2012 Summer Abroad
REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO
APRIL 16, 2012
2012 Olympic Summer Abroad Program
Experience the 2012 London Olympic Games
Attend an Olympic Event
The 2012 Olympic Summer Abroad Program consists of two sessions each containing unique segments. Each student is required to enroll in both sessions. Students may enroll in either the London Summer Program or the Greece & Italy Program offered in Session 1. A single 3-credit course is offered in the Greece & Italy segment and two 3-credit courses are offered in the London Summer Program in Session 1. The London "Olympic" Program in Session 2 also offers two 3-credit courses. In the London Summer Program and the London "Olympic" Program one of two course offerings must be chosen. Each student must thus enroll in two 3-credit courses, one in each session, for a total of six credits.
SESSION 1:
London Summer Program
London | Stratford | Oxford | Bath | Stonehenge
Courses: International Human Rights or Global Legal Entrepreneurship
Dates: June 24 – July 16, 2012
—OR—
Greece & Italy
Athens | 4-Day Aegean Classic Cruise:
(Piraeus/Mykonos/Ephesus/Patmos/Rhodes/Heraklion/Santorini) | Olympia | Delphi | Corfu | Sorrento | Rome |Siena |San Gimignano | Florence | Venice
Course: International Civil Dispute Resolution
Dates: June 21 – July 16, 2012
INTERSESSION:
Self-Directed Travel
-OR-
French Optional Intersession Tour
Nice | Cannes | Monaco | Avignon | Grenoble | Paris | London
Dates: July 16-23, 2012
SESSION 2:
London "Olympic" Program
London
Courses: International Sales Law or The Olympic Games and The Law
Dates: July 23 – August 13, 2012
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
University of Miami School of Law
Attn: Toni Nelson, Asst. Dir.
Summer Abroad Programs Office
Law Library – Room G362
1311 Miller Drive
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Tel: (305) 284-3656
Fax: (305) 284-9119
E-mail: summerabroad@law.miami.edu
DOWNLOADS & DOCUMENTS
Overview
Application Form
2012 Summer Abroad Program Brochure
- Session 1:
2012 London Summer Program Brochure - Session 1:
2012 Greece & Italy Brochure - Intersession:
2012 French Optional Intersession Tour Brochure - Session 2:
2012 London "Olympic" Program Brochure
To request a hard copy of the brochure and application, please e-mail your mailing address to summerabroad@law.miami.edu.
DIRECTOR'S LETTER - "Why Study Abroad is a Life Changing Experience"
As Director of the University of Miami School of Law Summer Abroad Programs since its inception in 1991, I write to provide my personal view on why attending any law school summer abroad program and particularly a travel/study program such as those offered by Miami will be a life changing experience.
I first went to Europe to study at Cambridge University in 1968. My wife and my 15-month old daughter spent 6 of the next 15 months driving a Volkswagen, no air conditioning, 15,000 miles throughout what was then western Europe up to and including passing through East Germany into Berlin. Since then I have been to well over 100 countries.
Foreign travel is eye opening. Actually being in an important place like Europe provides perspective incredibly important to today's ever changing complex world. An appreciation of Europe, the European Union and the Euro Zone, along with China, is essential for every concerned American. Our destiny, like it or not, is very much tied to Europe and China.
A person can get some appreciation of other places from books, news programs, and NatGeo/Discovery Channel - but only some appreciation. To be informed you simply must have put your boots on the ground. Ask anyone who has visited Italy or seen a lion in Africa.
The summer between the first and second year of law school presents a unique opportunity for extensive travel/study. Each University of Miami School of Law Summer Abroad Program is a truly comprehensive experience visiting much of Europe.
Participation in both segments will expose the student traveler to a substantial swath of Europe. In the process, six credits will be earned, an opportunity for expanded law clerking while in school will be opened, tuition paid later reduced, and future job prospects enhanced. Travel/study is simply win win!
Most Americans have never left the United States. They know not what they miss. Now is your moment to travel extensively in Europe. Once you are a successful attorney, while the money will be present, the demands of practice will almost certainly prevent spending an uninterrupted 7 weeks in Europe.
- Professor Michael Graham
