BC Law’s international program is about so much more
than courses. We offer a number of co-curricular activities, through which credit
is awarded for work in student-directed activities, as well as student organizations
that enrich the international aspects of student life:
• Law Reviews.
The International and Comparative Law Review addresses trade, human rights,
environmental, finance, tax, corporate, and commercial law issues within international
and comparative law. In 2001 a Boston College student contributor won the prestigious
Déak Prize awarded by the American Society of International Law (ASIL)
for the best student writing in the country, and in 2003 the Review published
an ASIL symposium on trade and development. The Boston College Third World Law
Journal considers the problems of minorities within the United States and throughout
the world, as well as international human rights issues.
• Jessup International Moot Court. The Jessup competition
is one of the oldest and most established moot court programs, where students
present mock written and oral arguments in hypothetical cases. Third-year student
participants at BC Law draft memorials (briefs) and deliver oral arguments under
faculty supervision. In 2002, Boston College’s memorials won a prize for
scoring among the ten best in the world.
•Owen M. Kupferschmid Holocaust/Human Rights Project (HHRP).
Named for its founder, a 1986 BC Law graduate, HHRP helps to
ensure that the precedential value of Holocaust-related law is fully realized
and applied to state-sponsored human rights violations today. HHRP sponsors
major international conferences, conducts legal research, and provides summer
funding for students working in human rights. Over the past several years the
prestigious annual Kupferschmid lecture has been delivered by the U.S. Ambassador-At-Large
for War Crimes Issues, the Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Commission
on Torture, the former Legal Advisor to Amnesty International, and the former
General Counsel in the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
•International Justice Project (IJP). BC Law students
recently initiated the IJP to pursue human rights work in the Americas in partnership
with the Harvard Human Rights Program, area NGO’s, and human rights activists.
Such work will include law reform projects, monitoring controversies, and pursuing
cases through the Inter-American system.
•International Law Society (ILS). ILS is a student-run
organization that serves as a focal point for those interested in international/comparative
law. ILS sponsors presentations and workshops, welcomes foreign students to
BC Law, organizes presentations on international career opportunities, and disseminates
information about foreign study opportunities and curricular programs.
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