Summer 2024 Class Descriptions
Immigration Clinic I (LWVL530)
Instructor(s): Tammy Lin
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Public Interest Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), LLM in International Law (LLMI)
Students gain practical experience through interviewing, counseling, and representing clients with immigration-related problems. Students have the opportunity to assist clients with a range of immigration issues such as removal cases (immigration court cases), asylum, naturalization, lawful permanent residency, derivative citizenship, deferred action, and U-visa and VAWA for domestic violence and abuse victims. Students may attend U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services interviews and/or immigration court dates related to their client's applications for immigration relief. Students may also attend and participate in community immigration outreach. Weekly meetings are held with the clinic supervisor and other interns to discuss immigration law, practical application and casework. The clinic is graded on a 4-tier Pass-Fail basis. No Prerequisites.
Immigration Clinic II (LWVL531)
Instructor(s): Tammy Lin
1-4 credit(s), H/P/L/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Public Interest Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), LLM in International Law (LLMI)
Clinic II interns refine their skills, working on complex cases and cases already begun as Clinic I interns. Students may mentor first time clinic participants, serve as lead attorney on cases, and have additional opportunities to appear in court or administrative proceedings. Supervising attorneys/adjunct professors provide individualized coaching, based on the Clinic II interns needs and interests. Prerequisite: Successful completion of Clinic I in the same clinic. The clinic is graded on a 4-tier Pass-Fail basis.
International Deals & Global Crises - Madrid (LWIC534)
Instructor(s): Frederick Heller
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), International Law (MSLS)
This class introduces students to cross-border deals and to the disruptive impact of global events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to classroom discussions, several lawyers who specialize in in different aspects of cross-border deals will speak to the class, and the class will visit a London law firm. The focus will be on transactions involving a business unit, including: Joint ventures; mergers, acquisitions and dispositions: and financing. The objective is for students to learn about: How lawyers approach and carry out cross-border deals; the factors that distinguish cross-border deals from domestic deals and how to take those factors into account; and the primary types of cross-border deals and the terms that are customary in those deals. The course will not address commercial transactions between businesses, such as commercial sales of goods or services or commercial licensing, all of which are covered in other courses.
International Internet & IP Law - Madrid (LWIC550)
Instructor(s): M. Margaret McKeown
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), International Law (MSLS)
A survey of international intellectual property through the lens of the Internet, this course deals with the intersection of traditional intellectual property law and the Internet. Because this area of the law is in flux, particularly in the international and constitutional arenas, the course will include a discussion of current cases and events, supplemented by presentations from outside experts. The survey includes emerging copyright, trademark, trade secret and criminal law issues in the U.S. and other jurisdictions (especially the European Union), and the applicability of key treaties. In the face of differing cultural and social norms, the course will also focus on domestic and international regulation of the Internet, privacy, speech and content regulation, and social media.
International Negotiations - London (LWIC548)
Instructor(s): Staff
3 credit(s), Letter Graded
Requirement(s): Skills
Concentration(s): International Law (JD), International Law (LLMUS), International Law (MSLS)
The course will include specific materials and skill-building exercises on cross-cultural aspects of the bargaining process. Participants may include lawyers from other nations and upper class American JD students.