There are a million reasons why a @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social student should consider a Global Externship Overseas (GEO) this summer, but don't take my word for it. Check out some of the testimonials of students in today's @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social post-- and apply before the March 1 deadline!

Our last virtual open house of this year's LL.M. admissions cycle! Please share with your networks.

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social presented as part of the panel “The Trump Administration and International Law 2.0” at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans during January. (1/2)

Happy 117th birthday to the namesake of @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social, former U.S. secretary of state Dean Rusk!

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Emerita @dianemarieamann.bsky.social recently presented “Impressions of Nuremberg 80 Years On – Impresiones de Núremberg 80 años después” at Museo Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico City, Mexico. (1/3)

"At a time when the international order is shifting and global challenges from climate change to conflict are growing more complex, this experience emphasized the critical role of diplomacy, collaboration, and empathy." Encouraging all @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social 1Ls & 2Ls to apply!

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented at the Sixth Meeting of the OECD Global Forum on VAT in Paris, France in January. (1/2)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students! Mark your calendars for next week's application workshop, where we will go through how to put together a high-quality application for our summer opportunities overseas.

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social delivered a keynote address at the International Conference on Corporate Sustainability Regulations and Governance on Labor Rights in Global Supply Chains, held in Douliu, Taiwan, on 19 December 2025. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social's research on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was highlighted in the @financialtimes.com Trade Secrets newsletter, written by Alan Beattie and published 15 December 2025. (1/2)

"Living and working abroad showed me that the moments that feel uncomfortable are often the ones that push us forward the most. And for me, that made this experience not just educational, but truly transformative."

Join us today, Thursday, January 22nd for the first speaker in the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's spring 2026 Tax Policy Colloquium Series, led by Professor Assaf Harpaz! (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social published “The ILO’s Right to Strike: Distinguishing Non-Binding Principles from Binding Conventions at the ICJ” in @ejiltalk.bsky.social, the blog of the European Journal of International Law. (1/2)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Christopher Bruner was featured on @law360.bsky.social regarding the evolving global footprint of large US law firms. The article titled “How BigLaw Is Redrawing Its Global Map For 2026” was written by Ryan Boysen and published 12/10/25. (1/2)

Looking forward to this discussion next week! All are invited to attend.

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social student Isaac Clement (J.D. ’27) was selected to participate in The Hague Academy of International Law's Private International Law summer course. This initiative will take place at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. (1/2)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Assaf Harpaz recently presented his draft article, “Tax Sovereignty,” at the Junior International Law Scholars Association (JILSA) Annual Meeting. The event was held at the @uhawaiilaw.bsky.social on January 7. (1/2)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students: it's not too late to apply priority decision for our summer 2026 Global Externships Overseas (GEOs)! Information & application links can be found in the post below. Make sure to apply by January 15th deadline for priority consideration!

This was a great experiential learning opportunity for our @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students interested in international law. Thank you to our alumni and partners in Atlanta who made this a possibility, and to Professor @desireelc.bsky.social for her work designing and implementing this vision!

Now accepting applications for the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's summer 2026 international opportunities! (1/5)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Nathan S. Chapman presented “Christianity, Natural Rights, and Early American Constitutionalism” as part of a symposium titled Natural Rights Across Denominational Divides at the @notredame.bsky.social's campus in Rome, Italy during November. (1/2)

So proud of all that we've accomplished at the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social in 2025! Check out this year's Annual Report, linked below, to learn more.

Congratulations to our six (!) @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students who will be participating in semester-long GEOs this spring. This is the highest level of participation we've had so far, and we are excited to have such wonderful representation across three countries: Germany, Spain, and Vietnam!

