International Law @ FLDM Law School
This section will help you navigate the international components embedded into the law program at FLDM.
These include the Curriculum, the Faculty, the Law Library and several extracurricular activities.
These include the Curriculum, the Faculty, the Law Library and several extracurricular activities.
International Law Curriculum
The Curriculum for the Bachelor of Laws program (Licenciatura en Derecho) includes 7 compulsory courses in International Law and Skills. Further, students have a wide variety of international law classes when choosing their electives.
-- Compulsory Courses
FLDM Law School is unique in offering seven mandatory courses that address International Law and Global Skills.
Those are:
Those are:
- Comparative Law
- Legal English I & II
- Legal French I & II
- Private International Law
- Public International Law
-- Electives
FLDM also offers a wide variety of International Law electives, including:
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Customs Law
- Inter-American Human Rights System
- International Arbitration
- International Business Transactions
- International Contracts
- International Financial Law
- International Human Rights
- International Investment Law
- International Law and Politics
- International Negotiations
- International Relations
- International Trade
- International Transactional Law
- NAFTA Dispute Settlement
- Transnational Litigation
-- FLDM global summer School
In partnership with PACE University (White Plains, New York), FLDM Law School offers ENGLISH FOR LAWYERS:
This intensive program includes civil and criminal trial observations, federal and state court visits, an advocacy company visit, meetings with American attorneys and judges, and more.
- Legal Writing
- Reading Legal Materials
- U.S. Law and Legal Education
- Listening and Speaking Skills
This intensive program includes civil and criminal trial observations, federal and state court visits, an advocacy company visit, meetings with American attorneys and judges, and more.
International Faculty
Every year FLDM Law School hosts International Visiting Professors. Additionally, many FLDM Faculty members have received graduate degrees outside of Mexico, and they bring their international academic backgrounds into the classroom. Almost 45% of the Law Faculty has pursued degrees abroad, including:
- Argentina (Austral),
- France (Paris I),
- Italy (Il Sole 24 Ore),
- Spain (Alcalá de Henares, Alicante, Barcelona, Carlos III, Comillas, Complutense, Ortega y Gasset, País Vasco and Pompeu Fabra),
- Switzerland (Geneva),
- the U.K. (Leeds), and
- the U.S. (American, Boston College, Boston University, California Hastings, Chicago, Chicago Kent, Columbia, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Illinois, John Marshall, Michigan, Northwestern, NYU, Pacific McGeorge, Southwestern, Tulane and UT).
Law Library
The FLDM Law Library has a notable collection of materials in Foreign, Comparative, and International Law.
On the first floor, you will find books, casebooks and periodicals, mainly from the U.S., Spain and France. On the second floor, you will find an impressive collection of reporters from the U.S. (donated by Stanford Law School).
The Law Library also provides access to V-Lex, a legal research platform providing 96 million documents from 132 countries. FLDM students have in-campus and off-campus access.
On the first floor, you will find books, casebooks and periodicals, mainly from the U.S., Spain and France. On the second floor, you will find an impressive collection of reporters from the U.S. (donated by Stanford Law School).
The Law Library also provides access to V-Lex, a legal research platform providing 96 million documents from 132 countries. FLDM students have in-campus and off-campus access.
Extracurricular Activities
The FLDM community offers a wide variety of student interest groups and activities to complement the school’s curriculum.
-- Computer-mediated Legal Education
FLDM Law School is a member of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. CALI offers over 950 lessons in over 35 law school subjects. All lessons are free to FLDM law students.
-- MOOCS
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are offered by a wide variety of renowned schools. The main providers or aggregators include EdX, Coursera and MiriadaX. Students are encouraged to explore those platforms to find new courses on their preferred topics - with new courses being added frequently.
-- International Student Organizations
FLDM Law School hosts two international law students' associations:
- International Law Society @ilsfldm member of the International Law Students Association
- Phi Delta Phi The International Legal Honor Society
-- Bar Associations
If you are interested in career-building and networking, you may want to join international associations, such as:
