Whether dealing with the regulation of securities markets, the suppression of cross-border crimes, or the resolution of family law disputes, law today is inescapably global. Given the pervasively transnational nature of legal problems in today's world, legal professionals need to have a familiarity with the principles, sources, processes, and institutions of law that transcend the boundaries of a national legal system. For that reason the Notre Dame Law School faculty advises students to take at least one basic course in international law. Some students, however, will come to Notre Dame specifically to take advantage of our distinctive strengths in international legal studies, or will discover in their time here an interest in acquiring deeper and broader expertise in this area beyond a basic course or two. With that in mind, and conscious of increasingly international dimension of the University's mission, the Law School has been building on its existing strengths in international law.