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Winter 2022

Catalog # Section	Title Sort descending	Professor	Credits	Days	Meeting Times	Footnotes
854001	Anti-corruption Law and Practice	Timothy L. Dickinson	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Winter 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This seminar will trace the beginnings of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, corruption in international business, the OECD initiatives and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. We will also discuss compliance programs, investigations and prosecutions/defense of FCPA issues. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
586001	Conflict of Laws	Norman C. Ankers	3	Tu Fr	10:20 AM - 11:45 AM 10:20 AM - 11:45 AM	Winter 2022 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective.
In today's increasingly borderless world, a growing number of juridically significant events -- both consensual and accidental -- implicate actors from, and interests of, more than one jurisdiction. The occurrence of such events raises the issue of which jurisdiction's law should control the legal consequences flowing from them. Conflict of laws jurisprudence frames a series of rules (sometimes also called choice of law) which determine which jurisdiction's laws, among a choice of several possibilities, will govern the legal rights and responsibilities flowing from these events. The course and casebook -- Felix and Whitten's American Conflicts Law: Cases and Materials (5th ed.) -- will focus on three areas of inquiry. The first is so-called "horizontal" choice of law. Where two or more jurisdictions which are juridical co-equals (two or more states, for example, or two or more countries) have a connection with a juridical event, which jurisdiction's laws apply? The rules governing this question are more complicated than they appear at first blush, and there is a lack of uniformity in the operative conflict of laws rules among coordinate jurisdictions. The second is so-called "vertical" choice of law. This topic area addresses the interplay between federal law and state law and the circumstances under which each will govern a legally significant event which implicates both federal and state interests. The course will analyze in detail the Supreme Court's seminal holding in Erie v. Tompkins and Erie's progeny as part of this inquiry. The final focus will be a detailed analysis of judgments and their effects in other jurisdictions, and rules relating to personal jurisdiction which allow courts to adjudicate the legal interests of actors who have connections with jurisdictions other than the forum court. While conflict of laws began as a highly theoretical discipline, the advent of modern technology has expanded exponentially the number of events which have multijurisdictional facets. The discipline is thus of critical importance to understanding the legal consequences of an enormous number of events. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: FYE
947601	Geneva Externship	Anna W. Nicol	12	TBD	TBD	Winter 2022 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 45 #947 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP and #948 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR: Information concerning the Geneva Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 212 Hutchins Hall. The #948 Geneva Externship Seminar does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students. Students must be registered in both #947 Geneva Externship and #948 Geneva Externship Seminar. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one or two credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER). 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
Spend a semester in Geneva working with leading intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions during the winter term. Students are immersed in the work of these international institutions and closely supervised by their legal staffs to explore how international legal regimes intersect with such diverse fields as trade, human rights, intellectual property, environment, telecommunications, and health. Externs participate in a contemporaneous seminar intended to provide them substantive context for their externships. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at https://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64
888001	Global Animal Law	Anne Peters	2	Mo Tu We Th	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Winter 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 167 #888 GLOBAL ANIMAL LAW: This class will meet 13 times from Monday, March 14 through Wednesday, April 13 on the following dates: March 14-17, March 21-23, March 28-30, and April 11-13.
Various international law instruments address the protection of endangered species, habitat protection, and biological diversity. Besides, numerous international legal regimes incidentally affect animals. In the seminar, we will study the animal-relevant rules and practice with a view to identifying cross-cutting principles and mechanisms. It covers, inter alia, WTO law, CITES, international environmental law, international development law, the law of indigenous peoples, international humanitarian law, and international labour law. We will examine the standard-setting practice by relevant international bodies such as FAO, the Organisation internationale des epizooties, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the European Food Security Agency, the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council (with regard to wildlife poaching as a threat to the peace), and the GEF. We shall also investigate whether international legal institutions such as human rights, sustainable development, the no harm-principle, extraterritorial jurisdiction, and ordre public can be used for furthering animal issues. Questions of rights, citizenship, sovereignty, multi-culturalism, neo-colonialism and North-South relations, will also come into play. Finally, regulatory approaches to animal welfare such as multi-stakeholder initiatives, labelling and certification requirements, and framework conventions, are studied. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
786001	History of International Law	Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg	2	Tu We Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 4:10 PM - 6:10 PM 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Winter 2022 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 170 Students who took #786 INTER-AMERICAN HUM RIGHTS SYS may not elect #786 HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW or vice versa. 180 #786 HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: This class will meet during the first five weeks of the term: Thursday, January 13 through Thursday, February 10.
