Internship - June 30 - August 1 and
Int'l Negotiations Class - June 30 - August 1
The Kremlin, 15th Century
In Russia one learns a new truth a minute----------------------------------------Hubert Griffith
History
The University of San Diego's Moscow Institute has existed since 1979, and is the oldest U.S. law school program in Russia. USD alumni now practice in Moscow and St Petersburg Russia, Kiev Ukraine, and Almaty Kazakhstan.
Facilities
The Russia Institute will spend three weeks in Moscow and one week in St. Petersburg. Our Russia program is based at Pericles American Business and Legal Education (ABLE) Project, a continuing education center for Russian lawyers and business people. Pericles is located at 1st Miusskaya Ulitsa, #22, bldg 3, Moscow 1025009 Russia; METRO: behind Mendeleevskaya metro and near Lessnaya Ul.
phone number office: (7-495) 649-2273; Dean Dent mobile/cell - in Russia 8-916-600-3747; calling from outside Russia - 7-916-600-3747; e-mail: mdent@pericles.ru AND pericles_moscow@yahoo.com
Orientation
The first on-site event is Orientation on Sunday, May 25th, 6pm at the ANO Pericles ABLE Training Center, in the Tsentralnya Hotel. This is also where your classes will be held. Classes begin Monday, May 26th. Int'l Negotiations class and the Clinic begin on June 30.
Touring
The program will make both legal and cultural tours. On the legal side, students can expect to visit Russian courts and law offices, both in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. If participants agree, the program director will try to arrange a two or three day trip to a Russian law school in a small Russian town so that everyone can see some of the real, outside the tourist track, Russia. This trip should not cost extra participants.
Legal Tours: In 2007 students went to an IP law conference, Baker & McKenzie, the American Embassy, a Constitutional Court hearing, the EU Commission, a human rights law firm, and some attended hearings in the Khodorkovsky (Yukos President) and Frenkel (person accused of murdering the Central Bank head in 2006) trials. Plus there were two guest speakers in the office: Alexander Domrin (Federalism) and Demetrius Floudas (WTO Accession).
On May 30 students went to a conference given by the Legal Committee of the Association of European Business and the EC Delegation on “Intellectual Property Rights in Russia: Today and Tomorrow.” This was an all day event covering copyright, patent, trademark, franchising and trade secret protection.
In 2007 the two guest speakers were: The first was Alexander Domrin, a Professor at a Russian legal think tank and former Yeltsin government appointee, who spoke on Federalism in Russia. 2007 students said he was a very intelligent speaker and it was good to hear from the perspective of someone who was in government at the time.
The second speaker, Demetrius Floudas, Director of the EU Project for Russia’s Accession to the WTO. Students found him extremely interesting, as he went into detail on the WTO information.
Cultural tours: the Kremlin, Petrodvorets (Peterhof), and the priceless art treasures of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The many museums of both Western and Russian art are easily accessible, and students are quick to discover the night life of both cities. Students who stay for the internship program or the negotiations course attend the American Chamber of Commerce July 4th Extravaganza (which in 2007 was held on July 7), the largest such party outside the U.S.
Other Programs
After completing the Russian program, students interested in human rights may attend the Dublin program. Students interested in business advisory work may wish to participate in the London or Paris programs. Oxford is available for those who prefer intense, individual work on writing by the Oxbridge tutorial method. Or students may remain in Moscow for the Negotiations course and/or the International Internship in law firms and public service organizations.
Enrollment
Last summer 7 students from 7 schools enrolled. There were 1 USD J.D. candidate and 1 student from Germany and 5 from U.S schools. Enrollment is limited.