The WLS is comprised of a community of legal, technology and governance professionals who are passionate about developing governance models for new technologies. They are very concerned about ensuring the sustainability of future global systems made possible by these new technologies. To learn more about the global information the WLS community collects, check out our global #WLS2019 report. Increased distress, problems for international companies filing in dollars and disappointment with tax cuts. The impact of the mini-budget on the legal market was unexpected. The country`s legal institutions have evolved into “wartime marketable” businesses. Be part of the broadest, most diverse and dynamic international law and global governance program of any school in the world. Researchers can search the full text of legal information resources hosted by various legal information institutes and organisations such as the Australasian Legal Information Institute. British and Irish Institute of Legal Information; Canadian Legal Information Institute; Cornell Legal Information Institute; Francophone law; Global Legal Information Network; Hong Kong Legal Information Institute; Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute; South African Legal Information Institute and more. The focus is on access to court decisions and legislation in some countries, but some treaties and other international legal documents are also included. Watch: Roberta Di Nanni LLM `16 on the benefits of studying international law in NYU`s global community.
Watch: Professor Philip Alston, who teaches international human rights law, talks about integrating his human rights work into his teaching. More than 15 full-time professors make up our leading faculty of international and comparative law, unmatched in depth of knowledge and commitment. Our global faculty – renowned academics in their home countries who have been invited to teach at NYU – and practitioners from New York complement this extensive expertise. Read more about Professor Alvarez You can apply to gain practical experience in our clinics and internships. In our colloquia, you will connect with emerging fellowships and exchange ideas with authors who write about current topics. This year, there are five courses of each type for students in this specialization. Three of our centers and institutes offer special programs for students in specific areas of international and comparative law: including digital identities and surrounding technologies (e.g. biometric authentication) as well as decentralized technologies such as blockchain and its identity management solutions. Together, these technologies enable decentralized identity frameworks that are independent of intermediaries and centralized authorities. José Enrique Alvarez Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law You can also develop your scholarship in close consultation with a professor. Writing options include: a paper for a class, an independent research project, or the 4-credit thesis option of that degree. The annual conference on emerging scholarships in international law and human rights presents students` writings.
You will develop expertise in various areas of international, comparative and global law in order to equip you to deal with cross-cutting issues that require innovative approaches. Your professors will help you explore your intellectual interests in this broad field and set the direction for your future professional development. A considerable number of our centres and institutes carry out effective work in international and comparative law; They organize events and calendar programs for students. Student groups and journals associate JDs and LLMs with common interests. Including artificial intelligence technologies and their ethical application, as well as the autonomous systems they integrate with to make “self-executing” machine-based decisions (e.g., smart contract-enabled frameworks). These technologies are capable of maintaining and supporting efficiencies in decentralized systems and their governance. Including the comprehensive system of personal data that surrounds almost every person on this planet (and beyond), both digitally and physically through credentials, medical records, employment contracts, and countless others. This data accumulates in governments, companies and institutions and requires better governance to protect the rights of individuals.