Welcome to History of International Law! This course will offer you a bird's eye view of the discipline. Through it, you will be able to construct, deconstruct and re-imagine your understanding of international law as a product of concrete contexts and sociopolitical processes. Instead of seeing it as a series of isolated events connected through a single thread of [Western] incremental progress -- international law as the story of a few "great [white] men" -- this class will provide you with the tools to experience history in greater complexity, through different methodologies and perspectives. The course will engage with the history of international law critically, asking tough questions about its contingency, legitimacy and identity. The course will visit and revisit the sequences of international law's histories, seeking to (re)discover alternative narratives and valuable insights lost in the received understanding of international law. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
787001	Impact of Human Rights on International Law	Bruno E. Simma	1	Tu	1:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Winter 2022 37 Winter Term--First-year JD students cannot elect this course section, seminar, mini-seminar, research course, or clinic. 46 Students who wish to write a longer paper for an additional credit may, with permission from the professor(s), add one credit of Law 900 Research. Once professor approval is obtained, please follow the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. The longer paper will satisfy the upper-level writing requirement for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. 66 For students who write a longer paper pursuant to footnote 46, this course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 164 #787 IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: This course will meet remotely on seven Tuesdays during the term: February 8, 15 & 22; March 8 & 29; and April 5 & 12. 165 #787 IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: Students who enroll in this class should have completed at least one of the following courses: #606 Transnational Law, #605 Advanced Transnational Law, #692 International Law Fundamentals or #630 International Law. 166 #787 IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL LAW: There will be no examination for this class. Instead, students will be required to produce a paper.
The efforts to protect human rights by means of international law are no less than revolutionary. They have turned states' insides out in an almost literal sense: The ways in which states treat their own nationals used to be the very core of "domestic jurisdiction" in which no foreign state or international organization was allowed to intervene. But over the last 50 years or so the relationship between governments and the people under their authority has turned into a subject of international (also:legal) concern, ranging from laying down human rights obligations in treaties, the discussion of human rights matters in international bodies and conferences, public censure and condemnation, the international "mobilization of shame," to judgments of human rights courts and sanctions against persistent violators. This development has had a profound impact not only on international politics but also on general international law - a body of principles, rules and procedures traditionally developed to cope with tasks and challenges arising at the level of inter-state (inter-sovereign) relations. The compact Course will analyse in depth the ways in which this development has manifested itself - and the difficulties to which it has led - in the most important fields of international law: its sources, particularly the law of treaties, state responsibility, jurisdictional immunities of states, and the activities of international courts and tribunals. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled:
943601	India Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	10	TBD	TBD	Winter 2022 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 169 #943 INDIA EXTERNSHIP: Consult here for important information about the application process and requirements. Please contact Amy Sankaran at aharwell@umich.edu with questions. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one, two or three credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER).
The India Externship offers students the chance to spend the Winter semester working for an Indian non-profit, government agency, or court in the city of your choice. Students work with our administration and faculty to find a suitable placement. Given the depth and breadth of work available in India, it should not be difficult to find something that meets your interests. Past students report rich experiences working side-by-side with top-notch Indian lawyers on pressing legal matters and policy issues. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at https://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64
502001	International Corporate Governance	Hwa-Jin Kim	2	Mo Tu We Th Fr	6:20 PM - 8:35 PM 6:40 PM - 8:55 PM 6:20 PM - 8:35 PM 6:40 PM - 8:55 PM 10:20 AM - 12:35 PM	Winter 2022 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 181 #502 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: This class will meet for 2 weeks near the beginning of the term: Tuesday, January 18 through Tuesday, February 1. It meets in 132 Hutchins Hall Monday through Thursday and in 0220 Jeffries Hall on Friday.
