Courses Announced for 2016 Summer Session in Giessen, Germany

LD7_9975Courses have been announced for the 8th Annual Summer Session in International and Comparative Law, to take place in Giessen, Germany from July 15 through August 13, 2016.

Participants will have the choice of two, 2 credit courses from the following:

  1. Comparative Law
  2. International Economic Law and Business Transactions
  3. Comparative Corporate Governance
  4. Business Ethics and Human Rights

All classes take place at the Justus Liebig University School of Law in Giessen, Germany, and are taught by an international faculty.  Students from Marquette University Law School, the University of Wisconsin Law School, and other U.S. law schools attend classes alongside international law students from across the globe.

More details, and an application, will be available soon on the Law School website.  In the meantime, information sessions for interested students have been scheduled for Thursday September 24 at 12 pm (Room 263) and 5 pm (Room 357).  The information sessions will also discuss the Law School’s Semester Exchange Programs for Copenhagen, Madrid and Poitiers, France.

Giessen 2015

Photos: (top) students attend the 2014 Summer Session in Giessen; (below) students attend the 2015 Summer Session

 

 

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New Article on Federal Courts and Customary International Law

I just posted a draft of a new article that studies citations in published judicial opinions to evaluate how federal courts go about ascertaining customary international law. For those interested, it’s forthcoming in the Iowa Law Review and available here.

Special thanks to Alex DeGuire and Ami Regele for excellent research assistance.

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Law School to Sponsor Cuba Trip

TR_San_Juan_Hill_1898This coming January 9-16, 2016, several Marquette Law School faculty and I will accompany a group of law students for an International Conflict Resolution winter break trip to Cuba.   The trip will focus on economic, religious, social and political issues during this interesting time as Cuba and the US begin renewing diplomatic relations.  The itinerary will include meetings with journalists, leaders of the Catholic church, urban planners, economics experts, a former Cuban diplomat, lawyers and university students.    Participants will also experience traditional Cuban cuisine, tour Havana and learn about the Cuban baseball program.

An application, and more information, can be found by clicking this link.

Space is limited, and priority will be given to 3L students and to students with international travel experience.  Please note, this is NOT a class and no course credit will be given!!

This trip is yet another opportunity for Marquette University Law School students to travel to a foreign country in order to observe issues relating to international conflict resolution first hand, while interacting personally with local leaders.  The Law School also offers a class on International Conflict Resolution on a biennial basis that includes a trip to Israel.

Photo:  Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders in Cuba in 1898.

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