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Find a New Horizon — Study Abroad With the globalization of the law and its practice, an understanding of international business, trade, and jurisdiction has become essential for the modern lawyer. Summer is the perfect time to earn credits while experiencing international cultures and learning different perspectives of faculty and students from foreign countries. Widener is a leader in the development of innovative and exciting opportunities for foreign legal study. Why not consider adding a law-related experience to your resume’ that stands out to employers and may open opportunities in the increasingly global world of law practice. Widener’s 2014 Summer Law Institutes provide participants with a cultural and academic experience that will be remembered for many years.
Fall in love with Italy and Switzerland For additional information, contact: Arlene Trapuzzano, Coordinator, International Programs 4201 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803 Phone: 302-477-2248 Fax: 302-477-2257 E-mail: artrapuzzano@widener.edu
What’s Inside…. European Option
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Widener University School of Law was founded in 1971 and is fully approved by the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
Special Points of Interest Applications accepted until April 15, 2014 Tuition: $1,024/credit. Financial Aid is available. Please visit our website: law.widener.edu Applicants from other law schools accepted. Students may take up to 6 credits. ABA approved program.
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The European Summer International Law Experience at Widener University School of Law Widener University School of Law summer institutes in Europe provide law students with the unique opportunity to build their own "Summer International Law Experience".
Venice
Lausanne
Widener's programs in Lausanne, Switzerland and Venice, Italy have been designed with the student in mind. Each program consists of a two 2-week segment giving students a couple of different options when enrolling in courses. Students can select from the following options: â– Students with a limited amount of time in the summer can select any one of the two week segments and spend 2 weeks in Europe studying international law and then return home for the rest of the summer. â– Students with more time can select one two-week segment in Lausanne and one 2-week segment in Venice for a month-long summer experience. The myriad of options available in our European Summer Law programs mean that almost every student can build a personal program to meet educational, financial, and personal goals.
The options are many!! Europe is waiting!!
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Lausanne As a student in our Lausanne Summer Law Institute, you have the opportunity to study abroad in Lausanne, Switzerland, a breathtakingly beautiful city near Geneva, which is known throughout the world as an international center for law, policy, and diplomacy. Widener students have been traveling to Switzerland for a unique and exciting summer program since 1991. Lausanne is a beautiful location and the University of Lausanne, our academic host, has a very user-friendly campus. Our shorter course format continues to be very popular with our students allowing them to choose among several options including (i) more travel time after completing course work, (ii) taking a second set of courses in our Venice program, and (iii) returning home earlier, for summer work or other activities. Switzerland is bordered by France, Germany, Austria, Italy and tiny Liechtenstein. Lausanne's central location places most of the Faculty members are great cities and regions of Europe drawn from Widener within reach; Paris, Milan, Florence, School of Law as well as Venice, Brussels, Munich and Innsfrom universities and bruck are easy weekend journeys. Ad- Fountain of Justice in Lausanne international venturesome students can reach Vienna, organizations in each city. Berlin, Amsterdam, Prague, or Barcelona in a day (or night) by train. Any of the five students who participated last summer will be happy to discuss their experiences both culturally and academically with you.