This course will introduce students to the corporate governance and finance and capital market laws and best practices of various jurisdictions and to the role of international economy and politics in those areas through readings and analysis of relevant materials, including empirical studies on the corporate ownership and capital market structure. The course will begin with an introduction to corporate governance in general and comparative corporate governance in particular as a new discipline of legal scholarship in the United States and in other countries. Students will study the current state of comparative corporate governance research by examining law review articles and other academic materials, as well as documents drawn from the actual practice of corporate governance and finance. The convergence in corporate governance discussions will be the focus of this part of the course, and the divergent approaches of the contemporary corporate governance theories will be reviewed. Then, the class will study theory and practice of cross-listing and cross-border mergers and acquisitions to understand the two major forces of global convergence of corporate governance and finance. The class will cover the issues of international regulatory competition and arbitrage, cross-listing and bonding hypothesis, and international implications of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act. The role of the global investment banking institutions and investment professionals in corporate governance and finance will also be discussed with some illustrative cases on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and reincorporation, including Gucci, Vodafone, ArcelorMittal, News Corporation, and DaimlerChrysler. After that, the instructor will draw introductory studies on corporate governance from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, China, Japan and Korea, and explore with the students how and why the respective corporate and securities laws of these countries are converging with those of the United States. The class will also look into corporate governance of some representative international companies in those jurisdictions, including Berkshire Hathaway, Volkswagen, Gazprom and Novartis, and family-controlled public companies in those jurisdictions, including Porsche, BMW, Wallenberg Group, and Samsung Group. In addition, the course will address corporate environmental and social responsibilities through studying such recent case as ExxonMobil and analyzing stewardship codes around the world with their impacts on the shareholders' meeting. Further, the course will evaluate BlackRock's new ESG policy statement in comparison with the holding of Dodge v. Ford Motor. With that the course concludes discussing the role of corporate governance in social developments in emerging jurisdictions. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
678001	International Finance	Veronica A. Santarosa	4	Mo Th Fr	10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	Winter 2022 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 37 Winter Term--First-year JD students cannot elect this course section, seminar, mini-seminar, research course, or clinic. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This course explores the international financial architecture. It examines international banking and securities regulation, global capital rules and cross-border issues in supervision and regulation, global standards for payment, clearing and settlement systems, and rules for different exchange rate regimes. Particular attention will be paid to the Dodd-Frank legislation, the evolution of global financial regulation under the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and IOSCO, and the creation of the Financial Stability Board. We will explore the roles of the G-7/8, G-20, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in global finance, and address the regulation of financial firms in Europe and selected nations in the developing world, both as a comparative matter and to understand the extent to which national rules require global coordination. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
602001	International Investment Law	Steven R. Ratner	3	Mo We	1:00 PM - 2:25 PM 1:00 PM - 2:25 PM	Winter 2022 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 113 #602 INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW: #606 Transnational Law, #692 International Law Fundamentals, #630 International Law, or another introductory international law course will be helpful but are not required, and students without such prior course will be given additional background materials at the beginning of the class.
Foreign investment has long been recognized as one of the pillars of the global economy, and is now a focus on significant public attention as many states -- especially in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union -- view it as the key to rescuing their economies. This course will examine the international community's regulation of foreign investment, focussing upon the norms that have emerged over the past seventy years to govern this process. The class will primarily address investment abroad, in both developed and developing nations, although attention will also be given to restrictions on foreign investment in the United States. It will consider the protections required by international investors, e.g., those concerning establishment of new enterprises, transfers of profits, fair treatment, and expropriation. We will also discuss the increased focus on responsibilities of investors in the areas of human rights and environmental and labor standards. Resolution of investment disputes will also be covered. The course is designed both to shed light on the process of foreign investment as well as to demonstrate the relevance of international law to transnational business transactions. Completion of Transnational Law or an equivalent course in international law prior to taking this course is highly recommended but not required. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, FYE
630001	International Law	Gregory Fox	3	Mo We	2:35 PM - 4:00 PM 2:35 PM - 4:00 PM	Winter 2022 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This class offers a general introduction to the international legal system. We will explore how international law is made through treaties, custom, and other processes; the roles of different actors (e.g., states, NGOs, international organizations, and corporations) in making and applying international law; how violations of international law are identified and remedied by international institutions or actors; and how international law intersects with domestic legal systems, like the one in the United States. The class will cover a range of substantive areas of law, including human rights, the use of force, economic relations, and regulation of the global commons (with some variations across sections). Each topic will be discussed through examination of a real ongoing or recent incident, controversy, or conflict. Students will be encouraged to think about how law can be made, enforced, and interpreted in an environment lacking a single legislature, executive, or judiciary. This course will prove highly useful to preparing students for more specialized courses in international law. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, FYE
695001	International Trade Law	Jennifer A. Haverkamp	3	Mo We	4:10 PM - 5:35 PM 4:10 PM - 5:35 PM	Winter 2022 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the international legal framework for the regulation of international trade in goods and services. This course will include: an introduction to the economics and politics of trade; an examination of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its dispute settlement machinery, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS); the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and related instruments; and discussions of trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, conflicts between trade policy and other concerns (such as human rights, environment and development), and the recent proliferation of bilaterial and regional trade agreements. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, FYE
700001	Japanese Law	Atsushi Kinami	2	Tu We Fr	8:35 AM - 10:10 AM 8:35 AM - 10:10 AM 8:35 AM - 10:10 AM	Winter 2022 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 121 #700 JAPANESE LAW: This class will meet Tuesday, March 15 through Friday, April 15.
