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'A' in International Law in 2024 in Pre-Law Magazine (also in 2023, 'in 2021 and winter 2020).
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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'A' in International Law in 2024 in Pre-Law Magazine (also in 2023, 'in 2021 and winter 2020).
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
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.
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International Moot Court Program: The only one of its kind in the U.S., Miami Law offers a unique and comprehensive program in which students travel and compete, in Spanish and English, in competitions around the world. Some have included:
The law school offers 25+ study abroad options in 13 different countries, including:
**List is not exhaustive and is intended to provide examples of past externships and internships.
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.