Courses
The ILSP curriculum is designed to be flexible. Each student structures a program of study to meet his or her own needs, and students may choose any of the approximately 45 courses offered each semester. In addition, students are encouraged to write a publishable thesis and to gain practical experience through internships and optional practical training. In most cases, the ILSP curricula is designed to fulfill the requirements for certain specializations in International law.
Below are the most recent courses offered in the Spring 2012. Previous fall and summer ILSP course schedule listings can be found in the table below. For any questions on the course schedules please contact (202) 274-4110 or visit suite 309 in person.
The list below represents courses that were approved for the ILSP curriculum. ILSP students are only allowed to take these courses listed below and are not allowed to take courses related to US law. An entire list of courses taught at WCL is listed on the registrar's website.
ILSP Course Schedules (PDF) |
Spring 2012 ILSP Courses
*Please note that the schedule is subject to change. Updated 11/29/11
| Section No. | Title | Faculty | Cr. | Days | Start | End | Notes | |
LAW-096-001 |
English for Lawyers | Hein-Dunne | 0 | TTH | 1:00PM | 2:50PM | No credit, required for some LLM students, extra cost | |
LAW-096-005 |
Academic & Professional Presentations | Hein-Dunne | 0 | TH | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | No credit, required for some LLM students, extra cost | |
LAW-580-001 |
American Legal Institutions | Berenson | 2 | W | 8:00PM | 9:50PM | LLM only, required for non-common law trained lawyers in 1st sem. | |
LAW-580-002 |
US Legal Research & Writing | Schenker | 2 | M | 4:00PM | 5:20PM | LLM only, required for non-common law trained lawyers in 1st sem. | |
LAW-795-029 |
Academic Legal Writing | Bain-Butler | 1 | W | 11:00AM | 12:50PM | Designed for students w/ large writing assignments, LLM only | |
| Electives | ||||||||
| Section No. | Title | Faculty | Cr. | Days | Start | End | Notes | |
LAW-581-001 |
U.S. Business Law | Wallace | 3 | W | 03:00PM | 05:40PM | LLM Only, Business | |
LAW-609-001 |
Trademark | Farley | 3 | MW | 1:30PM | 2:50PM | IP | |
LAW-618-001 |
Int'l Environmental Law | Hunter | 3 | TTH | 1:30PM | 2:50PM | Environment | |
LAW-619-001 |
Comparative Law | Ala'i | 3 | MW | 10:00AM | 11:20AM | General | |
LAW-620-001 |
Int'l Humanitarian Law | Goldman | 3 | TTH | 4:00PM | 5:20PM | HR | |
LAW-624-001 |
US Int'l Taxation | Field | 3 | W | 3:00PM | 5:40PM | Business | |
LAW-630-001 |
Regulation of Energy | Day, Marlette | 3 | M | 3:00PM | 5:50PM | Business | |
LAW-634-001 |
Leg Asp Foreign Dir Investment | Levinson | 3 | MW | 12:00PM | 1:20PM | Business, IO, Trade | |
LAW-635-001 |
National Security Law | Vladeck | 3 | TTH | 3:00PM | 4:20PM | General | |
LAW-636-001 |
Family Law | Saez | 3 | TTH | 4:30PM | 5:50PM | Gender | |
LAW-641-001 |
American Indian Law | Rosser | 3 | TTH | 1:30PM | 2:50PM | HR | |
LAW-655-001 |
Immigration and Naturalization | Rathod | 3-4 | MW | 1:30PM | 3:20PM | HR | |
LAW-656-001 |
Asylum & Refugee Law | Baluarte | 2 | T | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | HR | |
LAW-656-002 |
Asylum & Refugee Law | McConnell | 3 | TH | 6:00PM | 8:50PM | HR | |
LAW-657-001 |
International Trade Law I | Fandl | 3 | T | 7:30PM | 10:10PM | Trade, Business, IO | |
LAW-660-001 |
International Law | Gorove, Gresser | 3 | M | 6:30PM | 9:10PM | General | |
LAW-661-001 |
Int'l Business Transactions | Caplan, Kizer | 3 | W | 6:00PM | 8:50PM | Business, Trade | |
LAW-662-001 |
International Organizations | Orellana | 2 | T | 7:30PM | 10:10PM | IO | |
LAW-667-001 |
Cyberlaw | Carroll | 2 | MW | 9:00AM | 10:20AM | IP, Business | |
LAW-677-001 |
Int'l Litigation & Arbitration | Epstein | 3 | TTH | 3:30PM | 4:50PM | Business, Arbitration | |
LAW-679-001 |
International Investment Law | Perera | 3 | TTH | 6:30PM | 7:50PM | Business, Arbitration | |
LAW-691-001 |
Sex-based Discrimination | Eardley | 3 | T | 6:00PM | 8:40PM | Gender | |
LAW-698-001 |
Int'l & Comparative Copyright | Schwartz | 3 | M | 6:30PM | 9:10PM | IP | |
LAW-707-003 |
Constitution in Times of Crisis | Schwartz | 2 | W | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | HR | |
LAW-713-001 |
Political Crime & Terrorism | Kittrie | 2 | T | 6:00PM | 7:50PM | HR | |
LAW-719-001 |
Privacy & Health Inf.Tech. | Goldberg | 2 | M | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | IP | |
LAW-721-001 |
International Law of the Sea | Subedi | 2 | M | 1:00PM | 2:50PM | Environment, IO | |
LAW-725-001 |
