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INTERNATIONAL HUMANRIGHTS CERTIFICATEGeorgetown University Law Center has a rich variety of human rightscourses and programs which are a natural fit to the Certificate of Study inInternational Human Rights Law. This program is designed to encourageLL.M. students to attain extensive knowledge in the field of humanrights law on both a national and international level. Our renowned full-time faculty teach a variety of courses in the international human rightslaw area and provide advice on the development of the curriculum. Ouradjunct faculty, with years of practical and teaching experience, cometo the Law Center from a variety of organizations, including the U.S.Department of State, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Organization ofAmerican States and a number of non-governmental organizations.

The requirements to earn the Certificate in International Human RightsLaw are:

• Successful completion of International Law I (or its equivalent) eitherin prior law study in the U.S. or internationally, or during the firstyear at Georgetown Law. This course does not count toward the 10specialization credits for the Certificate, but may count toward theoverall LL.M. credit requirements.

• Successful completion of at least 10 credits of courseworkfrom classes listed as part of the International HumanRights Law Certificate in the Curriculum Guide (https://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search). As part of the 10specialization credits, each student must successfully complete thebasic International Human Rights Law course.

• A minimum grade point average of B- in the courses that are countedtoward the Certificate requirements.

The International Human Rights Law Certificate is available to studentsenrolled in a Law Center LL.M. program. Please note that J.D. students are noteligible for the Certificate program. The Law Center will not admit studentssolely for the International Human Rights Law Certificate program.

To learn more, interested students should email their academic advisorswith questions.

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LAW 483 v01 Advanced Issues in International Human Rights Seminar(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20483%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course will examine specific issues in international human rightslaw drawn from the current decisions of international human rightssupervisory bodies. The course will be divided into two halves. Thefirst half of the course will consist of lectures and discussions onseven specific issues as illustrated by cases decided by internationaljurisdictional bodies. For example, we will examine the decisions of theInternational Court of Justice (Breard, LaGrand) and the Advisory Opinionof the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (OC-16) on an alien’s right toconsular assistance, in the context of the creation of international humanrights norms and the problems arising from a multiplicity of internationaljurisdictions. We will examine the two decisions (Section and GrandChamber) of the European Court of Human Rights on the Refah Partisicase as regards the compatibility of Islam and democracy in the contextof the universality of human rights debate. We will examine decisionsof the European Commission and Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission in an attempt to trace the changing definition of“torture” in the context of the Guantanamo detainees case. The secondhalf of the course will be dedicated to the oral presentation of researchpapers and discussion of these paper topics.

Prerequisite: International Law I (or an equivalent course in PublicInternational Law).

Recommended: A survey class in Human Rights Law.

LAW 2094 v00 Advanced Topics in International Humanitarian Law(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%202094%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis seminar is intended to provide students with an interest ininternational humanitarian law (IHL) with an opportunity to undertakeindepth research, and write a substantial paper, on key issues inIHL. Potential topics include thresholds for the application of IHL,the interface of IHL with human rights law and domestic law, theprotection of civilians and non-combatants from the effects of conflict,the application of IHL protections to unprivileged belligerents, thestandards for detention under IHL, including both permissible durationand treatment, emerging trends regulating the use of lethal force as afirst resort under IHL, arms control and IHL (landmines, cluster munitions,autonomous weapons), the application of IHL to cyber “warfare”, U.S.interpretation of customary and treaty IHL, the efficacy of IHL in currentconflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and other topics.Building upon a foundation of assigned readings on core IHL topics, theprofessors and students will tailor classroom work to coincide with thestudents’ research projects. Students will be expected to participateactively in class and to share their own research during the semester withother students.

Learning objectives:

Through a structured process, to develop a scholarly paper oninternational humanitarian law, we aim to give the student, workingclosely with the professor, an opportunity to explore his or her topic indepth and to write a paper worthy of publication in a law journal.

Strongly Recommended: Courses in public international law, humanrights law or international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict).

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LAW 369 v01 AIDS Law and Ethics Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20369%20v01)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hoursThis course examines the social, legal, political, and ethical controversiessurrounding the HIV/AIDS pandemic in contemporary society. It coversboth domestic and international law and policy. The course is divided intoseveral parts. Part I covers the role of social movements and mobilizationin the response to HIV/AIDS. Part II, AIDS in the Courtroom, coversthe major court cases related to HIV/AIDS in the United States andin key countries around the world like South Africa, India and Brazilthat provide important comparative perspectives to understand thepower of law. These cases demonstrate the social impact of AIDS–the effect of litigation on social institutions, constitutional law, andinterpersonal relationships. Part III, Rights and Dignity, examines therole of international human rights, privacy, and discrimination. Part IV,Policy, Politics, and Ethics, covers a wide range of the most contentiousdebates of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, including testing, named reporting,civil and criminal confinement, sex work, drug law and policy, LGBT rights,and gender. The final Part, Governance and Financing, examines theabsence of political leadership, the international trade system whichmilitates against access to affordable treatment in low- and middle-income countries, the systems of financing for HIV in the U.S. and aroundthe world, and the ethics of international collaborative research. The AIDSpandemic has reached deeply into all major spheres of modern life–e.g.,law, medicine, economics, and politics. The pandemic has transformedsociety and restructured ethical values. This course provides an accountof the major themes of the pandemic during the last three decades andoffers an analysis of contemporary and future policy.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for thisseminar and the course, AIDS Law and Ethics.

Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the3-credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfilling theJ.D. Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirementsof the 2-credit section will not fulfill the J.D. Upperclass Legal WritingRequirement.

LAW 3060 v00 Business, Human Rights and Sustainability (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203060%20v00)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourThe relationship between business, human rights, and sustainability hasgained momentum in recent years with the private sector, governments,civil society, and international organizations, owing largely to thepassage of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business andHuman Rights (UNGP) in 2011, the 2012 UN Rio + 20 SustainableDevelopment Conference and the UN Sustainable Development Goals(2015). These developments were preceded and followed by a series ofmulti stakeholder (governments, private sector, investors, civil societynetworks and organizations) and specific industry driven initiativeslooking at how to integrate these international standards into both selfand binding regulatory processes. As a result, many of these initiativesled to an emerging international soft law system of business, humanrights and sustainability that is based in the internationally acknowledgedbody of hard law principles.

Regardless of being industry, sector specific or multi stakeholder innature, the regulation, de-regulation, policy, practice and ever growingglobal litigation is multifaceted, dynamic, interactive, complex andchallenges business leaders, markets and even lawyers to think outsidethe box in order to address a challenging relationship between business,markets and society. This is where business strategy meets risks. Orinstead, this is where risks eat a business strategy. As a result, businessleaders, shareholders and their advisors are now required to integratea 3D internal and external view and assessment on how to address,prevent, mitigate and remediate the social and environmental impacts(risks) of private sector operations in complex environments and with acollaborative and systems thinking approach.

Bar Associations in America and abroad have begun issuing specificguidance on how corporate lawyers should advice their clientsincorporating human rights and sustainability standards. For instance,in a Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) transaction, corporate lawyers aremost likely to encounter questions dealing with social, environmental,human rights and environmental concerns. Those advocating on behalfof environmental and human rights organizations will find their workdirectly intersects with company law, securities law, investment law,governance, compliance, company law and alternative dispute resolutionmechanisms to name a few sub areas.

In practice, these global and ever growing litigation trends are alsochallenging traditional company-led corporate social responsibility (CSR)and ethics programs that have been associated with both philanthropic,corporate citizenship and company-sponsored activities that give backto societies. While many of these programs have achieved severallevels of success, for many sectors in society they remain as corporatepublic relations or green wash exercises and demand more transparent,accountable and remediation responses. The stakes are high.

Litigation and other types of social demands are challenging companiesto be very purposeful and accountable on how they address theenvironmental, social and governance negative impacts (for some) orviolations (for others) of their operations globally and domestically.Stakeholders are asking companies to integrate ongoing due diligenceprocesses that address materiality concerns when it comes to managingsupply chains and making sure they are free of child labor, modernslavery and human trafficking. They are also asking companies toaddress the social and environmental impacts of extraction of naturalresources above and below ground, to name a few.

Furthermore, stakeholders are not alone on this. The emerging andgrowing movement of shareholder advocacy is leading the way acrossindustries and pushing the way through different strategies for morecorporate engagements that drive responsible business conduct andstandard-setting activities that push for robust business, human rightsand sustainability policies embedded as part of corporate operationsacross systems and functions. In particular, a wide range of investorsthat include asset management firms, trade union funds, publicpension funds, foundations, endowments, faith-based organizationsand family funds are leveraging their assets of over US$3.5 trillion tocollaborate around responsible investment while influencing boards andmanagement.

This course will first examine the core instruments of the business,human rights and sustainability field of practice and different multistakeholder approaches and sector specific initiatives and their efforts tointegrate both international hard and soft law as part of regulatory, self-regulatory policies and practice. Secondly, it will look at how the specificindustries are leveraging these mechanisms and tools to address riskmanagement and integrate social compliance mechanisms, facilitateconflict prevention, generate sustainable solutions and access to remedy.Lastly, it will provide students with a set of tools and resources for howto conduct a stakeholder mapping and assessment, human rights riskassessment, and strategies for stakeholder consultation, facilitation,influence and meaningful engagement.

As a result, students will be able to apply standards, tools and resourcesto the scenarios they will be assigned to analyze and present back inclass as part of a collaborative-lab effort with a small cohort. Finally,students will be assigned a final individual written memo where they willhave to make specific recommendations to an assigned scenario.

At the conclusion of this course, students will demonstrate the capability:

1. To distinguish between relevant applications of the Business, HumanRights and Sustainability frameworks of international hard andsoft laws, in the context of environmental, social and human rightschallenges across industries and different actors and how they canbe integrated into the business strategy.

2. To assess critical human rights, environment and natural resourceschallenges currently faced by industries and markets in differentcontexts through a multi stakeholder and 3D lens risk managementapproach.

3. To analyze and discuss how different tools and resources can beapplied and be relevant to address human rights and environmentalchallenges, which tools would be best suited for specific contextsand grievance mechanisms that exist for access to remedy acrossrelevant and selected industries (policy development, stakeholderforums and facilitation, influence and development, multi stakeholderassessments, human rights due diligence and environmentalassessments) in international development, conflict and post-conflictenvironments.

Note: Attendance of ALL classes is Mandatory. Students will also haveto come ready to actively participate with all assigned readings on theSyllabus completed before class, will have to work on small cohortsimulated presentations and submit a final written memo that will beassigned in class. No exceptions.


LAW 3078 v00 Commercial Space Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203078%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course will provide an overview of U.S. domestic legal regimesthat govern commercial spaceflight activities, including those managedby the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal CommunicationsCommission, Department of Commerce, U.S. Defense Departmentand State Department. The course will examine existing regulationsand statutes as well as current discussions about changes to policyand law to address the evolving nature of the space industry and U.S.national space priorities. Examples include the proposed Space Force,space traffic management, and oversight of non-traditional commercialactivities in light of international treaty obligations.

Recommended: Prior or concurrent enrollment in administrative law,regulatory law or international law.

LAW 2030 v01 Comparative Reproductive Technologies and"Reproductive Tourism" (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%202030%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hoursThe use of reproductive technologies—and crossing national borders toobtain them—has become a burgeoning multi-billion dollar, internationalindustry. While the desire to have children may be universal, legalprotections and restrictions on access to reproductive technologies varyimmensely from country to country, and often reflect conflicting culturaland religious values.

This seminar will examine the fundamental elements of ARTlaw and practice so that students have a foundation to explore andcompare a diverse number of legal systems’ approaches to selectedreproductive technologies with a particular emphasis on the legalimplications for “cross-border reproductive care” (“reproductive tourism”).Other topics will include: comparative access to and affordability ofIVF, egg and sperm donation, and surrogacy; reprogenetics; treatmentfor same-sex couples; professional liability; and embryonic stem cellresearch (as it intersects with egg donation and the use of IVF embryos).Guest lectures will provide a medical and an ethical perspective tobroaden an understanding of the legal and policy challenges in thisunique field.

Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfillingthe Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement for JD students. The paperrequirements of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the Upperclass LegalWriting Requirement for JD students.

LAW 017 v00 Constitutional Rights and Their Limitations: Proportionality(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20017%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourIn many countries (e.g. Canada, Germany, Spain, Brazil), the regularlegislature can take action affecting constitutional rights that arepart of the Bill of Rights, so long as such effect is proportional (thatis suitable and necessary to achieve legitimate government endsand properly balanced). In our class, we will look into the concept ofproportionality, its scope and its rationales. We shall compare it withAmerican jurisprudence, while trying to see whether constitutional rightsare better protected by the American method of interpretation or by aproportionality analysis.

Note: WEEK ONE COURSE. This seminar will meet for one week only onthe following days: Monday, January 8, 2018 through Friday, January 12,2018, 1:30 p.m. - 4:05 p.m. This course is mandatory pass/fail and will notcount toward the 7 credit pass/fail limit for J.D. students.

Note: Attendance at all class sessions is mandatory and all enrolledstudents must attend the first class in order to remain enrolled. Studentson the wait list must attend the first class in order to be admitted offthe wait list. Enrolled students will have until the beginning of thesecond class session to request a drop by contacting the Office of theRegistrar. Once the second class session begins, students may onlyseek a withdrawal by contacting an academic advisor in the Office of JDAcademic Services. Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class forthis specific course.

