January 2006
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PROGRAMS
Southwestern’s Summer 2006 International Law Programs
Next summer, Southwestern will again offer students the opportunity for
international legal study through its established programs in Buenos
Aires, Argentina and
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; its newer Entertainment and Media Law program
in London, England; and a collaborative program in Guanajuato, Mexico. Each
program features international law courses taught in English by leading experts
and scholars, highlighted by visits to courts, law offices, and government
agencies, and social events that explore local areas and culture.
In addition
to the program descriptions that follow, brochures and application forms
are available in the Student Affairs Office and online; brochures
for the London program are also available in the Biederman Institute
Office. In addition, questions may be addressed to program directors Professor
Silvia
Faerman, Argentina; Professor Austen Parrish, Vancouver; Professor Lon
Sobel,
London; as well as the Student Affairs Office.
London, England
The program in International Entertainment and Media Law will be held from
June 25 to July 28 at the University of London. It will include two and three
unit courses on international entertainment, media, art and sports law; U.S.
and British faculty with extensive international experience; guest lectures
by leading members of the British entertainment and media law bar; and field
excursions to the Royal Courts of Justice, the legal, entertainment, media
and cultural facilities of London (such as CNN and the British Museum) and
several informal social events. With classes meeting four days a week, students
also will have ample opportunity to explore London and other European cities
on their own.
The University of London, the site of the program, is one of
the oldest and largest universities in the United Kingdom. It is a “federation” of
19 separate colleges, plus many specialized Institutes, and several residence
halls. All of Southwestern’s courses will be taught in the Brunei Gallery,
which is a comfortable, modern building located on the University of London
campus in the heart of central London, across the street from the northwest
corner of Russell Square in the Bloomsbury district, just one block north
of the British Museum.
The program’s academic offerings include: International
Entertainment Law taught by Southwestern Professor Lon Sobel; International
Media Law,
taught by Southwestern
Professor Michael Epstein; International Sports Law, taught by Southwestern
Associate Dean Christopher Cameron and Professor Simon Gardiner, adjunct
professor of sports law at the Griffith University Law School in Australia;
and International Art Law taught by Professor Henry Lydiate, a Barrister
who has specialized in the law relating to visual art and design for over
25 years. He is currently a legal and business consultant, specializing in
visual art and design, in addition to teaching at the Ashcroft International
Business School in Cambridge; Birkbeck College, University of London; and
the University of the Arts, London.
Tuition is $5,750 for five or six units,
and includes housing, books and materials. Single occupancy living accommodations
will be provided at the
University of London’s Commonwealth Hall. Housing does not include
meals, but there is a cafeteria in Commonwealth Hall where students may purchase
meals, if they choose to do so. Although there are no cooking facilities
available to students in Commonwealth Hall, the hall is located in the University
of London/Russell Square/Bloomsbury district of London, where a wide variety
of eating establishments are located.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The program in Buenos Aires, offering a rich array of activities in a cosmopolitan
city unlike any other in Latin America, will be held from May 29 to June
30.
This year’s course offerings are: Corruption and White Collar
Crime taught by Professor Christian Courtis, visiting professor
at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), and Professor Nicolas
Dassen of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA);
International Business Transactions, taught by Professor Miguel
de Dios, who has litigated many of Argentina’s most important cases
involving international financial operations, and Professor Alejandro Fiuza,
a partner with the
Buenos Aires firm of Marval, O’Farrell and Mairal and an expert in
international business transactions; International and Comparative
Criminal Law, taught by Southwestern Professors Silvia Faerman and
Kenneth Williams;
International Protection of Human Rights taught by UBA Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs (Vice Decana) Mónica
Pinto, also professor
of human rights and international law; and Latin American Laws
and Institutions taught by Professor Marcelo Alegre of the UBA and
the Universidad de Palermo, and Professor Clara Bozzo, an attorney with
Zang Bergel & Vines,
where she practices in the areas of finance, corporate finance, international
loans, project finance, restructuring, construction and corporate.
As an
alternative to the regular course offerings, the program offers a limited
number of judicial externships in the Argentine Supreme Court, appellate
courts, criminal courts, and federal courts of first instance for students
fluent in Spanish. The externship component runs from May 29 to July 11.
Preference for positions at the Argentine Supreme Court will be given to
students entering their final year of law school.
