Classes
May 26 - June 20
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: 6/19 (2 cr.) MTWThF 9:30-11:10am
International Energy Policy---------------------------------Ms Irma Russell
This course will explore energy law and policy from an international perspective. Students will engage in negotiation exercises to enhance their skills in assessing stakeholder interests and articulating arguments relating to sustainability and climate change, free market economic principles in the energy context, and policies to enhance energy reliability and affordability. Topics will include foreign law and institutions, comparisons of the laws of Europe and the U.S., renewable energy sources, and fossil fuel exploration and production.
Exam: 6/19 (2 cr.) MTWThF 9:30am - 11:10am
International Contracts----------------------------------------Mr Andy Spanogle
Legal aspects of contracts for the int'l sale of goods. Topics may include contract formation; choice of forum and choice of law; warranties; risk of loss; excuse; letters of credit; and the settlement of int'l business disputes, including the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Emphasis on the UN Convention on Contracts for the Int'l Sale of Goods compared to the (U.S.) Uniform Commercial Code.
Exam: 6/20 (2 cr.) MTWThF 11:20am - 12:50pm
International Arbitration------------------------------------Mr Charles Palmer
This course will cover the resolution of international disputes by arbitration. The course will cover the authority of arbitration tribunals, arbitrators and their selection, the arbitration process, the effects and limits of international arbitration awards, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), privacy in arbitration, choice of law and judicial confirmation of arbitration awards.
Exam: 6/20 (2 cr.) MTWThF 11:20am - 12:50pm
Exams are never given in advance.
Clinic/Internships
5/26/08 - 6/20/08
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. Preference is given to students who have completed at least two years of law school or who are alumni of our summer program. In recent years, there have been enough places to accommodate everyone who applied, even first year students, in one internship or the other.
1) Each Internship applicant should submit a complete resume
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) (S)he should also send an unofficial transcript containing this fall's grades.
6) Also, please provide a sample of your legal writing.
7) Please 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 documents on time (within 2 weeks of your application - depending on when you apply for the Clinic) and payments is helpful, 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 or back to your lender.
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 or back to your lender, 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 or back to your lender, 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, all your clinic payments, except for the first $200 or $285, will be applied to this change for the new program's classes. It would also depend on when you withdraw from the Barcelona Clinic to determine if you still have time, and if space is available, to take either the Russia, London or Paris Clinic. Please discuss this change with Ms Cindy King at cking@sandiego.edu
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 10th, a non-refundable payment of $200 is due; if applying between March 10th and April 1st, the payment amount should be $400. Full tuition is due with your application if applying 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; 2007 Barcelona Director; former faculty Tulsa, UC Hastings. Author: Globalization Law; Comparative Corporate Law. BA Brandeis, MPP Harvard, JD Columbia.
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.
Charles Palmer, Practiced law for 18 years. He tried numerous criminal cases, including several murder trials, and practiced in the fields of real estate, personal injury, entertainment, and arbitration. He has served as a military judge in numerous courts martial and a director of the Peoples' Bank of Leslie, Independent Bank South Michigan. He is an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and appeared as an expert commentator in an award winning documentary on the Japanese Internment Cases. Prof. Palmer publishes in the areas of sports and art law and is a co-author of books on the New York Yankees and the Law, Entertainment Law, and the law of the theater. B.B.A., 1967, University of Michigan Business School; J.D., 1970, University of Michigan.
Irma Russell, Prof, Univ of Tulsa, Director of Univ Tulsa's Nat'l Energy-Environmental Law and Policy Institute. clerked for Judge James K Logan, US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Authored: articles in the Florida Law Review, the Washington & Lee Law Review, the Washington Law Review, the Environmental Law Reporter, the Kansas Law Review, Journal of Family Law, Georgetown Law Journal, Denver Law Journal, and the Tennessee Family Law Letter. She was founding Chair of the Memphis Bar Association Environmental Law Section and also has served as Chair of the Tennessee Bar Association Environmental Section. She served as a Vice-Chair of the ABA Ethics Committee of the Environmental Section for 1998-99 and as Chair of that ABA Committee from 1999 through 2001. member of the American Law Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, the Judicial conference of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, the Memphis Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. She is on the Executive Council of the American Bar Association Environmental Section and serves as the Section Liaison to the American Association of Law Schools and to the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. B.A., M.A., B.S., and J.D. U Kansas
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.
J Andrew Spanogle, Professor GWU. Former faculty Maine, Monash. SUNY Buffalo, St Mary's Texas, Vanderbilt, Wm & Mary, and Chief U.S. delegate to UNCITRAL. Author: Consumer Law; Egyptian Agricultural Law; Maine UCC; International Business Transactions; IBT Nutshell; International Contracts; International Trade & Investment. BSE Princeton, JD Chicago.
Add/Drop / Wait list Information
Application Form & Personal Data Sheet