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SOUTHERN EUROPE (continued) Program Country Spain Spain Spain – Session 2 Spain and Portugal – Session 1 Turkey Turkey Turkey Program City Seville Madrid Barcelona, Spain Fuengirola (Costa del Sol), Granada, Seville, Madrid, Lisbon Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul School Name Florida International DePaul University of Miami University of Miami American Santa Clara University of Kansas Program Dates May 25-June 29 June 21-July 17 July 12-Aug. 1 June 18–July 12 June 1 - June 28 June 11-July 20 July 11-Aug. 2 Application Deadline Contact Email April 1 May 1 March 31 March 31 March 23 March 20 March 15 xtrujill@ﬁu.edu acoll@depaul.edu summerabroad@law.miami.edu summerabroad@law.miami.edu turkey@WCL.american.edu VBali@scu.edu or pkao1@scu.edu smazza@ku.edu ASIA & THE Chris Paulos 2L, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, Calif. China, London Summer vacation! After the first year of law school, the very thought of some time away from the library or outside of the classroom seems too good to be true. However, many students come to the realization that summers in law school aren’t the “vacation” they once were. Summer now represents the time between school years that provides numerous opportunities for students to take part in internship and study-abroad programs that create potent fodder for your resume and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. With this realization comes the conundrum of choosing between continuing your education in the classroom or sampling the real-word environment of an internship. This was the dilemma I faced last spring when deciding what to do with my summer. Fresh out of my first year, was I going to find an internship or head off into the wild unknown to study the law in an exotic locale? Fetch coffee for free, or get lost in a foreign city? My word choice alone should tip you off to my selection and ultimately the decision was an easy one. In deciding to study abroad, several factors influenced my decision. My goal was to pursue some areas of law outside of the 1L gauntlet and expand my foray into the law into specific subjects that had tickled my interest during the prerequisite classes of first year students. I coupled that goal with my curiosities of foreign cultures and interest in current world events. I had never been to Asia and with the 2008 SANTA CLARA LAW LAWYERS WHO LEAD Human Rights Law d Stu r y Ab m Sum aw er L 200 oad 9 The Center for Global Law & Policy 408-554-4478 or 408-551-3000, Ext: 6445 InternationalLaw@scu.edu law.scu.edu/international/summer-abroad.cfm 66 THE NATIONAL JURIST January 2009 http://law.gsu.edu/rio http://law.gsu.edu/rio http://law.scu.edu/international/summer-abroad.cfm http://law.scu.edu/international/summer-abroad.cfm

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National Jurist - January 2009 Contents Hot Button: Affirmative Action Entertainment: A Road Trip Through Law School News: American Justice, Kaplan Survey, Part-time Ranking The Firm Report: Diversity Law School Online No label No label Fordham Student Honored for Public Interest Work Former Law Student's Life Lives on After Her Death Most Influential People in Legal Education Most Innovative Law Schools Your Guide to Studying Abroad Career Hotline Texas Tech Law Grads Explore Dispute Resolution Evaluating First-Year Exams Disturbing the Peace

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