Gender, Cult Diff, Hum. Rights | Harris, Khan | 2 | W | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | HR, Gender | |
LAW-725-002 |
Regional Appro to Hum. Rights | Mendez | 3 | MW | 1:30PM | 2:50PM | HR, IO | |
LAW-726-001 |
Sem: Int'l Financial Institutions | Levinson | 2 | T | 1:00PM | 2:50PM | Business, IO | |
LAW-727-001 |
International Banking | Comizio | 2 | T |
6:00PM | 7:50PM | Business | |
LAW-746-001 |
Sem: Comparative Tax | Pike | 3 | TTH | 1:30PM | 2:50PM | Business | |
LAW-769-002 |
Environmental Advocacy | Snape | 3 | MW | 9:00AM | 10:50AM | Co-requisite: Law-899 Environment | |
LAW-789-001 |
Sem: Int'l Comm.Arbitration. | Grigera Naon, Frutos-Peterson | 3 | M | 9:00AM | 11:50AM | Business, Arbitration | |
LAW-795-001 |
Social Justice | Schwartz | 2 | T | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | HR | |
LAW-795-002 |
CmprtvPers-1st Amndmnt Law | Monk | 2 | TTH | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | Ends in March, HR | |
LAW-795-003 |
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Law & Policy | Belgrade | 2 | T | 8:00PM | 9:50PM | General | |
LAW-795-005 |
Civil Rights Litigation | Yeomans | 3 | MW | 3:00PM | 4:20PM | HR | |
LAW-795-006 |
Human Rights Advocacy: 9/11 to the Arab Spring |
Purohit | 3 | F | 9:00AM | 11:50AM | HR | |
LAW-795-008 |
Adv Topc in Gender & Int'l Law | Filipovich | 2 | W | 6:00PM | 7:50PM | HR, Gender | |
LAW-795-011 |
International Law of Water | Subedi | 2 | T | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | Environment | |
LAW-795-012 |
Int'l Disp Resolution/Sovereigns | Baron, D. | 2 | M | 8:00PM | 9:50PM | Business, Trade, IO, Arbitration | |
LAW-795-013 |
Advance Oil & Gas Law | Day, J. | 2 | T | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | Business, Environment | |
| LAW-795-017 | Adv Issues in Ppublic &Private Intl Law | Robinson, D. | 2 | M | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | IO, Business | |
LAW-795-024 |
Global Corruption & the Rule of Law |
Henderson, K. | 2 | M | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | Business | |
LAW-795-030 |
Humphrey Fellow Seminar | Ala'i | 1 | M | 12:00PM | 1:50PM | Humphrey Fellows Only | |
LAW-804-001 |
Islamic Law | Mattar | 3 | TH | 12:00PM | 2:40PM | General | |
LAW-805-001 |
Law of Information Privacy | Brandenburg, Teplinsky | 2 | T | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | IP | |
LAW-815-001 |
Feminist Jurisprudence | Shalleck | 2-3 | TH | 1:30PM | 3:20PM | Gender | |
LAW-817-002 |
International Trade Policy Issues: Theory & Practice | Vito, Lima-Campos | 3 | M | 6:30PM | 9:00PM | Trade, Business | |
LAW-833-001 |
Int'l Reg of Securities Markets | Symonds | 2 | F | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | Business | |
LAW-836-001 |
Computer Crime Seminar | McGovern | 2 | M | 6:00PM | 7:50PM | IP | |
LAW-844-001 |
Advanced Environmental Law | Breen | 3 | M | 7:30PM | 10:10PM | Environment | |
LAW-846-001 |
E-Commerce Law & Drafting | Effross | 2 | T | 9:00AM | 10:50AM | IP, Business | |
LAW-855-001 |
Patent Prosecution | Parisi | 2 | W | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | IP | |
LAW-858-001 |
Aviation Law: Dom & Int'l Asp | Devall | 2 | W | 10:00AM | 11:50AM | Business | |
LAW-861-001 |
Sem: Econ, Social, Cult Rights | Nifosi-Sutton | 2 | W | 11:00AM | 12:50PM | HR | |
LAW-896-001 |
Law and the Visual Arts | Joshua Kaufman | 2 | T | 6:00PM | 7:50PM | IP | |
LAW-927-001 |
Int'l Trafficking in Persons | Vandenberg, Fryszman | 3 | M | 7:30PM | 10:10PM | HR, Gender | |
LAW-962-001 |
Adv IP: Patent Litigation | Isa-Odidi | 2 | T | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | IP | |
LAW-962-002 |
Human Rights & Access to Medicines Practicum | Flynn | 3 | F | 10:00AM | 12:40PM | IP | |
LAW-972-001 |
Bilateral Investment Treaty Arb | Blackaby, Antoni | 2 | T | 9:00AM | 10:50AM | Business, IO, Arbitration | |
LAW-978-001 |
Women & Conflict | Sacouto | 2 | T | 3:00PM | 4:50PM | Gender, HR, IO | |
LAW-980-001 |
Adv Int'l Law Law&Peace Negot | Williams, P. | 3 | T | 3:00PM | 5:50PM | Instructor Permission Required, HR | |
LAW-990-001 |
Int'l Business Negotiations | Finkelstein | 3 | M | 4:00PM | 5:50PM | Business | |
LAW-993-001 |
Adoption Law, Policy&Practice | Maskew | 3 | T | 6:30PM | 9:10PM | Gender, HR | |
| Notes/Specialization Legend: | ||||||||
| IP = Intellectual Property HR = Human Rights Gender = Gender and the Law Business = International Business Law Arbitration = International Commercial Arbitration | ||||||||
| IO = International Organizations Trade = Free Trade Agreements & Regional Integration Environment = International Environmental Law General = Does not count towards a specialization | ||||||||