This course examines the role of legal rules, actors and institutions in the Japanese political, economic and sociohistorical context. Subjects covered include the roles of Chinese, German and American law in the development of modern Japanese law, the formal structure of the legal system (including the roles of the judiciary and the bureaucracy), the legal profession, formal and informal dispute settlement mechanisms, and attitudes toward law and its operation. Selected areas of substantive law to be examined include contracts, torts, constitutional law, corporate law, economic regulation, family law, labor law and criminal law. No Japanese language skills or other Japan-related experience is required. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
814001	Law and Diplomacy: African Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC)	Susan D. Page	2	Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Winter 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 44 This class, at the request of the professor, is not eligible for #900 RESEARCH credit for additional work. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This seminar will examine the socio-political and legal background on the formation of the International Criminal Court, as well as some of the rationales that many African nations were: among the first to become States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; the first governments to make referrals to the ICC for investigation and possible prosecution; and the first to withdraw from the Treaty. Students will gain an understanding of the types of crimes tried by the Court, read multiple actual case studies, evaluate different arguments, and analyze Court decisions. Students will be expected to write short reaction and thematic papers, work on one or more group projects, and write a longer paper focusing on one or more politico-diplomatic or legal challenges: governments who lack trust in the ICC; the nature and/or power of individual defendants; security of witnesses; evidence; and/or ramifications at the national or regional level of decisions made by the judges. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
938601	South Africa Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	11	TBD	TBD	Winter 2022 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 26 #938 SOUTH AFRICA EXTERNSHIP and #939 SOUTH AFRICA EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR: Consult here for important information about the application process and requirements. Students must be registered in both #938 South Africa Externship and #939 South Africa Externship Seminar. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one or two credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER). 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
The South Africa Externship offers students the chance to spend the Winter semester working for a non-profit, government agency, or court. Since 1996, Michigan Law has placed over 150 students in full-semester externships, including positions at the Human Rights Commission (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban), Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Grahamstown), University of Cape Town, Refugee Law Clinic, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Johannesburg), Centre for Environmental Rights (Cape Town), Scalabrini (Cape Town) and Lawyers for Human Rights (Johannesburg) to name a few. Before they arrive, in even years, students take a course in Constitutionalism in South Africa, taught by Karthy Govender of Durban in person in Ann Arbor, MI, giving them a good grasp of the seminal South African cases so students can "hit the ground running" upon their arrival, as well as a companion seminar meant to enrich their experience (Law 939). In odd years, the students only take the companion seminar and spend longer at their placements in South Africa. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at hhttps://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64
822001	Women, Peace and Security	Christine M. Chinkin	2	We Th Fr	10:20 AM - 12:20 PM 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM 10:20 AM - 12:20 PM	Winter 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 131 #822 WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: This seminar will meet from Wednesday, March 23 through Friday, April 15.
This seminar will examine the United Nations Security Council's Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the context of contemporary forms of conflict and insecurity. It will explain the evolution of the agenda and provide a detailed examination of the agenda's legal foundations in international law: International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law and International Human Rights Law, especially the Human Rights of Women. It will also focus on the so-called four pillars of Women Peace and Security: women's participation in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict, protection against sexual violence in conflict, prevention of sexual violence in conflict, and relief and recovery. It will offer a critical perspective on these issues, including on the role of national implementation through National Action Plans. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR

Fall 2022

Catalog # Section	Title Sort descending	Professor	Credits	Days	Meeting Times	Footnotes
756001	Comparative Human Rights Law	J. Christopher McCrudden	3	We Th Fr	8:10 AM - 10:10 AM 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM 8:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2022 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 114 #756 COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW and #464 HUMAN DIGNITY: Both the course and seminar will meet for the first six weeks of the term.
The course involves a study of human rights issues drawing on material primarily from Europe and North America, and the Commonwealth. The course considers the meaning of particular human rights and their significance in theory and in practice, and the efficacy of the legal institutions designed to protect them. Several specific substantive issues (minority rights, freedom of speech, privacy, and equality) will be studied in depth to illustrate the complex interplay between theory, legal concepts and procedure, and between legal and non-legal sources of protection. It will draw on international human rights law, but will not be confined to it. The course as a whole will aim to provide the opportunity for in-depth comparative study, during which the appropriateness and utility of comparative legal techniques will be considered. There is no expectation that those taking the course will have taken any other course previously. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
831001	International Commercial Transactions	Timothy L. Dickinson	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Fall 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 138 #831 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: #606 Transnational Law and is recommended but not required. Students are also recommended but not required to have taken at least one course from two of the following four groups as a pre-requisite: 1. #657 Enterprise Organization or #723 Corporate Lawyer: Law & Ethics; 2. #644 Introduction to Income Taxation of Business or #749 Corporate Taxation; 3. #751 Accounting for Lawyers or an equivalent accounting course at the Ross School of Business (#471 or #501); 4. #743 Securities Regulation. Students who have not met these requirements may seek permission to enroll from the professor, who may waive any or all of these requirements at his discretion. It is understood that most LLM students will not have been able to meet these requirements. We recommend that LLMs consult with the professor before enrolling in this course. 139 #831 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS: This seminar will not meet on some Mondays during the term due to the professor’s business travel schedule. The professor will announce the Mondays on which the seminar will not meet after the seminar begins.
