This advanced law course focuses exclusively on the doctrines, frameworks, and litigation strategies surrounding Choice of Law in multi-jurisdictional disputes. Designed for practitioners and future litigators, the course examines how courts determine which jurisdiction’s substantive law governs when legal issues span more than one state, country, or legal system. Topics include traditional and modern approaches to choice of law, party autonomy in contracts, constitutional limits, public policy exceptions, and international conflicts.
The course centers on hands-on corporate and litigation training, enabling students to craft enforceable choice-of-law clauses, evaluate risk in global transactions, build multi-forum litigation strategies, and anticipate judicial reasoning in cross-border disputes involving tort, contract, property, and regulatory conflicts.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
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Apply traditional and modern choice-of-law approaches to complex litigation problems.
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Draft and interpret contractual choice-of-law provisions with precision and enforceability.
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Anticipate judicial behavior and forum selection outcomes in multi-jurisdictional cases.
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Construct legal arguments using the Restatement (Second) and interest analysis frameworks.
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Analyze cross-border legal risks for global businesses and organizations.
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Manage litigation across domestic and international forums with conflicting laws.
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Address public policy exceptions, renvoi, dépeçage, and constitutional limitations.
