Law in London: Internships
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What You Need to Know
London is your campus for the 2008 summer law program. The city affords boundless opportunities for immersion in legal history, as well as observation of modern legal institutions in action. Your summer program schedule provides ample time to enjoy the culture and excitement of urban London and the beauty of the English countryside.
Syracuse University's College of Law offers law students a summer of legal study through internships in London. This program is for law students only. It is open to students from law schools throughout the country and Canada. Students learn about the English legal system through the comparative law experience.
Placements are assigned in London. Internship work generally involves the areas of contract, torts, criminal law, property, commercial law, and domestic relations. Internships are enhanced by weekly seminars with program faculty and distinguished English practitioners.
The 2008 summer law program has been approved by the American Bar Association and is offered as part of the fully accredited curriculum of the Syracuse University College of Law. The College of Law is approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
After completing an introductory course on the English legal system, you commence a six-week internship in one of several prominent legal settings. The practitioners providing internships include solicitors specializing in criminal, family, labor and employment, tort, or property law; barristers whose chambers focus on criminal defense, zoning and land use, children's rights, and corporate transactions; public servant practitioners performing city-based transactional work, criminal prosecution, and consumer protection; and corporate lawyers practicing in the areas of finance, insurance, and commercial work.
Each placement affords the opportunity for applied study of lawyering skills ranging from client-related activities such as case-management, interviewing, and trial preparation and participation to more theoretical activities requiring research and writing, problem-analysis and extensive observation.
Your internship experience is enhanced by weekly seminars conducted by the SU College of Law faculty and English practitioners. Through the combination of clerkship, weekly seminars, and reflective journals, you develop legal skills in an environment foreign enough to broaden perspectives, yet sufficiently familiar to allow valuable training for practice in the United States.
English Legal System
(Law, 910, 6 credits, )
Students are graded on a pass/fail basis unless their school requires an assigned grade. In preparation for their assignments, interns take part in an intensive one-week course on the legal system. Internship work will then be augmented by weekly seminars led by faculty and practioners. In addition to mandatory attendance of classes and seminar sessions, program requirements include maintaining a journal of your internship work, good and faithful discharge of internship responsibilities, and submission of an analytical and reflective essay on comparative (English/American) law.
The course meets for a minimum of 15 hours during the five-day period from June 2 through June 6. Through a series of lectures and discussions, students receive an intensive exposure in fundamental tenets of English law. The program emphasizes English legal institutions, the legal profession, court structure, and procedure in both civil and criminal cases, as well as selected areas of substantive law. Classes are supplemented by visits to one of the Inns of Court and a guided tour of “Legal London”.
SU College of Law professors Christian Day and M. Louise Lantzy are the co-directors of the 2008 program.
For detailed biographies on the program faculty, please refer to the following links: Christian Day: http://law.syr.edu/faculty/facultymember.aspx?fac=49 Louis Lantzy: http://law.syr.edu/faculty/facultymember.aspx?fac=63
Any student in good standing at an accredited law school who has completed at least one year of full-time or part-time legal study is eligible to apply. Anticipated enrollment for the summer 2008 program is 25 students. Based upon previous experience, it is expected that approximately half of the students will come from Syracuse University College of Law and the remainder will come from law schools throughout the United States and Canada.
Acceptance of any credit or grade for any course taken in the program is subject to determination by the student's home institution. It is unlikely that participation in foreign summer programs may be used to accelerate graduation. Students interested in acceleration should contact their home institution to review this issue more thoroughly.
Students will arrange and pay for their own round-trip transportation to London. Transportation for course-related excursion is arranged by SU Abroad and covered by the program fee.
Advantage Travel has arranged a group flight for students on this program. We encourage students to travel on the group flight, which includes ground transportation upon arrival. Please review and complete the attached group travel sign-up form to express an interest in being included on the group flight. No payment or commitment is required to complete this form. Summer flights book early, so request your seats now.
Please note that while we encourage students to pursue flight arrangements, we would not encourage you to purchase your airline tickets before confirming that the program and courses you plan to take will be offered in 2008. Please request written notification from us that you can book your flight. You will have to present this notification if we cancel the program at a later date, and you want to be reimbursed for the cost of the ticket.
Students are housed in shared rooms in furnished flats arranged by Syracuse University for the duration of the program. SU Abroad’s pre-arranged housing is located in the heart of the University district, the Bloomsbury neighborhood of London, and a short walk to our London Centre. Students will be required to pay a $400 security deposit. This security will be held to ensure against damage to the apartment. The deposit will be returned after the apartments are cleared and deemed undamaged by Acorn Management Group.
Students who choose to arrange and pay for their own housing must notify SU Abroad in writing by March 15, 2008. You can advise us of your housing intentions through an email to SU Abroad, suabroad@syr.edu the counselor for this program. The program fee will be reduced for students who choose to live independently. These students should expect to pay about 160 British Pounds (about $337) per week for a shared apartment. They will also be responsible for their own hotel bookings and costs for the first few days of the program while they look for housing. They can contact the Royal National Hotel to pay the hotel directly for their accommodations.
| Program begins: | May 21, 2009 |
| Program ends: | August 14, 2009 |
| Application deadline: | February 15, 2008* |
* Applications received after February 15 will be considered if there is still space in the program.
| GRADUATE (6 credits) | |
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| Tuition | TBA |
| Program Fee | TBA |
| Total | TBA |