Classes
June 28 - July 31
International Contracts------------------------------------Mr Herbert Lazerow
Legal aspects of contracts for the int’l sale of goods, including contract formation; choice of forum and choice of law; implied and express warranties; different methods of shipment, such as f.o.b. or c.i.f.; risk of loss; excuse from performance; letters of credit; tax aspects of sales transactions; and the settlement of int’l business disputes by self-help, alternative dispute resolution, or litigation, including the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. The Uniform Commercial Code and the UN Convention on Contracts for the Int'l Sale of Goods (now ratified by the U.S.) will be compared, as well as the domestic contracts law of other countries.
Exam: 7/30 (3 cr) MTWThF 9:00am - 10:35am
European Union Law------------------------------------Mr Dominique Carreau
Introduction to law of the European Union: examination of the institutional framework (Commission, Council, Parliament and European Court of Justice) and the legal order (supremacy, direct effect and mutual recognition); the course then addresses the core principles of EU legal system, the free movement of persons (including the right of establishment and the Schengen area with special emphasis on the harmonization of company law), goods (elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers, creation of a common customs tariff and a common external trade policy), services (completion of the internal market focusing on the liberation of financial services) and capital (liberation of capital movements and its impact on the construction of Europe); and Economic and Monetary Union.
Exam: 7/30 (3 cr) MTWThF 9:00am - 10:35am
Int'l Internet Law---------------------Judge Margaret McKeown & Judge Michael Hawkins
The course provides a general overview of international intellectual property through the lens of comparative judicial reasoning. The survey will include key international treaties, such as the Madrid Protocol and the Paris Convention, along with the Trade Related Intellectual Property Standards. The materials explore techniques and approaches used by judges in different countries to decide disputes, including how judges build interpretive methods, organize information, and apply legal sources to resolve cases. Applying these techniques to the burgeoning field of Internet law, the course considers such topics as the significance of a borderless Internet, personal jurisdiction over Internet participants, content regulation of the Internet under different legal systems, privacy protection, criminal law, social networking in the international context, and special problems in trademark and copyright.
Exam: 7/30 (2 cr.) MTWThF 9:10am - 10:35am
International Business Transactions-----------------------------Mr Andy Spanogle
An introduction to transactional work undertaken by international commercial attorneys. Primary areas of study include the export sale and its financing, the international transfer of technology and, time permitting, foreign direct investment. Topics to be covered include conflicts of law arising in international transactions, bills of lading, letters of credit, project finance and international licensing. Throughout the course, particular attention is given to the mitigation and avoidance of risks associated with international transactions.
Exam: 7/31 (3 cr) MTWThF 10:45am - 12:20pm
International & Comparative Torts------------------------------------------Mr Ken Abraham
This course will address the history, theory, and doctrinal conceptions of tort liability in Europe, the People’s Republic of China, and the United States, as well as the special problems associated with transnational tort liabilities. Particular attention will be given to approaches to compensation for accidental bodily injury, including products liability; damages for non-pecuniary loss; defamation and privacy; and the interaction of different forms of insurance with tort liability.
Exam: 7/31 (3 cr) MTWThF 10:45am - 12:20pm
Exams are never given in advance.
Clinic/Internships -- 6/28/10 - 7/31/10
International Business lnternship-------------------------------Judge David Laro
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 Paris. The experience depends on the work in the office in which (s)he is placed. (S)he may participate in client interviews, negotiating sessions, meetings 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. Internships with international organizations are possible.
(Graded HP, P, LP, F). No exam (4 cr) MTWThF 9-6+pm
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.
If you indicate that you would like to work for a French speaking firm and to give the Paris firms an accurate evaluation of your French-language ability, we will arrange a telephone conversation in French with a French speaking individual. This individual does not work for any French firm. Based on that test and your documents, USD will estimate whether you are able to do the work required in French. If not, USD will do its best to place you with a firm where the French language is not required to do your work for the Clinic.
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 Paris 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 Paris. 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 Paris Clinic program on your own before April 1st, then the regular Paris refund policy applies. If you totally withdraw from the Paris 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. However it is adviseable to apply as early as possible for an Internship!
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 12th, a non-refundable payment of $200 is due; if applying between March 13th 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.
French Language Class
Two French courses are offered MTWThF 1:30pm -2:20pm: a beginning conversation course, Survival French, and for those with a year of college French, Intermediate Conversational French. Both are open to accompanying persons; neither is for college credit. Cost: $85 per person.
Advanced French courses are given by the Alliance Francaise, Institut Catholique, or the Sorbonne at Cours de Civilisation Francaise If interested in their advanced courses, please contact them directly.
Faculty
Ken Abraham, Professor of Law Virginia. Former faculty Harvard, Maryland, Case Western Reserve. Outstanding Professor Award. Consultant on major insurance matters. Arbitrator. Elected member of the American Law Institute’s Council. Author: The Liability Century: Insurance and Tort Law from the Progressive Era to 9/11; The Forms and Functions of Tort Law; Insurance Law and Regulation; Environmental Liability Insurance Law; Distributing Risk: Insurance, Legal Theory, and Public Policy. AB Indiana, JD Yale.
Dominque Careau, Professor Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Emeritus and former Counsel, Shearman & Sterling; former Faculty Paris X Nanterre (and Dean there), Michigan, Fordham, USD. Author: Le Marché Unique Européen; Le Fonds Monétaire International; Souveraineté et Coopération Monétaire Internationale; Le Systéme Monétaire International; Droit International Economique; La Dette Extérieur. Docteur en droit Paris; Agrégé de Droit Public; MCL Michigan.
Michael Daly Hawkins, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Former faculty Seton Hall, Virginia. Formerly U.S. Attorney for Arizona; Independent Prosecutor-Special Counsel for the Navajo Nation; Uniform Law Commissioner. Author of numerous law journal articles. BA, JD Arizona State; LLM Virginia.
David Laro, Judge, U.S. Tax Court, and Adjunct Professor Georgetown and USD. Former CEO, Durakon Ind. Author of law journal articles. BA Michigan, JD Illinois, LLM Tax NYU.
Herbert Lazerow, Visting Professor Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Boalt Hall School of Law, Univ of California Berkeley; Professor, USD, Co-founder & Director of the Institute and 2010 Paris Director. Former faculty Louisville, Paris X Nanterre. Author: OECD Draft Influence on U.S. Income Tax Treaties; Droit Fiscal Americain. Former editor-in-chief, International Tax Journal. AB Penn, JD Harvard, LLM GWU, DESS Paris 1.
Margaret McKeown, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 9thCircuit. Formerly White House Fellow & partner, Perkins Coie, Seattle. Author of numerous law journal articles. Elected member of the American Law Institute's Council. BA WY, JD Georgetown.
J Andrew Spanogle, Professor GWU. Former faculty UC Berkeley, Bond, Maine, Monash, SUNY Buffalo, St Mary's, Texas, USD, Vanderbilt, Wm & Mary. Chief U.S. delegate to UNCITRAL. Research assistant to Karl Llewelyn. Drafted portions of the Iraqi Bankruptcy Code and the Polish Registered Pledge Act. Author: Int'l Business Transactions; Global Issues in Contract Law; Handbook on NAFTA Dispute Resolution; Consumer Law; Egyptian Agricultural Law; Maine UCC; IBT Nutshell; Int’l Contracts; Int’l Trade & Investment. BSE Princeton, JD Chicago.
Add/Drop / Wait list Information
Application Form & Personal Data Sheet