LAW 790 v09 Criminal Law Across Borders (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20790%20v09)J.D. Course | 3 credit hoursInternational criminal law studies a grim but important subject:the prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide,and aggression. These are “core crimes” tried by tribunals like theInternational Criminal Court (ICC) and the tribunals for Rwanda, SierraLeone, former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere. In addition, we will studythe extraterritorial application of domestic criminal law to addresscrimes of transnational character such as terrorism, torture, andinternational money laundering. Along with the substantive law on theseissues, we examine procedural law on topics such as extradition andimmunity from prosecution. The course will also examine the problemsconfronting international criminal justice today, including the politicalbacklash against accountability. Finally, we will spend some time onalternatives to criminal prosecution such as truth and reconciliationcommissions. The aim of the course is to introduce students to basicdoctrines of international criminal law, as well as doctrines concerningthe extraterritorial application of U.S. criminal law. It also providesan overview of the work of international criminal tribunals and thechallenges they face. The course combines law, policy, and history.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for boththis course and the graduate course, International Criminal Law orInternational Criminal Law Seminar: Tribunals and Crimes or InternationalHumanitarian Law and International Criminal Courts.

Note: This course is a first-year elective. First-year day students select anelective offered in the spring.


LAW 1673 v00 Effective Human Rights Advocacy in PolarizedEnvironments (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201673%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursHuman rights advocacy can be an uphill battle, even in the best oftimes. And these are not the best of times. Progress is possible, but theproblems we tackle need serious, hard-nosed strategies and activistswith the skills to execute them. In this course we will explore and analyzekey elements of successful human rights advocacy campaigns—goal-setting, messaging/communications, coalition-building, resourceallocation—and develop the practical skills advocates need, especially intoday’s politically polarized environment, to win.

The course will be grounded in real-world examples. We will explore andevaluate different theories of social change and study how those work(or don’t) in practice. Each week we will do a deep dive into a differentelement of successful campaign strategy.

Student Learning Goals: As a result of completing this course, studentswill be able to draft a strategic campaign plan for an issue or policycampaign. Students will learn how to evaluate advocacy strategies andhow to choose which advocacy techniques are likely to succeed in whichcontexts. Students will be exposed to leading experts in human rightsadvocacy, including staff from human rights organizations, congressionaloffices, messaging and communications experts, litigators and veteranhuman rights campaigners. Students will develop the analytical andpractical skills necessary to build a successful campaign strategy.

In addition, students will be alerted to opportunities for participating inhuman rights activities and events outside of class. Students interestedin a career in human rights will gain a richer understanding of the theoriesof change and the portfolio of advocacy tactics used successfully bypractitioners in the field.

LAW 089 v03 Foreign Relations Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20089%20v03)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis is an advanced course on constitutional principles bearing on U.S.foreign relations: primarily, separation of powers, federalism and judicialreview of Executive acts and congressional legislation. It focuses onsome of the most challenging issues that have divided the Americanpolity from the inception of the Republic and continue to do so today,e.g., the allocation of foreign affairs power between the Executive andCongress; the scope of Presidential power to protect the nation in timesof danger; and the proper role of the courts in deciding legal issuesrelating to national security. We will study historical materials thatinform the legal arguments on both sides of current controversies overPresidential and Congressional power and discuss foreign relationsissues under judicial review in 2020. We also study the power to maketreaties and executive agreements, the Supremacy clause and applicationof customary international law by U.S. courts.

Recommended: There are no prerequisites, but familiarity with basicprinciples of U.S. government is important.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for thiscourse and the J.D. courses, Constitutional Aspects of Foreign AffairsSeminar or U.S. Foreign Relations and National Security Law.

Note: FIRST CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. Enrolled studentsmust be in attendance at the start of the first class session in order toremain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at the startof the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admitted off thewaitlist.

LAW 089 v04 Foreign Relations Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20089%20v04)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course addresses the constitutional issues that arise in the conductof U.S. foreign relations. Topics include: Congress’ power to legislatewith respect to foreign relations; the respective roles of the Presidentand Congress in initiating and conducting war and other uses of force;the President’s power to conduct diplomatic relations; the scope of thepower to make and enforce treaties and other international agreements;the status of treaties and customary international law as United Stateslaw; the role of the States in foreign relations; and the role of the courts inforeign relations.

Prerequisite: Constitutional Law I: The Federal System.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for thiscourse and the J.D. upperclass course, Constitutional Aspects of ForeignAffairs Seminar, or the graduate course, Foreign Relations Law.


LAW 2065 v00 Gender and U.S. Foreign Policy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%202065%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursIn recent years, the U.S. has developed a comprehensive policyframework that recognizes gender equality as a pillar of U.S. foreignpolicy and international law. This class will introduce and analyze thesepolicies, including the U.S. National Security Strategy; the Women, Peaceand Security Act of 2017; the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond toGender-Based Violence Globally; State Department and USAID policyguidance on gender. We will examine the legal basis for women's humanrights, as well as the body of evidence linking women's advancement todevelopment, prosperity, and stability. Issues covered will include genderand economic growth, peace and security, political participation, healthand education, gender-based violence, and international institutions andtreaties.

This class will be featuring prominent guest speakers in the field that willbe announced at the first class session.

LAW 191 v02 Global Law of Work (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20191%20v02)J.D. Course | 3 credit hoursThe law of work is an increasingly important aspect of the globaleconomy. Knowledge of this subject is useful in representing companies,unions, employees, governments and non-governmental organizations.Themes developed in the course also are central to understandingthe relationship between law and globalization more broadly. We willstudy hard and soft law in the various forms in which it operates trans-nationally, including domestic law with foreign effects; public and privateinternational law, such as human rights and trade law; and private codesof corporate social responsibility. The International Labor Organization(ILO), which is a touchstone in the course, is an especially interestinginstitutional case study: It is the world’s oldest international organization,with 180 member countries giving it near-universal representativeness,and its inclusion of governing roles for civil society groups – unionsand employer associations – makes it unique among internationalinstitutions. Attention will be given to subordination of documented andundocumented migrants, women, and child laborers.

LAW 068 v01 Global Revolutions and Civil Society (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20068%20v01)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourThis class covers the international legal framework for activism. We’llstudy laws governing social movements, nonprofit organizations, anddissent. We’ll examine how national security, resurgent authoritarianism,and emerging technology are affecting activism.

This class will provide skills and contacts to help you pursue a careerin international human rights law. We will speak with people on thefrontlines: past classes have spoken with UN officials, a lawyer for agroup allegedly engaged in terrorism, and human rights defenders aroundthe world. We’ll explore international law and national legislation in theUS, Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

Limited reading is expected, and we'll learn through interactive exercises,reflection papers, and class discussions. Internships are also available foreligible students at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (http://www.icnl.org), which works on the freedoms of association, assembly,and expression in over 100 countries.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the semester, you should have the ability to:

1. Analyze international law governing the freedoms of association andassembly;

2. Evaluate the extent to which national legislation complies withinternational law;

3. Craft arguments to bring national legislation closer to internationallaw and good practice;

4. Communicate effectively with diplomats, government officials, andcivic activists;

5. Analyze ethical aspects that arise in crafting laws that affect thefreedoms of association and assembly; and

6. Assess the impact of law on nonprofit organizations, socialmovements, and protests.

Note: Space is limited.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolledstudents must be in attendance at the start of the first class session inorder to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at thestart of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admittedoff the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class sessionin its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety willresult in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in itsentirety may result in a withdrawal.


LAW 2020 v00 Human Rights and the Inter-American System (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%202020%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course will examine the Inter-American Human Rights System,its impact on the protection of the individual, the strengthening ofdemocratic institutions and the rule of law in the Americas. Thecourse will be divided in two parts. The first part of the course willexamine the practice and procedure of the two main institutionsof the Inter-American Human Rights System: The Inter-AmericanCommission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Inter-AmericanCourt on Human Rights (IACtHR); including a practical trainingthat will enable students to engage in a lively interaction with theIACHR. The second part will examine the main developments of thisregional system’s jurisprudence. Specifically, in this part of the coursethere will be a discussion of the approaches of the Inter-AmericanSystem with respect to impunity and transitional justice, freedom ofexpression, the rights of women, indigenous peoples’ rights and the rightsof Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex persons. In this section ofthe course, we will also analyze U.S. engagement with the Inter-AmericanSystem.


Through this course, students will acquire a strong substantive andpractical understanding of the functioning, challenges and opportunitiesof the Inter-American Human Rights System and how it can be used toprotect human rights in the Americas.

Strongly Recommended: Public International Law or International HumanRights Law

LAW 370 v02 Human Rights at the Intersection of Trade and CorporateResponsibility (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20370%20v02)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursCorporations today have a global scale as well as an impact that matchesor sometimes exceeds that of governments. Their activities -- fromsourcing of raw materials, to processing and production of intermediateor finished goods, to distribution and sale -- have major consequencesnot only for the human rights of their employees but also for the rightsof the individuals and communities impacted by their operations.In many countries, government regulation and oversight are eitherabsent or largely ineffective. Companies in turn struggle to define theirresponsibilities in the face of these "governance gaps" -- particularlywhere requirements under national law fall short of internationalstandards in areas such as hours of work and safety and healthy.

A robust and often contentious debate over these issues culminated inthe development of the U.N. Guiding Principles on Business and HumanRights (the “UNGPs”) under the leadership of Special RepresentativeJohn Ruggie. These Principles establish a framework for consideringthe respective roles of governments and corporations and outline coreconcepts of human rights due diligence and effective remedy. In doingso, the UNGPs also inform and to some extent refocus efforts that haveemerged over the past 20 years to address these governance gaps andhave brought together stakeholders from business, labor, civil society, theinvestment community, and academia.

At the same time, in recent years there has been an increased pushfrom civil society groups and certain governments to go beyond these"voluntary" efforts and develop a binding business and human rightstreaty mechanism; this has met with strong opposition from businessand many other governments, including the United States.

Even as "non-regulatory" approaches remain the predominant meansof addressing various business and human rights challenges, therealso has been a growing focus in recent years on tools through whichnational governments and international institutions could exercisegreater leverage. This includes advocacy for stronger labor and otherhuman rights language in trade agreements, one-way trade preferenceprograms, procurement standards, and the rules and guidelines appliedby international financial institutions -- coupled with more aggressiveenforcement of those criteria. Expanded efforts to advance that"regulatory" approach in trade policy and elsewhere in some cases hasbeen met with resistance from governments and business, but there alsohave been examples of emerging consensus among a diverse range ofstakeholders.

This course introduces students to this quickly-evolving business andhuman rights landscape, including the diverse set of multi-stakeholderinitiatives -- some, but not all, of which include government participation.We will discuss the guidance provided by the UNGPs and otherinstruments, the range of stakeholders and how they engage with oneanother, tools utilized by governments and corporations to implementhuman rights standards, and how all of these interact in the context ofboth sector-specific and cross-cutting legal and policy challenges.

Among the questions the course will examine are:

• Which human rights standards are most relevant to business?• What are the appropriate linkages between business policies

and practices and the promotion of human rights?• Which business and human rights approaches are emerging as “best

practices" and perhaps even as recognized norms?• What tools to support those are being used by governments and

corporations?• Who are the principal stakeholders and what are their roles and

objectives?• What are the strategies for addressing business and human rights

"governance gaps" at the national and international levels?• What are the opportunities for increased integration of labor/human

rights and trade policies, and what are the limitations?• What mix of mandatory/regulatory and voluntary/“self-

regulatory” approaches has been utilized in different situations toadvance human rights objectives? Which approaches have been mosteffective?

• How are various business and human rights challenges playing out inspecific sectors, and how do these inform the debate about differentapproaches?

To address these and other key questions, the course will begin withseveral sessions setting out the relevant legal and policy developments,with special attention to the UNGPs. It will also include a review ofdifferent stakeholders and their roles and interests, and examination ofconcepts of corporate responsibility and corporate accountability, andan analysis of the various approaches to business and human rightsadvanced by companies, governments, labor, civil society, and throughmulti-stakeholder initiatives. The second half of the semester will thenfocus on how these concepts are being applied in particular sectors toaddress specific business and human rights challenges.

Throughout the course, students will be asked to examine the variousapproaches and differing roles of key stakeholders, including by playingthe roles of those addressing the key issues from the perspectives ofcorporations, civil society and unions, and governments. The class willbe divided into three groups for purposes of this “role playing” -- witheach asked to adopt all three perspectives during the course of thesemester, both in students’ individual analyses of assigned readings andin group sessions during certain classes.


Introduction to business and human rights landscape, including legal andpolicy developments, particularly the UN Guiding Principles on Businessand Human Rights. The course reviews different stakeholders and roles,examines concepts of corporate responsibility and accountability, andanalyzes various approaches to business and human rights advancedby stakeholders. The course will also familiarize students with sectorspecific business and human rights challenges.

Recommended: There are no formal course requirements, but some basicfamiliarity with international trade and human rights law is assumed.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thisseminar and the practicum course Business and Human Rights.


LAW 034 v07 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20034%20v07) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 6 credit hoursIn a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weeklyseminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor(s).This project-based practicum course is designed to support studentsparticipating in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact-Finding Project.Through this course, students will gain the substantive background andskills needed to carry out a human rights investigation from beginningto end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project has focused on a policy-relevant human rights issue, including migrants’ rights, children’s rights,and the role of human rights in the global economy. In the fall, studentswill participate in a weekly two hour/week seminar and carry out 5 hours/week of project work under the direction of the professor. Over WeekOne, students will travel to carry out a fact-finding investigation. In thespring, students will participate in a two hour/week seminar every otherweek and carry out 10 hours/week of project work. For this course,students will work closely with the HRI Dash/Muse Fellow and ProfessorFanny Gomez-Lugo in conceptualizing and implementing each step ofthe Project. Professor Gomez-Lugo is currently the Senior Director forInternational Policy and Advocacy for the Heartland Alliance’s GlobalInitiatives for Human Rights. Previously, she coordinated the work ofthe Rapporteurship on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans andIntersex (LGBTI) Persons of the Inter-American Commission on HumanRights.

SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law andpolicy relating to the fundamental rights of LGBTI individuals in theAmericas, as well as human rights fact-finding skills and methodology.In the spring, seminar classes will meet every other week and focus onthe production of a human rights fact-finding report and the conduct ofrelated advocacy. Seminar sessions will be designed to guide studentsthrough each step of the human rights fact-finding process.

PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem indepth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, draft acomprehensive report on their findings, and engage in related advocacy.In January 2018, during ‘Week One,’ the group will travel on-site toconduct interviews with relevant stakeholders. Georgetown Law willcover travel expenses. Students will also be expected to meet on theirown throughout the academic year.

Prerequisite: J.D. students must complete the required first-year programprior to enrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transferstudents may enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or theirfirst-year elective).

Recommended: Courses such as International Law I and InternationalHuman Rights Law would be helpful to participants, but are not required.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in thispracticum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students mayconcurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship.

Note: This course is open to both J.D. and LL.M students.

This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexiblework schedules. Interested evening students should contact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) to discusstheir particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMAN RIGHTSINSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. Applications (comprised of astatement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample) are due by 12:00noon on Monday, April 10, 2017, the same day that clinic applications aredue. Admitted J.D. students will be informed of HRI’s decision on theirapplication before they are required to make a clinic decision. Selectedstudents will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the projectby COB on April 26, 2017. Students who have missed this deadline shouldcontact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected])to inquire whether seats are still available. Selection criteria includebut are not limited to: a demonstrated commitment to human rights,experience interviewing or working with individuals affected by humanrights violations, ability to work independently and in a group, abilityto complete complicated tasks on a deadline, and language skills.Additional information is available at www.humanrightsinstitute.net(http://www.humanrightsinstitute.net). This is a six-credit course. Threecredits will be awarded in the fall; two for the seminar and one for theapproximately five hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11weeks. Three credits will be awarded in the spring; one for the seminarand two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, fora minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the projectportion will be graded. One grade will be given for the fall semesterand another grade for the spring semester. Students who enroll in thiscourse will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and projectcomponents and may not take either component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course mustobtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean forExperiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawalrequests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would causesignificant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permissionto withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and projectcomponents. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unlessthe professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance isrequired at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Studentsin project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote therequisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar,fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor assoon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicatesotherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence fromthe practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from thefieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’sdiscretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course.

LAW 034 v08 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20034%20v08) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 6 credit hoursIn a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weeklyseminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor(s).This project-based practicum course is designed to support studentsparticipating in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact-Finding Project.Through this course, students will gain the substantive background andskills needed to carry out a human rights investigation from beginningto end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project has focused on a policy-relevant human rights issue, including migrants’ rights, children’s rights,LGBT rights, and the role of human rights in the global economy. Inthe fall, students will participate in a weekly two hour/week seminarand carry out 5 hours/week of project work under the direction of theprofessor. Over Week One, students will travel to carry out a fact-findinginvestigation. In the spring, students will participate in a two hour/week seminar every other week and carry out 10 hours/week of projectwork. For this course, students will work closely with the HRI Dash/Muse Teaching Fellow Ashley Binetti and Professor Melysa Sperber inconceptualizing and implementing each step of the Project. ProfessorSperber is currently the Director of Public Policy & Government Relationsat Humanity United and Humanity United Action. She advocates beforeCongress and federal agencies on policies to combat human traffickingand prevent violent conflict, and she oversees the foundation’s publicpolicy and government relations portfolio. Previously, she was Director ofHuman Rights at Vital Voices Global Partnership, where she implementedprograms in more than 20 countries to combat violence against women,including human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual violence.

SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law andpolicy relating to human trafficking, as well as human rights fact-findingskills and methodology. In the spring, seminar classes will meet everyother week and focus on the production of a human rights fact-findingreport and the conduct of related advocacy. Seminar sessions will bedesigned to guide students through each step of the human rights fact-finding process, including project design, interviewing, reporting writing,and advocacy.

PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem indepth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, draft acomprehensive report on their findings, and engage in related advocacy.In January 2019, during “Week One,” the group will travel on-site toconduct interviews with relevant stakeholders. Georgetown Law willcover travel expenses. Students are also expected to meet on their ownas a team throughout the academic year.


Recommended: Courses such as International Law I and InternationalHuman Rights Law would be helpful to participants, but are not required.



This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexiblework schedules. Interested evening students should contact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) to discusstheir particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMAN RIGHTSINSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. Applications (comprised of astatement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample) are due by 12:00noon on Monday, April 9, 2018, the same day that clinic applications aredue. Admitted J.D. students will be informed of HRI’s decision on theirapplication before they are required to make a clinic decision. Selectedstudents will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the projectby COB on April 25, 2018. Students who have missed this deadline shouldcontact Dash/Muse Fellow Ashley Binetti ([email protected]) toinquire whether seats are still available. Selection criteria includebut are not limited to: a demonstrated commitment to human rights,experience interviewing or working with individuals affected byhuman rights violations, ability to work independently and in a group,and ability to complete complicated tasks on a deadline. Additionalinformation is available at www.humanrightsinstitute.net. (http://www.humanrightsinstitute.net) This is a six-credit course. Threecredits will be awarded in the fall; two for the seminar and one for theapproximately five hours of project work per week, for a minimum of 11weeks. Three credits will be awarded in the spring; one for the seminarand two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, fora minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the projectportion will be graded. One grade will be given for the fall semesterand another grade for the spring semester. Students who enroll in thiscourse will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and projectcomponents and may not take either component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course mustobtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean forExperiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawalrequests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would causesignificant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permissionto withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and projectcomponents. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unlessthe professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance isrequired at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Studentsin project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote therequisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar,fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor assoon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicatesotherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence fromthe practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from thefieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’sdiscretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course.


LAW 034 v09 Human Rights Fact-Finding (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20034%20v09) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 7 credit hoursThis project-based practicum course will give students the uniqueopportunity to participate in the Human Rights Institute (HRI) Fact-Finding Project. Through this course, students will gain the substantivebackground and skills needed to carry out a human rights investigationfrom beginning to end. Each year, the HRI Fact-Finding Project hasfocused on a policy-relevant human rights issue, including migrants’rights, children’s rights, LGBT rights, and the role of human rights in theglobal economy. In the fall, students will participate in a two-hour weeklyseminar and carry out at least 5 hours per week of project work. OverWeek One, students will travel, often internationally, to carry out a fact-finding investigation. In the spring, students will participate in a two-hourseminar every other week and carry out an average of 10 hours of projectwork per week. Students work closely with the Professor and Dash-MuseTeaching Fellow in conceptualizing and implementing each step of theProject.

SEMINAR: In the fall, the seminar will cover the substantive law andpolicy relating to health and human rights of migrant and refugeepopulations, as well as human rights fact-finding skills and methodology.In the spring, seminar classes will meet every other week and focus onthe production of a human rights fact-finding report. Seminar sessionswill be designed to guide students through each step of the human rightsfact-finding process, including project design, interviewing, and reportingwriting.

PROJECT WORK: Students will research a human rights problem indepth, conduct extensive outreach and interviews on the subject, anddraft a comprehensive report on their findings. In January 2021, during“Week One,” the group will travel, either domestically or internationally,to conduct interviews with victims or potential victims of human rightsabuses and relevant stakeholders. Georgetown Law will cover travelexpenses. Students will be expected to work both independently andin teams, just as they would at a human rights NGO engaged in humanrights fact-finding.

Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I:Introduction to International Law or International Human Rights Law nolater than the Fall 2020 semester.

J.D. students must complete the required first-year program prior toenrolling in this course (part-time and interdivisional transfer studentsmay enroll prior to completing Criminal Justice, Property, or their first-yearelective).Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in thispracticum course and a clinic or another practicum course. Students mayconcurrently enroll in this practicum course and an externship.


This practicum course may be suitable for evening students with flexiblework schedules. Interested evening students should contact currentDash-Muse Fellow Melissa Stewart ([email protected])to discuss their particular situation. THIS COURSE REQUIRES HUMANRIGHTS INSTITUTE PERMISSION TO ENROLL. J.D. student applications(comprised of a statement of interest, a resume, and a writing sample)are due by noon on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Admitted J.D. studentswill be informed of HRI’s decision on their application before theyare required to make a clinic decision on April 20, 2020. Selectedstudents will be required to accept or decline an offer to join the projectby COB on Monday, May 4, 2020. J.D. students who have missedthis deadline should contact Dash-Muse Fellow Melissa Stewart([email protected]) to inquire whether seats are stillavailable. Selection criteria include but are not limited to: a demonstratedcommitment to human rights, experience interviewing or workingwith individuals affected by human rights violations, ability to workindependently and in a group, and ability to complete complicatedtasks on a deadline. LL.M. student application deadlines will beforthcoming this summer. Additional information is available at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/human-rights-institute/our-work/fact-finding-project/. This is a seven-credit course. Three credits will be awarded inthe fall; two for the seminar and one for the approximately five hoursof project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Four creditswill be awarded in the spring; one for the seminar, one for Week Oneand two for the approximately 10 hours of project work per week, fora minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar portion and the projectportion will be graded. Travel to conduct field-work is an integral andrequired portion of the course. Students should consider their individualcapacity to travel, both domestically and internationally, to places ofthe world that have experienced or are experiencing ongoing humanrights violations. Permission to miss the Week One field-work portionof the course will be granted only in exceptional circumstances, suchas a sudden illness or death in the family. Students will receive a gradefor the year-long course in the spring semester. Students who enroll inthis course will be automatically enrolled in both the seminar and projectcomponents and may not take either component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from a practicum course mustobtain permission from the faculty member and the Assistant Dean forExperiential Education. The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawalrequests only when remaining enrolled in the practicum would causesignificant hardship for the student. A student who is granted permissionto withdraw will be withdrawn from both the seminar and projectcomponents. Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unlessthe professor indicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance isrequired at all practicum seminars and fieldwork placements. Studentsin project-based practicum courses are similarly required to devote therequisite number of hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar,fieldwork, or project work, he or she must speak to the professor assoon as possible to discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicatesotherwise, a student with more than one unexcused absence fromthe practicum seminar, or one week of unexcused absences from thefieldwork or project work, may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’sdiscretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course.

LAW 1621 v00 Human Rights Seminar: The Role of Human RightsDefenders (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201621%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2-3 credit hoursHuman rights defenders play a critical role in the protection andpromotion of internationally recognized human rights and fundamentalfreedoms. Their work is essential to achieve the core objectives ofthe United Nations and its Member States at national, regional, andinternational levels. This seminar will explore the evolving internationallegal framework for the protection of human rights defenders. We willconsider the realities that prompted the international community toestablish norms, create mechanisms and processes, and formulatepolicies to ensure that human rights defenders can safely engage intheir vital work under different political, economic, and social conditions.The seminar will also examine how the norms governing human rightsdefenders enrich the human rights protection framework as a whole—improving the chances of its implementation at the national level. Thisseminar will also consider the role and responsibility of key human rightsagencies within the international system, such as the United NationsHigh Commissioner for Human Rights, and how the scope of theirmandates accommodates development of the human rights defendersframework.

Note: This course requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the3-credit section of the course if they wish to write a paper fulfilling theJ.D. Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement. The paper requirementsof the 2-credit section will not fulfill the J.D. Upperclass Legal WritingRequirement.


LAW 1286 v00 Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the 21stCentury: Legal Perspectives (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201286%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursSlavery has been a phenomenon that has existed since before writtenhistory, yet it is only in the last 200 years that efforts to abolish it havegained traction. Today, increasing mobility, global supply chains, andcontinued social discrimination have created the environment forongoing human exploitation, even though the formal practice of chattelslavery, or the legal ownership of one human being by another, is illegalvirtually everywhere. Indeed, some estimate that there are more slavestoday than at any other time in human history. Most recently, efforts toeliminate severe forms of human exploitation are being made under thebanner of ending human trafficking (formally trafficking in persons).

This course will provide students an overview of the multiple legalperspectives on combatting human trafficking and modern day slavery.This will include the definitional tensions between different perspectives,alternative approaches to addressing severe human exploitation, andan overview of the current U.S. legal framework for eradicating humantrafficking and modern slavery. Attention will be paid to commonlyrecognized principles in human rights, criminal and labor law, butalso in such areas as international business, international adoptionand international humanitarian law. The class will use a range ofmaterials, including international treaties, decisions of internationaltribunals, congressional testimony, and legislative history (includingfloor statements, committee reports, and multiple versions of legislation,among others). At the conclusion of the class, students should be able torecognize the pervasive nature of modern day human exploitation and beable to identify risks of human trafficking in most areas of practice theymay choose in the future.

Recommended: A prior course in public international law or internationalhuman rights.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thisseminar and Human Trafficking in International and Transnational Law.

LAW 3041 v00 Human Trafficking in International and Transnational Law(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203041%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourHuman Trafficking is a transnational crime and an international humanrights violation. Different forms of human trafficking and the definitioncontained in article 3 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and PunishTrafficking in Persons will be discussed. The course will focus on theinternational and transnational legal framework. It provides an analysisof Human Trafficking in International Human Rights Law (e.g. the 1949Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of theExploitation of the Prostitution of Others and the 1989 Convention onthe Rights of the Child), Transnational Criminal Law (e.g. the OrganizedCrime Convention and the Trafficking Protocol) and International CriminalLaw (e.g. trafficking in persons as a crime against humanity in the RomeStatute of the ICC). In particular, the course covers state responsibility forHuman Trafficking and obligations to remedy.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Mutually Excluded Courses: Students maynot receive credit for both this course and International Trafficking inPersons or the J.D. seminar, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the21st Century: Legal Perspectives.

