International Programs

By some measures the most prosperous state in the United States, Connecticut is sometimes counted as the state that, more than any other, depends on international trade and commerce for its economic success. Many of the nation's foremost industrial and financial companies are based here. Connecticut's capital city, Hartford, is home not only to many of the nation's largest insurance companies but also to the University of Connecticut School of Law.

We eagerly embrace our role in supporting the international standing of Connecticut, New England, and the United States. Though a relatively small law school, UConn Law offers a wide range of classes, seminars, and clinics on international law. These include international business law, public international law, international financial law, and international human rights. Connecticut also boasts a first rate international law faculty known for outstanding scholarship, an excellent student/faculty ratio, a J.D. student foreign exchange program second to none, and two small, well-supervised LL.M. programs open to graduates of foreign law schools.

The Law School offers many courses in international and foreign law.

The Human Rights and International Law Clinic provides students with an opportunity to do real world legal work affecting the development of human rights and international law. The Clinic will be taught by Professor Mark W. Janis and Professor Noah Novogrodsky beginning in Spring 2009. The Clinic will meet as a group with the instructors to learn about human rights and international law advocacy and advising, and concomitant research and writing skills. In teams of two or more, students will be assigned to a specific advocacy or advisory project, which might be, for example, the preparation of an amicus brief for a domestic or international litigation or an advisory memorandum for a domestic governmental, nongovernmental, or international governmental agency or institution.

International and Foreign law courses

The Law School offers two LL.M. programs. The LL.M. in U.S. Legal Studies is exclusively for graduates of foreign law schools. The LL.M. in Insurance Law is open to graduates of both U.S. and foreign law schools.

• LL.M. in U.S. Legal Studies
• LL.M. in Insurance Law

The Law School boasts many faculty members who teach and write about international or foreign law. They include:

• Jon Bauer, Asylum & Human Rights Clinic
• Perry Bechky, International Business Transactions
• Bethany Berger, Conflict of Laws
• Phillip Blumberg, Multinational & Corporate Law
• Michael Fischl, International Labor Law
• Mark Janis, Director of International Graduate Studies
• Richard Kay, European Human Rights Law; Comparative Law
• Peter Kochenburger, LL.M. in Insurance Law
• Peter Lindseth, International Business Transactions; European Union Law
• Hugh Macgill, LL.M. in U.S. Legal Studies
• Margaret Martin, Asylum & Human Rights Clinic
• Ruth Mason, International Tax Law
• Willajeanne McLean, European Union Law
• Angel Oquendo, Comparative Law
• Richard Parker, International Environmental Law; International Trade Law
• Richard Pomp, International Tax Law
• Carol Weisbrod, Comparative Law
• Richard Wilson, International Human Rights Law

The Law School boasts a foreign exchange program second to none.