CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 2012-2013

LEAH CHAN GRINVALD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW

Students in our J.D. program have the opportunity to earn a Concentration in International and Comparative Law, giving students a broad foundation in international law within the context of a well-rounded legal education.

Each semester, SLU LAW offers a variety of international and comparative law courses and seminars. Periodically, visiting international professors supplement the course offerings with two-credit intensive courses in specialized international and comparative law subjects. Credits received in the summer abroad program in Madrid and the study abroad programs in France, Ireland and Switzerland count toward the concentration requirements. Generally, students are required to complete the three-credit International Law course, seven additional international and comparative law credits and a writing requirement.

EARN A CONCENTRATION

INTERNATIONAL LAW STuDENTS’ ASSOCIATION The International Law Students’ Association (ILSA) is the international voice of the students at SLU LAW. Programs focus on academic and social interests as well as career goals. The overriding purpose of ILSA is to promote awareness and knowledge of international legal matters. ILSA’s activities include a speakers program and social events with an international flavor.

PHILIP C. JESSuP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COuRT COMPETITION Students in this competition brief and argue a hypothetical case on timely issues of international law before a moot International Court of Justice. Each spring, a team from SLU LAW competes at the Super Regional. The top two teams from that competition proceed to the international round of competition in Washington, D.C., to compete against teams from 12 U.S. regions and 50 foreign countries.

MAKE CONNECTIONS

Through its educational programs and scholarly activities, the Center for International and Comparative Law ensures that its graduates have the education they need to pursue professional opportunities throughout the world. The Center builds networks and alliances locally and internationally, making SLU LAW a Midwestern gateway for legal scholarship in international and comparative law.

For more than 30 years, SLU LAW has ensured that graduates from our programs are prepared for and sensitive to international social and economic legal issues.

SuCCESS IN THE GLOBAL LEGAL MARKETPLACE

ON THE COVER SpearIt ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW

YOUR LIFE IN THE LAW BEGINS HERE

ISAAK I. DORE PROFESSOR OF LAW

Access to international practitioners and numerous study abroad options give the students the opportunity to explore diverse career paths within the field of international and comparative law, including immigration law, international business law, international criminal law, human rights law and admiralty.

CAREER OPPORTuNITIES

“I think that this program opened up more

opportunities for me, especially in this economy.

Not only can I focus my work on immigration

law, but I really enjoy working in academia. By

studying abroad in Germany while in law school,

I got a sense of how it is for new students and

scholars who come to the U.S. to study.”

ALMA IMSIREVIC (‘10) INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR ADVISOR, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

SuMMER PROGRAMS

MADRIDThe ABA-approved Summer Law Program in Madrid builds on the Center’s strong comparative and international law focus by offering up to six credit hours of law courses taught by

Spanish legal scholars and professors from SLU LAW. Classes are held at Saint Louis University’s

STuDY ABROADown Madrid campus. Classroom instruction is in English, and the program includes site visits to various Spanish courts. The program allows students to experience Spanish culture while expanding their knowledge of international and comparative law. In addition, students in the program’s International Criminal Law course will observe proceedings at the International Criminal Court and the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands, immediately following the program.

Students are eligible to participate in other ABA-accredited summer study abroad programs. Contact CICL early in the spring semester to explore these opportunities.

HuMAN RIGHTS SuMMER INTERNSHIPS IN SOuTHEAST ASIA In cooperation with Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia, an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization, students may participate in a summer volunteer fellowship program. Students are stationed in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia or Laos. Working with local attorneys, students participate in a variety of transitional justice and community legal education initiatives.

SuMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

GERMANYThe Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany, offers research fellowships to Saint Louis University law students and new law faculty. Each fellowship covers a period of up to three months at the Ruhr-University. This fellowship is available to students with a sufficient command of the German language.

SEMESTER STuDY AT FOREIGN INSTITuTIONS

FRANCEStudents at SLU LAW with strong French language skills have the opportunity to study law at the Université d’Orléans or the Université Paris-Dauphine. The exchange programs present exceptional opportunities for students to experience French culture and French law. The Dauphine exchange also allows J.D. graduates of SLU LAW to apply to return to Paris after completing their J.D. degrees in order to complete the master’s degree. The master’s degree makes the successful student eligible to sit for the French bar exam upon completion of an apprenticeship in France.

IRELAND At the University College Cork, Ireland, a small number of SLU LAW students may spend a semester in Ireland and receive credit toward their J.D. degree while gaining insight into European and international law.

SWITZERLANDAt the University of Bern, Switzerland, students may spend a semester in Switzerland and receive credit toward their J.D. degree while gaining insight into European and international law. Students attending the University of Bern may choose from courses offered in English, or if they have adequate command of French or German, they can enroll in courses taught in those languages at the University of Fribourg or the University of Bern, respectively.

Once a student’s first 30 hours of law school are complete, they can pursue a study abroad experience. Through agreements with international institutions, law students can choose among several unique programs to explore different cultures and legal systems.

