THE GLOBAL SPACE LAW CENTER IS The FIRST LAW SCHOOL CENTER IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE STUDY OF THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE.
The rapid growth of the private space industry has created new opportunities for lawyers trained in the complex international and domestic aspects of space law. With bold entrepreneurs leading the way, humankind has embarked on a new Space Age marked by the participation of private citizens in space activity. New governmental space programs around the world, involving long-time space actors and new spacefaring countries, also encompass innovative plans to establish Moon bases, mine asteroids, and colonize Mars, among many other projects.
Cleveland State University College of Law responded to these growing opportunities by founding the Global Law Space Center (GSLC), the only law school center in the United States dedicated exclusively to the study of the law of outer space.
THE GSLC IS COMMITTED TO THREE PRIMARY GOALS:
- To promote the development of law for the peaceful use of outer space.
- To facilitate the growth of the commercial space industry.
- To train next-generation space lawyers.
THE GSLC TAKES A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO THESE GOALS:
- A Space Law Society to engage students with an interest in the field.
- A Certificate in Space Law provides comprehensive coursework and experiential learning for students.
- An Online Course on Space Law offered to students and practitioners around the world.
- An Online Space Law Research Guide to increase the availability of legal resources.
- A student-staffed Research Council actively engaged in supporting the evolution of domestic and international space law.
- The publication of the student-authored STARLAW Blog to enable our students and guest authors to comment on developments in space law.
- A program of Events, Initiatives, and Activities including an annual symposium to bring new ideas into the national and international debates regarding the future of space law.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE GSLC: PROF DR. MARK J. SUNDAHL
Prof. Mark Sundahl serves as Director of the Global Law Space Center at Cleveland State University where he teaches Space Law, International Business Transactions, and Commercial Law. Prof. Sundahl published his first article in space law in 2000 and has since written extensively and spoken around the world on cutting-edge space law issues. He has been involved in many domestic and international legal reform initiatives, including the Hague Working Group on the Governance of Space Resources and the ICAO/UNOOSA Space Learning Group. He has advised the U.S. government as a member of the NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee and the FAA/AST Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). He has also served as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Prof. Sundahl is a member of the Board of Editors of Air & Space Law and has served as the Assistant Executive Secretary of the International Institute of Space Law.