Penn Law International Internship Program (PLIIP)

The Penn Law International Internship Program (PLIIP) places approximately 10 JD students each summer in paid and unpaid positions at local law firms around the world. The program offers students a unique opportunity to gain cross-cultural understanding and hands-on experience in non-U.S. legal practice.

Recent Penn Law interns have worked in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, England, Italy, India, Ireland, Japan, Nigeria, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The International Summer Human Rights Fellows Program (ISHRF)

The International Summer Human Rights Fellows Program supports students engaged in international human rights work. Fellows have pursued a range of experiences — including placements with non-governmental organizations, organs of the United Nations, regional inter-governmental bodies, and government offices involved directly in the provision of human rights services.

Penn Law also offers Mead Fellowships to a select number of students focused on economic policy, rule of law, and human rights. The Mead Fellows are part of the ISHRF program and work in multilateral aid agencies and NGOs that address economic development and rights issues.

ACE Rule of Law Fellowship with Human Rights First

The ACE Rule of Law Fellowship in partnership with Human Rights First provides Penn Law graduates with opportunities to advocate for human rights, compliance with international norms and standards of good governance and human rights, and improved operation of legal systems around the globe. The fellowship is generously supported by both the ACE Charitable Foundation and ACE Limited General Counsel Robert Cusumano, a 1980 Penn Law graduate.

FACULTY

Penn Law students engage with one of the nation’s most outstanding law school faculties. With diverse expertise in international and comparative law, faculty members bring to the classroom a broad global view of the role of law in society.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS,

PLEASE CONTACT

International Programs Office150 Tanenbaum Hall

international@law.upenn.edu 215.573.9254

https://www.law.upenn.edu/international/

STANDING FACULTY

Shyamkrishna Balganesh (Copyright, Intellectual Property, Property)

Stephen B. Burbank (Civil Litigation)

Howard Chang (Immigration, International Trade, and International Environmental Law)

Cary Coglianese (Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Regulation)

Jacques deLisle (Chinese Law, Public International Law, International Relations)

William B. Ewald (Public International Law, Comparative Law, European Union Law)

Eric Feldman (Japanese Law, Public Health)

Claire O. Finkelstein (Criminal Law, Law & Philosophy, Law of War)

Jean Galbraith (U.S. Foreign Relations Law, Public International Law)

Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr. (Civil Procedure, Legal Ethics, Federal Jurisdiction)

Michael Knoll (International Tax Law)

Charles W. Mooney, Jr. (International Business, Private International Law)

Sarah Paoletti (Immigration Law, International Human Rights, Labor Law)

Paul H. Robinson (Criminal Law)

Edward B. Rock (EU Competition Law, Corporate Law)

David A. Skeel, Jr. (Law and Religion, Debt Relief, Corporate Law)

Christopher S. Yoo (Intellectual Property, Communications, Economic Regulation)

RECENT FELLOWSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT ORGANIZATIONS:

Advocacy Forum (Nepal)

American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (China, Tajikistan, Morocco)

Black Sheep (Uruguay)

Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims (China)

Centre for Applied Legal Studies (South Africa)

Forum for Women Law and Development (Nepal)

Human Rights Commission (Colombia)

International Center for Transitional Justice

International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (The Hague)

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Tanzania)

International Crisis Group

International Development Law Organization (Italy)

International Federation of Human Rights

International Finance Corporation (Turkey)

Legal Aid of Cambodia

Legal Assistance Centre (Namibia)

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Switzerland)

Ugandan Coalition for the International Criminal Court

World Trade Organization (Switzerland)

INTERNATIONAL VISITING FACULTY

Each year, Penn Law hosts several Bok Visiting International Professors. These professors, nominated by Penn Law faculty, are drawn from around the globe and represent some of the leading international legal academics and practitioners in their fields.

International Summer Human Rights Fellows Sarah Tufano L’17 and Allison Kowalski L’17 at the United Nations in Geneva.

