LLM International Trade Law
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Key Faculty: The Rogers College of Law offers a wide variety of courses in the areas of international trade and business law, many of them taught by nationally and internationally recognized legal scholars.  Independent study in most of these areas is also available.  Additional information on faculty and course offerings can be found in the “Faculty” and “Academics” sections of this Website.

James J. Lenoir Professor James S. Anaya received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico and a J.D degree from Harvard. he has served as a consultant for numerous organizations and government agencies on matters of human rights and indigenous peoples. He represents indigenous groups before courts and international organizations, such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.  His subjects include International Law and Organizations, Human Rights, and issues concerning indigenous peoples.

J. Byron McCormick Professor Graeme Austin received B.A., LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from Victoria University in New Zealand and an LL.M. and S.J.D. from Columbia.  He taught and practiced law in New Zealand before joining the faculty at the University of Arizona, where he teaches and writes in the areas of international intellectual property law, trademarks and unfair competition.  He is a member of the Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Adjunct Professor Susan-Jacqueline Butler received J.D. and LL.M. degrees from University of Kiel, and is a doctoral candidate there.  She received her LL.M. in international trade law from the University of Arizona. She teaches European Union Law.

Professor Kirsten H. Engel received a B.A. degree from Brown University and a J.D. from Northwestern University. She clerked on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and taught at Tulane Law School and visited at Vanderbilt and Harvard law schools prior to coming to Arizona. She has also held posts in government, serving in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as the Acting Chief of the Environmental Protection Division of the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General, and in the public interest sector. She teaches and writes in the areas of environmental law, administrative law, international environmental law, property and toxic tort law.

Samuel M. Fegtly Professor David A. Gantz received an A.B. from Harvard and J.D. and J.S.M. degrees from Stanford.  He clerked on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, served in a law reform project in Costa Rica,  was an attorney with the U.S. State Department and a practitioner in Washington, D.C. before joining the law faculty in Arizona.  .  He has served in NAFTA Chapter 11, 19 and 20 panel proceedings. He writes and teaches in the areas of international trade law, international environmental law, trade and the environment, international business transactions and NAFTA, and directs the LL.M. in international trade law program at Arizona.

Robert Hershey holds a J.D. degree from the University of Arizona.  He serves as director of the Indigenous Peoples Law Clinic.  His courses include Globalization and the Preservation of Culture and Advanced Topics in Indian Law.

Associate Professor James C. Hopkins received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Toronto and an LL.M. from Harvard University.  He is director of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program.  His courses include comparative law of indigenous peoples, history of federal Indian law, indigenous economic development and NAFTA and other trade agreements.

Adjunct Professor Robert Hornick  received his B.A. degree from Amherst College and his J.D. from  Harvard Law School.  He teaches a course in Foreign Investment in Developing Economies and Asian Law.

Associate Professor Darian Ibrahim  received his B.S. from Clemson University and his J.D. degree from Cornell University.  His courses include Business Organizations, Law & Entrepreneurship, Securities Regulation and Contracts.

Evo deConcini Professor Boris Kozolchyk received a doctorate in Law from the University of Havana, an LL.B. from the University of Miami, and an S.J.D. from the University of Michigan.  He was a consultant with the Rand Corporation and directed a U.S.A.I.D. project in Costa Rica before joining the University of Arizona faculty.  He is the founder of the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, a research and training institution located in Tucson.  He teaches and writes extensively in the areas of international commercial and banking law, comparative commercial law and letters of credit.

Professor Ana Maria Merico received a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.  She clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  Professor Merico-Stephens teaches and writes in the areas of civil procedure, the federal courts and comparative law.  She was born in Argentina.  During Fall 2004, she visited and taught in Spain as a Fulbright Scholar.

Professor Leslye Obiora, received an LL.B. from the  University of Nigeria, and LL.M. degree from Yale University, and an J.S.D from Stanford Law School.  She recently served as a minister in the Nigerian Government.  Her subjects include Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, and Feminist Legal Theory.

Associate Professor Barak Orbach received his B.A. and LL.B. degrees from Tel Aviv University and LL.M. and S.J.D. degrees from Harvard Law School.  His subjects include Business Organizations, Global Antitrust and Intellectual Property, Law and Economics and the Regulatory State.

Adjunct Professor Burgess J. William Raby received a B.S. from Arizona State University, a J.D. from the University of  Notre Dame Law, and an M.S. from Golden Gate University. His legal practice in Tempe, Arizona, focuses on international tax law and real estate.  He teaches International Tax Law.

Associate Professor John A. Swain received an A.B. from Dartmouth and a J.D. from Yale University, where he served on the Law and Policy Review.  He practiced tax law in Arizona before joining the Rogers College of Law faculty.  His courses include international tax, federal taxation, estates and trusts, state and local taxation, non-profit organizations, and property.



   
       
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