UM Law alumni from seven European countries and Japan had the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with Dean Dennis Lynch this summer when he traveled to Law School events in London and Munich.

Christoph Grigoleit (LL.M. 1990, Germany), Klaus Hoenig (LL.M. 1990, Germany), Fabio Marelli (LL.M. 1990, Italy) and Alexander Reus (LL.M. 1991, J.D. 1993, Germany) in front of Weisses Brauhaus, site of the Reunion Dinner.

On Thursday, June 28, John Harriman, president of Schroders Bank in Miami, hosted a lunch for the Dean and a select group of University of Miami alumni at Schroders' head office in London. This was an opportunity to bring together UM law graduates (and other attorneys with UM undergraduate degrees) at one of the oldest banking houses in the world. While in London, Dean Lynch also met with students participating in the School of Law's London Summer Program.

Friday and Saturday, June 29-30, Dean Lynch spent a weekend in Munich with approximately 40 alumni and guests. Attendees were from Germany, Italy, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Croatia and Japan, and represented class years ranging from 1979 through 2002.

Friday evening, the law firm of Linklaters Oppenhoff & Radler sponsored a welcome reception in its Munich offices. Saturday featured a seminar and luncheon at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel, with presentations by professors Alan Swan and Richard Williamson. The weekend concluded with a Reunion Dinner on Saturday night at Weisses Brauhaus, with a typical Bavarian menu and band.

The University of Miami School of Law now has more than 800 alumni in 70 countries outside the U.S. The nation with the largest number of alumni is Germany, with more than 80 UM Law alumni. Other nations with substantial numbers of alumni include Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and Venezuela.