{"id":885,"date":"2020-09-16T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/?page_id=885"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:08:46","slug":"tradelab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/students\/academic-opportunities\/tradelab\/","title":{"rendered":"TradeLab Practicum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the International Economic Law Practicum, Georgetown Law student teams answer questions posed by real beneficiaries, such as international organizations, governments or NGOs. At the end of the semester, the project teams submit written legal memoranda and orally present their projects in class in the presence of the beneficiary and other invited guests.<\/p>\n<p>The practicum is part of the broader <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradelab.org\/\"><em>TradeLab<\/em><\/a> network and operates in collaboration with TradeLab to enable beneficiaries to submit projects, to facilitate the operation of the teams and to promote the completed work to the public.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>About TradeLab<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradelab.org\/\"><em>TradeLab<\/em><\/a> is an online platform that allows countries, NGOs and other smaller stakeholders easy and smart access to legal talents in the field of trade and investment law. The <em>TradeLab <\/em>Practicum offers IIEL students the chance to work at the cutting-edge of international economic law, interacting directly with foreign governments, NGOs and multilaterals to address real-world problems\u2014all while receiving course credit, unique mentoring, and practical training from global experts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KFVFecb6V5k\"><strong>Watch the 2021 Practicum Student Showcase here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Practicum has proven extremely successful, with student project teams directly impacting the regulatory environment in a number of international legislative contexts.\u00a0Please find Practicum-relevant information in <a href=\"https:\/\/curriculum.law.georgetown.edu\/course-search\/\">Georgetown Law\u2019s Curriculum Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Past Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some examples of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradelab.org\/projects\">past <em>TradeLab <\/em>projects<\/a><\/strong> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fisheries Subsidies: Buenos Aires and<\/strong> <strong>Beyond <\/strong><em>Summarizing developments\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 charting\u00a0\u00a0 way forward for progress at the WTO<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade and Gender and International Practices <\/strong><em>Identification and\u00a0 sharing\u00a0 of\u00a0 best\u00a0 practices\u00a0 for gender inclusive trade policies<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>The U.S. Response to Brexit <\/strong><em>Explores the US\u2019 third-party rights and obligations under the WTO in the context of BrexiT<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradelab.org\/student-showcase\">past Practicum showcases here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the International Economic Law Practicum, Georgetown Law student teams answer questions posed by real beneficiaries, such as international organizations, governments or NGOs. 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