One common thread connecting the nation's most highly regarded law professors is that they find a way to balance excellence in the classroom with a strong scholarship agenda. Both of these pursuits are embraced by the faculty at the University of Georgia School of Law. Scholarly research at Georgia Law focuses on global and national issues and is highly regarded by local, state, national and international leaders. This work has also been referenced in opinions written by judges and justices at various levels, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Learn more about works with an international focus by the Georgia Law faculty.

To enrich this pursuit of high level research and dialogue, Georgia Law regularly invites prominent academic peers and practitioners to campus to discuss cutting-edge legal issues. Of special note is the International Law Colloquium Series, which brings leading international law scholars from other institutions to present works in progress to the Georgia Law faculty and upper-level students.

Also providing a forum for academic discussion on current global topics is the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Presently in its 37th volume, the journal chronicles nearly four decades of legal issues, theories and developments on the global front. From its inception in 1970, the journal continues to maintain itself as a pre-eminent forum for academic discussion on important international subjects.

Learn more - http://www.law.uga.edu/gjicl/index.html

Another publication that helps document and disseminate scholarly work on various global issues is the Dean Rusk Center's Occasional Paper Series, which summarizes and publishes the discussions and findings of leading scholars and practitioners participating in conferences, panels, projects, research and other international programs hosted at the School of Law.

Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/about-papers.html

The School of Law also offers specialized research and coursework to foreign and U.S. law graduates through its Master of Laws Program. For participants, the majority of whom obtained their legal degrees outside of the United States, the program offers the added advantage of a substantial introduction to the major subject areas of U.S. law, including the various aspects of federalism and the common law legal method.

Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/llm.html

In addition to the LL.M. Program, Georgia Law offers an array of courses in international law, both public and private, to its Jurist Doctor students. Several faculty members regularly teach courses in international law, comparative law, international transactions, European Union law, international environmental law, international trade, intellectual property and taxation. Other faculty members offer occasional seminars on comparative aspects of their subjects. Additionally, renowned experts from foreign universities and organizations, as well as American specialists, supplement Georgia Law course offerings in specific areas of international law.

Other international initiatives supported by Georgia Law for students, faculty and alumni, as well as the broader legal community, include:

• Three ABA-accredited study abroad learning experiences:
  
  Georgia Law at Oxford is one of the few semester-long ABA-accredited study abroad opportunities offered by an American law school and is held at the famed university each spring. Learn more - http://www.law.uga.edu/facstaffstu/students/oxford.html

  Georgia Law Summer Program in China is a three-plus-week ABA-accredited program, held in Beijing and Shanghai, which offers an introduction to the Chinese legal system. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/china/

  Brussels Seminar on the Law and Institutions of the European Union is a three-week ABA-accredited course on EU law held at the Institut d'Études Européennes of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/brussels.html

• The Dean Rusk Center, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary as one of the premier international law centers in the United States, contributing to the exploration of regional and global issues of significance through teaching, research, scholarship and international outreach programs. Many of the School of Law's international programs emanate from this unit. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/index.html

• In March of 2008, more than 2,000 people gathered to hear former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, James Baker III, Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell discuss current U.S. foreign policy with the goal of providing bipartisan advice to the next presidential administration. This event was sponsored by the University of Georgia School of Law's Dean Rusk Center in association with the Southern Center for International Studies.

  Conferences and Lectures, seeking to increase the understanding of international law and policy decisions as well as to contribute to the solution of challenges of global significance. Recent events include: The Report of the Secretaries of State: Bipartisan Advice to the Next Administration; International Commercial Arbitration: 50 Years After the New York Convention; International Trade Under the Rule of Law, an ASIL Centennial Regional Meeting; and speaker Lee Hamilton, co-chair of the Iraq Study Group and former vice-chair of the 9/11 Commission. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/conferences.html

• Global Internship Program, providing students with six to 10 weeks of study and/or work experience in a legal learning environment in one of more than 30 countries spanning the world, making it UGA's largest international offering in terms of geographic reach. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/externships.html

• Louis B. Sohn Library on International Relations, comprised primarily of monographs from the late scholar's private holdings, providing a marvelous resource for specialized research. Learn more - http://www.law.uga.edu/library/libraryinfo/collection.html

• Georgia Law's Sonali Garg was named the Best Oralist at the 2004 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

  International Courtroom Experience, giving students much needed global advocacy experience through participation in the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and other international exchanges. Learn more - http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/advocacy/index.html

• International Judicial Training Program, celebrating a decade of operation this program aids in the development and reform of foreign national judiciaries. Learn more - http://www.uga.edu/ruskcenter/ijtp.html

• International Alumni Network, serving as a valuable resource for those working on international matters or living abroad. Learn more - http://www.ugallm.de/

• International Student Organizations, offering social occasions to explore different cultures and global issues. Learn more - http://www.law.uga.edu/facstaffstu/students/semesters/studentorganizations.html