LAW 1672 v00 Human Trafficking: A Labor Approach (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201672%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourHuman trafficking has attracted unprecedented attention in the pastdecade and has been subject to extensive academic inquiry. Despite this,the diverse legal instruments developed to combat human trafficking,as well as the large body of scholarship dedicated to its research,have generally come short in identifying, elucidating, and targeting theprofound institutional structures that enable trafficking and that turnthis phenomenon into one of the pressing moral and political challengesof today’s global economy. Common anti-trafficking approaches focuson criminalization of trafficking, border controls, and ex-post measuresto assist and protect the human rights of victims of trafficking. Theassistance provided through these tools reaches an alarmingly smallnumber of individuals, leaving the rest of the traffickers and traffickedpopulation largely unaffected. In this seminar we will study, explore anddevelop a complementary anti-trafficking approach: a labor approach tohuman trafficking. The labor approach focuses on market inequalitiesbetween employers and employees, and seeks to devise ways totransform the bargaining playing field. Such transformations can occurthrough traditional unionization of workers or through other means thataddress structural causes of inequality and worker vulnerability suchas regulation of recruiters, developing corporate responsibility to severeforms of exploitation, and guaranteeing rights of workers in labor sectorsvulnerable to trafficking through protective legislation.

In this seminar students will be introduced to the legal concept of humantrafficking in international law and the history that led to its currentlegal formulation, study the most common anti-trafficking approachesand best practices around the world, and focus on a labor responses tohuman trafficking. It is important to note that the course will not focussolely on trafficking into the sex industry but rather will look at labortrafficking to various sectors.

Students will be required to submit a research proposal in advance,actively participate in class, develop a research project and write a finalseminar paper that builds on the theoretical tools and concepts acquiredin the class.

Note: This course will meet on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays,9:00-11:00 am: 9/24, 9/26, 10/1, 10/3, 10/8, 10/10, and 10/17.


LAW 037 v00 Immigration Law and Policy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20037%20v00)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course will examine the U.S. immigration system through legal andpolicy perspectives. We will explore the source, scope and constitutionallimits of congressional power to regulate immigration; the executivebranch implementation of immigration legislation, particularly proceduresfor entry and removal, and the extent of, as well as constitutionalconstraints on, Presidential power; and the administrative and judicialreview of executive branch action. Close attention will be paid to howmembership laws and policies are established and implemented: Whatlaws and policies govern U.S. citizenship? Who is eligible to become alegal immigrant? How are annual admissions numbers set? How and whyare family and employment priorities created? How does the U.S. protectrefugees? With respect to the arrival of unaccompanied children fromabroad, we will consider the laws and policies that govern how the U.S.government treats them. Unauthorized migration will also be examinedto understand why some migrants do not use the legal route into the U.S.and what laws and policies the U.S. has in place to deter such unlawfulmovements at the border and presence in the interior. We will analyzethe impact of the major 1996 immigration control legislation and itsimplementation, with particular attention to detention and removal. Wewill closely examine the role of the Justice Department’s ImmigrationCourts, with special attention to access to justice issues. We will explorethe extraordinary need for, and challenges of, immigration law reform, aswell as the particular situation of the Dreamers, children without lawfulimmigration status brought to and raised in the United States by theirparents. Finally, we will examine issues of federalism with respect tostates’ attempts to address unauthorized immigration and considerimmigration law in the national security context. This is an exam course.

LAW 037 v02 Immigration Law and Policy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20037%20v02)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis class will cover the constitutional and political framework for theU.S. Immigration System, enforcement and adjudication agencies,immigrants, nonimmigrants, removals and deportations, detention andbond, immigration hearings, judicial review, grounds for removal andinadmissibility, “crimmigration,” immigration reform, “Chevron” deference,refugee and asylum status and other international protections. It willalso include reading and analyzing major immigration cases like INS v.Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987) (well-founded fear) and Matter ofKasinga, 21 I&N Dec. 357 (BIA 1996) (female genital mutilation).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thiscourse and National Security Law Through an Immigration Framework.

Note: This class will meet on the following Summer 2020 Dates: 5/26,5/28, 6/2, 6/4, 6/9, 6/11, 6/16, 6/23, and 6/25. Withdrawals are permittedup until the last class for this specific course.

LAW 939 v00 Immunity Under International Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20939%20v00)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThe attempted extradition of Gen. Pinochet from the U.K. to Spain toaccount for torture and disappearances in Chile, a tragic car accidentin Washington, D.C. in which a sixteen year old is killed by a Georgiandiplomat, the alleged expropriation of your corporate client’s investmentinterests by a foreign government, a civil lawsuit against PresidentMugabe of Zimbabwe during a visit to the U.S., a criminal case inChicago against a foreign consular officer for aiding and abetting afugitive -- such cases bring into sharp relief the operation of internationalimmunities. This mini-course aims to introduce students to the rangeof jurisdictional immunities recognized by international law and howthey are implemented in domestic law. We will cover diplomatic andconsular immunity, sovereign (or state) immunity, the immunitiesaccorded to heads of state and government, and the special status ofinternational organizations and their staff and member representatives,including the United Nations, its specialized agencies and individuals onspecial missions. Increasingly, practicing lawyers (especially those whorepresent governments and international organizations or who practicein places where embassies, consulates, missions and internationalinstitutions are located) need to be familiar with the reach of theserules and doctrines, and the exceptions thereto. Our focus will be on thepractical application of the various international conventions, domesticstatutes, and judicially crafted rules which define the law of internationalimmunities.

Prerequisite: No prerequisites, but some familiarity with basicinternational law and the process of civil litigation is stronglyrecommended.

Strongly Recommended: Introduction to International Law

Note: Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class for this specificcourse.


LAW 230 v00 International and Comparative Law on Women's HumanRights (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20230%20v00)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursIn many parts of the world, women are discriminated against, abused,treated as property, and even murdered because they are women. Buttoday, there is a substantial body of international and regional humanrights law that can be used to change the national laws that permitthese practices or fail to protect women against them. In addition, manycountries have begun to give women equal rights in many fields. Thus,there is now a body of human rights and comparative law that advocatescan use to advance equal human rights for women.

This course provides students with an overview of that law. It introducesthem to the many forms of discrimination and violence women stillface and teaches them about the major human rights treaties that canhelp women achieve equality with men. These include the Conventionon the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; and theregional human rights treaties from Africa, the Americas, and Europe.Students study the work of the human rights bodies that measure statecompliance with these treaties, including their guidelines and case lawon issues affecting women. The course also examines comparative lawon human rights issues such as sex-based discrimination in employment,inheritance, and family law rights, domestic violence and female genitalmutilation, polygamy and its impact on women and children, andwomen’s lack of reproductive rights.

National court decisions from countries in both common law and civillaw jurisdictions show how courts are using international and regionalhuman rights law to help resolve domestic law issues. As some issuespose difficult conflicts between women’s right to equality with opposingassertions of religious and cultural rights to discriminate, the course alsoexamines how human rights bodies resolve those conflicts and asks howthey should be resolved.

Note: For J.D. Students: Students Enrolled in the International Women’sHuman Rights Clinic must take this course as a pre- or co-requisite, but itis also open to other J.D. students and to LL.M. students.

LAW 416 v02 International Courts and Tribunals: Theory and Practice(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20416%20v02)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course surveys existing international courts and tribunals. Over thesemester, we will examine courts and tribunals with general jurisdiction(e.g., the International Court of Justice); courts and tribunals withspecialized jurisdiction (e.g., the International Criminal Court, WTO,human rights tribunals, and investor-State tribunals); and claims tribunalsand commissions (e.g., the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and theUnited Nations Compensation Commission). The course seeks to providea comparative understanding of the international adjudication systemthrough readings and in-class exercises. General knowledge of publicinternational law is required.

Prerequisite: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I.

LAW 790 v00 International Criminal Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20790%20v00)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursIn international criminal law, we begin by examining the basics: whatcriminal law is supposed to do and the fundamentals of internationallaw and jurisdiction. We then study issues relating to transnationalapplication of domestic penal codes, such as extradition and theextraterritorial application of U.S. criminal law and the U.S. Constitution.We may choose a transnational crime—such as money laundering orcorruption—as a vehicle for examining the efficacy of transnationalapplication of domestic standards. The focus of the course then shiftsto truly international, rather than transnational, law. We examine thehistory of international tribunals intended to enforce international crimes(Nuremberg, the ICTY, and the ICTR), and delve into the structure andoperation of the International Criminal Court. We focus on substantiveinternational crimes such as genocide and crimes against humanity, andmay also cover war crimes, crimes of sexual violence, and/or torture.The course closes with a consideration of alternatives to criminalprosecution, such as truth and reconciliation commissions.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thiscourse and the J.D. first-year elective or the graduate course with thesame title.

LAW 790 v01 International Criminal Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20790%20v01)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursExamines selected issues involving the application of criminal law tointernational activities and across national boundaries. The coursecovers both the procedural aspects of international cooperation incriminal matters (including extradition, mutual legal assistance, andrecognition of foreign penal judgments) as well as the developingsubstantive international law (e.g., war crimes, crimes againsthumanity, genocide, and trafficking in drugs, people and firearms).Particular attention is paid to the question of jurisdiction over criminalactivities at the international level, in the context of activities such asmoney laundering, organized crime, and computer crime, includingthe reach of Constitutional protections to investigations and lawenforcement activities overseas. Addresses the structure, jurisdiction,and jurisprudence of the ad hoc criminal tribunals for the formerYugoslavia and Rwanda and the statute and rules of evidence andprocedure of the International Criminal Court.

Recommended: Criminal Law, Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law (or theequivalent Conflict of Laws: Choice of Law (International Focus));International Law I: Introduction to International Law.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for boththis course and the J.D. course with the same title; or the J.D. seminarInternational Criminal Law Seminar: Tribunals and Crimes; or the J.D.course International Humanitarian Law; or the J.D. course InternationalCriminal Courts.


LAW 145 v00 International Environmental and Natural Resources Law(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20145%20v00)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThe course focuses on international law applicable to the leadingenvironmental and natural resource issues. It provides a framework foridentifying and addressing the legal issues, links international law withrelevant national laws, and focuses on ways to strengthen compliancewith international obligations. The course covers climate change, ozonedepletion, transboundary pollution and hazardous waste disposal;natural resource issues of fresh water (both surface and ground water),marine resources, and biodiversity; the links between human rights andenvironment and between environment and trade; and the financing ofsustainable development. Special attention is given to cutting edgeissues, such as synthetic biology and climate intervention.

Learning goals for this course: To enable students to become effectivecounsel, litigators, negotiators, arbitrators, judges, or legal advisorson a broad range of international environmental and natural resourceproblems; to understand international negotiations; and to be able toapply legal concepts developed in the course within different nationalsettings for implementing international law.

LAW 227 v04 International Human Rights (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20227%20v04)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course examines the law, institutions, and advocacy strategiesdesigned to protect international human rights. We will analyze civil andpolitical rights and economic and social rights, as well as internationalhumanitarian law, and explore key enforcement mechanisms at thenational, regional, and international levels. The evolving role of NGOsand civil society actors in advancing human rights, and the responsibilityof corporations, will also be examined. Both progress and enduringchallenges in making human rights real “on the ground” will be a focusof this course, together with the need for effective enactment of legalstandards, enforcement of those standards, and empowerment ofaffected communities. Current legal issues and strategies concerningclimate change and human rights will also be highlighted.

Recommended: International Law I: Introduction to International Law.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thiscourse and the graduate course, International Human Rights Law.

LAW 814 v00 International Human Rights Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20814%20v00)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course provides an intensive survey of international humanrights law and practice, with a principal focus on interpretation andimplementation of human rights obligations, commitments, and normsin the practice of states. The course has three main components: inthe first unit, we examine the development of the substantive law ofhuman rights and its sources (including treaties, customary internationallaw, and non-binding international instruments). In the second unit,we examine implementation of international human rights in theinternational, regional, and domestic systems, focusing on UN organssuch as the Human Rights Council and treaty bodies, as well as regionalmechanisms. Finally, in the third unit we look at the application of thesubstantive law and implementation mechanisms in the context ofcurrent issues in international human rights, including in the contextof atrocities and the refugee crisis. The course highlights selectedcontemporary ethical problems in international human rights lawsuch as genocide and torture, application of human rights obligations,commitments, and norms to non-state actors (including corporations),universality of human rights and cultural relativism, and the need toprotect human rights while countering terrorism, including issues relevantto U.S. law and practice. Along the way we examine issues related tointernational immunities, impunity, human rights litigation under the U.S.Alien Tort Claims Act and Torture Victim Protection Act, and internationalcriminal tribunals.

Recommended: International Law I: Introduction to International Law.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for boththis course and International Human Rights Law, or the J.D. course,International Human Rights.


LAW 814 v02 International Human Rights Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20814%20v02)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursHow can the international legal system address some of human kind’sgreatest weaknesses? This course provides an intensive survey ofmodern international human rights law and the legal institutionsand systems of oversight that support it. Through a mixture oflecture and class discussion, we will look at how and why thesemechanisms developed, and critically analyze how they -- as well asStates, non-State actors, and individuals -- succeed or fail in practiceto promote and protect human rights at the international, regional,and domestic levels. We will cover the foundations of the modernsystem including the International Bill of Human Rights and the GenevaConventions, as well as subsequent developments including treatiesand declarations regulating the use of certain weapons, prohibitingtorture, protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, protectingrefugees, promoting the rights of indigenous peoples, eliminating racialdiscrimination and discrimination against women, and establishingthe international criminal court. We will also look at how “soft law” hasdeveloped to address emerging human rights-related fields such ascorporate social responsibility and data privacy protection. Highlightingcontemporary issues in international human rights, we will ultimatelyask ourselves how current international human rights mechanisms canaddress today’s conflicts, including refugee crises, natural resourcedisputes, and international campaigns against terrorism.

