L to r, back row: students Marc Bennett, Steven Miller, Gi Jeong, Lukas Goettke, Spencer Price, Charles Wells, Gamble Baffert; front row, Amanda J. Shaw, an associate director at our Center, with students Emily Snow, Yuke Qiu, Leila Knox, Emily Doumar, Jessica Parker, Briana Blakley, Holly Stephens, Lauren Taylor, Alicia Millspaugh, and Anré Washington.

Fifteen rising 2L and 3L students at the University of Georgia School of Law have set out for summer destinations all across the world as part of our Global Externship Overseas (GEO). Administered by the Dean Rusk International Law Center, the GEO initiative places Georgia Law students in externships lasting from four to twelve weeks, and offers students the opportunity to gain practical work experience in a variety of legal settings worldwide.

These Global Externs will enhance their legal education through summer placements in law firms, in-house legal departments, nongovernmental organizations, and intergovernmental organizations, across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Practice areas include: dispute resolution, corporate law, international trade law, intellectual property law, international human rights law, refugee law, and international environmental law.

This year’s GEO class includes these placements in private law settings:

• Gamble Baffert (2L) – PwC, Turin, Italy
• Briana Blakley ­(2L) – GÖRG, Cologne, Germany
• Emily Doumar (2L) – Araoz y Rueda, Madrid, Spain
• Lukas Goettke (3L) – DLA Piper, Moscow, Russia
• Gi Jeong (3L) – Al Tamimi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Steven Miller (2L) – GÖRG, Cologne, Germany
• Spencer Price (2L) – Buse Heberer Fromm, Frankfurt, Germany
• Yuke Qiu (2L) – Hankun Law, Beijing, China
• Emily Snow (2L) – Van Bael & Bellis, Brussels, Belgium
• Holly Stephens (2L) – Maples Teesdale, London, UK
• Anré Washington (2L) – Ferrero S.A., Luxembourg

Additionally, the following students will work in public law placements:

• Leila Knox (2L) – No Peace Without Justice, Brussels, Belgium
• Bailey Meyne (2L) – Open Society Justice Initiative, The Hague, Netherlands
• Jessica Parker (2L) – Boat People SOS, Bangkok, Thailand
• Charles Wells (2L) – No Peace Without Justice, Brussels, Belgium

In addition to the GEO initiative, thirteen Georgia Law students will take part in our Center’s long-standing summer program in Belgium. During the first week of July, students will gather in Belgium for the Global Governance Summer School, which the Center again co-presents with the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies. Students will spend several days in classroom sessions at the University of Leuven, and then spend two days in Brussels: one to attend a high-level policymaking event, and the other on professional development visits at a law firm, a nongovernmental organization, and an intergovernmental organization.  The group will then proceed to The Hague, Netherlands, for briefings at international courts and tribunals and other cultural excursions.

Join us in wishing these students an unforgettable summer, and stay tuned for travel updates in the coming months!