International Studies

The Global Law Workshop

The Global Law Workshop is convened by Professors Francesca Bignami and Ralf Michaels and offers an exciting opportunity for the Duke Law School community to engage in current issues in international and comparative law. Law and the legal process can no longer be contained within national borders. As much as today's challenges cross national boundaries -- be they environmental, security-related, or economic issues -- so do law and the study of law, by becoming increasingly global.

The Workshop meets seven or eight times during each semester with prominent legal scholars presenting their latest work in the field of international or comparative law. Although there is always a variety of topics, each semester is held together by a loose theme. The Spring 2008 theme is comparing institutions.

The Workshop is unique in that it is run, and regularly attended, by Duke Faculty active in the field. This offers students a great opportunity to meet and hear a number of faculty, and fascinating guest speakers, in one single class.

In addition, the Workshop is open to Duke's burgeoning SJD and Visiting Scholars' community, most of whom have an international focus. For both JDs and LLMs this offers a unique venue to interact with more advanced students and professionals. See the Spring 2008 schedule.