International legal issues have become a central element of environmental law, especially in areas such as climate change, water scarcity, habitat protection, endangered species and access to biological resources. GW’s highly ranked International Law Program and its extraordinary international law faculty provides students with unmatched opportunities to build an understanding of the connection between environmental law and critical international issues, such as the relationship between environmental protection and human rights, or access to energy resources and poverty alleviation.

Several courses in GW's extensive curriculum cover issues that are critical to the international practice of environmental law.  These include:

• International Environmental Law
• International Law of Climate Change
• Law of the Sea
• International Law
• Law of the European Union
• International Trade Law
• International Business Transactions
• International Law of Human Rights  

A number of other classes allow students to learn material or build skills that could be applied in the international practice of environmental law including

• Advanced International Trade Law
• Trade Remedy Law
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Admiralty
• International Organizations
• Public International Law Seminar