Recommended: Prior enrollment in International Law I: Introduction toInternational Law (or equivalent).

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thiscourse and International Human Rights Law and Practice.

Note: Students may not withdraw from this class after the add/dropperiod ends without the permission of the professor.

LAW 1231 v00 International Law Seminar: Poverty Reduction andAccountability (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201231%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis seminar examines efforts to reduce poverty in countries andproblems of accountability in doing so, whether in internationalinstitutions, national institutions, or the private sector. Considers variousapproaches to accountability. Covers issues of compliance, goodgovernance, human rights, corruption, environmental sustainability, andexperience with various accountability mechanisms in internationalinstitutions. Includes two simulations in which students must addressaccountability issues.

Learning goals for this course: To understand the difficulties of reducingpoverty within countries and the legal issues associated with bringingaccountability to doing so. Students should be able to develop insightsthat can be applied in both the public and private sectors.

Recommended: A basic course in public international law.

LAW 1024 v00 International Law Seminar: Water Resources (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201024%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursFresh water resources are predicted to become increasingly scarce insome regions and a source of conflict. This seminar covers a broad rangeof issues in international water law, including surface and ground waterallocation, water quality, water agreements and river basin institutions,human right to water, water markets, demand management, and linkswith international economic law. Water is viewed both as a source ofconflict and as an opportunity for cooperation. Includes a simulatednegotiation for an international river or transboundary aquifer problem,and a simulated dispute settlement. Draws upon domestic water laws inunderstanding international water law.

Learning goals for this course: To understand legal aspects of waterresource issues and the basic hydrology underlying the issues; to beable to identify the interests of different countries and other actors in aninternational negotiation over a water issue and to fashion solutions bythinking out of the box; to understand water litigation and the needs ofjudges/arbitrators in dealing with water resource issues.

Recommended: A basic course in public international law is helpful.


LAW 761 v03 International Law, Human Rights & Fighting Impunity(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20761%20v03)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourThis course will explore the global fight against impunity -- specifically,as it pertains to curbing war crimes, human rights violations, grandcorruption and looted antiquities -- through class discussions, lecturesand guest speakers with personal experience in fighting the impunitythat is so often associated with war crimes and economic crimes. It isbased on the premise that those that are willing to slaughter thousandsof innocents, are also willing to steal millions of dollars and loot ourcollective cultural heritage – and that the fight against impunity includesboth war crimes and economic crimes (and often, the international trendto focus on the former, ignores the domestic interest in prosecutingthe latter). Over the semester, students in a seminar-size class will beexposed to the basics of international criminal law, international humanrights law and international economic crimes, as well how the fightagainst impunity impacts national security and foreign policy issues.The class will focus on issues related to war crimes, crimes againsthumanity, and genocide, as well as the recent global efforts to fightgrand corruption and recover looted assets and antiquities, includingUN Convention Against Corruption and the new UN-World Bank StolenAsset Recovery (StAR) Initiative. Students will be allowed to write apaper of their choice regarding international law and the fight againstimpunity. Class grades will be a combination between class participation(40%) and a seminar paper (60%). Required readings (cases, statutes,articles, book excerpts, on-line treaties, etc.) will be illuminated bylecture and discussion from a professor with first-hand experience inthe global fight against impunity through his personal experience withthe Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Omar al-Bashir matters,as well his background with the UN war crimes tribunal, the WhiteHouse, the Pentagon, and the World Bank’s StAR Initiative, and helpingrecover stolen assets on behalf of various governments. In order to takeadvantage of Georgetown’s unique position in the intersection of law,politics, and international affairs, the course will feature high-profile guestspeakers who will highlight their own personal efforts to fight impunityand how such international efforts impact national security and foreignpolicy matters.

Prerequisite: International Law I or equivalent.

Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolledstudents must be in attendance at the start of the first class session inorder to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at thestart of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admittedoff the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class sessionin its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety willresult in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in itsentirety may result in a withdrawal.

LAW 076 v00 International Migration and Development (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20076%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course is for students who are interested in acquiring a broaderknowledge and a better understanding of research related to internationalmigration and development. Topics covered include: past, presentand anticipated future trends in international migration, includingthe various factors (e.g., economic, social, political) that influencepopulation movements; elements of the normative and legal frameworksupon which migration policies may be based; relationships betweeninternational migration and economic development, economic growthand economic competitiveness, poverty alleviation, social networks andsocial support systems, national and international security, transnationalorganized crime, and human rights, among other issues; and institutionalarrangements that enhance international cooperation to promote safeand orderly migration.


This course offers an overview of the theoretical debates in the field ofinternational migration and the empirical data upon which these debateshinge. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Describe recent trends in migration at national, regional and globallevels;

2. Compare theories of international migration from differentdisciplinary perspectives and different units of analysis (e.g.,individual, household, national, global), identifying the advantagesand disadvantages of each;

3. Analyze the usefulness of current international legal frameworks indefining the rights of migrants and states’ responsibilities to protectthose rights;

4. Assess the economic and social impacts of migration on bothorigin and host societies;

5. Understand and analyze the concept of “brain drain” in describinghigh-skilled migration;

6. Understand and analyze the concept of “social remittances”;7. Compare processes of immigrant integration;8. Understand the ways in which smuggling and trafficking undermine

international migration;9. Understand the ways in which climate change and development

projects contribute to migration; and10. Understand the various mechanisms for managing international

migration.

Students should also be able to:

1. Demonstrate critical thinking, research and writing skills;2. Evaluate empirical evidence; and3. Articulate and defend findings (real or proposed) from their

research papers

Note: Priority is given to students fulfilling the requirements of theCertificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies and to studentsenrolled in the Certificate Program in International Human Rights Law.

See the schedule of courses on the Main Campus Registrar's website(http://registrar.georgetown.edu) for room assignments. Law Centerstudents may register only through the Law Center's registration system.This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the 3 creditWR section of the seminar (LAWJ-076-09) if they wish to write a paperfulfilling the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement.


LAW 1415 v00 International Migration, Mobility and Human RightsSeminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201415%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursSince time immemorial, migrations have shaped human communities.Migration is in the DNA of Humankind and our history as an animalspecies is that of a continuous migration towards resources. Migration isa constant of civilisation, and borders, as a very recent concept, are overthe long run an ineffective barrier to migration.

During the last centuries, migrations increased considerably, in bothdistance and numbers. Continents have been populated by externalmigration, to the detriment of indigenous peoples who had themselvesearlier come from somewhere else.

In the past fifty years, this movement has accelerated, due to thedemocratisation of means of communication and mass transport. Statesnowadays wish for an immigration that can contribute to economicgrowth, but fear that migration might increase the poorer part of theirpopulation, destabilize ecosystems and multiply political conflicts.

States in the “New World” have adopted broad immigration policies,selecting “the best and the brightest”. Source countries are thuslosing a good portion of their human capital, a loss which is only partlycompensated by the remittances that many migrants send back home.

The European Union has adopted a policy of free movement of capital,goods, services and persons within its common territory, thereforecompleting an integrated common market. This principle is not applicableto non-European citizens and “Fortress Europe” certainly seems wellestablished, as exemplified by the present “migrant crisis” in Europe.

The 20th century has been that of the refugees. Communism,totalitarianism, decolonisation, cold-war-based conflicts, post-Cold-Warethnic conflicts have all taken their toll on human populations, forcingmillions to flee. The legal concept of “refugee” has emerged and a statusdefined, now monitored by the United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees. A common doctrine of universal human rights has also beendeveloped, applying equally to migrants, despite rampant discriminationagainst them.

The 21st century will be that of human mobility. Migration happens,whether we want it or not. Push factors (violence and poverty) and pullfactors (stability, prosperity, as well as official or unacknowledged labourmarkets) are at works and borders remain porous, especially democraticones.

Through permanent or temporary labour migration programmes, highly-qualified migration mechanisms, regional agreements establishingan area of free movement of persons, mobility provisions in free-tradeagreements, the inception of a global migration governance regime canbe delineated.

Unfortunately, the human rights of migrants are not often a priority, asvulnerable migrants cannot vote, rarely protest and mobilise little, for fearof detection, detention and deportation.

This seminar will examine many aspects of migration and mobilitypolicies as they relate to international human rights law.

Note: This course will meet on the following Mondays and Wednesdays,9:00 am - 11:00 am: 8/29, 8/31, 9/12, 9/14, 9/26, 9/28, 10/11 (Mondayclasses meet), 10/12, 10/17, 10/19, 11/28 and 11/30.

LAW 3006 v00 International Right to Health (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203006%20v00)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThe course provides an introduction to the human right to healthand its implementation in a few hot topic issues. Issues covered willinclude criminalization of drug use and sexual and reproductive health,vulnerable groups, HIV/AIDS, the intellectual property regime and accessto medicines, and a critique of the current framework and the challengesthat impede the realization of the human right.

Recommended: Introductory course in public international law or humanrights, introduction to public international law and/or introduction tohuman rights

Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolledstudents must be in attendance at the start of the first class session inorder to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at thestart of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admittedoff the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class sessionin its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety willresult in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in itsentirety will result in a withdrawal.

Enrolled students will have until the beginning of the second classsession to request a drop by contacting the Office of the Registrar; astudent who no longer wishes to remain enrolled after the second classsession begins will not be permitted to drop the class but may request awithdrawal from an academic advisor in the Office of Academic Affairs.Withdrawals are permitted up until the last class for this specific course.

LAW 456 v01 International Women’s Human Rights Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20456%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis seminar will explore select international women’s human rightsissues and the applicable international legal framework, including theConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination againstWomen (CEDAW.) Guest lecturers with practical expertise in advancingwomen’s human rights may be invited to join us throughout the semester.Each student will write a paper addressing a significant internationalwomen’s human rights issue from a legal perspective, exploring stateresponsibility under the government’s international human rightsobligations, as well as domestic and international responses to theproblem.

LAW 414 v01 Israel/Palestine Conflict: Legal Issues Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20414%20v01)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursIn this class we will examine a wide variety of legal issues raised in thevarious stages of conflict in Israel/Palestine. These will be evenly dividedbetween issues arising inside Israel proper and issues arising withrespect to the Occupied Territories. For each issue, there will be somebackground readings and then presentation of opposing legal positions,often with a U.S. case to give a comparative perspective. Issues coveredwill involve Israeli civil and constitutional law and international law; areaswill include local government, land, water, education, and taxation, aswell as more familiar issues around the legality of the occupation and itsmilitary framework. Two classes will be devoted to the legal analysis ofviolent resistance and terrorism.


LAW 414 v02 Israel/Palestine Conflict: Legal Issues Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20414%20v02)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursIn this class we will examine a wide variety of legal issues raised in thevarious stages of conflict in Israel/Palestine. These will be evenly dividedbetween issues arising inside Israel proper and issues arising withrespect to the Occupied Territories. For each issue, there will be somebackground readings and then presentation of opposing legal positions,often with a U.S. case to give a comparative perspective. Issues coveredwill involve Israeli civil and constitutional law and international law; areaswill include local government, land, water, education, and taxation, aswell as more familiar issues around the legality of the occupation and itsmilitary framework. Two classes will be devoted to the legal analysis ofviolent resistance and terrorism.

LAW 1334 v00 Justice and Accountability for InternationalAtrocity Crimes: Bridging Theory and Practice Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201334%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis seminar examines both progress and ongoing challenges in seekingmeaningful justice and accountability for serious international crimes,including crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. We’llbegin with an overview of the challenges of effective atrocity preventionand an examination of fundamental developments over the last fewdecades establishing international and hybrid criminal tribunals and othermechanisms of transitional justice, including truth and reconciliationcommissions. Building on this foundation, and drawing upon legalscholarship, social science research, and country case studies, we willthen explore a range of responses to key justice challenges recurring ina number of countries emerging from conflict. These challenges include:(1) the often complicated relationship between peace processes andjustice initiatives; (2) the question of whose justice goals are beingpursued and how national, regional, and international stakeholdersinteract in such efforts; and (3) the complexities of building enduringjustice on the ground through meaningful domestic rule of law reform,outreach, cultural engagement, and other means. Students will writea substantial seminar paper within the subject matter scope of theseminar.

LAW 1658 v00 Law and Philosophy: Hannah Arendt: Evil, Human Rights,and Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201658%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis seminar will focus on Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century’s greatpolitical philosophers. Arendt is best known for the phrase “banality ofevil,” which she coined to describe ordinary people who participate inextraordinary evils. Her questions about how the law should respondto radical evil are central to modern international criminal law. Arendt’swritings also include penetrating discussions of nationalism, humanrights, personal responsibility under dictatorship, moral judgment, and thenature of political action. A stateless person herself for almost 20 yearsafter she fled Hitler’s Germany, Arendt was one of the first philosophersto analyze the plight refugees. Above all, Arendt was interested in howfreedom and pluralism can be preserved in “dark times,” her name forperiods of crisis when politics and morality both seem in danger ofcollapse.

The seminar will focus on Arendt’s writings, but students will beencouraged to link them to current issues, both in class and in theirseminar papers. We will explore both the strengths and weaknessesof Arendt’s ideas. Readings will include The Origins of Totalitarianism,Eichmann in Jerusalem, Responsibility and Judgment, selections fromArendt’s other books and correspondence, and writing by other relevantphilosophers.

A background in philosophy or political theory is not a prerequisitefor this seminar; a willingness to engage with philosophical ideas isessential.

