About the Center for International Law

Founded with funding from the Starr Foundation, the Center for International Law supports teaching and research in a broad range of areas of international law. The Center derives much of its strength from interaction with New York City's business, financial, and legal communities. It also has an advisory board. The Center:

  • Is the publisher of The International Review, which is the only academic newsletter issued by an ABA-accredited law school that reports on a broad range of contemporary international and comparative law issues in plain English. In 2009, the newsletter won the Gold Award for “Most Improved Editorial (Print Newsletter)” in the Magnum Opus Awards. In 2007, The Newsletter on Newsletters awarded The International Review with its Gold Award for "Best Edited Organization Newsletter."
  • Sponsors conferences and symposia which bring together business people, legal practitioners, and national and international public figures to discuss timely topics in international law. Speakers have included a Nobel laureate, a former Director of Legal Affairs of the World Trade Organization; a prominent justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; a former United States Secretary of the Treasury; and prominent academicians and practioners who have talked about global migration; the International Criminal Court; the European Court of Justice; the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization; Latin American financing; the Russian securities markets; the introduction of the Euro; and the compatibility of world trade and the environment, among other topics.
  • Provides extensive on-line resources for researching careers in international law, including direct links to internship opportunities, career forums, and study abroad materials. Federal work-study opportunities are also available for students.
  • Sponsors Research Assistants, Fellows, Scholars, and Associates (including the Law School's Harlan Scholars).


There are also some misconceptions concerning the Center for International Law. For example:

  • It does NOT determine which international law courses the Law School will offer during a particular academic year. Rather, the Faculty and the Office of Academic Affairs schedule courses for the Law School. Whether a particular international law course will even be offered during a certain semester depends on various factors, including instructor availability and sufficient course enrollment.
  • It does NOT administer the Law School's summer abroad program. Instead, the Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for this area. Please visit that homepage for more information.


The Director of the Center is Professor Lloyd Bonfield. The Emeritus Director is Professor Sydney M. Cone, III. Faculty affiliated with the Center include Lung-chu Chen, Stephen Ellmann, Molly Land, Frank Munger, Rudolph Peritz, and Sadiq Reza. The Administrative Associate Director is Michael Rhee.

Mailing address:
New York Law School
Center for International Law
185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013-2921

Physical office:
Room SW-920 on the 9th floor of 40 Worth Street

Tel: (212) 431-2865
Fax: (212) 966-6393

Information and comments: Michael.Rhee@nyls.edu

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