About the Center for International Law and Policy

The Center for International Law and Policy at New England Law | Boston was established in 1996 to promote the study and understanding of the relationship between international law and policy, with special emphasis on problems of an economic, environmental, criminal, or humanitarian nature. To this end, the Center sponsors research, publication, teaching, pro bono assistance, and the dissemination of knowledge in these areas.
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"The Center for International Law and Policy reflects the global perspective of our law school. Through its various activities and its affiliation with the Public International Law and Policy Group, the Center brings policy-makers, practitioners, educators, and students together on international legal issues vital to the national interest."

—John F. O’Brien, Dean

Study Abroad Programs

Summer Program in Galway, Ireland

In 2001, New England Law | Boston established a summer abroad program at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, in Galway. The program, which focuses on the theme of accountability, offers courses in International Criminal Law, the Law of Armed Conflict, International Human Rights Law, International Dispute Resolution, Human Rights Litigation Before U.S. Courts, and Comparative Civil Rights Enforcement. About one quarter of the 60 students enrolled in the Summer 2002 program were from New England Law | Boston.

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Other Programs

Students interested in a semester abroad may intern in the Fall or Spring of their final year with various international criminal tribunals (ICTY, ICTR, ECCC or ICC) in The Hague and elsewhere. The application deadline for placements at one of these tribunals for both the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters was October 2, 2009. View the Externship Program handout for 2010-2011.

New England also offers international law summer abroad programs in London and Malta and semester abroad programs in New Zealand and the Netherlands. These are run conjunction with the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education, a cooperative effort of four independent law schools. Additionally, a student exchange program exists between New England and the University of Paris X, underwhich New England students can earn one semester of course credits by studying international and comparative law in Paris.