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Dean William m. Treanor
The array of course and seminar offerings at the
Law Center dealing with transnational, international,
and comparative law is the most comprehensive
in the nation. They are taught by a distinguished
full time faculty at Georgetown that is joined by visiting
scholars from around the world and by a wide
array of Washington D.C. practitioners from the
public and private sectors. The Law Center hosts
institutes dedicated to international economic law,
Asian law, Latin American law, human rights, global
health law, transnational law and global business
law, and national security law. Through activities
such as faculty research, courses, programs, and
publications, all contribute to the transnational
identity of Georgetown.
Georgetown offers extensive opportunities for
students in clinics, on law journals, and through
internships and study abroad programs that focus
on international, comparative, and transnational
law and policy. Law Center classes and activities
are enhanced by students who come here from approximately
60 countries and from every corner of
the globe.
Georgetown Law is recognized globally as a
leader in scholarship, teaching, and educational
programming that transcend borders.
Our graduates work in 140 countries around
the world, and we are committed to preparing
today’s students for a legal profession that will
only become more transnational in the years
and decades to come.
Two innovations exemplify Georgetown’s ambitious
transnational vision. Our “Week One: Law in
a Global Context” program introduces all first-year
J.D. students to a transnational legal problem that
builds upon the American law they have studied,
adding elements of foreign law, a foreign court or
international dispute resolution system, and role
playing.
Our leadership of the London-based Center
for Transnational Legal Studies, meanwhile, places
Georgetown students alongside counterparts from
more than 20 of the world’s premier law schools in
a semester-long exploration of transnational legal
issues. The setting is uniquely multicultural and
transnational, without any “host school,” “domestic
jurisdiction,” or “majority nationality.”
CTLS, launched in 2008, has now been honored
by the Institute of International Education
with their prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award for
Innovation in International Education.
Located in the heart of the nation’s capital, but
engaged globally, Georgetown Law has created an
unparalleled environment for transnational education
and scholarship.
TransnaTional programs
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