In summer 2026, 28 students will travel abroad to participate in two global practice preparation offerings administered by the University of Georgia School of Law’s Dean Rusk International Law Center:

• 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 environmental law and sustainability. It is set to begin in mid-May, when students will travel to two cities in Belgium for a week of site visits and lectures led by Georgia Law’s Professor Catherine Clutter, as well as professors from partner university KU Leuven‘s Centre for Global Governance Studies. The first week of this for-credit course also will include professional development briefings at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Committee of the Regions, the European Council, private law firms, and NGOs.

Then, programming shifts to The Hague, Netherlands, where Clutter will lead briefings at the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and at several embassies and consulates. Center director Sarah Quinn will provide logistical assistance throughout the program.

A total of twelve students will participate in this year’s summer school, including:

• 11 Georgia Law students
  • Rising 3Ls Olivia Haas, Joseph King, Daniel Missroon, and Porter Tynes
  • Rising 2Ls David Bekore, Patrick Clarke, Keith Felix, Ryan Grizzle, Margaret Haisty, Harrison Russ, and Cle’ Summerville
• 1 University of Georgia graduate student
  • MPA student Fatima Tarawally

Global Externships Overseas

Our Center’s Global Externship Overseas initiative, overseen by Center Associate Director Taher Benany, offers Georgia Law students the opportunity to gain practical work experience in a variety of legal settings around the world. This summer, three students have opted to combine the GEO opportunity with their participation in GGSS: David Bekore, Keith Felix, and Margaret Haisty.

A total of nineteen Georgia Law students will pursue GEOs in practice areas such as privacy and technology law, environmental law, international arbitration, EU competition, intellectual property, corporate law, international humanitarian law, and human rights law.

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

• David Bekore (J.D. ’28): GreeCo SA; Buenos Aires, Argentina
• William Brennan (J.D. ’28): Baker Tilly; Hamburg, Germany
• Olivia Buckner (J.D. ’27): Orange; Brussels, Belgium
• Alec Cao (J.D. ’28): Araoz y Rueda; Madrid, Spain
• Margaret Farinella (J.D. ’27): Berggren; Helsinki, Finland
• Tiffany Lu (J.D. ’28): LNT & Partners; Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• Lilia Memarzadeh (J.D. ’28): Bodenheimer; Cologne and Berlin, Germany
• Daniel Missroon (J.D. ’27): Gleiss Lutz; Stuttgart, Germany
• Jenish Patel (J.D. ’28): Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici; Milan, Italy
• Taylor Paulsen (J.D. ’28): Cuatrecasas; Madrid, Spain
• Caroline Schrum (J.D. ’28): Kuribayashi Sogo Law Office; Tokyo, Japan
• Grayson Strack (J.D. ’28): Bodenheimer: Cologne and Berlin, Germany
• Tori Weatherly (J.D. ’28): Kuribayashi Sogo Law Office; Tokyo, Japan

These six students will work for public sector placements:

• Nicholas Ames (J.D. ’27): International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Geneva, Switzerland
• Veda Balaji (J.D. ’28): Civitas; Zurich, Switzerland
• Greta Baraks (J.D. ’28): Antiquities Coalition; Washington, D.C.
• Keith Felix (J.D. ’28): International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law; Valletta, Malta
• Margaret Haisty (J.D. ’28): Department of Conservation; Wellington, New Zealand
• Julia Terry (J.D. ’27): Avant-Garde Lawyers; Paris, France

More information on both of these Georgia Law initiatives here.