U.S. Approaches to Teaching International Law in a Global Environment

Document Type

Book Section

Publication Date

12-2023

ISBN

978-90-04-67887-3

DOI

10.1163/9789004678880_004

Abstract

Twenty-first century global issues, including pandemic response and recovery, climate change, and human population movements, can only be successfully addressed by those familiar with the sources, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution mechanisms of international law. This chapter discusses the responsibility of the academy to teach a broad constituency of law students, practitioners, public officials, thought leaders, and citizens. It describes various approaches used by law schools to integrate international law into their curriculum, including transnational, comparative, transsystemic, and classic Westphalian law, and considers ways to remedy the lack of international experience among U.S. law professors. The chapter looks at how law schools and professional associations teach international law, including short, topic-specific continuing legal education to practitioners; moot courts; experiential “global lawyering” visits and internships with international partners and organizations; and required or elective full semester courses as part of the J.D. curriculum. It calls on the “invisible college” of international lawyers to rise to the multifaceted challenge of today’s global environment.

First Page

82

Last Page

117

Num Pages

36

Publisher

Brill

Editor

Peter Hilpold & Giuseppe Nesi

Book Title

Teaching International Law

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