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Syllabi and Course Materials by Author

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Jennifer Allison, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian, Pepperdine University School of Law

Powerpoint - Introduction to the EU (.pptx)

Anne Burnett, Foreign & International Law Librarian, University of Georgia School of Law

Syllabus (.doc) (International Legal Research)
Powerpoint - FCIL Reference Tools and Secondary Sources (.ppt)
Powerpoint - Internet Research (.ppt)
Powerpoint - EU legal research (.ppt)
Powerpoint - Foreign Legal Research (.ppt)
Powerpoint - International Organizations (.ppt)
Powerpoint - Public International Law (.ppt)

Jean Davis, Reference Librarian, Brooklyn Law School and Victoria Szymczak, Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law, University of Hawaii School of Law

Syllabus (.doc) (International and Foreign Law Research)
Research Guide - Starting Points for European Union research (LibGuide)
Research Guide - English Legal Sources Available Through BLS Library (LibGuide)
Research Guide - International Refugee Law: Sources To Support Directed Study Participants & HKRAC Interns (LibGuide)
Research Guide - Treaty Research Guide (LibGuide)
Powerpoint - Topic Selection/Development for FCIL journal members (.ppt)

Gabriela Femenia, Foreign & International Law Librarian, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

Syllabus (.pdf) (Research in Foreign and International Law)

Thomas French, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law

Syllabus (.doc) (Topics in Foreign, Comparative and International Law Research)

James Hart, Associate Senior Reference Librarian, University of Cincinnati

Powerpoint - Immigration Law (Adobe Presenter)
Powerpoint - International Environmental Law (Adobe Presenter)
Powerpoint - UN Human Rights System (Adobe Presenter)
Powerpoint - Sources of International Human Rights Law - AALL 2012 presentation (.ppt)
Research Guide - Treaties (LibGuide)

Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago Law School

Powerpoint - Religious Freedom in the EU (.pptx)

Tom Kimbrough, Associate Director for Public Services, SMU Dedman School of Law

Syllabus (.doc) (Foreign and International Legal Research )
Course Requirements (.doc)
In-class exercises and Discussion Board participation (.doc)
Exercise - Basic legal research skills (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - FCIL print materials (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - FCIL electronic databases (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - FCIL internet research (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - ICJ and other IGOs (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - International Law (.doc) (with model answers)
Exercise - Non-treaty International Law (.doc) (with model answers)
Final Exam (.doc)
Legal Research Guide Assignment (.doc)
Student Presentations (.doc)

Saskia Mehlhorn, Research Librarian, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Script - Foreign and International Legal Research (.doc)
Handout - European Union law (.doc)
Research Guide - NAFTA (PBworks)
Powerpoint - German Court System (Slideshare)
Powerpoint - Foreign and International Legal Research (Slideshare)

Lee Peoples, Law Library Director and Professor of Law Library Science, Oklahoma City University School of Law

Research Guide - Common Law and the UK Legal System (Google Doc pdf)
Assignment - Foreign Legal Research (.doc)
Powerpoint - Chinese Legal System (Google Doc pdf)
Powerpoint - Civil Law and the Mexican Legal System (Google Doc pdf)

Marylin Raisch, Associate Law Librarian for International & Foreign Law and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Syllabus (.doc) (Legal Research and Communications Theory in International and Foreign Law)

Jeanne Rehberg, Foreign & International Law Reference Librarian, New York University School of Law

Powerpoint - International Trade and WTO (.ppt)
Research Guide - WTO and GATT Research (LibGuide)

Mary Rumsey, Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian and Professor of Legal Research Instruction, University of Minnesota

Wanita Scroggs, Foreign and International Reference Librarian, Stetson University College of Law

Syllabus (.doc) (Advanced Legal Research: International - online course)

Alison Shea, Reference Librarian/Foreign & International Specialist and Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law

Roy Sturgeon, Foreign, Comparative, and International Law / Reference Librarian, Tulane Law School

Syllabus (.pdf) (Foreign and International Legal Research Seminar for US students)
Syllabus (.pdf) (Foreign and International Legal Research Seminar for Chinese students)
Exercise - Foreign Law (.pdf)
Exercise - International Law (.pdf)

Linda Tashbook, Foreign & International Law Librarian, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Script - Treaties (.doc)

Trinie Thai-Parker, Reference Librarian, University of Washington School of Law

Syllabus (.pdf) (International and Foreign Legal Research)

Foreign, Comparative and International Law

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