Although international law traditionally was viewed as a distinct field that was at best peripheral to legal education, recent years have seen surging interest in courses and programs described as international, transnational, comparative and global.
A primary driving force is clear — clients, and therefore law firms, are demanding law school graduates who are skilled far beyond the confines of domestic-focused subjects on the bar exam. Legal educators face the following question: How are they meeting these demands and, more importantly, what can they do better?
