Global Programs
Global Law at Texas A&M University School of Law
Today’s problems require global solutions. Today’s lawyer needs the skills to frame and to shape solutions that draw on all resources regardless of whether they are local or international. The Texas A&M University School of Law Global Programs equips students to develop the mindset, curiosity and skills to advance tomorrow’s path-breaking solutions.
Lawyers today live and work in an exciting time of change and flux with new players, new institutions and new opportunities. The Texas A&M University School of Law Global Programs is committed to understanding this dynamic environment and to equipping students to engage productively in it.
Texas A&M University has a global reach with study centers in Mexico, Italy, Costa Rica, and a campus in Qatar. The Aggie Network spans the globe with over 450,000 former students worldwide and 35 international A&M Clubs.
Texas A&M Law offers students incredible opportunities to explore global lawyering with recent field study courses to Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Ghana, Jersey, Israel and Scotland. Students delve into legal issues that affect people around the world such as building the rule of law, access to justice, land use, resource management, dispute resolution, and financial regulation. Students may also work on global rule of law development projects for clients in a variety of countries.
Texas A&M former students and faculty are leaders in their professions. For law, this includes global leadership. Law practice today is built on ties and relationships. For the Texas A&M lawyer, the ties and relationships are global.
GLOBAL LAWYERING OPPORTUNITIES
Faculty-led Short Courses and Field Studies
Read our May 2017 Field Study student blogs
from Cambodia, Ghana and Jersey
Join faculty for an international or cross-border component on a selected topic as a stand-alone course or as part of a larger course.
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR GLOBAL LAWYERING FIELD STUDY OPPORTUNITIES:
- THE MIDDLE EAST
- Israel: Water, Energy, and Dispute Resolution
Led by Professors Gabriel Eckstein and Nancy Welsh
- EUROPE
- Scotland: Natural Resource Management and Dispute Resolution
Led by Professor Randy Gordon
- AFRICA
- Ghana: Land Use and Access to Justice
Led by Professor Aric Short
- THE AMERICAS
- Cayman Islands: Financial Regulation
Led by Professor Mark Burge
- Texas/Mexico border (Laredo, Texas): Borderlands: Special Topics in International Law -- Contemporary Legal Issues Relating to the U.S.-Mexico Border with Texas A&M International University
Led by Professor Stephen Alton
- ASIA
- Cambodia: Building the Rule of Law
Led by Associate Deans Cynthia Alkon and Charlotte Ku
International Field Placements and Externships
Placements range from two to twelve weeks in law firms, corporations, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and international organizations.
Global Rule of Law Development Seminar & Projects
Backstop clients around the world with research and information on specific law topics. In this capstone course, students work on projects for clients in a variety of countries, creating a written product for the requesting agency/organization. Through these projects students will improve their skills in rule of law assessment, research, and communication.
Texas and the World
Texas is a global player with:
- $251 billion in exports
- 54 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Texas
- more than 64,600 multinational corporations with Texas operations reported by the Texas Secretary of State
- a 1,254 mile international border with Mexico and a long history of cross-border activity