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International Law Students Association


Work Abroad: Click the link to see where around the world Lewis and Clark law students have worked in the past.  The “E” stands for externship positions, while the “P” indicates students who received a PILP stipend to support their work.  L&C Law Students Around the Globe 

Past ILS Events

Podcast of a presentation by Justice Ansari, formerly of the High Court of Calcutta, speaking on the role and hierarchy of courts in India, October 15, 2009.  In his talk Justice Ansari references an amusing article by Art Buchwald that can be found here.

 

International Careers

Public Service Law Net’s page on International Careers

Yale Law School’s guide to International Public Interest Law

 

Study Abroad Resources

Listings from ILSA

Lewis and Clark’s Study Abroad page

Comprehensive study abroad database maintained by William Mitchell College of Law

Information from the American Bar Association

 

International and Comparative Law Resources

The American Legal Exceptions Series: A series of articles from the New York Times about the elements of the American legal system that are unique in the world. Did you know that the U.S. is the only country that”¦ Allows partisan expert witnesses? Elects judges? Automatically excludes all evidence gathered illegally? And is one of the few that allows punitive damages?  A must-read series of articles about what makes our legal system unique”¦ and better, or worse?