This seminar will examine selected topics of international commercial transactions. The seminar will begin with a discussion of the international commercial environment and proceed with a discussion relating to how businesses operate in that environment. Choosing the correct business vehicle for establishment of overseas business operations will be discussed, including such alternatives as establishing a branch vs. a subsidiary or utilizing a distribution network or technology transfer or joint venture. The seminar will cover U.S. export regulations and special legislation such as economic sanctions and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Finally, the seminar will consider some of the issues involved in doing business in particular regions such as the Middle East, ASEAN and European Union and how to approach disputes in the international business arena. Students will be expected to present research on these issues and the topics of their papers. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
678001	International Finance	Veronica A. Santarosa	4	Mo We Th	1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM 10:20 AM - 11:35 AM	Fall 2022 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This course explores the international financial architecture. It examines international banking and securities regulation, global capital rules and cross-border issues in supervision and regulation, global standards for payment, clearing and settlement systems, and rules for different exchange rate regimes. Particular attention will be paid to the Dodd-Frank legislation, the evolution of global financial regulation under the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and IOSCO, and the creation of the Financial Stability Board. We will explore the roles of the G-7/8, G-20, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in global finance, and address the regulation of financial firms in Europe and selected nations in the developing world, both as a comparative matter and to understand the extent to which national rules require global coordination. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
630001	International Law	Karima Bennoune	3	Tu Th	8:45 AM - 10:10 AM 8:45 AM - 10:10 AM	Fall 2022 23 This is a foundational course in the curriculum. 52 Students who took #692 INTERNATIONAL LAW FUNDAMENTALS may not elect #606 TRANSNATIONAL LAW or #630 INTERNATIONAL LAW and vice versa. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
Professor Bennoune's section: This class offers a general introduction to the international legal system. We will explore how international law is made through treaties, custom, and other processes; the roles of different actors (e.g., states, NGOs, international organizations, and corporations) in making and applying international law; how violations of international law are identified and remedied by international institutions or actors; and how international law intersects with domestic legal systems, like the one in the United States. The class will cover a range of substantive areas of law, including human rights, the use of force, international environmental law and global health law. Many topics will be discussed through examination of real ongoing or recent incidents, controversies, or conflicts. Students will be encouraged to think about how law can be made, enforced, and interpreted in an environment lacking a single legislature, executive, or judiciary. This course will prove highly useful to preparing students for more specialized courses in international law. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
691001	International Tax	Reuven S. Avi-Yonah	3	Tu We	1:20 PM - 2:45 PM 1:00 PM - 2:25 PM	Fall 2022 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 118 #691 INTERNATIONAL TAX: Either #747 Taxation of Individual Income or #644 Introduction to Income Tax of Business is a pre-requisite. Students who have not met the pre-requisite may enroll with permission of the instructor.
This is an introduction to U.S. taxation of U.S. and foreign persons engaged in international activities. Topics will include U.S. jurisdiction to tax, tax treaties, allocation of income, transfer pricing, foreign tax credits, etc. The class will also addresses some of the important procedural mechanisms by which international tax issues are resolved -- e.g., advance pricing agreements and Competent Authority negotiations. The goal of the class is to provide an overview of the relevant law, giving due respect to its complexity and the policies underlying it, and to identify and wrestle with the types of issues that most frequently arise. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
695001	International Trade Law	Donald H. Regan	3	Mo We	2:35 PM - 4:00 PM 2:35 PM - 4:00 PM	Fall 2022 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—Second semester first-year JD students who take the course/seminar as an elective do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This course is a comprehensive introduction to the international legal framework for the regulation of international trade in goods and services. This course will include: an introduction to the economics and politics of trade; an examination of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its dispute settlement machinery, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS); the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, and related instruments; and discussions of trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, conflicts between trade policy and other concerns (such as human rights, environment and development), and the recent proliferation of bilaterial and regional trade agreements. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
906001	International Transactions Clinic	David B. Guenther	4	Tu Th	4:30 PM - 6:30 PM 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Fall 2022 3 This course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the professional responsibility requirement for graduation. 6 Although this course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, it does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 36 LLM students are not eligible to elect this clinic unless they previously earned a JD degree from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved law school in the U.S. 47 This class is a year-long commitment, so students enrolled for the fall term will automatically be enrolled for the winter term. No additional students will be added during the winter term. 48 Once admitted to a clinic, the expectation is the student will remain in the clinic so client assignments can be made. However, a student who needs to drop the clinic must email the professor and request a drop with a brief explanation of the reason for it. A student who drops a first or second choice clinic may reduce their chances of acceptance into a clinic in future semesters! 69 Although this course can fulfill more than one requirement for graduation, students who matriculated in or after May 2016 must take a separate course to fulfill each of the following requirements: a) upper-level course with a rigorous writing component; b) professional responsibility course of two or more credit hours; and c) two credit hours of experiential learning. A clinic or externship of less than 7 credits with more than one component (e.g., clinic and clinic field) is considered as one course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 100 #906 INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS CLINIC: For the first six weeks of the term, this clinic will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays; thereafter, it will meet only on Tuesdays for the remainder of the term. 180 This course, clinic, or externship can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both.
