Involvement with the journal provides students access to some of the most influential writers in the international law. Students also learn from their fellow students who have strong international backgrounds. The International Law Society coordinates law students' professional activities in international legal matters through two areas of focus. First, it encourages international advocacy by sponsoring a team to participate in the annual Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition in which Duke's team advanced to the world finals in 2000. Second, it organizes an annual Distinguished Speakers Series with lectures focusing on current issues in international law and politics.
Membership is open to the entire student body.
Students matriculate in June and take a portion of their first-year curriculum during that summer. During the first half of the following summer, students attend one of Duke s Institutes of Transnational Law, either in Geneva 17 or Hong Kong 18 . The remainder of their curriculum is completed during three years of fall and spring semesters. The political science department offers a broad range of courses in International Relations, American and Comparative Government, and Political Philosophy. Students can complete both degrees in three years, with the addition of summer coursework in the law school prior to their first year.