International Law

Gain an International Perspective in One of the Most Global Cities in the United States

With one of the largest number of faculty members who teach or do scholarly research in the area of international law of any American law school, the University of Miami School of Law is renowned for its Global and International Law Program. With an extensive course catalog in international, foreign, and comparative law, you can prepare to work in a transnational global environment and in international commercial and investment arbitration, and to address significant issues of international law and practice and engage with global policy issues relating to climate change, migration, trade and finance and health.

Positioned at the gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean, Miami’s tremendous diversity makes it a laboratory for issues brought on by globalization, which allows Miami Law students to study in one of the most dynamic cities in the U.S. For students looking to study and work overseas, our multiple externship and study abroad options provide unique opportunities to broaden legal perspective, study transnational and interdisciplinary law, and build international networking contacts.

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Cards

'A' Grade

'A' in International Law in 2024 in Pre-Law Magazine (also in 2023, 'in 2021 and winter 2020).

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Courses in international law; 25+ study abroad options in 13 countries; top 10 worldwide in 2022 for global law; and has 33 universities worldwide in Law Without Walls program

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Miami is the 2nd largest financial capital in the U.S., home to 1400+ multinational corporations, and #3 for most international consulates, trade offices and binational chambers of commerce in the U.S.

Courses*

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  • Foreign and Comparative Law

    • Advanced Topics in International Law 
    • Comparative Criminal Justice
    • Comparative Sports Law
    • Cuba: Law, Policy, and Transition
    • Entertainment Law in Latin America
    • European Sports Law
    • International Anti-Corruption Law and Practice
    • International Criminal Law
    • International Environmental Law
    • International Finance
    • International Transactions: Europe
    • International Transactions: Latin America
    • Introduction to Maritime Law in Latin America
    • Islamic Legal System
    • Jewish Law and the Talmud
    • Piracy, Terrorism, and Drug Smuggling in the Maritime Domain
    • Spanish for Lawyers I and II 
    • UN Climate Negotiations

  • Human Rights

    • Business and Human Rights
    • Climate Change and Human Rights
    • Fundamentals of Human Rights
    • Human Rights Clinic I & II
    • Human Rights and the Environment
    • Human Rights in Times of War
    • Human Trafficking
    • Indigenous Women's Rights
    • International Human Rights Law

  • International Dispute Resolution

    • Advanced Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration 
    • Basic Concepts in International Arbitration
    • Complex International Negotiations
    • Damages in International Arbitration
    • Drafting Complex Arbitration Clauses
    • Federal Arbitration Act
    • Forensics of Advocacy in International Arbitration I and II
    • Globalization and Arbitration
    • ICSID Practice and Procedure
    • International Arbitration and ESG (Environment, Social and Governance Issues)
    • International Arbitration and The New York Convention
    • International Commercial Arbitration Seminar: A U.S. Persective
    • International Energy Arbitration
    • International Sports Arbitration
    • Investment Arbitration
    • Maritime Arbitration
    • Mediation, International Moot Court

  • International Business and Cross-Border Transactions

    • Advanced International Tax Planning
    • Climate Finance
    • Cross-Border Transactions
    • Doing Business in Latin America
    • Entertainment Law in Latin America
    • International Bankruptcy
    • International Business and National Security Law
    • International Estate Planning
    • International Finance
    • International Inbound
    • International Investment Law
    • International Sales
    • International Tax Planning
    • Introduction to Doing Business in Latin America
    • Legal Environment of the Cruise Industry
    • Professional Responsibility for US and Multinational Practice
    • The Digital Economy and International Taxation: National and International Responses 
    • Tax Issues Relating to Movement of Foreign Tech Founders into Miami in the 21st Century

  • Public International Law & Policy

    • Climate Change Law and Policy
    • Conservation, Tourism and Development
    • Cultural Property and Antiquities Trafficking: Importation Law and Border Enforcement 
    • Disaster Law
    • Entertainment and Sports Immigration Law
    • Immigration, Ethnicity, and Public Policy
    • Immigration Law
    • International Law of State Responsibility 
    • International Anti-Corruption Law and Practice
    • Law of the Sea
    • National Security Law
    • Salvage, Treasure & Preservation of Underwater Cultural Heritage
    • Space Law: Regulating and Incentivizing Private Commercial Activities in Outer Space
    • The Law of International Treaties 

Academic Programs and Concentrations 

Clinics 

Joint Degrees

International Opportunities

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Extracurricular Opportunities

  • International & Comparative Law Review - this law review contributes to the dialog on the changing international legal landscape and developments in international law by publishing bi-annual issues containing scholarly articles on a variety of topics written by prominent practitioners, politicians, professors, and students from around the globe.
  • Inter-American Law Review – this scholarly legal periodical provides a forum in which major international and inter-American legal developments are discussed. 

