<p>1) Georgetown
2) YALE
3) Stanford
4) NYU LAW
5) Pepperdine
6) Cornell
7) Golden Gate Law School
8) Harvard
9) Columbia Law
10) UCLA Law
11) Santa Clara University Law School
12) EMORY???
13) UC Davis????
14) University of Texas - Law School
15) Vanderbilt Law
16) University of FL - SAFETY - my uncle is on the board of directors.
17) American University College of Law</p>
<p>What do you mean by international law?</p>
<p>Do you mean United Nations, treaties and governmental work? Do you mean cross-border finance or mergers and acquisitions? Do you mean project finance? </p>
<p>What are you trying to do?</p>
<p>For the most part, you shouldn't make decisions about where to attend law school based upon what you think may be the area in which you want to practice. Every law school provides the same basic education during the first year (most of the courses are proscribed by the ABA) and it is your choices from among a school's electives during the second and third years that may affect your decision about what area you eventually practice. Of course, there is no rule that says that you can't focus on elder law, family law, matrimonial law and other related topics while in law school and then end up working as a securities lawyer. It definitely happens.</p>
<p>what Sallyawp said!</p>
<p>I also agree with Sally. It really won't matter which law school you choose. Languages often matter. I have several lateral openings for international lawyers now and they are quite varied. One is transactional in nature for a company. Another is project finance and fluency in Spanish is required. Several others are for international trade with law firns. Even within international trade, there are a couple of sub-specialities.</p>
<p>And I also agree, and have the same situation as cartera. Very few lawyers paractice International law, which is commonly defined as International Public Law. Most attorneys dealing in the international arena represent international clients, yet deal in the law of their home country. Given the importance of globalization in the corporate world, many law schools have internships, study abroad and other international offerings.</p>
<p>sorry for not clarifying I meant like UN, treaties and government work.</p>
<p>I am going to tell you a secret about law schools. Regardless of what you want to do with your JD the highest ranked school is always a better choice because specializations within school are meaningless. No one gives a crap about GW and their awesome IP ranking. You would have to be a fool to turn do any top 14 for such a reason. HTH</p>
<p>I have to agree with ElderCookies.</p>
<p>Yes and no. For international public law I do agree with the above, but if you want to practice in a particular US city, you can be better off at a slightly lesser school in that city. Those schools often have as good if not better placement at the top firms. And, BTW, my head of IP came out of GW. She speaks Mandarin, Japanese and French, and has a global practice.</p>
<p>I went to AU's Washington College of Law--particularly because of its strength in international law. I thought I received an excellent education and had sufficient opportunities when I graduated. I've done fine, and never regretted it. In fact, I liked the school a lot. </p>
<p>That said, if I had the opportunity to go to:
Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Cornell, Georgetown or Texas--I would chose them over AU. I would go to AU over the others on your list although UCLA, Emory and Vandy are not bad choices.</p>
<p>There is an area of law known as international law, but it has little to do with traveling or diplomatic work. International trade law involves regulatory law concerning import/export control, antidumping and countervailing duty work, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, etc. There is also international transactional law which is pretty much what it sounds like - doing international deals. There is also international tax. For an overview of work involving the International Trade Commission entails, look at this site. </p>
<p>Antidumping</a> and Countervailing Duty Investigations and Reviews</p>