Lausanne International Law Institute
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● International Criminal Law ● Law & Practice of the World Trade Org. ● Trading In and With Europe
Widener Studies Abroad in Lausanne
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Clock with animated figurines in Old Town, Lausanne
Gilded Gargoyles
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A covered medieval staircase The Town Hall
Government Seat
Old Warehouse District converted into new Metro center
Painted Buildings in the new Metro Center
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LAUSANNE COURSES AND DESCRIPTIONS International Criminal Law (Allie) (6/2-6/13) This course covers jurisdiction over international crimes, American crimes that involve foreign nations, international law and American law rights of persons charged with international offenses, and an introduction to International Criminal Court. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/2 to 6/13 – 12:15 – 1:25 pm) Law and Practice of the World Trade Organization (Hahn) (6/2-6/6) International economic law is a rapidly developing area of international law concerned principally with international trade, investment, finance, mergers & acquisitions and banking. This course will provide a theoretical and practical understanding of the regulatory framework of the international trading system; particular attention will be paid to the case-law by the WTO Appellate Body which has taken up the place of a World Trade Court, shaping not just the obligations between WTO members but influencing heavily NAFTA and EU law. The course begins by providing a general understanding of international trade law and the international legal system, allowing you to place international economic relations in context. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/2, 6/3, 6/5, 6/6 – 9:15 – 11:45 am and 6/4 – 3:00 – 5:30 pm) Trading In and With Europe (Hahn) (6/9-6/13) The purpose of this course will be to provide students with an understanding and knowledge of the law and policies of the European Union regarding its internal market and its trade relations with states outside the EU ("third states" in EU parlance), in particular with the U.S.. Accordingly, the course will examine the pertinent procedural and substantive law of the European Union. The course will compare the EU legal regime with legal concepts known to US students, such as the US constitution's commerce clause and NAFTA. The interaction of the different layers of international trade governance, but also the technique of using "technical" trade regulations to advance the pursuit of non-trade interests will be explored. One module will be reserved for the ongoing negotiations between the US and the EU to create a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/9 to 6/13 – 9:15 – 11:45 am)
LAUSANNE FACULTY BIOS
Christine D. Allie (Director) is an Assistant Professor of Law at Widener’s Delaware campus. Before teaching, she consulted on international tax and trade matters for multinational corporations and also served as the Senior Law Clerk to Judge Thomas J. Aquilino at the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York City. She completed her primary law degree at the University of Washington School of Law, holds an LL.M. from The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, in Ireland, and is a candidate for the Doctor of Juridical Science, Taxation degree at the University of Florida. During her legal studies at the University of Washington, she served as the Comparative Federalism Program Fellow to the Institut d’Etudes européennes at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and was a stagiaire at Van Bael & Bellis, an EU competition, trade and regulatory law firm. She teaches and writes in the areas of federal taxation, comparative international taxation, and international trade law.
Michael J. Hahn is a Professor and holder of the Chair of European Law at University of Lausanne, where he also served as Director of the LL.M. Programme in International and European Economic and Commercial Law. He has also taught at universities in Germany, Chile, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. He earned academic degrees at Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt a.M, including his first law degree, an LL.M. at the University of Michigan Law School, and a Doctor of Laws from the University of Heidelberg.
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Venice Venice has been known as the "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The only way to get around Venice is to walk or take a boat. Many Venetians have their own boats but will have the the visitor to Venice will have to rely on wa- “You opportunity to travel this ter taxis (vaporettos) and the public boats, summer. Weekend journeys Paris, Vienna, Prague, which are used to move around the canals of to Rome and other world Venice and the lagoon. One of the historic places to visit while in Venice is capitals will contribute to a memorable summer.” the bell tower in St. Mark’s Square. The Bridge of Sighs received its name in the 17th century, because the prisoners who passed through it on their way to the prison cells on the other side would most likely see the beautiful sight of the lagoon and freedom for the last time. Widener's programs in Venice and Lausanne have been redesigned. Each program consists of 2-week segments and students have numerous options when enrolling in courses. Our shorter course format proved to be very popular with our students allowing them to choose among several options including taking courses in our Lausanne program first and then studying in Venice. Widener’s European Summer Law programs mean that almost every student can build a personal program to meet educational, financial, and personal goals. Last summer, seven students participated in our Venice program. Will you join us this summer?
Venice International Law Institute
1 credit each $1,024/credit
Session I - June 16 - June 27, 2014 ● Comparative Corporate Law ● Human Rights and Multinational Corporations ● European Union Law
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What Are You Doing This Summer?...Why Not Join Us?