The International Transactions Clinic (ITC) does good by doing deals. The ITC concentrates on teaching students skills that are critically important to their professional development as they enter into practice areas that involve international transactions. The transactional work of the ITC is focused on negotiating and documenting cross-border deals, particularly in emerging markets. This includes developing drafting and negotiation skills as applied to cross-border transactions, exposure to ethical issues that arise in the international commercial context, structuring and documenting investments in enterprises that primarily work in emerging markets, and an understanding of international economic and financial policy. The ITC is a full-year clinic with four credits in the Fall semester and four credits in the Winter semester. Both terms are letter graded. Students are strongly encouraged to participate in the ITC for at least two semesters so as to allow them to provide legal support in the negotiation and documentation of multiple international transactions. To the greatest extent possible, students will have significant client exposure in the course of working on transactions, although in some cases due to the international context of these transactions such client exposure may be "virtual" making use of email, skype, and other means of electronic communication. The ITC also makes use of practicing attorneys to help supervise the work of its student clinicians. These practicing attorneys also may be physically remote from the students. The ITC clientele is very diverse. It ranges from not-for-profit organizations to for-profit organizations, from start-ups to well-established businesses, and from social enterprises to impact investors. What all of the ITC clients hold in common, however, is an international focus and a passion to change the world for the better. This diversity also means, however, that not every project of the ITC will meet the New York bar pro bono requirement. Students wanting to satisfy that requirement through their participation in the ITC should make that preference known to the ITC Director before first client assignments are made in the fall. The Clinic fulfills the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation, but does not fulfill the New York State Bar ethics requirement. The Clinic can either fulfill the Law School's professional responsibility requirement for graduation or the credits can count toward the Experiential Learning requirement, but not both. The Clinic fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation. Type: Clinic Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, PR, IC

Winter 2023

Catalog # Section	Title Sort descending	Professor	Credits	Days	Meeting Times	Footnotes
854001	Anti-corruption Law and Practice	Timothy L. Dickinson	2	Mo	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Winter 2023 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 39 This seminar is offered for two (2) credits. However, the professor has the option of allowing students to do additional work to receive an additional credit. In many instances, this additional work will entail writing a longer seminar paper. Any student making such an arrangement with the professor must enroll in #900 RESEARCH. To request enrollment in Law 900 Research, refer to the Enrolling for Research instructions on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This seminar will trace the beginnings of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, corruption in international business, the OECD initiatives and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. We will also discuss compliance programs, investigations and prosecutions/defense of FCPA issues. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
947601	Geneva Externship	Anna W. Nicol	12	TBD	TBD	Winter 2023 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 45 #947 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP and #948 GENEVA EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR: Information concerning the Geneva Externship Program is available from the Center for International and Comparative Studies, 212 Hutchins Hall. The #948 Geneva Externship Seminar does not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students. Students must be registered in both #947 Geneva Externship and #948 Geneva Externship Seminar. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one or two credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER). 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
Spend a semester in Geneva working with leading intergovernmental and nongovernmental institutions during the winter term. Students are immersed in the work of these international institutions and closely supervised by their legal staffs to explore how international legal regimes intersect with such diverse fields as trade, human rights, intellectual property, environment, telecommunications, and health. Externs participate in a contemporaneous seminar intended to provide them substantive context for their externships. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at https://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64
943601	India Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	10	TBD	TBD	Winter 2023 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 169 #943 INDIA EXTERNSHIP: Consult here for important information about the application process and requirements. Please contact Amy Sankaran at aharwell@umich.edu with questions. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one, two or three credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER).
The India Externship offers students the chance to spend the Winter semester working for an Indian non-profit, government agency, or court in the city of your choice. Students work with our administration and faculty to find a suitable placement. Given the depth and breadth of work available in India, it should not be difficult to find something that meets your interests. Past students report rich experiences working side-by-side with top-notch Indian lawyers on pressing legal matters and policy issues. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at https://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64
502001	International Corporate Governance	Hwa-Jin Kim	3	Tu Th Fr	8:45 AM - 11:45 AM 8:45 AM - 11:45 AM 8:45 AM - 11:45 AM	Winter 2023 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 181 #502 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: This class will meet over four weeks near the beginning of the term on the following dates: January 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, and 31; February 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9. [Dates tentative.]
