Pace Law School is partnering with law faculties in Brazil, China and Europe to create a world-class platform for legal research and education. We have recently entered into a flexible Memorandum of Understanding with the prestigious Shanghai Jiao Tong University to facilitate collaborative research, teaching and a variety of law and policy projects. Pace Vice President for International Affairs Beverly Kahn, Law School Dean Emeritus Richard L. Ottinger, and I were in Shanghai in November 2005 to sign the MOU.
Likewise, I went to Rio de Janeiro in May 2006 to sign a similar MOU with the highly respected Pontifical Catholic University (PUC). Our vision is to give students and faculty the opportunities to collaborate the education and research necessary to educate lawyers for the global economy and the transnational legal marketplace.
Mark R. Shulman
Pace Law School International Affiliations
Global Bridges
Pace's Institute of International Commercial Law runs a major research, publishing and teaching program. Dean Emeritus Richard L. Ottinger serves as the Executive Director, while Professor Al Kritzer works tirelessly as the Executive Secretary. Professor Kritzer's website on the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods receives 60,000 hits each day (!). In 2002 the International Association of Law Libraries conferred upon the site its inaugural annual website award. In conjunction with Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, this Institute sponsors the annual Clive M. Schmitthoff Essay Competition that awards $5,000 for the best essay submitted by a student from anywhere in the world on a topic related to international commercial law.
The Institute also hosts the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna each Easter. The 2008 Vis was the largest gathering of mooters in one place at one time, with over 1,000 students from 204 law schools representing over 50 countries. For my views on the value of the Vis Moot, see Moot Court Diplomacy.
For additional information on the Institute, please contact Prof. Al Kritzer.
The Institute also hosts the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna each Easter. The 2008 Vis was the largest gathering of mooters in one place at one time, with over 1,000 students from 204 law schools representing over 50 countries. For my views on the value of the Vis Moot, see Moot Court Diplomacy.
For additional information on the Institute, please contact Prof. Al Kritzer.
Pace's Brazil Program facilitates comparative and international research and teaching. It is dedicated to building relationships between the United States and Brazil and to aiding both countries in their shared goal of environmental protection through international cooperation. For more information, please contact the Director Prof. David Cassuto.
I recently published an essay intended to help Brazilian lawyers seeking advice about whether and how to study in the United States. Click to download Exile or Opportunity.
I recently published an essay intended to help Brazilian lawyers seeking advice about whether and how to study in the United States. Click to download Exile or Opportunity.
© Mark R. Shulman 2008