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Venice Glass Factory
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VENICE COURSES AND DESCRIPTIONS Comparative Corporate Law (Holland) (6/16-6/27) Today's global economy has resulted in a proliferation of multi-national corporations. Frequently, the parent corporation is governed by the law of one country and one or more subsidiaries are governed by the laws of other countries. This course will make a comparative assessment of the advantages and disadvantages to incorporating in a particular country. It will focus on corporations considering mergers, acquisitions, or joint ventures with corporations outside of their own jurisdiction and on the reasons why a corporation may decide to form a subsidiary under the law of another jurisdiction. For those comparative purposes, the law of Delaware will be used as the United States model. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/16 to 6/19 9:00 – 10:20 a.m 6/23 to 6/25 - 9:00 – 10:20 a.m 6/26 to 6/27 - 9:00 – 10:10 a.m) Human Rights and Multinational Corporations (Regan) (6/16-6/20) Efforts to develop legally enforceable mechanisms for ensuring that multinational corporations adhere to human rights norms when conduction overseas business operations is a work still in progress. This course examines the fundamental principles of human rights law as applied to nation states (i.e., state actors) in the aftermath of World War II. More contemporary efforts to establish legally enforceable human rights norms against private non-state actors, including individual non-governmental actors and multinational corporations, through litigation in U.S courts asserting claims under the Alien Tort Statute, will also be explored. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/16 to 6/20 10:40 – 1:00 pm) European Union Law (Granieri) (6/23-6/27) This course will deal with the sources of EU law and, in particular, with regulations, directives, recommendations and other acts of the European institutions. It will also focus on the role of the European Court of Justice as the highest authority in the judicature system of the EU law and its function in shaping the EU law. Finally, the Four Freedoms of the EU will be discussed as well as their evolution in the opinions of the EU Court of Justice. (1 credit) (Schedule: 6/23 to 6/27 - 10:40 – 1:00 pm)
VENICE FACULTY BIOS Paul L. Regan (Director) is Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law at Widener's Delaware campus. Professor Regan received a B.S. from Villanova University in 1979 and a J.D. from Temple University Law School in 1982. Professor Regan was the Director, Venice International Law Institute for 2007, and the Director, Geneva International Law Institute, 2001 & 2003. He is a member of the Widener Law faculty since 1994. Formerly a corporate litigator with the Wilmington, Delaware office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Professor Regan participated in a number of the landmark corporate takeover cases in the mid 1980s and early 1990s. The Honorable Randy J. Holland is the youngest person to serve on the Delaware Supreme Court, having been recommended to the Governor by a bipartisan merit selection committee. Prior to his appointment and confirmation in 1986, Justice Holland was in private practice as a partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell. In January 1999, he was reappointed and confirmed unanimously for a second twelve-year term. Justice Holland graduated from Swarthmore College. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude, where he received the Loughlin Award for legal ethics. Justice Holland received a Master of Laws in the Judicial Process from the University of Virginia Law School. Massimiliano Granieri is a professor of comparative private law and economic analysis at the University of Foggia Law School and professor of Intellectual Property Rights Management at LUISS Guido Carli, Department of Management and Economics. Prof. Granieri earned a J.D., with distinction, from LUISS “Guido Carli”, Italy, an LL.M. from the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Law from the University of Florence. He also was a Jemolo Fellow at Nuffield College in Oxford, the United Kingdom. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Texas School of Law’s Jamail Center for Legal Studies and worked as legal counsel in the Office of Technology Transfer, Office of the President, University of California-Oakland. He is an appointed expert with the Ministry of Economic Development, Italian Patent and Trademark Office Directorate and advisor to European Patent Academy, European Patent Office. He has practiced and published extensively in Italian and English in the areas of comparative private law and intellectual property.
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Application Requirements Application Deadline is April 15, 2014 To be eligible for Widener’s programs you must:
Complete one year of full or part-time law studies comprising the required first-year law courses at any ABAapproved law school.
Widener students must have a 2.3-2.5 GPA.
Fill out and submit a formal application.
Provide a $100 non-refundable application fee.
Provide a letter of good standing from your law school.
Tuition must be paid before arrival at the program.
Formal acceptance into the program can only be granted once all application requirements are fulfilled.
