Classes
May 24 - June 18
European Union Law I-----------------------------------------------Messrs Olesti R and Saura E
Institutional framework of the European Union; remedies and enforcement before national courts and European Union courts; and selected substantive law provisions relating to free movement of goods, persons, and services, the right of establishment, environmental policy, and equal rights for women.
Exam: 6/17 (2 cr.) MTWThF 9:30-11:10am
International Corporations---------------------------------Mr Manning Warren
Formation, operation and regulation of corporations under U.S. and European law; the special fiduciary duties of promoters and shareholders of closely-held corporations; public and private placements of securities, including the due diligence concept and an overview of remedies for securities fraud; officer and director fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, good faith and disclosure; equitable clawback of executive compensation and other remedies; shareholder derivative suits; corporate compliance programs and best practices; the standards of care applicable to corporate attorneys; and an overview of developments in European Union corporate and securities regulation, including consideration of a European version of the SEC.
Exam: 6/17 (2 cr.) MTWThF 9:30am - 11:10am
International Contracts----------------------------------------Mr Lary Lawrence
Legal aspects of contracts for the international sale of goods under the UN Convention. Topics include CISG's applicability, the parties' ability to exclude it, and its most important substantive provisions like contract formation, choice of forum and choice of law, warranties, risk of loss, excuse, and dispute settlement.
Exam: 6/18 (2 cr.) MTWThF 11:20am - 12:50pm
International Litigation------------------------------------Mr Jules Lobel
Litigating cases with international elements in United States courts. Topics covered include judicial jurisdiction in international cases, choice of forum including forum non conveniens problems and forum selection agreements, foreign sovereign immunity issues, the Act of State doctrine, extraterritorial application of federal law, choice of law issues, recognition of foreign judgments and international arbitration and mediation.
Exam: 6/18 (2 cr.) MTWThF 11:20am - 12:50pm
Exams are never given in advance.
Clinic/Internships ---- 5/24/10 - 6/18/10
International Business Internship---------------------------------Mr Larry Backer
Students participate in practicing law related to international business transactions, including contract, financial, commercial, tax, European Union Law, labor, securities, etc. After being prepared to function in the legal environment, each student will work for a law firm in Barcelona. The experience depends on the work in the office in which (s)he is placed. (S)he may participate in client interviews, negotiating sessions, meeting with government representatives, strategy sessions, and arbitration or litigation. The student may gather facts, and may draft, review, or translate contracts, opinion letters, trial or arbitration documents, and the like. Seminars integrate the work experience.
(Graded HP, P, LP, F). No Exam (3 cr) MTWThF 9:00am - 6+pm
Internship Application Process
Internship is open to students fluent enough to do business in Spanish. Persons who have completed two-thirds of law school concentrating in business courses (or participated in previous Institutes abroad) are preferred.
A student may either take classes, or do the Internship, but they cannot do both in Barcelona.
To give the Barcelona firms an accurate evaluation of your Spanish-language ability, USD will arrange a telephone conversation in Spanish with a Spanish speaking individual. This individual does not work for any Spanish firm. Based on that test and your documents, USD will estimate whether you are able to do the work required. If this language test determines that your Spanish-language ability will not be accepted by firms in Barcelona, you will either need to choose 2 law classes or withdraw from the Barcelona program.
Early Clinic application is strongly suggested (by January or end February). Preference is given to students who have completed at least two years of law school and who speak Spanish or who are alumni, who speak Spanish, of our summer program. In recent years, there have been enough places to accommodate everyone who applied, even first year students (if they speak Spanish), in one internship or the other.
Each Internship applicant must submit the following items to our office:
1) A complete resume (c.v.) to our office.
2) An informal letter to our office with any job or clinical experience, linguistic abilities or foreign travel, also telling us if we are unable to find a firm for you, which classes would you like to take instead.
3) A formal letter (with your signature) (think of this letter as a job interview letter, addressed to - To Whom it may Concern) and send to our office, explaining why you would like to work with a firm and stating what type of work you would be interested in doing for a firm. Please give at least 2 choices of the type of work you would like to do in this formal letter (Int'l Business Contracts, Int'l Human Rights, Constitutional Law, etc.).
4) Two law faculty letters of recommendation that are on letterhead and signed. If you work for a law firm and would like to submit a letter from them as well, that is fine. Also professor's know what to say, they have done this before. This letter should at least address your classroom interaction, any activities the professor knows of that involve you, type of student you are, etc..
5) Student should also include an unofficial transcript containing this fall's grades.
6) Provide a sample of your legal writing.
