Realizing the Goal of Water for Life: Lessons from Around the World, an international conference two years in the making, will be held at National Law University in New Delhi, India on May 30-31st. This event is part of the Law School’s ongoing relationship with National Law Universities in India.

Three of the 16+ students headed abroad this summer for externships share their stories.

The Lewis & Clark ILS, led by President Linli Pao, earned the Best Academic International Event Chapter Award from the group’s international parent association.

Professors Chris Wold and Erica Lyman of Lewis & Clark Law School’s International Environmental Law Project (IELP) are on the road again. After traveling to Doha for the climate change negotiations where IELP provided legal assistance to Pacific island countries, they are now in Bangkok with seven IELP students to help 178 governments make decisions to protect species from overutilization due to international trade. They are participating in the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) from March 3-14, 2013.

A student-led reading group takes a hands-on approach to international legal research.

Three 1Ls ventured to Delhi to live and learn for the summer.

Faculty and students from Kangwon National University will visit and attend environmental law classes on January 28 – February 1, 2013.

Wanted: Law students with a sense of adventure. Must be able to tolerate heavy traffic, heat, and humidity. Work with Supreme Court advocates, leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), or specialty law firms to gain hands-on experience and lasting connections. Location: India.

The Law School Dean met with Madame Lee Hee-Ho, a world-renowned champion for peace, at her residence in Seoul.

Aubrey Baldwin, clinical professor of law and staff attorney at the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC), spent three weeks in Korea this summer teaching Comparative Environmental Law at Kangwon National University School of Law in the city of Chuncheon (about an hour from Seoul).

“I think every lawyer needs to know something about cross-border issues in order to competently practice law. Lewis & Clark and the Global Law Program give them that opportunity.”

The Office of the Dean and the Global Law Program will award a number of travel stipends for students traveling in the summer and fall of 2013 for international externships.

Jessup team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Regional, L&C hosts the Pacific Super Regional.

Human Rights Legal Network, Class of 2014

Amarchand Mangaldas, Class of 2014

Global Law is now accepting applications for summer 2013 externships!

Human Rights Legal Network, Class of 2014

A reading group, led by 2L Laura Shoaps, formed out of a new relationship between the Global Law Program and the UNPO.

Professor Funk shares his expertise in Germany, France, and Luxembourg.

Lewis & Clark Law School offers a number of exclusive externship placements with firms and NGOs in Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.

Activist Debi Goenka of the Conservation Action Trust visits Lewis & Clark Law School.

Professor Michael Scharf

Enviro Legal Defence Firm, Class of 2013

Shyam Divan in Delhi, Class of 2012

South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre, Class of 2013

Human Rights Legal Network, Class of 2012

Shyam Divan in Delhi and student in the UMKC study-abroad program in Beijing, Class of 2012

Professor Doug Beloof, who specializes in Criminal Law and Victims’ Rights, has taken his sabbatical to travel the world lecturing and researching victims’ rights issues on a global scale. His travel plan includes cities in Turkey, Australia, Japan, India and more.

Dagmar Butte ‘91 elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Law Students Association.

National Security Law

Lee has been accepted as a Legal Fellow with International Justice Mission (IJM), a human rights agency based in Washington, D.C.  Her year-long fellowship will be in Kigali, Rwanda, where she will be working as a consultant to IJM’s Rwanda field office handling cases of child sexual assault and gender-based violence. 

International Environmental Law Project, International Environmental Law, Trade and the Environment  
Publications

Comparative Constitutional Law

Comparative Family Law
Publications

Immigration and Citizenship Law

Water Law & Policy
Publications

Climate Change Law
Publications

U.S. Foreign Relations, Conflict of Laws  
Publications

American Indians and International Law
Publications

Comparative Criminal Procedure
Publications

International Wildlife Law, International Environmental Law, International Environmental Law Project
Publications

International Intellectual Property
Publications

Law professor Melissa Powers is blogging about European approaches to environmental challengeswhile teaching climate change law in Spain and Italy.

Public International Law, International Human Rights
Publications

International Intellectual Property
Publications

International Business Transactions, International Dispute Resolution, International Investment Law
Publications

Global Labor Markets
Publications

Comparative Contract Law, International Business Transactions
Publications

International Business Arbitration
Publications

International Taxation

Comparative Constitutional Law, Reproduction and the Law
Publications
 

The L&C Jessup Moot Court team put in another fantastic day of argument at the super-regional competition in Washington, DC.  A victory in the quarterfinals earned the team a spot in Sunday’s semifinal competition, and the team received high awards for both oral argument and brief writing.  Well done, team!

Lewis & Clark is a partner with the University of San Diego in its summer law program. USD offers courses in Barcelona, Florence, London, and Paris.

Experience the study of Chinese law on-campus at Peking University (Beida) in Beijing.

International and comparative law at Utrecht University in The Netherlands

“I am one of two legal advisors to the president of the [Iran-United States] tribunal. As legal advisor, one of my most important duties is to help draft the tribunal’s decisions. These are very important decisions, which indeed may have an impact on the relations between the two countries.”

“Getting to work on matters that I care about and being able to work on a wide variety of legal issues in many jurisdictions and legal forums is the most fulfilling part of my practice”

International Environmental Law Project students are blogging about their efforts to negotiate reductions in emissions at the Copenhagen climate summit.