Indira Jaising, Former Additional Solicitor General of India

Akua Kuenyehia, Former Judge of the International Criminal Court; Former Law Dean, University of Ghana

Tracy Robinson, Rapporteur on the Rights of Women, Organization of American States

Takao Suami, Professor of Law, Waseda University

Paul Davies, Emeritus Fellow, University of Oxford

FACULTY CENTERS

Center for Asian Law

Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law

IN 2015-16, PENN LAW STUDENTS CAN TAKE A MINI-CLASS WITH ONE OF FIVE BOK VISITING INTERNATIONAL PROFESSORS:

INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Pinky Mehta L’15 at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as part of her International Summer Human Rights Fellowship.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

ADJUNCT FACULTYFernando Chang-Muy (International Refugee Law, International Human Rights, Public Health)Gabriela Femenia (Research in Foreign and International Law)Michael McMillen (Islamic Finance)

Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

Penn Program on Regulation

Institute for Law & Economics

GLOBAL RESEARCH SEMINAR

Penn Law recognizes the importance of first-hand experience in providing students with the skills they need to thoroughly examine global and comparative legal issues. The Global Research Seminar (GRS) is an intensive research course that facilitates engagement between faculty and students in a global setting. The semester-long seminar includes a seven-day overseas field research visit, which provides students with an opportunity to pursue cutting-edge research while developing important interview, analysis, and reporting skills that will sustain them in legal practice. In 2015-16, students will travel to Germany and Belgium to study comparative corporate governance and financial regulation, and to Japan to study disasters and the law.

Previous Global Research Seminars have taken students to China, Brazil, India, Luxembourg, Malaysia, and Italy to study issues as diverse as power shifts in global governance, private law and national development, Internet policy, Islamic finance, cross-border and international insolvency matters, and corporate governance.

TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL CLINIC

Since its founding in 2006, students have represented individuals seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief from across the globe and have worked alongside and on behalf of international human rights and community-based organizations before regional and international human rights mechanisms on a range of rights-based issues, particularly as they relate to migrants and internally-displaced persons.

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JOINT DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES

Penn Law offers a cross-disciplinary program that is unrivaled among leading law schools. A joint degree or certificate offers Penn Law students the chance to expand their understanding of global issues and regions and see how the law intersects with and impacts societies around the world.

Joint Degrees

Students interested in complementing their JD degrees with specialized study in the international arena can choose from three formal joint programs:

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES AT PENN LAW

In today’s globalized society, Penn Law brings the world to its campus and its students and faculty to the world. Moving beyond standard law school offerings, we have taken a fresh approach to international legal training by infusing global analysis throughout the curriculum and connecting with law schools and legal institutions in the most dynamic legal markets around the world.

Certificates

Students can earn a certificate of study in one of several disciplines. Typically, these programs require that students take three or four courses in the granting department and one or two courses from a prescribed topic area at the Law School. Please note that there is a nominal administrative fee for students earning a certificate. The following certificates are available to students interested in international legal studies:

Certificate of Study in East Asian StudiesStudents interested in this Certificate must successfully complete four courses in the general area of East Asian Studies. Three of these courses are taken in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and must be primarily related to the study of East Asian societies. The fourth course is taken at Penn Law and will ordinarily include a component involving East Asia, but may be in the area of international law.

Certificate of Study in Global Human RightsRecognizing the prominence and broad application of global human rights, this Certificate is designed to provide the student opportunities to study the subject from multiple perspectives. Students must take classes in at least one School outside Penn Law: Arts & Sciences, Graduate Education, Social Policy & Practice, or Wharton. Students take five total graduate courses, three of which must be in the Law School.

Certificate of Study in Middle East and Islamic StudiesStudents interested in this Certificate must successfully complete four courses in the general area of Middle East and Islamic Studies. Three of these courses are taken in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and must be primarily related to the study of Middle Eastern or Islamic societies. The fourth course is taken at Penn Law and will ordinarily include a component involving Islam or the Middle East, but may be in the area of international law.

Certificate of Study in Latin American and Latino StudiesThis Certificate will enable Penn Law students to enrich their legal educations by gaining knowledge of the social, cultural, and political issues facing Latinos and Latin Americans. Students must complete five courses in the area of Latin American and Latino Studies. Two of these courses are taken at Penn Law, and the remaining three courses are taken in Penn’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

JD/LLM Hong Kong University

Faculty of Law

JD/MA, International Studies The Lauder Institute

of Wharton

JD/M2, Economic Law Institut d’Études Politiques

(Sciences Po)

“I hope to be able to apply in the Middle East what I learned at Penn Law and throughout my legal career. The Middle East is clearly at a crossroads right now, and I think that people do not talk enough about the change

that could come about from strengthening the legal infrastructure for corporations and financial investment in the region with the goal of creating much-needed development and job opportunities for the people there.”