7) Bring/mail/fax or send as an e-mail attachment all this information to cking@sandiego.edu Ms Cindy King, USD, 5998 Alcala Pk LS 310, San Diego CA 92110-2492; 619-260-2230-fax
8) Once you have provided USD-San Diego with all the required paperwork for the Clinic and proper payment, all your information will then be forwarded to the Clinic Director. From that point on you will deal directly with the Clinic Director and not with our office.
As decisions must be made in both San Diego and Barcelona to obtain an internship, your prompt action in submitting all required documents and appropriate payment (within 2 weeks of applying) is to your benefit, as available internships are very limited and no movement can be put forward until we have all the required documents and the appropriate payment.
USD will make every effort to place each internship applicant in an appropriate office. Sometimes these placements are not finalized until the students arrives in Barcelona. Occasionally, it is not possible to place an intern because the final decisions rest with the law offices. If that eventuates, the student should be prepared to take courses as alternates to the Internship. Appropriate refunds of the extra tuition paid will be made to either you, back to your lender or back to your school.
If you decide to withdraw from just the Clinic and take classes instead, because USD could not find you a placement, a total refund of all extra monies paid for this Clinic will be refunded either back to you, your lender, or school with no deductions.
If you decide to totally withdraw from the Clinic and not take classes, because USD could not find you a placement, a total refund of all extra monies paid for this Clinic will be refunded either back to you, your lender, or your school with no deductions.
If you decide to totally withdraw from the Barcelona Clinic program on your own before April 1st, then the regular Barcelona refund policy applies. If you totally withdraw from the Barcelona Clinic program on or after April 1st, there is no refund of any monies already paid.
If you decide to take classes in another USD program, please discuss this change with Ms Cindy King at cking@sandiego.edu as soon as possible.
Applications for Internships will be accepted as long as places remain.
Applications should be accompanied by either proof of a Wire Transfer or a US dollar check payable to USD and sent to Ms King at the address below to enroll you. If applying before March 13th, a non-refundable payment of $200 is due; if applying between March 14th and March 31st, the payment amount should be $400 (which includes the non-refundable fee). Full tuition payment is due with your application if applying on or after April 1st, and you should e-mail Ms King at cking@sandiego.edu to ascertain that a post-April 1 application will be entertained.
Spanish Language Classes
Two non-credit Spanish courses are offered MTWThF 1:10 - 2:00pm: a beginning conversation course, Survival Spanish, and for those who have had the equivalent of a year of Spanish, Intermediate Conversation Spanish and Spanish courses are open to accompanying persons. Cost: $85 per person for each course.
Faculty
Larry Backer, Professor Penn State-Dickinson; 2010 Barcelona Director; former faculty Tulsa, UC Hastings. Author: Globalization Law; Comparative Corporate Law. BA Brandeis, MPP Harvard, JD Columbia.
Lary Lawrence, Professor, Loyola of Los Angeles. Former faculty Missouri, North Carolina, Hofstra, Hawaii, Beijing, Monash, USD, Chicago. Former extern for Justice Raymond Sullivan, CA Supreme Court. Author: Contracts & Sales; Payment Systems; Anderson on the Uniform Commercial Code; Uniform Commercial Code Series. B.A. UCLA, J.D. UC Berkeley.
Jules Lobel, Professor Pittsburgh. Former faculty Augsburg, Belgrade, USD. Distinguished Teacher Award. Litigator in significant international suits. Author: Civil Rights Handbook; A Less Than Perfect Union; Success Without Victory; Less Safe, Less Free: Why America Is Losing the War on Terror. BA NYU, JD Rutgers Newark.
Andreu Olesti Rayo, Professor of Public International Law, U of Barcelona; former faculty Coruna, Granada, Pais Vasco, Puerto Rico. Author: La Libre circulacion de los profesionales liberales en la CEE; Lecciones en Derecho communitario europeo. Licenciado en Derecho, Ciencias Economicas, Doctor en Derecho Barcelona.
Jaume Saura Estapa, Professor of International Law, University of Barcelona. Author: Delimitacion de la plataforma continental. Nacionalidad y nuevas fronteras en Europa; El cumplimiento del Protocolo de Kyoto sobre cambio climatico. Licenciado en Derecho, Doctor en Derecho Barcelona.
Manning Warren, Professor, Louisville. Former faculty Arizona, Alabama, Emory, George Washington, Queen Mary College London, Samford. Former partner Ritchie, Rediker & Warren, and law clerk to U.S. District Judge Seybourn Lynne. Fulbright Scholar. Outstanding Teacher Award. Author: Business Enterprises; European Securities Regulation; Securities Regulation in the Common Market; Southeast Litigation Guide; Alabama Securities Act. BA AL, JD GWU.
Add/Drop / Wait list Information
Application Form & Personal Data Sheet