown Journal of International Law (GJIL) has been selected by the U.S. Court of International Trade (USCIT) as the first law journal sanctioned to publish an annual review of its work. 

"This development comes at a significant time for the Journal and for the Law Center in its evolution as a premier law school in the United States for transnational law generally, and international trade in particular," Georgetown Law Dean T. Alexander Aleinikoff said. "We are very pleased that the U.S. Court of International Trade selected the Georgetown Journal of International Law as the vehicle to provide this unique forum for scholarship and debate on important global trade issues." 

"This annual issue will finally give the work of this specialized court the prominence it deserves in our national conversation on the real effects of globalization and international trade, and we are honored to be a part of that effort," said Shawn Bates, editor-in-chief of GJIL.  "It also speaks to the Journal's history, evolving from Law and Policy in International Business to the broader Georgetown Journal of International Law; this new publication is a return to our roots in international business."

The new GJIL annual publication will be entitled International Trade Review and will be an independent critique and analysis of the work of the Court of International Trade.  It will draw articles, essays, notes and case commentaries from practitioners, academics and students from all over the world. These scholarly pieces will be selected by the editors of GJIL based on the importance of issues recently before the Court, and trends in the decisions of the USCIT and their review by the Federal Circuit.

This special affiliation with the USCIT adds to the Law Center's already strong international trade focus, which includes the Institute of International Economic Law and the Georgetown Continuing Legal Education program’s annual International Trade Update.

Additionally, Georgetown Law offers one of the largest and most comprehensive international and comparative law programs in the world, with 22 members of the faculty concentrating on the largest international curriculum of any U.S. law school. The student body reflects this, with 190 foreign students from 56 countries currently enrolled.  

The GJIL is one of ten journals published by the Law Center.  Eight address specific areas of legal concern: criminal law, environmental law, immigration law, international law, legal ethics, poverty in America, gender and the law, and tax law. The Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Georgetown Law Journal address issues of general legal concern.

 

About Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center is one of the world's premier law schools. It has the largest full-time faculty in the nation and is pre-eminent in several areas, including constitutional, international, tax and clinical law. Drawing on its Jesuit heritage, it has a strong tradition of public service and is dedicated to the principle that law is but a means; justice is the end. With this principle in mind, the Law Center has built an environment that cultivates an exchange of ideas and the pursuit of academic excellence. It brings together an extraordinarily varied group of teachers, scholars and practitioners, as well as an outstanding student body.

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