LAW 936 v03 Law of War (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20936%20v03)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis survey course covers the law of armed conflict and customaryinternational law as applied on today’s battlefields. Is there really lawin combat? When does the law of war apply? Does it apply to non-Stateactors? What is a war crime, and who decides? How is proportionalitydetermined? What is the difference between a combatant, a terrorist,and a criminal? Is torture ever lawful? Is targeted killing lawful?What constitutes a cyber attack? What is the jurisdiction of militarycommissions and why is that a difficult question for Guantánamo? Can asuperior’s order constitute a defense to war crime charges? Is indefinitedetention lawful? Can the U.S. ever lawfully kill a U.S. citizen in a foreignstate with which we are not at war? Such questions are the subject ofthe course. It is not a philosophy course, nor is it national security law,nor human rights law, although those topics are inextricably related. Ourfocus is on the law applicable in today’s non-international armed conflictbattlefields. Military experience is not required to do well in this course.

Recommended: Completion of International Law I prior to enrollment inthis course.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thiscourse and the Law of War Seminar or War Crimes and Prosecutions.


LAW 936 v02 Law of War Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20936%20v02)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursSurveys the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and customary internationallaw as applied by the United States in warfare. From where does LOACarise? What is a war crime – and who decides? What is “unnecessarysuffering,” and what drives that legal determination? When does LOACapply and what role do other rules of law, such as domestic U.S. law andInternational Human Rights Law play in regulating the conduct of armedconflict? Does it cover non-state actors? What are U.S. LOAC obligations,and how are they enforced? How does one distinguish illegal combatantsfrom prisoners of war? Where do military commissions come from, andwho may be tried by them? Could the atomic bombing of Nagasaki havebeen a war crime? Can a superior’s order constitute a defense to warcrime charges? What is the U.S. position in regard to laser weapons?Land mines? Non-lethal weapons? Torture? Rendition? Reprisals? Theassassination of enemy commanders? What is an illegal order, and whatshould a soldier do if she receives one? How may battlefield war crimesbe prosecuted? Our inquiry will focus on the law applicable to the conductof U.S. military operations in past and current conflicts, whether or notthey be declared, whether they be internal or international. Althoughprimarily focused on the law of land warfare, the law of air and navalwarfare, as well as space and information warfare, will be considered.

Learning objectives:

To gain a firm understanding of the law of armed conflict and to consider,through discussion of practical exercise from the textbook, how the law isapplied in an operational context.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thisseminar and Law of War, the International Law of Armed Conflict Seminaror War Crimes and Prosecutions.

LAW 987 v00 LAWA Graduate Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20987%20v00)LL.M Seminar | 2 credit hoursThis seminar, for graduate fellows in the Leadership and Advocacy forWomen in Africa (LAWA) Program, provides students with the opportunityto enhance their legal research and writing skills in connection with amajor research paper to be finalized in the spring semester. Each studentfocuses on a specific women's human rights issue within that student'scountry of origin, analyzes the domestic legal framework in light ofinternational human rights standards, and proposes recommendationsfor both legal and other types of remedies using international andregional human rights mechanisms. The students begin with a topic,and from there develop a topic statement, a thesis, a thesis statement, askeletal and detailed outline and an introduction to their paper. Studentsundertake intensive research into their theses, and also develop abibliography. This class lays the groundwork for students to write a majorlegal research paper during the spring semester.

Note: Enrollment in this course is limited to LAWA Fellows.

LAW 2060 v00 LAWA Graduate Seminar II (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%202060%20v00)LL.M Seminar | 3 credit hoursStudents will produce a substantive paper comprising not less than 40pages, addressing a current violation of African women’s human rights,and including innovative and practical solutions targeted to the variousbranches of government, civil society, and individual women. Studentswill develop their theses in consideration of the social, religious, culturaland economic conditions of the country or countries addressed. Thefirst half of the course will examine comparative women’s human rightson the specific topics selected by the students during LAWA Seminar I.The second half of the course will be dedicated to the oral presentationof research papers and discussion of these paper topics, includingpreparation for presentations before both USAID and Congressional staff.This course is open only to Fellows in the Leadership and Advocacy forWomen in Africa Program.

Note: Enrollment in this course is limited to LAWA Fellows.

LAW 3047 v00 LGBT Health Law and Policy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203047%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursDespite significant progress in legal protections for (and the visibility of)LGBTQ and non-binary people over the past decade, LGBTQ communitiescontinue to face systemic obstacles to quality health care such asrefusals of care, substandard care, and inequitable policies and practicesin many health care settings. These experiences of discriminationcorrelate with significant health disparities, including greater exposureto sexual and gendered violence, higher rates of tobacco and othersubstance use, mental health concerns, HIV acquisition, and cancer.These disparities are even more pronounced for LGBTQ people who arealso members of other groups that face discrimination because of race,ethnicity, or other aspects of identity—such as people of color, young andolder people, people with disabilities, low-income people, and immigrants,among others.

In this seminar, students will learn about LGBTQ health law and policyissues from a variety of perspectives—including medicine, publichealth, women's studies, and U.S. foreign policy—and gain a betterunderstanding of the social mistreatment and ostracism of LGBTQpeople at both the individual and community level. Topics covered willinclude LGBTQ-inclusive data collection, clinical and cultural competency,reproductive justice, international human rights law, and health issuesfacing LGBTQ youth and elders. This course will also examine the ways inwhich LGBTQ individuals and families are treated under federal, state, andinternational law and how these policies impact access to health careand contribute to health disparities.


LAW 972 v00 National Security Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20972%20v00)LL.M Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursFollowing the 9/11 attacks, one of the fastest growing areas of legalinquiry has been national security law. This course, taught by theprincipal founder of the field, is a comprehensive introduction, blendingrelevant international and national law. It begins with an overview ofmodern theories about the causes of war including "democratic peace,""deterrence" and "incentive theory." The course then examines thehistorical development of the international law of conflict management.It takes up institutional modes of conflict management, including theUnited Nations system and the role of the Security Council. Addressingthe lawfulness of using force in international relations, i.e. jus ad bellum,the course discusses aggression, low-intensity conflict, terrorism,intervention, anticipatory defense, and "preemption." It then examinesseveral case studies including the Indochina War, the "secret war" inCentral America, the Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan (the War on Terror),and the Iraq War, as well as case studies in United Nations peacekeepingand peace enforcement (including operations in Somalia, Haiti, Rwandaand the former Yugoslav republics). The course examines the normsconcerning the conduct of hostilities, i.e. jus in bello, providing anoverview of the protection of non-combatants and procedures forimplementation and enforcement. It looks at war crimes issues, suchas the Nuremberg principles, the new International Criminal Court,and the Yugoslav and Rwanda tribunals. The course briefly discussesAmerican Security Doctrine, then turns to the general issues of strategicstability and arms control, examining nuclear, chemical and biologicalweapons and their effects, and arms control agreements. The coursethen examines the institutional framework for the control of nationalsecurity, including the Authority of Congress and the president to makenational security decisions, the war powers, and constitutional issuesin the debate on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The course furtherexamines the national security process, including the national commandstructure, and considers the issues of secrecy, access to information,the classification system and homeland security. It reviews intelligenceand counterintelligence law, and ends with a review of individual rightsand accountability as they interface with national security. IndividualPowerpoint modules are offered in the course segments concerningmodern theory about the origins of war, jus ad bellum, terrorism, theVietnam War, Arms Control intelligence law, individual rights vs. nationalsecurity, the national security process and homeland security. The coursetypically invites one or more experts to meet with the class to discusscontemporary issues.

LAW 972 v03 National Security Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20972%20v03)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis introductory, survey course will explore national security law asdeveloped from the U.S. Constitution, relevant federal statutes, caselaw, and historical experience, as well as from principles and influencesof international law and foreign relations. It will cover key componentsof, and debates over, the Federal Government’s exercise of nationalsecurity authorities, including: decisions to use force and how to employit; detention and interrogation of combatants; collection, protection, andsharing of intelligence; military and civilian prosecutions for nationalsecurity-related criminal charges, including terrorism, espionage, exportcontrol, and state-sponsored cybercrimes; civil litigation involvingnational security interests and concerns; protection of homelandsecurity; and economic aspects of national security policy. Themes ofthe course will include: (1) the separation of powers among the threebranches of the Federal Government, and appropriate roles for thesebranches in the conduct of national security activities; (2) the interplaybetween international law and domestic law; (3) textual, historical, andfunctional modes of legal argument as applied to national securityissues; and (4) the evolution of modern warfare and its implications forrelevant legal regimes.

Course Goals/Student Learning Outcomes:

This course will provide students with exposure to the broad reach ofmodern national security law in the United States, and the many as-yetunresolved and knotty legal, policy, practical, and moral issues that ariseas the Government strives to protect national security, while preservingthe generally free and open society that most U.S. persons expect. Students will examine with a critical eye the justifications offered for,and scope of, security-based governmental actions, while consideringpractical alternatives and results.

The student learning outcomes will be the following:

1. Analyze current and emerging issues in national security law, andunderstand the policy arguments underlying the balance of ensuringsecurity and protecting individual rights

2. Assess the justifications offered for, and scope of, security-basedgovernmental actions

3. Examine the effects that national security measures have onindividual rights of U.S. citizens and non-citizens, and on U.S.institutions, norms, and governance.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for thiscourse and the graduate course by the same name.


LAW 819 v00 National Security Law Through an Immigration Framework(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20819%20v00)LL.M Course | 2 credit hoursThis course will explore the relationship between national security andimmigration. The course will first provide a historical backdrop of thisissue and continue with threshold national security issues that haveimmigration implications. Particularly, the current legal framework thatsurrounds this issue will be explored to include specific provisions in theImmigration and Nationality Act as well as peripheral legal issues suchas material support of a terrorist organization. Other national securityquestions will be discussed to include protecting the borders, criminalimmigration prosecutions, and population control. Lastly, this course willexplore the conflict between individual rights and national security andattempt to answer the threshold question of whether it is appropriate touse immigration laws as a national security enforcement tool.

This course is oriented toward the practitioner due to the focus thiscourse places on the legal framework and litigation strategies necessaryfor removing or detaining individuals who are national security threats.At the same time, we will spend time learning how to defend againstthe government using the immigration statutes as a national securitytool. To facilitate this, students will not learn through lectures and groupdiscussions alone, but also through examining real legal documents thathave been filed in the United States District Courts and the Courts ofAppeals. Students will also have the opportunity to examine a real A-filein order to practice issue spotting.

In the 2-credit version of this class, students will be evaluated byexamination.

Note: The J.D. section will be enrolled via waitlist.

LAW 819 v01 National Security Law Through an Immigration Framework(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20819%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course will explore the relationship between national security andimmigration. The course will first provide a historical backdrop of thisissue and continue with threshold national security issues that haveimmigration implications. Particularly, the current legal framework thatsurrounds this issue will be explored to include specific provisions in theImmigration and Nationality Act as well as peripheral legal issues suchas material support of a terrorist organization. Other national securityquestions will be discussed to include protecting the borders, criminalimmigration prosecutions, and population control. Lastly, this course willexplore the conflict between individual rights and national security andattempt to answer the threshold question of whether it is appropriate touse immigration laws as a national security enforcement tool.

This course is oriented toward the practitioner due to the focus thiscourse places on the legal framework and litigation strategies necessaryfor removing or detaining individuals who are national security threats.At the same time, we will spend time learning how to defend againstthe government using the immigration statutes as a national securitytool. To facilitate this, students will not learn through lectures and groupdiscussions alone, but also through examining real legal documents thathave been filed in the United States District Courts and the Courts ofAppeals. Students will also have the opportunity to examine a real A-filein order to practice issue spotting.

In the 3-credit version of this class, students will be required to submita paper proposal, rough draft, and highly researched analytical paperapproximately 30-35 pages in length.

Note: The 3-credit section meets the J.D. writing requirement.

Note: The J.D. section will be enrolled via waitlist.


LAW 1209 v01 O’Neill Institute Practicum: Health and Human Rights(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201209%20v01) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hoursIn a project-based practicum course, students participate in aweekly seminar and work on a project under the supervision of theirprofessors. This project-based practicum course will give students theopportunity to work with Georgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute (http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/index.cfm) and its civil societypartners to use international human rights law to advocate for positivehealth outcomes. Students will participate in a two hour/week seminarand carry out 10 hours/week of project work under the direction of thecourse professors.

SEMINAR: In the seminar, students will explore the connections betweenglobal health and human rights. We begin by examining the emergenceof health and human rights as a distinct field. Following this, we willcarefully consider the meaning of the international right to health,stressing the material differences between civil and political rights, onthe one hand, and economic, social, and cultural rights on the other.After exploring a series of foundational themes and issues through thefirst half of the semester, the remainder of the class will focus on in-depth case studies (e.g., HIV/AIDS, mental health, access to essentialmedicines, reproductive rights). While we will use the InternationalCovenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and on Civil andPolitical Rights as the dominant legal instruments in our analyses, ourdiscussions will also reference other international instruments, as wellas a variety of national cases, constitutions and legislation. Class timewill be devoted to developing practical advocacy and drafting skills tosupport students in their project work. Students will also learn how touse epidemiological data to support and craft compelling arguments foradvancing the right to health.

PROJECT WORK: Students will work with external partners ofGeorgetown Law’s O’Neill Institute on legal and policy projects relatedto health and human rights. For example, students may draft alternativereports to UN bodies analyzing compliance with human rights obligationsrelated to tobacco control (e.g., “shadow reports”). A report such as thiscould analyze the prevailing legal frameworks for ensuring universalaccess to maternal health services in a particular country and highlightany weaknesses in the statutory and regulatory language. A reportsuch as this would also suggest recommendations for the UN bodyto consider. By working with the O’Neill Institute, Inter-GovernmentalOrganizations (e.g., PAHO), and civil society organizations, the course willgive students the opportunity to use international human rights law toadvocate for legal mechanisms to address critical health challenges.



