LAW 307P - Global Corruption and Good Governance Practicum.

This course will engage students in problem-based learning concerning the comprehensive nature of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The course will require students to engage in deep legal analysis of both foreign and domestic anti-corruption law, engage in fact finding and data collection, counsel “clients” (the UN Office of Drugs and Crime and the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission), present findings and legal analysis to both “clients” in writing and in the form of an oral presentation via remote technology.

Student work in the practicum will consist of two primary projects, both of which will require multiple written assignments and will require a sophisticated understanding of domestic and international law related to corruption. First, students will work with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria on the Implementation Review Mechanism. This component of the course will involve detailed analysis of the UN anti-corruption treaty and it’s Implementation Review Mechanism. Students will prepare written memos designed to assist the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in its assessment of countries’ compliance with the treaty. Second, students will collaborate with the Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Office of Legal Counsel to the President of Liberia in an effort to improve Liberia’s domestic legislation concerning corruption. To do so, the students will study and critique the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and assess its applicability in Liberia. Drawing heavily on the FCPA, students in the W&L practicum and at the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law in Liberia will create recommendations on Anti-corruption legislation and practices for the Government of Liberia. Students will draft legislation and regulations as well as supporting memoranda. Five hours. McKnight and Rice