In the weeks ahead, more than two dozen students will travel to participate in two global practice preparation offerings administered by the University of Georgia School of Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center. These are the:

• Global Governance Summer School (GGSS), operated in partnership with KU Leuven’s Leuven Centre for Global Governance in Leuven, Belgium, and;
• Global Externships Overseas (GEO), 4-12 week placements for rising second- and third-year law students in private-sector and public-sector law placements around the world.

Global Governance Summer School

This year’s Global Governance Summer School will focus on comparative administrative law. It is set to begin this month, when students will travel to Belgium for a week of lectures led by Georgia Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law Kent Barnett, as well as professors from partner university KU Leuven. The first week of this for-credit course also will include professional development briefings at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, private law firms, and NGOs.

Then, programming shifts to The Hague, Netherlands, where Barnett will lead briefings at the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, and the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. Center director Sarah Quinn and Global Practice Preparation Assistant Catrina Martin will provide logistical assistance during the program.

Thirteen Georgia Law students will take part: Ceilidh Buckley, Elizabeth “Grace” Lane, both rising 3Ls; Elizabeth Burns, Aaron Dasher, Leighlee Mahony, Antavious McCarden, Emily Munger, Benjamin Privitera, Karlie “Kara” Reed, Bailey “Hunt” Renfroe, Casey Smith, all rising 2Ls; and Emilio Suarez Romero and Michael Williams, both pursuing Graduate Certificates in International Law.

Global Externships Overseas

Our Center’s Global Externship Overseas initiative places Georgia Law students in externships lasting between four and twelve weeks. It thus offers students the opportunity to gain practical work experience in a variety of legal settings worldwide. This summer, three students have opted to combine the GEO opportunity with participation in GGSS: Emily Munger, Karlie “Kara” Reed, and Benjamin Privitera.

This summer, sixteen Georgia Law students are set to pursue Global Externships Overseas, in practice areas such as privacy and technology law, intellectual property law, cultural heritage and historic preservation, environmental law, international arbitration, corporate law, and human rights law.

This year’s GEO class includes these private-sector placements:

• Andrew Miller (rising 3L) – Weickmann & Weickmann; Munich, Germany
• Benjamin Privitera (rising 2L) – Alston & Bird; Brussels, Belgium
• Caden Pruitt (rising 3L) – KPMG Law; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Karlie “Kara” Reed (rising 2L) – Baker Tilly; Hamburg, Germany
• Jacob Walker-Fairchild (rising 3L) – Araoz y Rueda; Madrid, Spain
• Patrick Smith (rising 3L) – Baker Tilly; Hamburg, Germany
• Daniel “Tripp” Vaughn (rising 3L) – Sorainen; Riga, Latvia
• Aubrey “Ellie” Wilson-Wade (rising 2L) – Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici; Milan, Italy
• Jacob “Jake” Wood (rising 3L) – Bodenheimer; Berlin, Germany

These students will work for public sector placements:

• Amelia England (rising 2L) – Cambodian Ministry of Culture’s Department of Antiquities; Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• Rogers “Carter” Haydon (rising 2L) – Office of the Privacy Commissioner; Hamilton, Bermuda
• Eman Mistry (rising 3L) – Department of Conservation; Wellington, New Zealand
• Emily Munger (rising 2L) – The International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law; Valletta, Malta
• Chelsey Perry (rising 3L) – Department of Conservation; Wellington, New Zealand
• Abigail Rimmer (rising 2L) – No Peace Without Justice; Brussels, Belgium
• Tiffany Torchia (rising 3L) – Office of the Privacy Commissioner; Hamilton, Bermuda

More information on both of these Georgia Law initiatives here.