Note: This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, spacepermitting. Interested LL.M. students should email Louis Fine([email protected]) to request admission.

Evening students who work during the day are encouraged to reach outto the professor to discuss whether this practicum course would becompatible with their schedules.

This is a four-credit course. Two credits will be awarded for the two-hourweekly seminar and two credits will be awarded for approximately 10hours of supervised project work per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks.Both the seminar and the project work will be graded.

Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled in boththe seminar and project components and may not take either componentseparately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishes to withdraw from apracticum course must obtain permission from the faculty member andthe Assistant Dean for Experiential Education. The Assistant Dean willgrant such withdrawal requests only when remaining enrolled in thepracticum would cause significant hardship for the student. A studentwho is granted permission to withdraw will be withdrawn from both theseminar and project components.

Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professorindicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at allpracticum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-basedpracticum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite numberof hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, orproject work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possibleto discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, astudent with more than one unexcused absence from the practicumseminar (out of 13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcusedabsences from the fieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks offieldwork or project work), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’sdiscretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course.

LAW 1209 v02 O’Neill Institute Practicum: Regulating Alcohol,Tobacco & Food in International and Comparative Law (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201209%20v02) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hoursIn a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weeklyseminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professors.This course will give students the opportunity to work with GeorgetownLaw’s O’Neill Institute (https://oneill.law.georgetown.edu/) and itsexternal partners in government and civil society to gain experiencein using law to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs), includingcancer, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases anddiabetes. Law is a key tool to reduce the prevalence of key NCD riskfactors: tobacco and alcohol use, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diets.Students will participate in a two-hour/week seminar and carry out 10hours/week of project work under the direction of the course professors.

SEMINAR: In the seminar, students will explore the challenges andopportunities of using law to address risk factors that contribute tothe rising prevalence of NCDs. The course will take a global approachgrounded in international law, including international human rights law -the right to health, and World Health Organization (WHO) law and policyinstruments, such as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control andthe Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020.Further, case studies will explore a variety of best practice examplesfrom jurisdictions spanning the United Kingdom, South Africa, and LatinAmerican countries, including taxes to discourage consumption ofunhealthy products, laws restricting advertising and promotion, and lawsand policies to promote physically active lifestyles.

Students will be equipped with an understanding of specific issues, suchas the role of law compared with policy, the strengths and weaknessesof different regulatory strategies and the role and responsibilities of therelevant industries in promoting the right to health. After exploring aseries of foundational themes and issues through the first half of thesemester, the remainder of the class will focus on in-depth case studiesand experiences in regulating the risk factors (e.g., industry litigationchallenging NCD-related laws, challenges in monitoring and evaluatingthe health impacts of NCD-related laws, and civil society’s role in NCDlaw-making). Students will also learn how to use epidemiological data tocraft compelling arguments in support of adoption of NCD-related lawsand policies and to defend these laws when challenged by industry. Classtime will be devoted to developing practical advocacy and drafting skillsto support students in their project work.

PROJECT WORK: Students will work with external partners of the O’NeillInstitute for National and Global Health on legal and policy projectsrelated to NCDs, law and human rights. For example, students may draftalternative reports to UN bodies analyzing compliance with humanrights obligations related to tobacco control and unhealthy diets (e.g.,“shadow reports”). A report such as this could analyze the prevailing legalframeworks in a particular country and highlight any weaknesses in thestatutory and regulatory language. By working with the O’Neill Institute,Inter-Governmental Organizations (e.g., the Pan American HealthOrganization, World Health Organization), and civil society organizations(e.g., Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Inter-American Heart Foundation),the course will give students the opportunity to use law to advocate forlegal mechanisms to address critical health challenges.



Note: This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, space permitting.Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of the Registrar([email protected]) to request admission.

Evening students who work during the day are encouraged to reach outto the professor to discuss whether this practicum course would becompatible with their schedules. This is a four-credit course. Two creditswill be awarded for the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits willbe awarded for approximately 10 hours of supervised project work perweek, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar and the project workwill be graded. Students who enroll in this course will be automaticallyenrolled in both the seminar and project components and may not takeeither component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishesto withdraw from a practicum course must obtain permission fromthe faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education.The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only whenremaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardshipfor the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw willbe withdrawn from both the seminar and project components. Defaultattendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicatesotherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicumseminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicumcourses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours totheir project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work,he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discussthe absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student withmore than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar (out of13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcused absences from thefieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks of fieldwork or projectwork), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may bewithdrawn from the practicum course.


LAW 440 v04 Refugee Law and Policy (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20440%20v04)J.D. Course (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course examines domestic refugee law and policy, with particularfocus on asylum and other refugee-related claims for protection thatarise in the U.S. legal system. Students will become familiar with the keyactors in the asylum and refugee law arena, including the U.S. Congress,the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, thefederal courts, and international entities.

The course objectives are: (1) to equip students with an understandingof the principles of refugee policy, asylum law, and the United States'procedures for refugee protection, and (2) to provide students with apractical appreciation for how refugee policy is formed and a workingknowledge of asylum law, which will serve as a foundation for academicresearch, clinical study, employment, pro bono work, and/or internshipopportunities within the U.S. government and the NGO community.

In addition to focusing on the refugee definition as interpreted byU.S. courts, we will examine the processes for adjudicating asylumclaims -- where the system works and where it fails. We will also seekto understand the limits of asylum law and explore the toughest issuesfacing asylum adjudicators and policy makers today.

Note: Priority is given to students fulfilling the requirements of theCertificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies.

LAW 1071 v00 Reproductive Health and International Human Rights Law(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201071%20v00) (Project-Based Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hoursIn a project-based practicum course, students participate in a weeklyseminar and work on a project under the supervision of their professor.This project-based practicum course will focus on the interactionbetween international human rights law and reproductive health andrights. Students will participate in a two hour/week seminar and carryout 10 hours/week of project work under the direction of the courseprofessor.

SEMINAR: The seminar will begin by providing an overview ofinternational human rights law as it pertains to reproductive rights.The course will then focus on access to reproductive health from aninternational perspective, examining States’ obligations on a variety ofissues, such as maternal mortality and coerced sterilization. Analyzingrecent decisions emerging from regional and international human rightsbodies, such as the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-AmericanCommission and Court on Human Rights and the CEDAW Committee(UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms ofDiscrimination against Women), the seminar component will providea solid legal foundation for students to develop their experiential/fieldplacement projects.

PROJECT WORK: Students will work with external partners on legaland policy projects related to reproductive health. Some of the projectsmay include drafting amicus briefs for cases currently pending beforeinternational bodies, and drafting briefs assessing a particular State'scompliance with human rights law regarding sexual and reproductiverights to be filed in front of UN bodies (shadow reports). Through theseprojects, students will learn how to conduct an analysis of existinglegal and regulatory frameworks for sexual and reproductive healthfrom a human rights perspective. Students will also learn how to useepidemiological data to support and craft compelling human rights lawarguments for advancing public policy on, for example, maternal mortalityand sexual violence prevention and eradication. By working with externalcivil society organizations, the course will give students the opportunityto develop practical projects using international human rights law toadvocate for the advancement of reproductive health rights. In the past,external partners have included organizations working on women'srights issues, such as: the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s LinkWorldwide, Human Rights Watch (Women’s Rights Division), IPAS, andSouthern Africa Litigation Centre, among others.



Note: This practicum course is open to LL.M. students, space permitting.Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of the Registrar([email protected]) to request admission.

Evening students who work during the day are encouraged to reach outto the professor to discuss whether this practicum course would becompatible with their schedules. This is a four credit course. Two creditswill be awarded for the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits willbe awarded for approximately 10 hours of supervised project work perweek, for a minimum of 11 weeks. Both the seminar and the project workwill be graded. Students who enroll in this course will be automaticallyenrolled in both the seminar and project components and may not takeeither component separately. After Add/Drop, a student who wishesto withdraw from a practicum course must obtain permission fromthe faculty member and the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education.The Assistant Dean will grant such withdrawal requests only whenremaining enrolled in the practicum would cause significant hardshipfor the student. A student who is granted permission to withdraw willbe withdrawn from both the seminar and project components. Defaultattendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professor indicatesotherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at all practicumseminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-based practicumcourses are similarly required to devote the requisite number of hours totheir project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, or project work,he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possible to discussthe absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, a student withmore than one unexcused absence from the practicum seminar (out of13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcused absences from thefieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks of fieldwork or projectwork), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’s discretion, may bewithdrawn from the practicum course.


LAW 837 v00 Research with Human Subjects: Law, Policy & Ethics(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20837%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis course provides an opportunity to explore issues related to the useof humans as research subjects. The course will begin by examining thehistory of human subject research, including the abuses that led to thecreation of our modern legal protections. Following a discussion of theethical principles of research involving humans, we will carefully explorethe legal treatment of human subjects, focusing on US regulations andinternational instruments. Core sources will include: the Common Rule(45 CFR 46), Belmont Report, Declaration of Helsinki, Nuremberg Code,and CIOMS. After exploring a series of foundational themes and issuesthrough the first half of the semester, the remainder of the class will focuson in-depth case studies. Topics may include: international research,research involving vulnerable populations (children, prisoners, andpregnant women), informed consent, research on subjects with impaireddecision-making abilities, genetic/genomic research, risk-benefit analysis,coercion/undue inducement, use of placebos, and IRB governance.

This seminar provides opportunities for participants to engage in aresearch and writing project related to humans as research subjects.Participants will conduct independent research and scholarly writing onimportant problems at the intersection of law, policy and ethics.

Note: This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the3 credit section of the seminar if they wish to write a paper fulfillingthe Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement for JD students. The paperrequirements of the 2 credit section will not fulfill the Upperclass LegalWriting Requirement for JD students.

LAW 403 v04 Rule of Law and the Administration of Justice (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20403%20v04)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course offers students an opportunity to learn about the increasinglypopular field of practice to strengthen the Rule of Law. It employs acase study methodology, including specific sessions for dialogue andinteraction with judges and other legal practitioners from the U.S. andforeign judiciaries who have been directly engaged in reform programs.Topics include: definitions of the “rule of law”, national security reforms,access to justice, criminal procedural reform, court administrationand case management, commercial courts and alternative disputeresolution (ADR), challenges to judicial independence, post conflict/transitional justice, and indicators of corruption in the legal systemitself. We will consider the rationale behind rule of law reforms byexamining experiences in countries, including the U.S., seeking morecompetitive market economies, stronger law enforcement (domesticallyand internationally), greater social justice and/or responses to anincrease in demand from users (individuals/businesses). The course willalso address the often overlapping or inconsistent agendas of bilateraldonors, regional and international organizations (e.g. OECD, U.N., WorldBank, International Monetary Fund, USAID, Inter-American DevelopmentBank, among others) in our analysis and discussion.


• At the end of the course. Students will have acquired anunderstanding of the various definitions of ‘rule of law’ and thefactors leading to and preventing successful reform efforts.

• At the end of the course, students will have acquired someunderstanding of the differences and similarities among internationalfinancial institutions (IFIs) and their approaches to Rule of Law tobe able distinguish varying objectives (e.g. democracy promotion,economic development, human rights and social justice, anti-corruption and law enforcement).

• At the end of the course, students will have acquired a vocabularyand understanding of overlapping (and even inconsistent agendas)to be able to identify the “drivers” of reform and provide inputs for thedesign or evaluation of Rule of Law reform efforts.

Recommended: International Law I: Introduction to International Law issuggested but not required.

Note: Students may not withdraw from this class after the add/dropperiod ends without the permission of the professor.


LAW 373 v00 Seminar on Humanitarian Crises (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20373%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis research seminar will provide an opportunity to critically examine anumber of humanitarian crises, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia,Haiti (earthquake -2010), Iraq, Myanmar, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria,Ukraine, West Africa (Ebola-2014), and Yemen. Each of these crises willbe analyzed in terms of: their causes; efforts to prevent, respond to andrecover from the crisis; the extent to which international legal frameworkswere applied and the impact of the crisis on legal principles; theengagement of different actors (from military forces to local faith-basedcommunities); the extent to which humanitarian principles of neutrality,independence, and impartiality were compromised in humanitarianresponse; the relationship between refugees, internally displaced personsand ‘trapped populations’ as determinants of international attention; anddifficult operational issues around access, negotiations with non-stateactors, and the relationship between security concerns and humanitarianresponse.

Prior to the first class, law students must read the 1951 RefugeeConvention and a very short excerpt, pp. 30-39, from a chapter by AndrewSchoenholtz on "Improving Legal Frameworks" in The Uprooted: ImprovingHumanitarian Responses to Forced Migration (2005).

Recommended: At least one course in Refugee Law, International HumanRights Law, or International Humanitarian Law.

Note: See the schedule of courses on the Main Campus Registrar'swebsite (http://registrar.georgetown.edu) for room assignments. LawCenter students may register only through the Law Center's registrationsystem.

This seminar requires a paper. J.D. students must register for the 3 creditWR section of the seminar (LAWJ-373-09) if they wish to write a paperfulfilling the Upperclass Legal Writing Requirement.

LAW 3049 v00 Sovereign States and the Permanent Court of Arbitration(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%203049%20v00)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourWhile arbitration is most often thought of as an alternative to litigationin national courts, arbitration between sovereign states developed asan alternative to war. This course examines the use of arbitration toresolve the most complex and politically sensitive disputes betweengovernments.

Drawing heavily on the experience of the Permanent Court of Arbitration,students will learn the reasons for the renaissance of this form of disputesettlement and how it differs from more conventional forms of arbitrationand from international courts with pre-appointed judges. Students willevaluate arbitration's effectiveness in a series of recent high-profilecases. The course will include video clips of hearings and interactiveexercises.

Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolledstudents must be in attendance at the start of the first class session inorder to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at thestart of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admittedoff the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class sessionin its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety willresult in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in itsentirety may result in a withdrawal.


LAW 406 v01 Space Law Seminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20406%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThis course will provide an overview of U.S. domestic and internationallaw applicable to spaceflight activities. The focus will be on domesticlicensing procedures and international treaty interpretation for launches,reentries, and other spaceflight activities.

Recommended: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I.

LAW 766 v01 Transitional Justice: Theory and Practice (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20766%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursIn the wake of historical trauma – dictatorship, revolution, civil war, massatrocity, genocide, and other crisis moments in the life of a nation – lawand society begin the process of grappling with the past and laying afoundation for the future. From the Nuremberg Trials to Rwanda’s gacacacourts, and from Argentina’s amnesty laws to the International CriminalCourt, this course uses historical and contemporary case studies togain a better understanding of whether and how various mechanisms oftransitional justice have contributed to such goals as peace, justice, andreconciliation.

Prerequisite: International Law or equivalent. Please note that exceptionsmay be granted, especially if students have prior professional experiencein the field of international human rights or international law.


LAW 1025 v00 UN Security Council in the Age of Human Rights(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201025%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThis seminar is an introduction to the functions and operations of theUN Security Council, the only body of the United Nations capable ofcompelling action by a Member State. The intent of the course is toexpand the student’s understanding of the strengths and limitations ofthe Security Council in protecting international human rights; the legaland political framework within which it operates; the practical aspects ofadvocating for Security Council action; and proposals for improving itsoperations. Students will become equipped with the analytical tools toassess if a country situation falls within the jurisdiction of the SecurityCouncil as well as understanding the complex interplay between theCouncil and other UN and international organizations. To help makethe subject as tangible as possible, the instructor will use a variety oftechniques including role-playing, case study examples, video clips,discussions, lectures, and an occasional guest speaker.

Recommended: Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law I:Introduction to International Law.

Note: Students must register for the 3 credit section of the seminarif they wish to write a paper fulfilling the Upperclass Legal WritingRequirement. Students in the 2 credit section will write a paper.

LAW 1458 v00 Use of Force, National Security, and Human RightsSeminar (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201458%20v00)J.D. Seminar (cross-listed) | 3 credit hoursThe struggle to respect and ensure universally recognized and protectedhuman rights while also protecting national security raises importantand complex legal and policy challenges across a range of issues fromthe "war on terror" to climate change. This course will address currentissues at the intersection of national security and human rights, withan emphasis on the novel and complex questions about the nature ofconflict, national security threats, and the place of human rights in thecontext of the struggle against transnational terrorism after 9/11. Thesequestions are especially salient with regard to state use of force, whichinvolves the deployment of violence against individuals, as well as theirseizure, detention, and trial.

In general terms, the current legal approach to dealing with theseissues tends to present decision makers with a binary framework thatwas created with the assumption that conflict between states is theprimary threat to international peace and stability. The absence ofarmed conflict is presumed to constitute peacetime, when human rightslaw requires that states deal with threats to the peace through lawenforcement operations in which lethal force may be used only as alast resort, and exercising physical control over individuals is strictlyconstrained. Movement from peacetime to war occurs when statesuse armed force against one another, or when the use of force betweennon-state organized armed groups (against one another or against astate) reaches sufficient intensity and duration. During this period, thetraditional paradigm assumes that international humanitarian law (IHL)largely governs state conduct, and that the demands of human rights lawmust be adapted to the IHL regime.

International terrorism by non-state actors presents challenges toreliance on this binary peacetime-wartime framework. One possibleresponse is to regard terrorist violence as presumptively occurring duringpeacetime, which means that terrorism must be addressed under alaw enforcement paradigm, which is governed by human rights law.Some critics, however, argue that the scale of destruction inflicted byinternational terrorist attacks is more akin to wartime damage thandomestic criminal activity, and that law enforcement is insufficientlyflexible to permit preventive operations. They argue that that internationalterrorists therefore should be treated as engaged in armed conflict thattriggers the application of IHL.

Rules governing the use of force under IHL, however, run the risk ofbeing excessively permissive when applied in settings that do notinvolve segregated battlefields but terrorists embedded in large civilianpopulations whose behavior is not unambiguously hostile. Servicemembers are also being increasingly required to carry out activities moreakin to law enforcement when undertaking operations amidst these localpopulations. One response to this is a call for greater incorporation ofhuman rights principles into armed conflict operations in some settings.

There is a pressing need to develop legal concepts to guide operationsthat blend human rights and national security concerns in a waythat does justice to the distinctive nature of many conflicts in thecontemporary world. Some commentators and scholars argue that weshould eschew the legal categories of human rights law and IHL andfocus on forms of regulation that involve highly contextual assessment ofthe complex competing considerations at stake in particular situations.Others argue that traditional legal categories establish importantpresumptions, and that human rights law in particular is more flexibleabout the use of force than many observers realize. Still others suggestthat we should consider a new third category to guide the use of forcethat draws on elements of both law enforcement and armed conflict.This course will assess these and other positions in the debate, with theaim of exploring how best to respond to the challenges that internationalterrorism and other forms of non-traditional state violence pose for theuse of force.

This course will satisfy the upper-class writing requirement. Studentlearning objectives for the course are to use class sessions and thepreparation of a paper:

• To become familiar with basic human rights standards that governthe use of force in law enforcement settings, with particular emphasison the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and theEuropean Convention on Human Rights;

• To become familiar with basic international law standards thatgovern the grounds for resort to force (jus ad bellum) and regulate theway force may be used in armed conflicts (jus in bello or law of armedconflict/international humanitarian law); and

• To gain an appreciation of the complex ways in which many currentsecurity threats and responses to them have features that do notfall squarely into the categories of either crime subject to lawenforcement operations or armed conflict subject to conventionalmilitary operations.

Prerequisite: Any of the following: International Law I: Introduction toInternational Law; National Security Law; Law of War Seminar; ForeignRelations Law; Constitutional Aspects of Foreign Affairs Seminar; or first-year elective International Law, National Security, and Human Rights.


LAW 937 v01 War Crimes & Prosecutions (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20937%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 1 credit hourThis course focuses on international war crimes and legal actions takenagainst war crimes violators. Using such topics as the abuse allegationsas irregular rendition, the trial of Saddam Hussein, the arrest warrant forOmar Al-Bashir, the Armenian Genocide, and other events, the course willexplore in depth topics such as the principal international war crimes,universal jurisdiction and issues surrounding jurisdiction to conduct warcrimes trials, civil remedies for war crimes under the Alien Tort Statute,who should conduct war crimes trials, and other matters. Students willbe expected to write a paper, approximately 12-15 pages, on a topicof their choosing pertaining to war crimes, and to participate in classdiscussions.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for both thisseminar and Law of War, Law of War Seminar, or War Crimes, Terrorismand International Criminal Procedure.

Note: ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY AT ALL CLASS SESSIONS. Enrolledstudents must be in attendance at the start of the first class session inorder to remain enrolled. Waitlisted students must be in attendance at thestart of the first class session in order to remain eligible to be admittedoff the waitlist. All enrolled students must attend each class sessionin its entirety. Failure to attend the first class session in its entirety willresult in a drop; failure to attend any subsequent class session in itsentirety will result in a withdrawal.


LAW 672 v01 War Crimes Terrorism & International Criminal Procedure(http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%20672%20v01)LL.M Seminar (cross-listed) | 2 credit hoursThroughout the twentieth century and into the present, internationalhumanitarian law developed not only to regulate the conduct of war,but to punish those who would violate it; be it national prosecutionsfor war crimes or international criminal courts. In recognition of thatfact, international humanitarian law seeks to divide the politics of warfrom the law of war by requiring minimal standards of due process,even for the most heinous offenders. Common Article 3 of the GenevaConventions, for example, famously provides that in armed conflict, allcriminal punishment must be “pronounced by a regularly constitutedcourt, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized asindispensable by civilized peoples.”

But what is a "regularly constituted court" and what are indispensable"judicial guarantees"? When war often means a threat to and even abreakdown of civilized society, how is the balance struck between dueprocess, public safety and vindicating the victims of war crimes?

This class will guide students through the salient areas of internationalcriminal law by reading, analyzing and discussing the statutesand precedents from WWII, modern IHL tribunals, and the MilitaryCommissions convened at Guantánamo Bay. The issues covered willrange from how crimes are defined, to who is subject to law of warjurisdiction, to theories of liability, to the rules of evidence, including theuse of national security information and evidence derived from torture,to the problems associated with distinguishing lawful acts of guerrillawarfare from terrorism.

Over and above this treatment of the substantive aspects of the law,the course will encourage students to consider such problems as fact-finding through adversarial litigation, the reliance on common law crimes,the use of such tribunals in place of domestic courts and truth andreconciliation commissions, the liability of lawyers for war crimes andwhat due process is possible before law of war tribunals.

Students will be evaluated on the basis of class participation and aresearch paper on one aspect of international criminal law. Courseadministration will be conducted through TWEN, where students candownload the readings for class and pose questions for class discussion.

Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not receive credit for boththis course and for Terrorism as a War Crime: Military Commissions andAlternative Approaches or War Crimes and Prosecutions.


LAW 1075 v00 Women and Immigration (http://curriculum.law.georgetown.edu/course-search/?keyword=LAW%201075%20v00) (Fieldwork Practicum)J.D. Practicum | 4 credit hoursIn fieldwork practicum courses, students participate in weekly seminarsand conduct related fieldwork at outside organizations. This fieldworkpracticum course will focus on government protection for women fleeinggender-based persecution and abuse. Students will participate in a twohour/week seminar and carry out 10 hours/week of fieldwork for privatelaw firms and nonprofit agencies located in the D.C. metro area that arerepresenting women fleeing their countries because of gender-relatedviolence.

SEMINAR: In the two-credit, graded, seminar portion of the practicum,students will discuss how shifting migration patterns and societalforces have caused more women to leave their home countries andattempt to enter the United States. While a woman may flee her homecountry for the same reasons as a man, research shows that refugeewomen also flee their countries for gender-related reasons. In manycountries, women face persecution and violence just for being women.This includes the use of rape as a weapon of war, domestic violence, so-called honor crimes, forced marriage, widow rituals, one child policies,forced sterilization policies, and female genital mutilation. In seminar,students will study and learn through experience about the societalforces causing the forced migration of women and how U.S. laws andpolicies address the immigration status of these female immigrants. Wewill focus on forms of relief that, while available to both men and women,are almost exclusively accessed by women to obtain legal status in theUnited States. Specifically, we will focus on: Asylum (specifically thegender-based prong of “membership in a particular social group”), theViolence against Women Act (for abused women who are or were marriedto U.S. citizens), U Visas (for victims of crime), and T Visas (for victims oftrafficking).

FIELDWORK: In the two-credit, mandatory pass/fail, fieldwork portionof the practicum, students will work with lawyers from private lawfirms and nonprofit agencies on actual cases of women fleeing theircountries because of gender-based violence. Students will be assignedin teams to interview clients, prepare research and briefs, and assist theprincipal lawyer conducting the case. Students will also work directly withattorneys at local legal services agencies who are representing femalesurvivors of gender-based harm seeking legal status in the United States.


Mutually Excluded Courses: Students may not concurrently enroll in thispracticum and an externship or a clinic or another practicum course.

Note: LL.M students may enroll in this course, space permitting, providedthey have excellent U.S.-based legal research skills, English language, andwriting ability. Interested LL.M. students should email the Office of theRegistrar ([email protected]) to request admission.

This course is suitable for evening students who can commit to working10 hours/week (during business hours) for private law firms andnonprofit agencies. Students are responsible for organizing their owntransportation to meet clients in the D.C. metro area, which includesclients in Virginia. PLEASE NOTE: This class meets on Tuesdays, 3:30p.m. - 5:30 p.m. In addition to the Tuesday sessions, a mandatory firstclass session will be held on Friday, January 15, 2021. The second classsession will meet on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. FIRST AND SECONDCLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. All enrolled and waitlistedstudents must be in attendance at the first and second class sessionsin order to be eligible for a seat in the class, and must attend both classsessions in their entirety. Due to the case and team structure of thispracticum, students may only drop this class up until the start of thesecond class session on Tuesday, January 19. After that time, studentswill only be permitted to drop the class with permission of the Professorand the Assistant Dean for Experiential Education AND only whenremaining in the practicum course would cause significant hardship tothe student. This is a four credit course. Two credits will be awardedfor the two-hour weekly seminar and two credits for approximately 10hours of fieldwork per week, for a minimum of 11 weeks, to be scheduledwith the faculty. The two-credit seminar portion will be graded. The twocredits of fieldwork are mandatory pass/fail. Students will be allowed totake another course pass/fail in the same semester as this practicum.Students who enroll in this course will be automatically enrolled inboth the seminar and fieldwork components and may not take eithercomponent separately. A student wishing to withdraw from the coursewill be withdrawn from both the seminar and fieldwork components.Default attendance rule for all practicum courses (unless the professorindicates otherwise): Regular and punctual attendance is required at allpracticum seminars and fieldwork placements. Students in project-basedpracticum courses are similarly required to devote the requisite numberof hours to their project. If a student must miss seminar, fieldwork, orproject work, he or she must speak to the professor as soon as possibleto discuss the absence. Unless the professor indicates otherwise, astudent with more than one unexcused absence from the practicumseminar (out of 13 total seminar sessions), or one week of unexcusedabsences from the fieldwork or project work (out of a total of 11 weeks offieldwork or project work), may receive a lower grade or, at the professor’sdiscretion, may be withdrawn from the practicum course.

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