CURRENTS
CURRENTS: Journal of International Economic Law
CURRENTS: JIEL is a law journal at South Texas College of Law Houston. The journal began in 1991-1992 when there were few journals focused on the areas now considered part of international economic law. CURRENTS: JIEL was such an early entrant that the field of international economic law did not yet have a name. Consequently, the journal started out as CURRENTS: Journal of International Trade Law. In 2016, as it became the journal of the law school’s Institute for International Legal Practice & National Security (IILP & NS), the journal adopted its new name.
CURRENTS: JIEL publishes articles and essays by scholars and legal practitioners. The journal also publishes a feature on breaking issues in international economic law:
- International trade in goods and services at the multilateral, regional and unilateral level
- Areas of law relating to international business transactions (dealing with the sale and distribution of goods/services; intellectual property rights and licensing of such rights; foreign direct investment (and dispute resolution connected to such investment)
- International antitrust/competition law
- International anti-corruption efforts
- Export controls/sanctions
- Financing of international transactions
- International Development law
- International Dispute resolution (including ADR, international commercial arbitration, international investment arbitration)
- International environmental law as it connects to trade and transactions
- International labor law as it connects to trade and transactions
It is the goal of CURRENTS: JIEL would like to establish even closer connections to the global marketplace represented by the city of Houston by reaching out to the business community for the following:
- Lawyers, business leaders, and economists willing to suggest ideas and speakers for a regular symposium series in the journal devoted to areas of international practice of significance to Texas, and therefore the United States (either annual or biennial)
- Lawyers, business leaders, and economists willing to serve a board members for the newly reimagined journal
What can the journal and the Institute offer?
- A thirty-year journal available on all electronic platforms – LEXIS. Westlaw, Hein Online – with an established readership
- A tradition of putting on symposia and conferences in the field of international economic law
- A location in downtown Houston for putting on programs related to any aspect of international trade and business under the sponsorship of STCLH and the IILP & NS.
Editorial Board
2022-2023
Editor in Chief
Catherine Welch
Managing Editor
John Logan Wilson (Fall 2022)
Morgan McDaniel (Spring 2023)
Executive Editor
Miranda Mann
Articles & Notes Editors
Charles Mills (Fall 2022)
Matthew Rommelmann (Fall 2022)
Alec Zorich (Fall 2022)
Irvin Quiroz
Ashley Mozey (Spring 2023)
Kelley Stripling
Sara Memi (Spring 2023)
Associate Dean for Academics and Professor Cherie O. Taylor is the Director of the Institute for International Legal Practice & National Security (IILP & NS) at South Texas College of Law Houston. She founded CURRENTS: JIEL in 1991-1992 with Assistant Dean Elizabeth A. Dennis.
Associate Dean Taylor developed the international economic law curriculum of the law school and teaches courses on international business transactions (International Business Transactions, Transactional Skills: International Business Transactions), international law, and international trade. Prior to joining the faculty of the law school, Associate Dean Taylor received her JD at the University of Georgia and her LL.M in International Law at Georgetown University Law Center. She practiced law, after completing a judicial clerkship with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, with the Washington, D.C. firm of Steptoe & Johnson. At Steptoe, Associate Dean Taylor worked for the International Trade group of the firm and focused on import relief actions, Section 301 cases, and advising clients on U.S. trade legislation, on multilateral trade issues, and on regional trade agreements. During her career at the law school, Associate Dean Taylor has been an active member of the International Economic Law Interest Group at the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and has served both as a Vice-Chair and Chair of the interest group. Associate Dean Taylor’s scholarship has been largely devoted to regionalism in international trade and to the work of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly its dispute settlement system. In recent years, Associate Dean Taylor has devoted many of her efforts to developing skills-based curriculum on international business transactions, international corporate compliance, and international arbitration.
Fall 2023 Currents Centennial Symposium:
The Crossroads of International Arbitration, Finance, and Investment
October 20th, 2023, 9:00am-5:30pm
South Texas College of Law Houston – Joe Green Hall
Questions?
Email Jake Hubble
Manager, Scholarly Publications
jhubble@stcl.edu
Eligibility Requirements for CURRENTS: JIEL
- Good Academic Standing,
- At least two (2) semesters remaining,
- Completion of 20 credit hours, and
- Completion of LRW I & II
To Join CURRENTS: JIEL
Students must successfully complete the write-on competition packet and be chosen for membership based on their demonstrated superior writing and editing skills. The write-on competition is held three times yearly, twice in the summer and once in the winter, with members starting on CURRENTS: JIEL in the fall and spring semesters, respectively.
Membership Requirements for CURRENTS: JIEL
- Edit articles and student notes
- Work collaboratively on CURRENTS EVENTS feature on breaking issues in international economic law
- Write a Student Note
- Student Notes are 30 pages in length with substantial footnotes authored by CURRENTS: JIELstaff at South Texas College of Law Houston. Notes examine a timely and relevant analysis about an international economic law issue approved by the Faculty Advisor.
Submission Guidelines
Academics, practitioners, and government officials are invited to submit articles or essays for publication. CURRENTS: JIEL encourages short articles and essays but is happy to consider for review manuscripts of any length. CURRENTS: JIEL does not accept submissions from current law students outside of South Texas College of Law Houston.
How to Submit
CURRENTS: JIEL will accept manuscript submissions electronically via:
- Scholastica, or
- By email at Currents@stcl.edu
Submission Requirements
All submissions must be accompanied by an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV). Articles must be in Microsoft Word or Word Perfect format when submitted. CURRENTS: JIEL uses endnotes for citations. Authors are invited to submit their articles or essays with citations in footnote form.
Review of Submissions
Once a submission is received, the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board will review the submission for publication. Authors will receive an offer email with an articulated time frame.
If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please contact:
CURRENTS: JIELis the official journal of international economic law at South Texas College of Law. It is published bi-annually by the staff members and Editorial Board of the Journal. CURRENTS: JIELis received by a wide range of subscribers, which include law schools, practitioners, private companies and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The full text of CURRENTS: JIEL articles are available on Hein Online, Westlaw and Lexis.
The table of contents of the articles and essays included in past issues is available below.
Archived Issues
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To donate to CURRENTS: JIEL scholarship program please click here.
To subscribe to CURRENTS: JIEL, please email Jake Hubble, the Manager of Scholarly Publications at jhubble@stcl.edu
To ask questions about the journal, symposia or the IILP & NS, please contact Associate Dean Cherie Taylor at ctaylor@stcl.edu