Tuition for the program
in Argentina is $2,900 for four credits and $4,300 for six credits or the
externships. There is also a materials fee of $50
per course. Living accommodations with an Argentine family can be arranged
for a fee of $600 for the regular program and $700 for externships, which
includes a private room with weekday breakfasts and dinners.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The program in Vancouver, a scenic metropolitan area that is the economic,
cultural, and educational center of British Columbia, will be held from
May 23 to June 24 in collaboration with the International Centre for Criminal
Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy and
the University of British Columbia (UBC) Law Faculty.
Participating students must register for at least two of the following
two-credit courses:
Comparative Environmental Justice, taught by Professor Robert
Percival, the Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law and Director of the
Environmental Law Program at the University of Maryland School of Law;
Comparative Cultural
Property Law, taught by UBC Associate Dean Robert Paterson, a
member of the Cultural Heritage Law Committee of the International
Law Association
and an editor of the International Journal of Cultural Property; Comparative
Urban Planning Law, taught by Southwestern Professor James Kushner
and Professor Edward Ziegler of the University of Denver College
of Law and a noted scholar on zoning and planning law; International
Environmental
Law, taught by Southwestern Professor Austen Parrish and Professor
Richard K. Paisley,
the Director of the Dr. Andrew R. Thompson Natural Resources Law Program,
a member of the Westwater Research Center at the Faculty of Graduate
Studies
at UBC and an expert in international water law and natural resources
law; and International Refugee Law taught by Professor James C.
Hathaway, the James E.
and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law
School, director of the University of Michigan’s Program in Refugee
and Asylum Law, a Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University’s
Refugee Studies Program, and is a leading authority on international refugee
law.
As an alternative
to the regular course offerings, a limited number of two unit, five-week
externships are available to qualified applicants. Students
who participate in the Externship Program will have the opportunity to
work with either the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and
Criminal Justice Policy; or the Dr. Andrew R. Thompson Natural Resources
Law Program
(with Professors Richard Paisley and Shi-Ling Hsu). Other placements
may be available with other legal organizations in Vancouver. The Externship
Program provides students with a unique opportunity to develop legal
and
professional skills in the area of comparative and international law.
The externship component runs from May 24 to June 23.
The cost for the program
is $2,800 for four units and $4,200 for six units, plus a $50 materials
fee for each course. Housing costs will be finalized
in the spring; last year’s fees ranged from $575 - $975.
Vancouver offers
an unending variety of captivating sights and activities. Among the many
popular destinations within a few minutes of the city center
are Stanley Park, one of North America’s largest urban parks, and the
continent’s second largest Chinatown. There are also several cultural
attractions within the university grounds, including the Museum of Anthropology
and the Nitobe Japanese Gardens.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Southwestern’s Summer Law Institute in Guanajuato, Mexico,
a colonial city defined by fountains and shady plazas surrounded by sidewalk
cafes, is held in cooperation with the University of New Mexico School
of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law, and the Universidad de Guanajuato,
Facultad de Derecho. The program, established in 1989, focuses on Mexican
and international law and will be held from May 28 to June 25, with two-week,
two-unit externships offering law firm and judicial experience available
to students who participate in the course component starting on June 26.
Participating
students may enroll in two of the following three-credit courses:
Overview of Mexican Business Law, taught by Professor William
MacPherson of the University of New Mexico and founding Director
of Summer
Law Institute,
and Professor Pedro Vasquez Nieto, of the Universidad de Guanajuato,
a Notario specializing in Mexican Business Law, and co-director of the
Summer Law Institute;
NAFTA and Trade in the Americas, taught by Southwestern Professor
Robert Lutz and Professor Jorge A. Ramírez, Director
of International Programs at Texas Tech; Comparative Constitutional
Law,
taught
by Professor Arminda
Balbuena Cisneros, Coordinator of Post-Graduate Programs
at the Universidad de Guanajuato, Professor Alison G. Myhra of Texas Tech,
and Professor Rachel A. Van Cleave, the J. Hadley Edgar Professor of
Law at
Texas Tech
and currently a visiting professor at UC Hastings; International Business
Transactions, taught by Professor Sergio Pareja of the University of
New Mexico; and Mexican Legal Institutions, taught by Professors
Juan Manuel Alvarez
González, Arturo Hernández Torres, and Rogelio Meza Amao of
the Universidad de Guanajuato. All classes will be held in the main building
of the Universidad de Guanajuato.
