• International Law Course
• Financing Development
• IILJ Scholars Seminar
• History and Theory of International Law Seminar
• Treaties and Responsibility: Selected Topics in the Current Work of the U. N. Intl Law Commission
• IILJ International Law Colloquium
• Hauser Colloquium on Globalization and Its Discontents
• International Human Rights Clinic
• International Environmental Law Clinic
• Comparative Criminal Justice Clinic

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IILJ Scholars Seminar

IILJ Scholars and Graduate Scholars participate in special seminars on innovative techniques of international law scholarship and the development of a research agenda. In 2007-2008, the IILJ Seminar was taught by Professor Rob Howse. In 2006-07, these seminars were taught by Professors B. Kingsbury and J.H.H. Weiler. In 2005-06 these seminars were offered by Professors Eyal Benvenisti (for 4th year IILJ Scholars, IILJ Graduate Scholars, and open also to Hauser, Grotius and Vanderbilt Scholars specializing in international law) and and by Philip Alston, Benedict Kingsbury and Mattias Kumm (for 3rd-year IILJ Scholars, and open also to LLM students writing a 4-credit thesis in international law, and to other international law specialists). In 2004-05 the seminars were taught by Professors Joseph Weiler and Mattias Kumm.

The IILJ seminar examines major jurisprudential problems of international law, combining visiting speakers and a student-discussion format guided by faculty, with the goal of providing a foundation for students seeking to write conceptually grounded papers in any area of international law. Topics include analytic jurisprudence (the concept of international law), democracy, global justice, and relations of international law and politics. The seminars typically include presentation of research papers for discussion by colleagues, faculty, and outside guests.

Other special seminars open to students specializing in international law are convened from time to time by faculty members of the Institute's executive committee, and discussions sometimes lead into an informal dinner. On occasion, conferences are held for wider discussion of the research. Close mentoring is provided in these seminars with the aim of perfecting the student papers for eventual publications.