LAW COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

LAW-232 International Legal Practice—Semester In Practice Seminar: Int’l Public Interest Advocacy Ms. Christine Bustany, 2 credits day; 2 credits evening. Complementing the fieldwork component of the International Legal Practice—Semester In Practice Program (ILP-SIP), this seminar allows students to engage in academic coursework relevant to their internship, as well as international public interest advocacy more generally, through a series of selected readings, short papers and the completion of a final project paper. The final paper provides an opportunity for students to carry out a focused case study on an issue, which may be drawn from the students’ fieldwork, and develop an advocacy strategy. The final project paper is to (i) provide a focused analysis of the legal issue(s) associated with the internship or proposed case study, and (ii) develop a comprehensive advocacy strategy for working on the particular issue(s). The academic component is designed to bridge theory and practice in the field of international and comparative law, and enhance students’ learning of practice and advocacy, and reflective practice. Throughout, students will critically engage with questions that are central to what it means to practice public interest international law today. This two credit-graded seminar is run as a tutorial by faculty supervisor Christine Bustany.