Texas A&M University School of Law Global Law and Policy Program
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.
The Texas A&M University School of Law Global Law and Policy Program provides participants with a unique opportunity to engage with real world problems on a global basis. Features of the program include:
- Engagement with practitioners, government officials, and communities on specific topics of social, economic, and political importance
- Collaborative work incorporating field study findings
- Opportunities to strengthen problem-solving and communication skills
- Collaboration with Texas A&M School of Law faculty in areas of expertise
The three-credit two-semester Global Lawyering Field Course is a central element of the program, allowing participants to gain general knowledge of a jurisdiction and a topic area, conduct field work and produce a study on the topic. Students delve into legal issues impacting 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 law and policy 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
FIELD COURSES
2022 Field Course Opportunities:
- Cayman Islands or Channel Islands: Jurisdictional Choice and International Financial Centers
- Israel: Environmental Challenges and Dispute Resolution
Apply for a Spring 2022 Field Course today!