There is little indication that the change is related to any alteration in the process by which judges are selected or to the growing salience of
international law school curricula in recent years.
Not exact matches
in
International Arbitration and heads the International Arbitration Institute, which provides an enhanced curriculum, research facilities, training, and CLE courses in international arbitration at th
International Arbitration and heads the
International Arbitration Institute, which provides an enhanced curriculum, research facilities, training, and CLE courses in international arbitration at th
International Arbitration Institute, which provides an enhanced
curriculum, research facilities, training, and CLE courses in
international arbitration at th
international arbitration at the
Law School.
Furthermore, a number of American
law schools have attempted to expose students earlier to
international and foreign
law, often by adding
international law offerings to the menu of first - year courses.21 Many institutions now include
international and / or comparative
law somewhere in their first - year
curriculum, sometimes as a free - standing course, and sometimes as an element of more traditional first - year courses such as contracts, torts, and property.
Columbia claims to be far ahead of the pack when it comes to creating a
curriculum focused on
international issues, stating, «Columbia
Law School has been «internationalizing» U.S. legal education since its founding before the American Civil War.»
Villanova University
School of
Law, Syracuse University College of
Law, and Brooklyn
Law School have led the way in introducing courses that include an
international moot court alternative to the traditional first - year legal writing
curriculum.
Empirically, it is based on the rapid increase in transnational2 interaction (both business and personal) and the resulting development of increasingly complex and increasingly frequent legal problems that raise transnational legal issues as well.3 Normatively, it rests on the view that legal education has an affirmative obligation to expose students to other nations, cultures, and legal systems.4 Legal educators now widely agree that American
law schools need to do more to bring
international and foreign
law prominently into the
law school curriculum.
Harvard
Law School revised its curriculum this year to add 1L courses in international law, legislation and complex problem solvi
Law School revised its
curriculum this year to add 1L courses in
international law, legislation and complex problem solvi
law, legislation and complex problem solving.
Many courses and topics such as anti-corruption
law, mining
law, environmental
law, investigation and interrogation, anti-terrorism
law, intellectual property
law,
international business
law, money laundering, corporations, cyber security, banking
law, and more are not part of
law school curriculum.
A paper about LawWithoutWalls by Professor Michele DeStefano, Founder and Director of LawWithoutWalls, has been chosen by the selection committee for The Faculty Innovative
Curriculum Awards by the
International Association of
Law Schools.
LawWithoutWalls Receives Innovative
Curriculum Award from
International Association of
Law Schools
@ the
International Association of
Law Schools annual meeting, Michele was awarded the Faculty Innovative
Curriculum Award for LawWithoutWalls and presented on legal education, innovation, and technology.
As such, Marci teaches an
international and foreign legal research seminar in the
law school curriculum.