Interest Areas
International Law
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Foreign Relations Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: Knowledge of international law is useful, but not essential. Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will explore key doctrines and concepts of foreign relations…
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Global Justice Workshop
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this workshop, but it is intended for students with a strong academic bent. Exam: No Exam This workshop will…
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Comparative Constitutional Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites:None, constitutional law/politics (of any jurisdiction) helpful but not required. Exam Type:No Exam This course is a study of constitutional law and politics from a…
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International Criminal Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home International Criminal Law examines how the international legal system attempts to name and address the gravest crimes in…
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Foundations of International Arbitration: Theory and Practice
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Through a combination of lectures and in-class simulations, this course will (i) provide an overview of the foundational aspects…
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Public International Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One-Day Take Home This is an introductory course to public international law. The first part of the course examines the nature,…
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Regulation of International Finance
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One-Day Take-home This course will examine international arrangements for the regulation of finance. Arrangements covered include the International Monetary Fund, the…
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International Taxation
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: Taxation Exam Type: In Class This course will cover the basic federal income tax concepts, policy and law relating to taxation of foreign persons…
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Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Against backdrops of extreme social inequality in Latin America, with poor responsiveness from executive and legislative branches of government,…
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Animal Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: There are no prerequisites, and 1L students are welcome in the class. Exam Type: One Day Take-Home Students will be evaluated on the basis…
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Human Rights in the UN Treaty Bodies
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: By permission of instructor. The permission is just to verify the prerequisite. Students who have taken the International Human Rights introductory course at HLS…
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Disability Rights Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This course encompasses many aspects of disability rights, laws, and policies, with particular emphasis on the Americans with Disabilities…
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Globalization in a Complex World
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam Once heralded as an unstoppable and positive force, globalization is today facing pushback on multiple fronts due to growing…
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Conflict of Laws
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: LLM students must have taken (1) Either Civil Procedure or Federal Courts, or equivalent coursework; AND (2) one of the following: Contracts, Torts, or…
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Advanced Topics in Jewish Law: The Law of Magic
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: This seminar will be by permission of the instructor, who strongly prefers that students have a background in advanced study of Jewish legal material.
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International Business Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home This course aims to provide students with a broad overview of the problems that confront businesses as they…
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Money Design and Inequality
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: The seminar is intended for students who have studied money as a legal institution. Students must have completed one of the following courses previously:…
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Race and the Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type:One-Day Take-home This course will explore the role of race and ethnicity in American legal jurisprudence and history. Areas of focus will…
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Climate Change and the Politics of International Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home As climate change has increasingly come to be seen as an urgent global problem, there has been a…
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Neder: Vows, Promises, Oaths in Jewish Law
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home This course focuses on neder. The term is most often translated as vow, though as we will see, the…
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The International Law of the Sea
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This course explores the international law of the sea, which is one of the most important and compelling areas…
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Human Rights Advocacy
January 30, 2023
Required Clinic Component: International Human Rights Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). Students enrolled in the spring clinic must enroll in this seminar or the Introduction…
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International Human Rights Clinic
January 30, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component:Students in the spring clinic must enroll in either Human Rights…
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Introduction to Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
January 30, 2023
Required Clinic Component: International Human Rights Clinic (3-5 spring clinical credits). Students enrolled in the spring clinic must enroll in this seminar or the spring…
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Comparative Law: Why Law? The Experience of China
January 30, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-home This course uses the example of China as a springboard for asking fundamental questions about the nature of…
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Farmed Animal Law and Policy
January 27, 2023
Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for the class, although an environmental law or animal law survey course is recommended. Exam Type: No Exam This…
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Corporate Accountability in Armed Conflict
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: Public International Law, Law of War, International Criminal Law or International Human Rights Law Exam Type: No Exam This upper-level reading group will examine…
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Comparative and International Legal Struggles Over Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
January 23, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam At the intersection of debates about religion, private morality and public policy, and sexual and reproductive health and rights…
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Foundations of International Arbitration: Theory and Practice
January 23, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam Through a combination of lectures and in-class simulations, this course will (i) provide an overview of the foundational aspects…
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International Intellectual Property Law and Policy
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: Students should have completed, or be concurrently enrolled in, Patent Law. Exam Type: No Exam This seminar examines fundamental principles of international IP law…
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Strategic Leadership & Advanced Human Rights Advocacy
January 19, 2023
Required Clinic Component: Either the fall International Human Rights Clinic – 3L Leadership Training with Advanced Seminar or the fall Semester in Human Rights Clinic.
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Human Rights Advocacy
January 19, 2023
Required Clinic Component: International Human Rights Clinic (3-5 fall clinical credits). Students enrolled in the fall clinic must enroll in one of the fall Human…
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International Trade Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One Day Take-Home This course focuses on the law governing international trade as established by the World Trade Organization. It engages…
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International Human Rights Clinic
January 19, 2023
Enrollment in this clinic will fulfill the HLS JD pro bono requirement. Required Class Component: Students in the fall clinic must enroll in one of…
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Re-imagining global order as Asia re-emerges
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam The re-emergence of Asia is posing conceptual and practical challenges to understandings of and frameworks for global order that…
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Human Rights and International Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course examines critically what it means to embody human rights conceptions in law at the international level, and…
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Right-Respecting Tech Amidst Authoritarianism and Conflict
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam As state and non-state actors with authoritarian tendencies seek to gain and wield power, technology can be a weapon…
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Sex Equality
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Any Day Take-Home (open book), or 3 short papers throughout the term for lottery-selected group of students who apply. The relation…
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Laws of War
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: Public International Law is recommended. Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home The law of war is one of the oldest branches of international law, but whether…
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Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This seminar will explore the expanding practice around business and human rights, departing from its origins and moving into…
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Required Class Component: Strategic Leadership & Advanced Human Rights Advocacy (2 fall classroom credits). Once a student is accepted into this clinic, the Office of…
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Evidence
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: Last Class Take-Home and Short In-Class Examination The law of Evidence regulates the presentation of factual information in the Anglo-American jury…
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Advanced Comparative Perspectives on U.S. Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam This reading group will discuss U.S. law from a comparative perspective. We will discuss, from a non-U.S. perspective, the…
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International Environmental Law
January 19, 2023
Prerequisite: None Exam Type: In Class This course examines the challenges, successes, and opportunities in harnessing state and non-state efforts to promote international environmental protection.
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Space Law and Policy
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home The global space industry is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the global economy, underpinning trillions of dollars in…
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Engaging China
January 19, 2023
Prerequisites: None Exam Type: No Exam This one unit course will examine the role that China has been playing in a world order in flux.
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Semester in Human Rights
January 19, 2023
Required Class Component: Strategic Leadership & Advanced Human Rights Advocacy (2 fall classroom credits). Once a student is accepted into this clinic, the Office of…