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social recently presented “Nuremberg and Its Legacies” as part of a doctoral students’ seminar at Middlesex University School of Law in London. Leading the two-day seminar were professors William A. Schabas and Giulia Pecorella. (1/4)

This fall, six @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students received Louis B. Sohn Professional Development Fellowships to support their attendance of international law conferences. (1/4)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social discussed her research on child-taking at a side event occurring during the 24th annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court, held in early December at The Hague in The Netherlands. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social alumna Chanel Chauvet-Maldonado (J.D. ’18) recently published an article titled “Cultural Fluency: A Necessary Legal Edge for International Lawyers” in the September/October 2025 issue of Washington Lawyer. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Christopher Bruner published a chapter titled “Corporate Governance and Sustainability Incentives” in the book Global Corporations and Sustainability: Rethinking Legal and Economic Frameworks (edited by @barnalic.bsky.social 2025) in November. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @taxlawprof.bsky.social recently spoke at the RSM Global Legal Conference in Rome, Italy. Her presentation was titled “The Relationship Between Universities and Lawyers." (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social presented “International Military Tribunal Nuremberg 1945-1946,” an overview of the first post-World War II international criminal trial, at the @biicl.bsky.social in London. (1/4)

Encouraging all foreign-educated attorneys to attend next week's @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Master of Laws (LL.M.) Virtual Open House with my colleague, @mandyuga.bsky.social! To learn more and to register (for free!), check out the post below.

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social has received a 2025 Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research (TIS) Pre-Seed Award for the research project “Trade and the Future of Transnational Work.” (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Assaf Harpaz published “Global Tax Wars in the Digital Era” in the American University Law Review. The article explores the global conflict over tax governance, particularly tensions between OECD-led Global North countries and the UN-backed Global South. (1/3)

Congratulations to our Center's student worker, Adoris Gibbs, for this well-deserved recognition!

The Dean Rusk International Law Center recently hosted several events for the #UGALaw community as part of International Education Week, a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education. @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social

“Child-Taking Justice and the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative,” an article by @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @dianemarieamann.bsky.social, has just been published in the American Journal of International Law. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social is celebrating International Education Week this Week! Today's event is: "The African Continental Free Trade Area - A New Frontier of International Trade" at 12pm in classroom C-256. calendar.law.uga.edu/event/intern... (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor Emeritus Walter Hellerstein presented at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Technical Advisory Group to Working Party No. 9 on Consumption Taxes meeting in October in Paris, France. deanruskintlaw.com/2025/11/12/g...

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's @mandyuga.bsky.social just completed two Master of Laws (LL.M.) recruiting events this week in Brussels, Belgium and in Paris, France. She'll be in Frankfurt, Germany next to participate in LL.M. Days, an event organized by e-fellows.net. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's Dean Rusk International Law Center is pleased to announce that our Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree program will be represented at several upcoming recruiting events in Europe this month: in Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France; and Frankfurt, Germany. (1/3)

Happening this Friday!

What a team.

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was featured in Inside U.S. Trade regarding rapid-response mechanism petitions under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (1/3)

Mine Turhan, who was a Visiting Researcher at the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's Dean Rusk International Law Center during the 2023-2024 academic year, recently published a book, The Right to Be Heard in Administrative Procedure. (1/3)

@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social regrets to announce the passing of María Eugenia Giménez on October 8, 2025, at the age of 71 in Madrid, Spain. She joined UGA in 1993 and played a vital role in establishing international programs at the School of Law before retiring in 2015. (1/3)

Faculty in the News! #UGALaw Callaway Chair Elizabeth Chamblee Burch was featured by Bloomberg Law and Law.com, Post Professor Pamela Foohey was featured by Law360 and Bloomberg, and Assistant Professor Desirée LeClercq was featured by Inside U.S. Trade. www.law.uga.edu/in-the-news

This year’s annual conference of the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law will address “Crimmigration as Paradigmatic Migration Control in the United States: Exploring the Impact on Communities, Courts, and Attorneys". (1/5)

This was so much fun! Check out how the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social community thinks about the United Nations in our @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social post, linked below.

Almost 20 years after graduating from Marist School in Atlanta together (and starting Marist's first Political Awareness Club while we were there!), it was great to host my friend Margaret Mullins here at the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social's @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social. Read more in our post below!