Tuition for the program
in Argentina is $2,300 ($3,100 for the externships). The institute does not
provide housing, but can help students find inexpensive
housing within walking distance of the school. Information on last year’s
Institute, including testimonies from past participants, can be found online.
The
Argentina, Vancouver, London and Mexico programs are ABA-approved. The application
deadline is April 3, 2006, but earlier submission is advised.
All programs are open to law students in good standing who will have completed
one year of study prior to the start of the programs - please see Southwestern’s
Student Handbook for additional requirements and the program brochures (available
in print or online) for more detailed information on venues and courses.
More information will be available throughout the spring, including information
sessions with past participants and the program directors.
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EVENTS
Law Journal Symposium to Examine CAFTA and Commercial Law Reform in the
AmericasIn an increasingly global economy, individual countries are finding it more
difficult to prosper alone. Multilateral trade agreements like the Central
American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) are setting the groundwork for commercial
law reform in countries through regional harmonization, invigoration of
business, reduction of the shadow economy, resolution of commercial disputes,
and enforcement of the rule of law. The Southwestern Journal of Law and
Trade in the Americas, in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development
and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., is presenting "A Symposium on CAFTA and
Commercial Reform in the Americas," focusing on the CAFTA example and
what lies ahead for the people of Latin America.
The event will take place on Monday, February 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15
p.m. on the Southwestern Campus and is co-sponsored by the International
Law Sections of the American Bar Association, California State Bar and Los
Angeles County Bar Association; USC’s Unruh Institute of Politics;
and the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade. Panel topics will
include "CAFTA Overview: Regional Coordination, Harmonization and Law
Reform;" "Property Institutions, Financing, Banks and the Invigoration
of Small Business;" "Dealing with the Shadow Economy;" and
"Dispute Resolution Processes and Enforcing the Law."
A brochure with registration form is available online or from the Student
Affairs or Law Journal offices. The symposium offers 7.5 hours of CLE credit.
Registration is $75 for participants seeking CLE credit, $50 for Southwestern
Alumni seeking CLE credit, $15 for participants not seeking CLE credit, and
free for Southwestern faculty and students, and members of co-sponsoring
organizations.
Articles written in coordination with the symposium will be published in
the Law Journal; copies of the issue will be sent to participants. They will
also be available for purchase from the Law Journal office. Subscriptions
to Law Journal may be ordered via the symposium registration form at a cost
of $30 for domestic and $35 for foreign addresses or by visiting the Law
Journal section of the website. For further information, contact email
lawjournal@swlaw.edu.
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FACULTY ACTIVITIES
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PROFESSOR PAUL BATEMAN
• Lecturer, Opinion Writing Seminar for Administrative Law Judges and Hearing
Officers from the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission and the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, Oklahoma City
University School of Law
PROFESSOR ALAN CALNAN
• Faculty Presentation, Classic Liberal Strict Liability (article-in-progress),
Wake Forest University School of Law
• Anomalies in Intentional Tort Law, 1 TENNESSEE JOURNAL OF LAW & POLICY 187 (2005)
ASSOCIATE DEAN CHRISTOPHER CAMERON
• Interviewed regarding the NYC transit strike and the right of public employees
to strike in general, "AirTalk," KPCC
PROFESSOR CATHERINE CARPENTER
• Recent Curricular Trends in Legal Education: What Bar Examiners May Want
to Know, 74 BAR EXAMINER 4:39 (2005)
• Speaker, Embarking on Curricular Change: Lessons from the ABA Curriculum
Survey,
Committee on Curriculum and Research Program, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington,
D.C.
