BLS students: During International Education Week, there will be a lively panel discussion on the topic of international careers. Speakers will be: Amy Hsieh, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law & Executive Director of the Public Service Law Center (BLS), Elizabeth Gradinger, Associate Director of BLS Career & Professional Development (BLS), and Michael Khorsandi ('06), Vice President, Trade and Regulatory Counsel at Ross Stores. These speakers will provide information about various career paths (in the private and public sectors) available to students interested in international law. Librarian Jean Davis will make available an updated international opportunities handout (which will become available to BLS students through BLSConnect on this BLS Career Center page under heading: International Law). Book giveaway, too! Looking forward to seeing you at this panel on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 12:45 pm in room 502.
American Society of International Law (ASIL) describes its free Insights as: "concise, objective, and timely background regarding recent developments in international law." Editors of ASIL's International Legal Materials also publish free International Law in Brief updates on new IL developments. Great sources for IL paper topic selection!
Recording of recent roundtable sponsored by American Society of International Law's Women in International Law Interest Group. Featured "accomplished professionals across the international law sphere, including in academia, government, international organizations, and law firms. Panelists discuss[ed] their career paths and offer[ed] professional advice and insights for women interested in pursuing careers in international law."
IL career guide.
Excerpt from guide's description: "[P]resents a broad lineup of diverse contributors who share their experiences of how they transitioned into international legal practice. Fifteen authors detail their goals, their paths, and how their professional lives have evolved."
Free database created/updated by Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School. Database's description states this tool is "the most comprehensive resource tracking climate change litigation worldwide. It contains more than 3,000 cases that address climate change law, policy, and science."
Annual compilation (most current vol. = 2023). Update by reading "section on contemporary U.S. practice in international law" in each issue of American Journal of International Law.
The Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State "publishes the annual Digest of United States Practice in International Law to provide the public with a historical record of the views and practice of the Government of the United States in public and private international law."
Excerpt from book's description: "[Dr.] Shannonbrooke Murphy addresses the perennial question of who has a 'right' to resist - and what, when, why, and how, from a legal perspective."
Introduction to the International Court of Justice + International Criminal Court by Karen Sokol, Congressional Research Service.
Study aid on the International Criminal Court by Profs. Leila Nadya Sadat, Patrick Keenan & Milena Sterio.
Includes: Ch. 2: Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Referrals to the Court.
Book description: "A free and open textbook for today's human rights challenges" by Prof. Philip G. Alston.
Study aid on international human rights by Profs. David P. Steward, Dinah L. Shelton. Evelyn Aswad & Michael Addo.
Excerpt from book's description: "Provides a comprehensive overview of the international, regional and domestic human rights systems, as well as the treatment of human rights treaties and norms within the U.S. legal system."
Casebook by by Profs. Lori F. Damrosch, Sean D. Murphy & Julian Arato.
Includes: Ch. 1: Nature of International Law + Ch. 2.: Sources: Customary International Law + Ch. 3. Law of Treaties + Ch. 4: General Principles of Law and Subsidiary Sources + Ch. 5: Other Sources of International Law.
Excerpt from book's description: "This new edition of International Law Stories sets some of the most significant international law cases in their social, political, and historical contexts." Contributors "have worked as judges on international courts, legal advisors to governments, advocates before international and national courts, members of United Nations bodies, and academics."
Infographic created by Karel Sokol, U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Edited by Prof. Jutta Brunnée and others.
Excerpt from book's summary: "[E]xplores how climate change is reshaping the law, drawing on contributions from legal scholars across diverse fields. The book examines how climate change impacts areas such as governance, justice, housing, and disability law." "The authors consider the roles of international, Indigenous, and domestic legal systems in addressing climate-related issues."
Excerpt from book's description: "The book addresses the impact of the first judgment of the 'World Court' on the development of international law and its continuing relevance."
Open access ebook edited by Profs. Nicole Watson & Heather Douglas.
Excerpt from book's description: [P]rovides a comprehensive resource for accommodating and pursuing Indigenous perspectives in legal education.The first section highlights the continuing issues that Indigenous people face in law schools and universities, including the ongoing impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma, institutional racism and exclusion."
Collection of digital treatises on many IL topics published by Oxford University Press.
Excerpt from book's description: "Developed through interviews with eighty State Department senior officials from across five recent administrations, [Prof.] Philip Moremen provides a qualitatively and quantitatively rich study of the extent to which and under what conditions the United States and other countries comply with international law."
Hornbook/study aid by Prof. Sean D. Murphy.
Excerpt from book's summary: "The first part of the book addresses how international law is created, interpreted, and enforced; the second part focuses on the interface of international law and national law, with an emphasis on U.S. law; and the final part covers key subject matter areas: human rights, injury to foreigners, the law of the sea, international environmental law, international criminal law, the use of force, and arms control."
Hornbook/research guide by experienced law librarians/legal research stars Kent Olson & Aaron Kirschenfeld.
Includes Ch. 17: International Law + Ch. 18: The Law of Other Countries + Appendix: Selected Treatises by Subject. Authors provide a regularly updated list of links to sites referenced in their book @ https://guides.lib.unc.edu/plr4th. This list includes Bluebook Rules referenced in their book, updated through the 22nd ed. (2025) of The Bluebook.
In the Preface, Charles L.O. Buderi descrbies this source as "a virtual encyclopedia of the world of international law, its origins, sources, institutions, rules, developing trends and current challenges." Available in subscription Kluwer Arbitration database.
Includes: Ch. 1: Introduction + Ch. 2: International Organizations and International Law + Ch. 3: Sources of International Law + Ch. 4: States and Governments in the International Order.
New ed. of an IL study aid by Prof. Sean D. Murphy.
Includes: Ch. 1: Application and Relevance of International Law + Ch. 2: Sources of International Law.
Excerpt from book's description: "This book explores times, spaces and imaginings relating to international law through the lens of queer theory."
Partial revision of Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.
Covers topics: Treaties, Jurisdiction + Sovereign Immunity. Format = Comments, Reporters' Notes + Case Citations.
Excerpt from this open access ebook's description: "2024-2025 mark[ed] a pivotal shift in international climate law, as advisory opinions before international and regional courts and tribunals beg[an] to shape the global response to the climate crisis." Read also the International Court of Justice's July 23, 2025 advisory opinion: Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change + the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' Advisory Opinion 32 of 2025: Climate Emergency and Human Rights.
A United Nations (UN) overview of its work to develop international law. Links to these UN resource pages: United Nations Treaty Collection, International Court of Justice, Oceans and the Law of the Sea + International Criminal Court.
An overview of how the United Nations (UN) works to protect human rights. Links to key legal instruments that aid the UN in protecting human rights. Also links to websites of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, human rights treaty bodies & independent human rights experts with mandates to report/advise on human rights from a subject or country-specific perspective.
On March 3, 2025, BLS hosted "IBL Lecture: Women's Property Rights Under CEDAW" featuring co-author Prof. José E. Alvarez. 1st line of the lecture description stated: "The gender gap with respect to wealth and property is a chasm." This book (also co-authored by scholar Judith Bauder), received the 2025 ABILA Book of the Year Award.