STUDY ABROAD

Penn Law offers six formal study abroad partnerships:

ESADE Law School in Barcelona, Spain

Penn Law students may spend one semester at ESADE Law School in Barcelona, Spain. Students take Spanish-language classes or choose from a list of English-language courses that comprise the core of a special program in international business law.

Sciences Po in Paris, France

Students spend their entire third year in Paris, studying as part of a group of approximately 30 students drawn from Paris 1, Sciences Po, and a select group of U.S. law schools. Students complete a rigorous program, with classes in both French and English, designed to expose them to a range of issues in European Business and Corporate Law. Penn Law participants in this program graduate after a total of three years of legal studies in Philadelphia and Paris with both a JD and a French Master of Law degree (Master-Droit et Globalisation Économique).

Tsinghua Law School in Beijing, China

Penn Law students may spend one semester in the pioneering program at Tsinghua Law School in Beijing, the first formal program to permit international students to study Chinese law in China through English-language courses. After completing their JD studies at Penn, participants in the Tsinghua program have the option of earning an LLM degree from Tsinghua by returning to Beijing for a second semester of graduate-level study.

Waseda Law School in Tokyo, Japan

Waseda Law School courses are taught primarily in Japanese, although several courses each term are conducted in English. Penn Law students have constructed a full schedule based on English-language courses such as modern Japanese law, Japanese legal culture, international trade law, and comparative finance law.

University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law, Hong Kong, SAR

Penn Law students can earn an LLM degree in addition to their JD by spending their 3L year studying at Hong Kong University. Students can complete a general LLM degree or select a specialized track for the master’s degree. The program is an excellent opportunity for students interested in international corporate and transactional law as well as in China’s legal system. All courses are taught in English.

JOURNALS & STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

International Journals

University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (JIL)

East Asian Law Review (EALR)

International & Comparative Law Student Groups & ActivitiesAsian Pacific American Law Students Association (APALSA)

East Asia Legal Studies Association (EALSA)

Immigrant Rights Project

International Human Rights Advocates (IHRA)

International Law Organization (ILO)

Iraq Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)

LLM Student Association

Latin American Law Students Association (LALSA)

Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)

Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Team

Penn Law Hellenic Group

Penn Law National Security Society

Penn Refugee Awareness Group

Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Team

South Asian Law Students Association (SALSA)

Students Against Gender Exploitation (SAGE)

CENTERS & PROGRAMS

International Centers across the Penn Campus

As members of the University of Pennsylvania community, Penn Law students have invaluable access to the resources of one of the world’s preeminent research universities.

Curricular Offerings

At Penn Law, a global legal education is accessible to all students. First-year students can choose to enroll in courses such as Public International Law and Introduction to Chinese Law. Upper-level students can select from dozens of courses in public and private international law as well as pursue coursework in non-U.S. and comparative law and gain practical international experience in the Transnational Legal Clinic. In recent years, Penn Law students have gained valuable international experience as externs for academic credit at the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Open Society Institute, and within the United Nations. At the same time, cross-disciplinary joint degree and certificate programs and study abroad programs allow for in-depth examination of the forces that shape international and non-U.S. law.

Whether you want to focus on human rights or international banking, Asian law or Islamic law, Penn provides the intellectual and institutional resources that you will need to develop your expertise.

THE LAW SCHOOL MAINTAINS CLOSE COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS, DEPARTMENTS, AND ACADEMIC CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSITY INCLUDING:

Center for the Advanced Study of India

the Center for East Asian Studies

the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School

the Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies

Perry World House

the Middle East Center

the School of Social Policy & Practice

Law students may supplement their legal education with up to four courses throughout the University as part of their JD degree, and those seeking further cross-disciplinary study may engage in certificate or joint degree programs.

Leen Al-Alami L’13Associate, Dechert LLP

(Philadelphia, PA)Former Press Officer for E.U.

Delegation to Jordan