Registration Guide 2024-2025

AREAS OF FOCUS

International Law International law refers to an area of law that has traditionally focused on agreements and norms governing the relations between sovereign states during times of peace and war. Today, however, the scope of meaning for this term has been dramatically expanded to encompass all forms of human activity between private actors, corporations, governmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, international, non-state, para-military groups and governments. Lawyers today encounter an increasing number of international legal issues, no matter how and where they practice law. Technology and modern transportation and communications systems which pervade the dimensions of our lives — work, family, social relations, education and entertainment — increase the likelihood that there will be significant international dimension to the professional work of lawyers. Corporations are increasingly capable of shifting capital and labor supply chains across borders, as well as trading with overseas companies. Not only the transnational character of many businesses, even if they are not large, but also the increase in international activity by governments and regional bodies, translates into complexity and new exposure to, or confrontation with, international legal issues. The exponential rise in international transactions and in the movement of people, goods and services has ensured that legal systems must adapt to this new transnational reality. Almost every field of law now contains a substantial international element. Training students in a variety of international law subjects equips them to practice in a legal world necessarily reaching beyond national borders. The Law School offers a wide array of international courses. These offerings stress the impact of multiple legal systems on transnational actors and their public activities or private transactions, as well as the resolution of related disputes. The courses focus on the role of the lawyer in a world system and global economy.

Recommended Courses

Comparative Constitutions

International Law

International Business Transactions

International Trade Law

Other Relevant Courses

International and Comparative Legal Research International Investment Law

Admiralty Law

Advanced Legal Writing

International Tax Law

Human Rights Project

Laws of War

Immigration Law

Military Law

Immigration: Business

Law Review, Clinics, Moot Competitions, Externships and International Study

Transnational Law Review: The Suffolk Transnational Law Review is one of the oldest international law journals in the country and serves as a forum to discuss and examine contemporary international legal issues. Since its inception in 1976, Transnational has emerged as a nationally and internationally recognized publication, presenting a professional journal focused on public and private international law, international institutions, international legal and political events, and developments in the law of the world economic community.

Immigration Clinic: Students represent low income non-citizens facing deportation from the United

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