Center for Transnational Legal Studies

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{{Infobox university

|name = Center for Transnational Legal Studies

|image_name = Center for Transnational Legal Studies logo.png

|established = 2008

|type = Private

|faculty = 18

|students = 60-100 per term

|undergrad = 0

|postgrad = 60-100 per term

|city = London

|country = England

|campus = Central London

|footnotes =

|website = [http://ctls.georgetown.edu/ Center for Transnational Legal Studies]

}}

The Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) is a global educational center for the study of transnational law.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.utoronto.ca/students_content.asp?itemPath%3D2%2F2%2F11%2F0%2F0%26contentId%3D1756 |title=University of Toronto - Faculty of Law: Students |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610205621/http://www.law.utoronto.ca/students_content.asp?itemPath=2%2F2%2F11%2F0%2F0&contentId=1756 |archivedate=2011-06-10 }} The Center was founded in London in October 2008 as an initiative by Georgetown University Law Center, providing educational services and student resources. It was constituted as a joint venture between several leading law schools from around the world, each contributing faculty and students to the center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.esade.edu/carreras_universitarias/eng/ged/internacionalidad/ctls|title=Grados y títulos universitarios | Esade}} The Center's founding partner institutions are Georgetown University Law Center, City University of Hong Kong, King's College London, the University of Melbourne, National University of Singapore, ESADE, Fribourg University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Torino, and the University of Toronto. The Center also has several affiliate institutions, including Bucerius Law School.{{cite web|url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/info/index.html#Newctrtranslegal |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Information |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616153620/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/info/index.html |archivedate=2009-06-16 }}

The CTLS facilities are located in London at Bush House, North West Wing, Aldwych, on King's College London's Strand Campus. Students and faculty have access to King's College Law Library amongst other King's College London facilities.

The Center's curriculum was developed by an Academic Council of faculty from all of the founding law schools{{cite web|url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/info/index.html#curriculum |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Information |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616153620/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/info/index.html |archivedate=2009-06-16 }} and all courses address topics in transnational or comparative law, legal theory or legal practice.{{cite web |url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/both0910.html |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Courses |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509144905/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/both0910.html |archivedate=2009-05-09 }}{{cite web|url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/Fall2009.html |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Courses |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616153625/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/Fall2009.html |archivedate=2009-06-16 }}{{cite web |url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/Spring2010.html |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Courses |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510071531/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/Spring2010.html |archivedate=2009-05-10 }}{{cite web|url=http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/courses0809.html |title=Georgetown Law - CTLS Courses |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516153603/http://ctls.georgetown.edu/courses/courses0809.html |archivedate=2009-05-16 }} designed for students intent on transnational careers.{{cite web|url=http://www.asil.org/ab/academibullspring09/georgetown.html |title=Academic Bulletin |accessdate=2009-06-24 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805145242/http://www.asil.org/ab/academibullspring09/georgetown.html |archivedate=2009-08-05 }}

Academics from the CTLS have also offered public lectures on international legal topics,{{Cite web|url=http://www.lootedart.com/NJA9FS820071|title = Stopgap Judicial Imperialism: The Use of American Courts to Resolve Transnational Disputes - Lessons of the Holocaust Cases}} and in addition to the Center's main academic term program, offers administrative support for the Georgetown Law summer program in London.{{Cite web|title=Georgetown Law - About the Program (London Summer Program)|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/intl/london/about.html#facilities|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090716202924/https://www.law.georgetown.edu/intl/london/about.html#facilities|archive-date=2009-07-16|access-date=2009-06-24}}