Master of Laws in International Law and Justice
Fordham Law now offers an LL.M. Program in International Law and Justice, in which lawyers gain an advanced understanding of human rights protection and promotion at the international, regional and domestic levels, from its historical evolution to the forefront of cutting-edge scholarship and debate. The new LL.M. Program seeks to enroll international students, particularly from Asia, Africa and Latin America, in the hopes that the Program may contribute to diversity in the student-body and enrich all students' classroom experiences. In order to facilitate the participation of students from the developing world, the Law School administration waives the tuition of two of the five students admitted annually. The Leitner Center also provides those two students with cost-of-living stipends.
Course Offerings
Fordham offers one of the most extensive human rights curricula of any law school in the United States. The following list provides a sample of the courses that offer students the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge of major human rights issues and the system of international human rights protections (not all courses are offered in all years):
This seminar is open to students who have spent the summer as Leitner Fellows working with ...
Leitner Center Fall 2009
The primary focus of the course will be a straight academic assessment of the legality of ...
Leitner Center Spring 2010
As a bridge between theory and practice, the seminar will examine the history, theory, and ...
The first part of the course will examine the changing framework of human rights protectio ...
Topics include the debate over the definition of human rights (and whether rights are univ ...
These might also include group projects that could have a regional or substantive focus. S ...
The course will include the debate over the definition of human rights, the legal mechanis ...
Students will examine several dispute resolution processes for the resolution of interethn ...
This spring-semester course provides an overview of the MDGs and the opportunity to contri ...
Leitner center Spring
This course aims to offer an overview of international environmental law to allow students ...
Leitner center
Yet, the most common democratic justification for this change namely, that nations have de ...
Leitner Center
Emphasis will be placed on negotiating and drafting investment agreements in economic sect ...
Leitner center
It will examine the principal doctrinal approaches, the main methodologies used to identif ...
The course is designed to give an overview of the international legal rules on development ...
The role of ESOSOC, UNDP, UNlDO, UNCDF, and UNCTAD will be analyzed, as well as the role o ...
This course will provide an overview of the problem of global climate change and the appli ...
A historical survey of international humanitarian law and the prosecution to war criminals ...
Leitner center
The course will focus upon such matters as the following: applicable rules of internationa ...
Leitner center
We will also examine the prospects of justice for serious crimes committed in Iraq, Darfur ...
Leitner Center Fall 2010
It will examine case studies where the Security Council has authorized action (including e ...
Leitner Center
Awareness of the increasing power of transnational corporations vis-à-vis the States in wh ...
Leitner Center Spring 2009