This course will introduce students to the corporate governance and finance and capital market laws and best practices of various jurisdictions and to the role of international economy and politics in those areas through readings and analysis of relevant materials, including empirical studies on the corporate ownership and capital market structure. The course will begin with an introduction to corporate governance in general and comparative corporate governance in particular as a new discipline of legal scholarship in the United States and in other countries. Students will study the current state of comparative corporate governance research by examining law review articles and other academic materials, as well as documents drawn from the actual practice of corporate governance and finance. The convergence in corporate governance discussions will be the focus of this part of the course, and the divergent approaches of the contemporary corporate governance theories will be reviewed. Then, the class will study theory and practice of cross-listing and cross-border mergers and acquisitions to understand the two major forces of global convergence of corporate governance and finance. The class will cover the issues of international regulatory competition and arbitrage, cross-listing and bonding hypothesis, and international implications of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Dodd-Frank Act. The role of the global investment banking institutions and investment professionals in corporate governance and finance will also be discussed with some illustrative cases on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and reincorporation, including Gucci, Vodafone, ArcelorMittal, News Corporation, and DaimlerChrysler. After that, the instructor will draw introductory studies on corporate governance from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, China, Japan and Korea, and explore with the students how and why the respective corporate and securities laws of these countries are converging with those of the United States. The class will also look into corporate governance of some representative international companies in those jurisdictions, including Berkshire Hathaway, Volkswagen, Gazprom and Novartis, and family-controlled public companies in those jurisdictions, including Porsche, BMW, Wallenberg Group, and Samsung Group. In addition, the course will address corporate environmental and social responsibilities through studying such recent case as ExxonMobil and analyzing stewardship codes around the world with their impacts on the shareholders' meeting. Further, the course will evaluate BlackRock's new ESG policy statement in comparison with the holding of Dodge v. Ford Motor. With that the course concludes discussing the role of corporate governance in social developments in emerging jurisdictions. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, FYE, WR
630001	International Law	Steven R. Ratner	4	Tu Th Fr	10:20 AM - 11:41 AM 10:20 AM - 11:41 AM 10:20 AM - 11:41 AM	Winter 2023 16 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this three (3) or four (4) credit upper class course to fulfill the mandatory first-year elective requirement. 23 This is a foundational course in the curriculum. 41 Laptop use during class sessions is not permitted. 52 Students who took #630 INTERNATIONAL LAW or #692 INTERNATIONAL LAW FUNDAMENTALS may not elect #606 TRANSNATIONAL LAW and vice versa. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 240 #630 INTERNATIONAL LAW (Ratner): The meeting time for this class has been extended by six minutes per session to make up for a few class cancellations (TBA by professor) during the term.
Professor Bennoune's section: This class offers a general introduction to the international legal system. We will explore how international law is made through treaties, custom, and other processes; the roles of different actors (e.g., states, NGOs, international organizations, and corporations) in making and applying international law; how violations of international law are identified and remedied by international institutions or actors; and how international law intersects with domestic legal systems, like the one in the United States. The class will cover a range of substantive areas of law, including human rights, the use of force, international environmental law and global health law. Many topics will be discussed through examination of real ongoing or recent incidents, controversies, or conflicts. Students will be encouraged to think about how law can be made, enforced, and interpreted in an environment lacking a single legislature, executive, or judiciary. This course will prove highly useful to preparing students for more specialized courses in international law. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, FYE
694001	International Litigation	Mathias W. Reimann	3	Tu Th	2:55 PM - 4:20 PM 2:55 PM - 4:20 PM	Winter 2023 37 Winter Term--First-year JD students cannot elect this course section, seminar, mini-seminar, research course, or clinic. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter. 116 #694 INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION: #693 Jurisdiction and Choice of Law is a pre-requisite. #693 Jurisdiction and Choice of Law can be taken concurrently. The pre-requisite does not apply to LLM students.
