Classes
June 30 - August 2
Int'l Sports Law---------------------------------------------Mr James McCurdy
This course examines issues respecting amateur and professional sports, including sports league decision-making, labor and sports, negotiation of player contracts, baseball salary arbitration, and enforcement of sports contracts, NCAA matters, drug testing, torts in sports, the application of antitrust principles to European professional leagues, and agent practice in representing European basketball players.
Exam: 8/1 (3 cr) MTWThF 9:00 - 10:35am
International Business Transactions-------------------Mr Jeffery Atik
Problem method study of the main ways of doing business abroad-- exports, licensing technology, and direct foreign operations, including matters such as the international documentary sales transaction; letters of credit; customs classification; import restrictions; preference for local producers;
subsidies and countervailing duties; anti-dumping; foreign corrupt practices; counterfeit and grey-market goods; patent licensing and infringement; choice of business form; project financing; and protecting foreign investment.
Exam: 8/1 (3 cr) MTWThF 9:00 -10:35am
European Union Law---------------------------------------Mr Chenglin (Gary)Liu
An introduction to EU law and the forces that shape its development, providing a detailed overview of the institutional structure, substantive laws and the relationship between the EU and its member states. This course will focus on five major areas: (1) the development of the EU, including the recent enlargement; (2) the basic functions of its major institutions—the Commission, Council, Parliament and the European Court of Justice; (3) the law-making process and the application of EU law in the member states; (4) the laws of free movement of goods, with a comparison of the Commerce Clause in the U.S. Constitution, free movement of workers, and the development of Euro; and (5) competition law, with a discussion of the Microsoft case.
Exam: 8/2 (3 cr.) MTWThF 10:45am - 12:20pm
International Entertainment Law------------------------Ms Mary LaFrance
International legal issues arising in movie, TV, music, publishing, other entertainment businesses, such as acquiring foreign rights, using talent abroad, and distributing worldwide (conventional and via the Internet), including those that arise in counseling, contract or treaty negotiations, and transnational litigation.
Exam: 8/2 (3 cr.) MTWThF 10:45am - 12:20pm
Exams are never given in advance.
Clinic/Internships
You learn much more from experiencing things and talking to people than you do from only reading books------------Tammy Singleton L88
Solicitor Internships ---------------------------------Mr Walt Heiser
2/7/08 -- At this time, the Solicitor Clinic is now closed.
Practice of business law, commercial law, labor law and general civil or criminal law in London. After preparation to function in the English legal system, the student works in a London solicitor firm. Each student's experience depends on the placement's practice. The student may observe client interviews, negotiating sessions, meetings with government representatives, strategy sessions with the firm, and court trials. (S)he may gather facts, and may draft and review contracts, opinion letters, or trial or arbitration documents. Seminars, simulated exercises and a paper integrate the work experience.
(Graded HP, P, LP, F). No Exam (2 cr) MTWThF 11-6pm+
Barrister Internships---------------------------------------Mr Walt Heiser
4/1/08 -- The Barrister Clinic has ONE opening.
These full-time internships give intensive practical experience in English litigation. After orientation on the English legal system and professions, each student works in barristers' chambers in criminal and/or civil litigation. (S)he observes a variety of litigation experiences, including preparation and trial of cases in various courts in and around London. Each intern also participates in trial technique sessions that include lectures, demonstrations, and simulations. Seminars, a paper, and dining at Inns of Court integrate work experience.
(Graded HP, P, LP, F) No Exam (3 cr.) MTWThF 9-6pm+
Clinic/Internship Application Process
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. The Barrister Internships are full-time, precluding simultaneous enrollment in other law classes.
Solicitor Internships are part-time, designed to begin after the early morning class.
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 2-3 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 London to obtain an internship, your prompt action in submitting documents (within 2 weeks - 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 London. 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 Clinic program on your own before April 1st, then the regular London refund policy applies. If you totally withdraw from the London 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, will be applied to this change for the new program's classes. It would also depend on when you withdraw from the Clinic to determine if you still have time, and if space is available, to take either the Russia, Barcelona 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.
Faculty
Jeffery Atik, Professor, Loyola Los Angeles CA. Former faculty Barcelona, Beijing, Bologna, Boston College, Budapest, Cuernavaca, IN Bloomington, Fletcher School, Lund, Suffolk, UCLA, Washington U. Author of numerous law journal articles on int’l economic law. AB UC Berkeley, Dipl Int’l USD Paris Institute, JD Yale, PhD U Autónoma Madrid.
Walt Heiser, Professor USD. 2008 London Director and 2008 London Clinic Director. Former Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, faculty St Louis and Washington U and Clinic Director USD. Author: California Civil Procedure BA Michigan, JD Wisconsin, LLM Harvard.
Mary LaFrance, Prof and former Associate Dean, Nevada Las Vegas; former faculty Florida State: Author: Intellectual Property. AB Byrn Mawr; MA, JD Duke
Chenglin (Gary) Liu, Asst. Prof., St. Mary's University School of Law, previously Univ. of Houston LL.B., Shenyang Univ. (China) Author: Chinese Law on SARS (2004) and articles on U.S. and international law; invited speaker at numerous international conferences in Mexico, Spain, and U.S. Regularly teaches European Union Law, Law and Economics, torts; summer faculty in European Union law at Institute of World Legal Programs, Innsbruck, Austria. LL.M. Dalian Univ. (China), LL.M. in European Union Law, Lund Univ. (Sweden), LL.M. J.S.D., Washington Univ.
James McCurdy, Prof Gonzaga School of Law, Professor McCurdy practiced in the Indian law, natural resources, and environmental law fields before entering teaching. He represented several Indian tribes in major litigation and intergovernmental negotiations. He was appointed by the governor of Washington to represent the state on the Environmental Improvement Basin Commission, which is charged with implementing the Superfund cleanup plan for the Coeur d'Alene Basin. Professor McCurdy teaches Sports Law, Indian law, and environmental courses and is co-author of an innovative casebook, Sports Law: Cases & Materials (6th ed. 2006). He has served as president of the Pioneer Baseball League, and been a member of the Council of League Presidents for minor league baseball. B.A.A. Univ Houston, JD Univ of Texas-Austin
Add/Drop / Wait list Information
Application Form & Personal Data Sheet