FCIL Syllabi and Course Materials Repository
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The FCIL Teaching Foreign and International Legal Research Interest Group updated this Syllabi and Course Materials Repository in the summer of 2020. Our thanks go to all contributors, including the most recent ones: Meredith Capps, Janet Kearney, Michael McArthur, Wanita Scroggs, Ken Rodriguez & Traci Emerson. We encourage you to consider contributing to this repository. Also, consider joining the FCIL-SIS Teaching Foreign, Comparative and International Legal Research IG Discussion Group in MyCommunities and become part of our ongoing conversation. If you are unable to attend the annual meeting or if you have any questions about this group, you may also reach out to the interest group chair for additional information.
Syllabi and Related Documents
| Anne Burnett – University of Georgia School of Law | |||
| Fall 2010 | International Legal Research | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Meredith Capps – Vanderbilt Law School | |||
| Fall 2019 | Transnational Legal Research | Syllabus (.pdf) | |
| Jean Davis and Victoria Szymczak – Brooklyn Law School and University of Hawaii | |||
| Fall 2011 | International and Foreign Law Research | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Gabriela Femenia – University of Pennsylvania Law School | |||
| Spring 2012 | Research in Foreign and International Law | Syllabus (.pdf) Final Project Description (.pdf) |
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| Thomas French – Syracuse University College of Law | |||
| Spring 2011 | Topics in Foreign, Comparative and International Law Research | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Ryan Harrington – Yale Law School | |||
| Spring 2014 | Specialized Legal Research in Foreign and International Law | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Tom Kimbrough – SMU Dedman School of Law | |||
| Spring 2011 | Foreign and International Legal Research | Syllabus (.doc) Course Requirements (.doc) In-class exercises and Discussion Board participation (.doc) |
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| Michael McArthur – Duke Law School | |||
| Fall 2019 | Research Methods in International, Foreign, and Comparative Law | Syllabus (.pdf) | |
| Marylin Raisch – Georgetown University Law Center | |||
| Spring 2011 | Legal Research and Communications Theory in International and Foreign Law | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Mary Rumsey – University of Minnesota | |||
| Spring 2012 | International and Foreign Legal Research Seminar | Syllabus (.doc) Interest and Experience Survey (.doc) |
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| Lee Ryan – University of San Francisco School of Law | |||
| Fall 2013 | International Advocacy and Research | Syllabus (.pdf) | |
| Deborah Schander – Georgia State University College of Law | |||
| Spring 2013 | International and Foreign Legal Research | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Wanita Scroggs – Stetson University College of Law | |||
| Spring 2020 | Advanced Legal Research | Syllabus (.pdf) | |
| Fall 2014 | Advanced Legal Research – International (online) | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Alison Shea – Fordham University School of Law | |||
| Spring 2013 | Advanced Legal Research: International and Comparative Law | Syllabus (.doc) | |
| Roy Sturgeon – Tulane University Law School | |||
| Spring 2009 | Foreign and International Legal Research Seminar (for US students)
Foreign and International Legal Research Seminar (for Chinese students) |
Syllabus (.pdf) | |
| Victoria Szymczak – University of Hawaii School of Law | |||
| Spring 2014 | International and Foreign Law Research (blended) | Syllabus (.pdf) Course Requirements (.pdf) |
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| Trinie Thai-Parker – University of Washington School of Law | |||
| Winter 2011 | International and Foreign Legal Research | Syllabus (.pdf) | |