This course will address the major issues of international litigation, including jurisdiction (under domestic American law, foreign law, and international conventions), choice of law (from an American and foreign, particularly European, perspective), taking evidence abroad (under American and international rules), and enforcement of judgments (foreign judgements in the U.S. and American judgments abroad). Time permitting, it will also cover the basic issues of international arbitration and foreign sovereign immunity. Type: Upper Class Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC
814001	Law and Diplomacy: African Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC)	Susan D. Page	2	We	4:10 PM - 6:10 PM	Winter 2023 4 This section of the course, seminar, or clinic fulfills the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR) for JD students and the research requirement for LLM students. EXCEPTION—If the course/seminar is eligible as a first-year elective choice, second semester first-year JD students who take it do not fulfill the law upper-level writing requirement (LUWR). 7 STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FIRST CLASS MEETING OF THIS SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, OR CLINIC. This policy includes students who enrolled through the Law School's class bidding system or during the Drop/Add period from the waitlist and those students not enrolled but who are interested in enrolling, whether or not they are on the waitlist. Students who fail to attend the first class meeting WITHOUT making prior arrangements with the professor for an excused absence will have their name removed from the class roster or forfeit their enrollment opportunity. IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO DROP A SEMINAR, PRACTICE SIMULATION, OR PROBLEM SOLVING INITIATIVE COURSE, DO SO WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CLASS MEETING. This will allow another waitlisted student an expedited opportunity to enroll. 8 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course requires students to submit supplemental materials (e.g., resume, statement of interest) in addition to either placing a bid in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- or adding to the waitlist in Wolverine Access during the Drop/Add period. Specific submission requirements are described in the Law School's class bidding system -- during an active bidding session -- and/or the term document "Prof Pick" Classes Requiring Supplemental Materials located on the Law School's “Office of Student Records” website, under Classes and Registration / Registering for Classes. 9 This clinic, seminar, practice simulation, or Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course has been designated a “prof pick.” PSI administrators select students for PSI courses. Clinic administration determines all clinic assignments. Priorities cannot be used on clinic bids. Priorities can, however, be utilized (and spent) on bids for "prof pick" seminars, practice simulations, and PSI courses in the Law School's class bidding system. During an active bidding cycle, the professor or PSI administrator selects the pool of students from which the class bidding system then considers for assignment based on priority usage, proximity to graduation, and student request queue order (i.e., the professor or PSI administrator selects the candidates, but class assignment is by computer selection). During the Wolverine Access Drop/Add period, admission to a "prof pick" class off the waitlist is by permission of the professor or PSI administrator and not according to waitlist order. 12 This course or seminar is limited in size. 35 Winter Term--First-year JD students may elect this course/seminar/clinic as an optional first-year elective. 44 This class, at the request of the professor, is not eligible for #900 RESEARCH credit for additional work. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
This seminar will examine the socio-political and legal background on the formation of the International Criminal Court, as well as some of the rationales that many African nations were: among the first to become States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; the first governments to make referrals to the ICC for investigation and possible prosecution; and the first to withdraw from the Treaty. Students will gain an understanding of the types of crimes tried by the Court, read multiple actual case studies, evaluate different arguments, and analyze Court decisions. Students will be expected to write short reaction and thematic papers, work on one or more group projects, and write a longer paper focusing on one or more politico-diplomatic or legal challenges: governments who lack trust in the ICC; the nature and/or power of individual defendants; security of witnesses; evidence; and/or ramifications at the national or regional level of decisions made by the judges. Type: Seminar Grading Method: Optional Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: IC, WR
938601	South Africa Externship	Amy L. Sankaran	10	TBD	TBD	Winter 2023 1 This course, seminar, or clinic grade basis is mandatory limited grade (pass/fail) or “S” grade. 26 #938 SOUTH AFRICA EXTERNSHIP and #939 SOUTH AFRICA EXTERNSHIP SEMINAR: Consult here for important information about the application process and requirements. Students must be registered in both #938 South Africa Externship and #939 South Africa Externship Seminar. Students may add an optional graded paper or project for one or two credits (#949 EXTERNSHIP PAPER). 34 LLM students are not eligible to elect this course. 91 Credits earned for this experiential course or clinic count toward the six (6) credits needed to fulfill the Experiential Learning requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2016 and thereafter. 99 This course fulfills the International or Comparative Law Distribution Requirement for graduation applicable to JD students who matriculated in May 2015 and thereafter.
The South Africa Externship offers students the chance to spend the Winter semester working for a non-profit, government agency, or court. Since 1996, Michigan Law has placed over 150 students in full-semester externships, including positions at the Human Rights Commission (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban), Legal Resources Centre (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Grahamstown), University of Cape Town, Refugee Law Clinic, the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (Johannesburg), Centre for Environmental Rights (Cape Town), Scalabrini (Cape Town) and Lawyers for Human Rights (Johannesburg) to name a few. Before they arrive, in even years, students take a course in Constitutionalism in South Africa, taught by Karthy Govender of Durban in person in Ann Arbor, MI, giving them a good grasp of the seminal South African cases so students can "hit the ground running" upon their arrival, as well as a companion seminar meant to enrich their experience (Law 939). In odd years, the students only take the companion seminar and spend longer at their placements in South Africa. Students apply in the Winter before the program begins the following January. For more information, visit our website at hhttps://www.law.umich.edu/curriculum/externshipsandindependentstudy/Pages/default.aspx or contact lawexternships@umich.edu. We are happy to meet with students to answer questions, give guidance on potential placements, provide information on how to apply, etc. Further, every January we hold an informational meeting for all of our international externship programs, so please watch for that announcement. Type: Externship Grading Method: Mandatory Pass/Fail Degree Requirements Fulfilled: EL, IC, Non-64