CIVIL & POLITICAL RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS

COMPARATIVE CONSTITuTIONAL LAW

COMPARATIVE LAW

COMPARATIVE LAW: INTRODuCTION TO CIVIL LAW

COMPARATIVE LEGAL PHILOSOPHY

COMPETITION BASED ADVOCACY: JESSuP INTERNATIONAL MOOT COuRT

CONFLICT OF LAWS

EuROPEAN HuMAN RIGHTS

EuROPEAN uNION LAW

FEDERALISM, MuLTICuLTuRAL & LEGAL PLuRALISM

IMMIGRATION LAW

INTERNATIONAL BANKING & FINANCE LAW

INTERNATIONAL BuSINESS TRANSACTIONS

INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT LAW

COuRSES & SEMINARSThe following courses and seminars were offered in 2011-2012 or are offered in 2012-2013, including SLU LAW summer abroad.

2012 INVISIBLE CONSTITuTIONS: CuLTuRE, RELIGION AND MEMORY

2010 SANFORD E. SARASOHN MEMORIAL CONFERENCE ON CRITICAL ISSuES IN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE TAXATION

2009 COMPETITION IN THE GLOBAL WORKPLACE: THE ROLE OF LAW IN ECONOMIC MARKETS

FACuLTY AND STAFFINTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

INTERNATIONAL HuMAN RIGHTS

INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTuAL PROPERTY LAW

INTERNATIONAL LAW

INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

NATIONAL SECuRITY LAW

RESEARCH METHODS IN INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN LAW

RECENT SYMPOSIAThe Center and the Saint Louis University Law Journal or the Public Law Review host symposia with experts and scholars in the field of international and comparative law.

RICHARD C. AMELuNG ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, OMER POOS LAW LIBRARY; PROFESSOR OF LEGAL RESEARCH B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Washington University; M.A.L.S., University of Missouri-Columbia

RANYA AL-ABBOuD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CICL B.A., Indiana-Purdue University; M.A., Webster University; J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law

ISAAK I. DORE PROFESSOR OF LAW LL.B., LL.M., University of Zambia; LL.M., J.S.D., Yale Law School

MONICA EPPINGER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Yale University; M.A.L.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; J.D., Yale Law School; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

KAY GRAEFF ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

LEAH CHAN GRINVALD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., The George Washington University; J.D., New York University

AMANY RAGAB HACKING ASSISTANT CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A.P.A., J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law

ERIC J. MILLER PROFESSOR OF LAW Bachelor of Laws, University of Edinburgh; LL.M., Harvard Law School

CONSTANCE Z. WAGNER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., Columbia University; Certificate, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University School of Law; LL.M., Universitat Konstanz

STEPHEN C. THAMAN CO-DIRECTOR, CICL; DIRECTOR, SUMMER LAW PROGRAM IN MADRID; PROFESSOR OF LAW A.B., M.A., J.D., University of California, Berkeley; Dr. IUR., University of Freiburg, Germany

ANDERS WALKER ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH AND FACULTY DEVELOPMENT; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., J.D., Duke University; Ph.D., Yale University

NANCY H. KAuFMAN PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., The George Washington University; J.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

MARGARET H. McDERMOTT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LEGAL RESEARCH; HEAD OF REFERENCE AND FACULTY SERVICES B.A., Barat College; M.S.L.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., Washington University School of Law

SuSAN W. McGRAuGH ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Drake University; J.D., Washington University School of Law

MARCIA McCORMICK ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Grinnell College; J.D., University of Iowa College of Law

MICHAEL KORYBuT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Claremont McKenna College; J.D., Stanford University

JuSTIN HANSFORD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Howard University; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

CAROL A. NEEDHAM PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Virginia-Charlottesville; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law

HENRY M. ORDOWER PROFESSOR OF LAW A.B., Washington University; M.A., J.D., The University of Chicago

EFTHIMIOS PARASIDIS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., College of New Jersey; M.BE., J.D., University of Pennsylvania

JEFF A. REDDING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Harvard University; J.D., The University of Chicago Law School

JOSEF ROHLIK PROFESSOR OF LAW LL.B., JUDR., C.SC., Charles University, The Czech Republic; LL.M., Columbia University

SpearIt ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of Houston; M.T.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara; J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law

MIRIAM AZIZ, UNIVERSITY OF SIENA, SIENA, ITALY

OLuYEMISI BAMGBOSE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, NIGERIA

DR. ALBIN ESER, FORMER JUDGE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA IN THE HAGUE AND DIRECTOR EMERITUS, MAX-PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW, FREIBURG, GERMANY

HAuWA IBRAHIM, ARIES LAW FIRM, NIGERIA AND 2008 HARVARD UNIVERSITY RADCLIFFE FELLOW

HuGuES KENFACK, UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE, FRANCE

JOEL MONEGER, PROFESSOR OF LAW, JEAN MONNET CHAIR, UNIVERSITY OF PARIS-DAUPHINE

WILLIAM P. JOHNSON CO-DIRECTOR, CICL; ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of Minnesota; J.D., University of Michigan Law School

RECENT VISITING PROFESSORS

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