Externships and Internships

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  • Hands-On Learning Opportunities

    • Abolish153 (Kuwait City, Kuwait)
    • Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante (Mexico City, Mexico)
    • Centurion Law Group, Oil and Gas Divsion (Malabo, Equatorial New Guinea)
    • De Dios & Goyena (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
    • Gonzalez de Cossio Abogados, X.C. (Mexico City, Mexico)
    • International Bridges to Justice-IBJ (Beijing, China)
    • International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes-ICSID (DC)
    • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda-ICTR (Arusha, Tanzania)
    • Legal Assistance Centre (Windhoek, Namibia)
    • Miami Law African Neutral Trial Observer Initiative (Windhoek, Namibia)
    • Ministry of Justice (Kigali, Rwanda)
    • North Atlantic Treaty Organization-NATO (Paris, France)
    • Núñez Muñoz Abogados - Mining Environmental law division (Santiago, Chile)
    • One-Stop Career Center of Puerto Rico (Arecibo, Puerto Rico)
    • Southern Africa Litigation Centre-SALC (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    • Squire Patton Boggs (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
    • The Movement for Quality Government (Jerusalem, Israel)
    • Timap for Justice (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
    • United Kingdom Legal Intern, Quadrant Chambers (London, United Kingdom)
    • United Nations Development Fund for Women-UNIFEM (London, United Kingdom)
    • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon-UNHCR (Beirut, Lebanon)
    • United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (New York, NY)
    • U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Office of Legal Counsel (DC)
    • U.S. Department of Justice Counterterrorism Section (DC)
    • U.S. Department of Justice - Aviation, Space & Admiralty Litigation Section (DC)
    • U.S. Embassy (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

     

    **List is not exhaustive and is intended to provide examples of past externships and internships.

Faculty

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  • Meet Our Faculty Experts

    • Paula Arias is an expert in dispute resolution in Latin America, leads the International Moot Court Program.
    • Caroline Bettinger-López is a Professor of Law and Director of the Human Rights Clinic. She also served as an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and is a recipient of a Roddenberry Fellowship for her COURAGE in Policing Project.
    • Caroline Bradley is the Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs and writes about comparative and transnational financial law and securities regulation, and teaches in the areas of European community law and international finance.
    • Tamar Ezer is the Faculty Director of the Human Rights Program.
    • Jonathan C. Hamilton is Distinguished Faculty Chair of the of the University of Miami School of Law’s International Arbitration Institute and Lecturer in Law. He is a leading authority on international disputes and investment, complex negotiations and crisis management.
    • Charles C. Jalloh is Professor of Law and the Richard A. Hausler Chair and an expert in international criminal law, international human rights law, and International humanitarian law.
    • Carolyn Lamm is the Distinguished Faculty Chair of the the chair of the White & Case International Arbitration LL.M. Program and is a prominent practitioner in international arbitration and dispute resolution, trade matters and cross-border commercial federal court litigation. 
    • Bernard H. Oxman, Professor Emeritus, is the only American to serve as a Judge ad hoc on both the International Court of Justice (the "World Court") and on the Tribunal of the Law of the Sea. Oxman was honored with 2021 Manley O. Hudson Medal by The American Society of International Law and is ASIL’s highest honor.
    • Jessica Owley is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director for the Environmental Law Program.
    • Ileana Porras is a Senior Lecturer and teaches international Law and international environmental law.
    • Alejandro Portes is a Professor of Law and Research Professor & Distinguished Scholar, College of Arts and Sciences and an expert in international migration.
    • Pablo Rueda-Saiz is an Associate Professor of Law with expertise in international and comparative law. 

  • Other Faculty with Interests in International/Comparative Law and Human Rights Law

    Ricardo J. Bascuas has had extensive criminal law experience as a law clerk to a Federal Judge, in private practice and as an Assistant Federal Public Defender. He has taught international criminal law.

    Charlton Copeland served as a law clerk to Justices Richard J. Goldstone and Catherine O'Regan of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. His research interests include comparative constitutional law.

    A. Michael Froomkin is globally regarded as a leading expert on Internet law including the Internet's international implications and its governance, on which he has lectured and written extensively. He has served as an advisor to the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization, and has taught international law.

    Frances R. Hill received a Ph.D. from Harvard, having done extensive research on law and politics in Africa, and a J.D. from Yale and an M.A. in African history and politics from the University of Birmingham (England) as a Fulbright Fellow. She practiced in the D.C. and London offices of Jones Day and has written on cross-border transactions and cross-border philanthropy.

    Elizabeth M. Iglesias, a co-founder of the LatCrit movement (the legal, economic and other difficulties facing the Latina/o community), also has taught international criminal law and international economic law. She has written, lectured and produced documentaries on the adverse effects of globalization.

    Stanley I. Langbein has served as attorney/advisor in the Office of International Tax Counsel of the U. S. Treasury Department. He has taught international tax and is the author of a leading textbook on the subject.

    Lili Levi's scholarship deals with a variety of communications law matters including broadcast regulation and copyright. She has taught international copyright law.

    Robert E. Rosen is Professor of Law Emeritus and has also done comparative research on the role of lawyers.

    Stephen J. Schnably received his J.D. from Harvard Magna cum Laude and studied at Oxford on a Knox Fellowship. Before he joined the faculty, he worked for the Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, gaining extensive experience in the field of international arbitration. He writes in the fields of international human rights law, the OAS human rights system, comparative constitutional law, and the relationship of international law to constitutional law. He has taught international law, international human rights, and comparative constitutional law.

    Irwin P. Stotzky graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, and was a Visiting Scholar at Yale. As Fulbright Scholar to Argentina, he later served as an advisor to then Argentine President Alfonsin on human rights matters during the critical years of that country's transition from a military dictatorship to a democracy. He has also worked over three decades to improve human rights in Haiti and the status of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. He has served as an attorney advisor to Haitian Presidents Aristide and Preval.

    Stephen K. Urice received a master's degree in Biblical Archaeology, a Ph. D. in Fine Arts, and a J.D., all from Harvard. A co-author of the leading textbook on art law (including its international aspects), he has taught cultural property & heritage law. He serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Cultural Property.

    Francisco Valdes, co-founder of the LatCrit movement, uses that perspective to explore human rights and, constitutional issues in America's relations with, among others, Cuba, Spain and Chile. He has also taught comparative law.

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