Teaching Resources

There are many law school classes that have a connection to transnational litigation, including Civil Procedure, International Business Transactions, Conflict of Laws, U.S. Foreign Relations Law, and Transnational Litigation. The posts below contain links to a wealth of materials - blog posts, primers, cases, statutes, treaties, and charts - that may be incorporated into each of these classes.

Materials

IBT Seminar Series

Transnational disputes often arise from international business transactions. Readers who are interested in international business transactions may want to participate in the International Business Transactions Virtual Seminar Series, which returns for 2026–2027 with the theme: “Asia at the Center of Global Business.” This year’s lineup features scholars exploring legal, economic, and institutional developments shaping cross-border…

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Using TLB to Teach Transnational Litigation (2026 update)

One of TLB’s goals is to compile a set of educational resources for students and teachers. For the past couple of weeks we’ve been publishing updated guides on using TLB to teach different classes (all of which are available at our Teaching Resources page). This post focuses on, well, everything! It describes how teachers of…

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Using TLB to Teach Civil Procedure (2026 update)

As the fall semester gets underway, we are updating our posts on using resources on TLB to teach various classes. This post gathers materials that can complement a standard civil procedure course, whether by providing concise overviews of doctrines, distilling Supreme Court developments, or suggesting recent cases that can spark discussions of perennial procedural issues….

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Born & Rutledge, International Civil Litigation in United States Courts (2018) (Aspen)

Bradley, Deeks & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law (2020) (Aspen)

Brilmayer, Goldsmith, O'Connor & Vázquez, Conflict of Laws (2019) (Aspen)

Childress, Ramsey & Whytock, Transnational Law and Practice (2020) (Aspen)

Chow & Schoenbaum, International Business Transactions (2023) (Aspen)

Dean, Skelton & Stephan, Doing Business in Emerging Markets (2022) (Foundation)

Folsom, Van Alstine, Ramsey & Schaefer, International Business Transactions (2019) (West)

Murphy, Swaine & Brunk, U.S. Foreign Relations Law (2023) (West)

Symeonides & Purdue, Conflict of Laws (2024) (West)

Vagts, Dodge, Buxbaum & Koh, Transnational Business Problems (2019) (Foundation)

Zekoll, Collins & Rutherglen, Transnational Civil Litigation (2013) (West)

Bermann, Dodge & Childress, Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell (2021) (West)

Spillenger, Principles of Conflict of Laws (2020) (West)

Hay, Borchers, Symeonides & Whytock, Conflict of Laws (2018) (West)