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opportunities AbroAD<br />
<strong>Georgetown</strong> presents students with a broad array of opportunities to<br />
study or work abroad. For example, a student can spend a semester<br />
immersed in a truly transnational learning environment, surrounded<br />
by classmates and faculty from five continents, at the ground-breaking<br />
Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London. Beforehand<br />
or afterwards, that same student can enroll in <strong>Georgetown</strong>’s monthlong<br />
Summer Program in London or benefit from one of dozens of<br />
international internships. Many possibilities also exist for studying<br />
abroad for a semester at a world-class foreign law school or even to<br />
earn a year-long concurrent degree in Paris.<br />
cenTer for TransnaTional legal sTuDies<br />
In 2008, <strong>Georgetown</strong> <strong>Law</strong> spearheaded the launch<br />
of the London-based Center for Transnational Legal<br />
Studies (<strong>CTLS</strong>), a global partnership that currently<br />
encompasses more than 20 leading law schools.<br />
The initiative is premised on a belief that, as legal<br />
practice becomes increasingly “transnational”, the<br />
best legal education must include exposure to ideas,<br />
faculty, and fellow students from many different<br />
legal systems. In 2011, <strong>CTLS</strong> was recognized by<br />
the Institute of International Education with the<br />
Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International<br />
Education. It is the first law program to<br />
receive this honor.<br />
Leaders of the legal profession in this 21st<br />
century need to understand law within the context<br />
of different legal systems and different cultures.<br />
These lawyers will increasingly be called upon to<br />
advise businesses, individuals, non-governmental<br />
entities, and governments in matters that involve<br />
parties, laws, and judicial or arbitral bodies in two<br />
or more jurisdictions. To prepare for careers that<br />
transcend the borders of their home countries, they<br />
need to develop transnational perspectives.<br />
<strong>CTLS</strong> offers such perspectives in a manner unlike<br />
any conventional “study abroad” or international<br />
exchange program. The Center’s academic purpose<br />
is to examine transnational legal issues from within<br />
a transnational educational context. Thus, while<br />
the school is located in London and instruction<br />
takes place in English, there is no “host school,” “local<br />
faculty,” or “domestic legal context.”<br />
TransnaTional programs<br />
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