Faculty and Curriculum Interest Areas

Most members of our faculty have taught at prominent institutions all over the world. Many professors engage in research and activities that take them overseas and are of international significance. Quite apart from "globalization" trends and their implications for the practice of law, our faculty believes that a great law school owes its students a cosmopolitan legal education.

At Michigan students are exposed to an international and comparative perspective throughout the Law School curriculum, not just in classes that traditionally focus on these issues. Michigan is the first law school in the United States to require its students to take Transnational Law before they graduate. Today, virtually every area of the law is being internationalized so whether a student is studying corporate law, financial institutions, tax law, family law, or intellectual property, the professor will examine the legal issues in a global context.

In recent years, major conferences have been organized by student groups, student journals, and faculty on women's international human rights, international trade, international tax, post-cold war security threats, and corporate governance in transition economies. Thus, our regular course offerings are enriched by the participation of eminent lawyers, public figures, and government officials from the United States and abroad in classes, conferences, and workshops.