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International Law Programs

 


Today, the practice of law requires far more than the knowledge of domestic legal issues. It requires a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct business and pursue justice in an increasingly global environment. From public policy development, taxation, e-commerce, and sustainable development concerns to issues of war and peace, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and human rights, international law is one of the fastest growing legal specialties nationwide and around the world.

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Pace Law School has always recognized the importance of international law. The courses at our New York campus and in our London-based program provide a strong academic foundation for international practice, and our expanding international programs offer exceptional work and study abroad opportunities for Pace Law students. For example, the students in our Human Rights in Action program work with war crimes tribunals, humanitarian aid groups, and other nation-building projects for countries in need. Since 2003, we have placed more than 30 students in six international tribunals on three continents. Our Summer Internships Abroad Program places students with major international commercial and corporate law firms in 25 countries on five continents.

The Pace International Law Program offers essential legal training and one-of-a-kind experiences in the international field. As our students gain substantive knowledge, they also develop the hands-on skills they need to become highly effective, practice-ready lawyers making a difference in the world.

 Recent Past and Future International Law Events at Pace Law School or with Members of our Community on International Law-related topics

  • SAVE THE DATE:  February 15, 2012- Careers in Private International Law, a panel discussion cohosted by the CCPD from 5:00pm - 6:00pm, Tudor Room.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  March 14, 2012 - Careers in International Environmental Law, a panel discussion cohosted by the CCPD from 5:00pm - 6:00pm, room TBD.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  April 11, 2012 - CLE cohosts a panel discussion on "International Criminal Law: A Current Perspective" from 6:00pm - 8:30pm, room TBD.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  June 20-22, 2012 - Rio+20 a UN Conference on Sustainable Development hosted in Rio, Brazil. Several of our environmental faculty will be making presentations at this conference. Professor Ottinger is working with ten student research assistants on case studies of renewable energy initiatives for UNDESA which plans to publish them for the conference.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  June 30, 2012 - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law is hosting a conference entitled "Ecosystem Services, Economic Valuation, and Environmental Equity: Complementary or Contradictory". Professor Robinson is submitting a presentation abstract.
  • SAVE THE DATE:  September 2012 -the IUCN Triennial World Conservation Congress held in Jejun, South Korea will be attended by several faculty members. Dean Harmon is organzing a four-hour panel discussion at the Congress and Professor Ottinger will be submitting a resolution on energy regulation as a climate change mitigation measure.
  • November - December 2011 - Professors Ottinger and Burleson attended the IUCN delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties' in Durban, South Africa.
  • November 29th, 2011 - Darfur, South Sudan: An On-the-Ground Perspective with Ambassador Robert van Lierop from 11:00am - 1:00pm in the Tudor Room. Ambassador van Lierop recently returned from spending a significant amount of time in the Sudan, working with UNAMID on the legal, social, and environmental issues involved in the Darfur Situation.
  • November 14, 2011 - Unlawful Combatants: Entitled to the Protections of the Geneva Conventions?: a discussion with Professor Greenawalt and Thomas Gede co-hosted with the Federalist Society.
  • November 11-12, 2011 - Pace Law School cosponsors a conference on international sales law entitled "The Global Challenge ofInternational Sales Law" at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida.
  • October 14, 2011 - ILP/CCPD Career Series hosted Mr. John Buretta, Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Department of Justice, Eastern District of New York  and Director of the DeepwaterHorizon Task Force, discussing his work with the DOJ.
  • October 11, 2011 - Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Joint Special Representative, and leader of the United Nations/African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), which is the largest peacekeeping operation in the world and the first ever hybrid operation between the United Nations and another international organization, visited Pace Law School to speak with students and faculty.  Professor Gambari is the former Foreign Minister of Nigeria, the former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of his country to the United Nations (the longest serving in his country's history), and a former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, and was also the Secretary General's Special Representative to Myanmar, after serving as the Special Advisor on Africa.
  • September 21, 2011 - ILP/CCPD Career Series hosted Mr. Arnold Pronto, Senior Legal Officer with the UN Office of Legal Affairs, discussing his work with the UN in C-01 from noon - 1:00 p.m.
  • September 15, 2011 - The Annual Sloan Lecture featured Justice Richard Goldstone of the Constitutional Court of South Africa on  "The Developing Global Rule of Law".
  • September 14, 2001 - Pace London Law Program 2012 Information Session in C-201 from 3 - 4:00 p.m.
  • September 14, 2011 - ILP/CCPD Career Series "What Does Practicing International Law Really Mean?" in C-101 from noon - 1:00 p.m.
  • September 7, 2011- The Annual International Law Programs Orientation for incoming 1Ls from 5 - 6:00 p.m. the Student Annex.

 

  • May 6, 2011 – Teaching International Law Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Experiential Learning, in Web 2.0, and in Historical and Empirical Reseach. An ASIL sponsored program hosted on campus.

  • March 31 - April 1, 2011 - International Symposium on Environmental Courts and Tribunals with guests from around the world.

  • January 28 - 30, 2011 - 8th Annual Pace/ ICLN International Criminal Court Moot Competition hosted on campus.

  • November 12, 2010 – "After Gender - Examining International Justice Enterprises". A Pace Law Review Symposium featuring Professor Janet Halley, Royall Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

  • October 16, 2010 - 25th Anniversary Party of the Pace London Law Program and celebration honoring Professor Gayl Westerman.

  • October 4, 2010 - The Annual Sloan Lecture featuring the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG “The Use of Foreign Judicial Authority…Why Justice Scalia is Wrong.”

         

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