• Participant, Accreditation Committee Meeting, ABA Section on Legal Education
and Admissions to the Bar, Napa, California
PROFESSOR MICHAEL FROST
• Lecturer, Opinion Writing Seminar for Administrative Law Judges and Hearing
Officers from the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission, the Oklahoma Employment
Security Commission and the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, Oklahoma City
University School of Law
PROFESSOR EILEEN GAUNA
• Quoted in "Socratic Method Falls Out of Favor in Schools," Los Angeles
Daily Journal
DEAN BRYANT GARTH
• Lawyers in Their Habitats: Law firms contemplating transnational mergers
should start thinking like anthropologists, LEGAL AFFAIRS (January/February 2006)
• Speaker, The Globalization of American Law? Comparative Law and the New
Legal Transplants, Section on Comparative Law, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSOR EMERITUS MAX GOODMAN
• Quoted in "Socratic Method Falls Out of Favor in Schools," Los Angeles
Daily Journal
PROFESSOR ISABELLE GUNNING
• Member, Planning Committee, Workshop on Clinical Legal Education, AALS Annual
Meeting
PROFESSOR PAUL HORWITZ
• Speaker, Religion, Division and the Constitution, Section on Law and Religion,
AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSOR SUNG HUI KIM
• The Banality of Fraud: Re-situating the Inside Counsel as Gatekeeper, 74 FORDHAM
LAW REVIEW 983 (December 2005)
• Featured in "Law School Professor Couple Gets an 'A' for Happiness," Korea Times
PROFESSOR DAVID KOHLER
• "What's Really Going on in the Judith Miller Case?" Commentary Series,
Fulton County Daily Report (American Lawyer Media, October 2005)
• "Challenge to Military Recruiters Raises Key First Amendment Issue," Commentary
Series, Fulton County Daily Report (American Lawyer Media, December 2005)
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PROFESSOR JAMES KUSHNER
• Annual Supplement, SUBDIVISION LAW AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, 2nd ed.,
2 vols. (West Group, 2005)
• New Urbanism in Europe, Annual Program on Planning, Zoning and
Eminent Domain, Center for American and International Law and ABA Section
on Local Government Law, San Francisco, California
PROFESSOR ROBERT LIND
• NEWSGATHERING AND THE LAW, 3rd ed. (LexisNexis, 2005)
PROFESSOR ROBERT LUTZ
• Chair, Legal Issues Subcommittee, NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private
Commercial Dispute Resolution
• Featured Speaker, Liberalizing the Regulation of Legal Services,
Australian Law Council, Canberra, Australia
• Guest Speaker, International Trade Law and the Recent Australia-U.S.
Free Trade Agreement, Center for Comparative Law & Development Studies,
University of Wollongong Law School, Australia
• Speaker, Cross-Border Law Practice in North America: Admissions and
Ethics Rules, Foreign Legal Consultants, the Impact of GATS, and Does It All
Matter Anyway? Section on North American Cooperation, Co-Sponsored by Sections
on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers, International Legal Exchange and Professional
Responsibility, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Selected Participant, ABF Advisory Research Committee Meeting, Chicago,
Illinois
• Selected Participant and Presentation, NAFTA Code of Conduct for Arbitrators,
NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Dispute Resolution, Ottawa, Canada
• Participant, ABA-Africa Council Meeting, Washington, D.C.
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Participant, Semi-Annual Meeting, State Department's Advisory Committee of
Legal Advisers on International Law, Washington, D.C.
PROFESSOR ROBERT PUGSLEY
• Interviewed regarding the NSA's secret surveillance of U.S. citizens'
telephone calls to overseas and the Department of Justice's involvement in
the matter; the jurisdictional scope of a recent Pennsylvania federal case
regarding "Intelligent Design," the theory of earth/life's origin;
the Supreme Court's decision on a New Hampshire abortion/parental notification
law; and the Alito Senate Confirmation hearings on ABC Radio Network; KMOX-AM
(St. Louis); "AirTalk," KPCC; "Dateline Washington," Radio
America Network; and WNDB (Daytona Beach)
PROFESSOR MYRNA RAEDER
• Remember the Ladies and the Children Too: Crawford's Impact on
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Cases, 71 BROOKLYN LAW REVIEW 311
(Fall 2005)
• "Convicting the Guilty, Acquitting the Innocent: Recently Adopted
ABA Policies," 20 Criminal Justice Magazine 14 (Winter 2006) (with
A. Taslitz and P. Giannelli)
ADJUNCT FACULTY
PROFESSOR JEFFREY LENKOV
• Acknowledgment from Governor Schwarzenegger, creation of the "Littles
in Law" program
PROFESSOR BIANCA PUTTERS
• Participant, meeting regarding development of market incentive systems
for the preservation of historic properties and open spaces with officials
from the City of Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the College of
Deventer, the Netherlands
ABA • American Bar Association
AALS • Association of American Law Schools
LACBA • Los Angeles County Bar Association
NALP • National Association for Law Placement
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