Global Trading System
August 2010
Presented by University of California, Davis School of Law In Cooperation with UC Davis Extension
This two-week course is designed for knowledgeable legal practitioners who wish to gain a working familiarity with the global trading system, including international trade, commerce and investments, as well as international dispute resolution. Participants have many opportunities to interact with U.S. lawyers and judges and observe U.S. law in action.
The Global Trading System program consists of 100 hours of lectures, seminars and practicum. As part of the program, participants engage in legal planning, problem solving, decision making and negotiations.
The Global Trading System, Substance and Dispute Resolution is offered every third year in rotation with two other specialized programs: Financing International Transactions (offered in 2008) and Structuring an International Joint Venture (offered in 2009). The Orientation in U.S.A. Law course is not a prerequisite for any of the specialized programs.
All materials for this course have been prepared specifically for this program.
Program topics
Participants gain a working knowledge in international business and trade topics. Some topics in the past have included:
International business and trade
- GATT/WTO
- regional trading blocks
- international sale of goods convention (Vienna Convention)
- international movement of goods (import/export/trade laws)
- overview of trade economics
- international taxation, banking and joint ventures
- intellectual property
- international licensing, sales and distributorships
- direct foreign investment
- international competition/antitrust law
- antidumping and other protectionist trade laws
International dispute resolution related to trade
- negotiation
- mediation
- arbitration
- dispute resolution under GATT and NAFTA
Participants can also engage in legal research through computer and library sources:
- online computer-based legal research (LexisNexis and Westlaw databases)
- law library
- treatises
- practitioner's guides
- form books
- law firm
- law firm computer-based research using in-house databases
Where
University of California, Davis, School of Law.
Fees
Please inquire.
Certificates and credit
- All participants will receive a certificate of attendance if they attend class regularly. Participants who wish to take the course for credit can request an official transcript upon successful completion of course requirements and a final exam.
- Four quarter units of academic credit may be applied toward the part-time summer International Commercial Law LL.M. and/or the Licentiate in International Transactions Involving the United States.
