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Whittier Law School's International Programs Grow in Popularity with New Center

published April 15, 2023

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Whittier Law School's new Global Center for International and Comparative Law gives students a unique opportunity to engage in international legal research, teaching and learning. The new center provides students with access to faculty from around the world, international legal research centers and online legal databases, and a variety of experiential learning opportunities.


The Global Center for International and Comparative Law at Whittier Law School presents a range of opportunities for students seeking to pursue a legal education on an international scale. With its new facility, students can gain a global perspective on the law and its practice. Through innovative programming, the new center provides students with access to internationally-renowned faculty and faculty-led seminars, international legal research centers, and an array of experiential learning opportunities.

At the Global Center for International and Comparative Law, Whittier Law School offers courses in topics such as international law and foreign legal systems. Faculty at the center come from India, China, Kenya, Australia and other countries, providing students with broad perspectives on the global legal system. Through the center, students can take part in seminars and workshops that bring together professors and experts from around the world. The center also houses an impressive collection of international legal research materials and online databases, providing students with access to the world's legal scholarship.

In addition to training and research, the Global Center for International and Comparative Law offers an array of experiential learning opportunities. These include internships and externships with multinational law firms and other legal organizations. The center also hosts an International Law and Business Symposium every year. This symposium brings together scholars and practitioners to discuss the latest developments in international law and business.

Whittier Law School's Global Center for International and Comparative Law offers students a unique opportunity to gain a global perspective on the law. Through innovative programming, the center provides access to internationally-renowned faculty, international legal research materials, and a variety of experiential learning opportunities. With access to the latest developments in international law, the new center has created a platform for students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the global legal system.
 

Programs at Whittier Law School Increasing

Whittier Law School has broadened its offerings to include international programs. In an effort to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to practice law in a global platform, Whittier Law has opened a new center that strives to provide a comprehensive selection of study and travel abroad programs. These initiatives, which include both short-term and long-term options, are designed to give students a unique learning experience.
 

International Courses Offered

The center offers a variety of international courses including International Business Transactions, International Law and International Human Rights Law. Additionally, Whittier Law School has a number of international law clinics where students can gain hands-on experience working with international organizations and partners located around the world. Faculty and students are able to travel to countries like India, Mexico, and China to participate in the clinic and assist international clients with legal matters.
 

Whittier Law School Launching New Initiative

Whittier Law School has also launched a new exchange program called the Global Legal Exchange (GLE). The GLE program sends a handful of students abroad to study international law in countries like France, Germany, and China. The program is designed to give students the opportunity to explore different legal systems, network with lawyers from other countries, and broaden their understanding of international law.
 

International Law Classes & Lectures

In addition to the international programs available through the new center, Whittier Law School regularly offers international law classes and lectures. These sessions focus on topics such as international human rights, international organizations, and international legal theory. Faculty members and lecturers from around the world come to Whittier Law School to share their expertise on international law.
 

Exciting Future for Whittier Law School

Whittier Law School is committed to providing students with an engaging and stimulating international law experience. With the opening of the new center and the launch of the Global Legal Exchange program, Whittier Law School is making strides to provide an experience that will prepare students to thrive in the field of international law. With the many international programs and courses available, Whittier Law School is truly an exciting place to study law.

The center serves another important, yet more ephemeral function: it is a touchstone that faculty and students can refer to in order to lend their projects and ideas more clout, both within and outside Whittier's walls.

The center's clout was built up considerably last month as Whittier and CICL hosted the "International Law Weekend—West." This was the third such conference on the west coast, and it is held biannually under the auspices of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA).

Bringing the conference to Whittier was one of the first goals of the center's director, Hari Osofsky, when she came on board with the center's launch in 2003. "I really appreciate the vote of confidence" from ABILA in choosing Whittier to host the conference, says Osofsky, also an Assistant Professor of Law at Whittier.

The conference, which brought in international law experts from around the country to speak on innovations in the field, was a "major opportunity for the center in many ways," says Osofsky. The conference gathered highly interesting people to the school to speak on panels, says Osofsky. Both panelists and conference attendees were able to learn about and be engaged in Whittier Law's international program.

It is a program that is varied, diverse, and growing. There is an international law certificate which requires law students to take a set roster of classes and participate in CICL programs. Among center programs are a colloquia series on international law, internships, and externships. Then there are several study-abroad programs, with opportunities for students to study law in France, Spain, Australia, and Israel, with programs in China and the Netherlands planned.

Laurie Romero, a second-year law student at Whittier, is working towards her international law certificate and was one of the many students who participated in the recent conference. The CICL "gives a good comparative look at other legal systems," says Romero, whose primary interest now is international corporate law. As multinational corporations grow, says Romero, compliance issues are becoming more important in private industry. There was a panel on corporate compliance at the conference, says Romero. About 94 students attended the conference, with 40 more volunteering and attending panels.

Professor Peter Reich teaches domestic environmental law at Whittier and is also the Managing Editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy. Whittier students edit submissions to the journal and can write short notes for publication. Working on the journal is a "great opportunity for students interested in international environmental law," says Reich.

Reich also led Whittier's program in Spain in 2003. Students in that program studied a wide range of international legal topics, including international family law, international negotiation, and international environmental law, with a focus on European Union cooperation on environmental policies.

Whittier's study-abroad programs, says Reich, all try to integrate scholarly research with hands-on experience. For example, in Spain, students went on field trips illustrating the legal precepts students were studying. One trip was to the Santona Marshes, which was the subject of litigation between the government and private owners over conservation concerns. The trip was led by a guide from Spain's Environment Ministry. Students could "read a case, and then see it," says Reich.

Whittier Law is also breaking new ground with its programs in Israel and the Netherlands. The school's Israel program is the only one in that country currently being run by a U.S. law school, says Reich. "It has become very popular," he says, with 20 students going on the first program there last year.

And, starting this summer, John Heliman, a Whittier Law faculty member who is also currently mayor of West Hollywood, CA, will lead a two-week program in Amsterdam on gay-rights law. The international program has generated a great deal of interest among law students.

Whittier Law is "very open to these programs," says Reich, with a policy of receptiveness to faculty ideas for programs that benefit students—a policy that also led to the formation of the CICL.

The benefits of the center are threefold, says Reich. The center has raised the profile of the law school, giving a strong regional law school a larger national and international profile. Also, it has helped to inform both students and faculty members through different applications of their legal study—bringing international comparative aspects, for example, to even domestic legal fields such as family law. And, the center's library has brought in more international materials to strengthen the program, such as a set of case decisions and maps on Mexican-U.S. land cases from the turn of the 20th Century.

The CICL at Whittier Law provides, most of all, "a justification and legitimatization for all these international activities," says Reich.

published April 15, 2023

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