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For additional information, contact: Arlene Trapuzzano, Coordinator, International Programs 4201 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803 Phone: 302-477-2248 Fax: 302-477-2257 E-mail: artrapuzzano@widener.edu
If you’re an extendeddivision student, please contact the Coordinator of Study Abroad Programs at 302-4772248 for further information.
ABA Approved All of our programs are approved by the American Bar Association. Our courses may be credited toward your law degree at an ABA approved institution if your law school accepts credits from summer programs. A transcript of grades will be sent to each student and to their home law school. Acceptance of any credit or grade for any course is subject to determination by the student's home school. It is unlikely that participation in a Study Abroad Program may be used to accelerate graduation. Consult with your school's registrar. Students are permitted to take from one to six credits during the summer.
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Program Disclosures Changes, Cancellation, & Refund Policy Widener School of Law reserves the right to change or cancel the program for reasons beyond its control, including but not limited to insufficient enrollment, the threat of political and civil unrest, or the occurrence of natural disasters in the location of the program. Additionally, Widener School of Law reserves the right to cancel any individual course due to insufficient enrollment, to adjust class meeting times, or to substitute faculty. Should the program be cancelled, registered students will be notified within 24 hours of the decision and the director will use best efforts to locate a similar program, if the student so desires, and all payments to Widener will be refunded within 20 days. If course offerings or other significant aspects of the program are changed, the director will communicate the changes to all registered students within 24 hours of the change, students will then have the opportunity to withdraw and receive a full refund of monies paid to Widener School of Law; all monies paid to the law school will be refunded within 20 days of a student’s withdrawal.
Travel Warnings Students should check the U.S. State Department web site for warnings about travel to the countries where our programs are located on a regular basis. The Law School will monitor these pages and notify all registered students of any changes or additions to the currently listed information. Should, prior to the commencement of the program or during the course of the program, a U.S. State Department Travel Warning or Alert covering the program dates and destinations be issued, students will be notified and will have the opportunity to withdraw and all monies will be returned within 20 days of the student's withdrawal. US State Department website for international travel information and warnings: http:// travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country.html Specific country pages are listed below: Italy: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/italy.html Switzerland: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/switzerland-andliechtenstein.html Kenya: http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/kenya.html
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Program Disclosures (Continued)
Class Size and Enrollment Class size is limited to a maximum of 25 students/class. Classes in the foreign summer programs are considered elective courses with no prerequisites and the only requirement for enrollment is the completion of the first year of a JD students’ course of study and verification of “Good Academic Standing” at a student’s home institution. Summer 2013, 8 Widener students and 2 students from other law schools attended our Nairobi Program; 5 Widener students attended our Lausanne Program; and 7 Widener students attended our program in Venice. Our Nairobi Program is suspended for 2014.
Foreign Student Participation Widener University School of Law Foreign Summer programs are open to students from other countries that are enrolled in final year(s) of an LLB program or are LLM students who have completed a first degree in law. While few foreign students do apply to our program, we often have students participating from our host Universities, specifically from the University of Lausanne, the University of Nairobi and Venice International University. Generally 5 or 6 foreign students participate in any one program in a given year.
Liability & Insurance
Housing Policy
Widener does have mandatory, low-cost travel insurance covering emergencies and/ or medical issues. The cost of this insurance is based on the length of stay—Up to 15 days = $24 and 16 to 30 days = $42. This travel insurance component is factored into the cost of attendance in the financial aid budget.
Where applicable, students who contract to stay in the host institution’s housing are required to pay their housing fees and related expenses directly to the host institution. Failure to pay may result in penalties to the non-paying student, including but not limited to the withholding of the student’s grades and transcripts until payment has been made.
Accessibility Accessibility varies throughout Europe. Students with disabilities are asked to contact the Program Director for information relating to questions about specific needs.
Acceptance Letter The acceptance letter will include information on the travel specific information and any travel warning from the State Department, cancellation policy, liability & insurance policy, and housing policy with a link to the financial aid budget.