SOLM263 - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW CLINIC - 2022/23

This module offers the unique opportunity to work on a real legal project on international economic law of practical importance to a beneficiary. The module is conducted as a legal clinic running over Semester 1. Students will be grouped in a team consisting of a maximum of four students and assigned a project to work on specific questions posed by real beneficiaries who are seeking legal advice on specific problems in international economic law. Under the supervision of an academic supervisor and with the support of professional mentors, the team will prepare a written legal memorandum on the assigned problem and present it to the beneficiaries at the end of Semester 1. The bulk of the module consists on students' independent work on the project along with meetings with an academic supervisor, mentors and a beneficiary as well as workshops on professional skills.