International Transactions Clinic
The International Transactions Clinic (ITC) is the first of its kind. It is a training ground for highly qualified lawyers who graduate already experienced at representing their clients' interests in an increasingly globalized and complex world.
Like other clinics, the ITC provides real-world experience for students working on real matters for real clients. Unlike other clinics now found in U.S. law schools, however, the ITC combines transactional work with an international focus.
Most of the clients of the ITC are socially responsible investors who want to see their international investments provide a positive social as well as financial return and microenterprises that provide services and products at the base of the economic pyramid in emerging markets.
The ITC concentrates on teaching students skills that are critically important to their professional development as they enter into practice areas that involve international transactions. Under the supervision of faculty members who are practicing attorneys in Los Angeles, Michigan, New York, and Washington, D.C., students learn drafting and negotiation skills as applied to cross-border transactions, structuring and documenting investments in enterprises in emerging markets, exposure to ethical issues and the types of disputes that arise in the international commercial context, and an understanding of international economic and financial policies and markets.
Clinicians
2008-09: 9
2009-10: 14
2010-11: 16
2011-12: 16, 6 Advanced Clinicians
Contact Information:
Sherry Goodnight
701 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Telephone: (734) 763-9377
E-mail: sgoodnig@umich.edu