International Legal Studies Program

Rana is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algeria. Read More

Gautam Rana, Class of 1997, has been nominated to serve as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic. Gautam Rana, Class of 1997 Rana’s nomination was announced by the White House May 25. Read More

Wuerth's March 7 Lawfare blog post, "Does Foreign Immunity Apply to Sanctions on Central Banks?", and her Fordham Law Review article, "The Due Process and Other Constitutional Rights of Foreign Nations," are both cited extensively in UVA Law Professor Paul Stephan's April 26 Lawfare blog post, "Giving Russian Assets to Ukraine—Freezing Is Not Seizing." Read More

Smith is one of 14 law students selected for the program, through which they visit Germany and Poland and examine the conduct of lawyers in Nazi-occupied Europe. Read More

Newton has been a senior adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues in the U.S. State Department. In this interview with Natasha Fatah of CBS News, he talks about how the International Criminal Court will investigate possible war crimes by Russia while the war is ongoing. Read More

Helen Strong Curry International Legal Scholar Read More

Helen Strong Curry International Legal Studies Scholar Read More

The March 31, 2022, discussion was sponsored by the United Nations Human Rights Council and hosted by the American Society of International Law. The Russian war against Ukraine has led to devastating destruction, displacement and loss of life. Human rights advocates have been methodically documenting violations of international law, including attacks targeting civilians and other war crimes. A panel of Ukrainian and international experts in war crimes documentation discuss efforts to preserve the history and memorialize the human toll of the Russian invasion. Read More

UC Davis scholar Karima Bennoune's talk is the 2022 Victor S. Johnson Lecture. Bennoune holds the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law at UC Davis Law School. Her talk begins at 12:30 p.m. Thurs., March 31, and is free and open to the public. Read More

Nickolas Mack '22 will moderate the discussion. Burstein is an internaitonal recognized expert in design patents. Read More