Social Justice
& Human Rights •Environment & Sustainability
Trade & Corporate • Criminal
& Family
Law From a
Comparative & International Perspective
“Entra na roda!” is a common Brazilian expression
that means “come join us!” (it literally means “enter the
circle”). This is to invite you to join an innovative summer learning circle:
in the summer of 2008, students in good standing at ABA-accredited law schools
can choose from a wide range of international and comparative law and policy
courses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Students can earn six (6)
credits if they attend the entire program and take both modules (May 17-June
15, 2008) or three (3) credits if they attend only one module (May 17-May 30 or
June 2-June 15). This program has been designed with students in mind -- to
provide a maximum degree of flexibility and variety in terms of courses and
learning opportunities.
Summer Legal
and Policy Study in Rio de Janeiro
is an interdisciplinary program offering courses in international and
comparative social justice and human rights law, environmental and
sustainability law, trade and corporate law, and criminal and family law.
The Program
will include a mixture of learning experiences including traditional lecture
and class discussions supplemented by role-playing exercises and on-site
demonstrations from local faculty, researchers and practitioners. All lectures
will be IN ENGLISH or accompanied by English translation. Each of the courses
is designed to maximize opportunities for students to learn about Brazil and Rio
de Janeiro, and each features Brazilian speakers drawn
from law, government and civil society. Courses are taught in collaboration
with faculty from Rio’s top universities.
Field trips get students out into the community to experience unusual sides of
the “marvelous city” (as it is known in Brazil) first-hand. Follow
the links at the right for complete details on Georgia State University College
of Law’s Summer Legal and Policy Study in Rio
de Janeiro in consortium with Seattle University
School of Law and The University of Tennessee College of Law. NOTE: Although enrollment for most courses
is closed, as of April 14, 2008, enrollment is still open for the
following courses:
·
FIRST MODULE:
o
COMPARATIVE CONCEPTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2
spots only (with Professor James Forman, Jr. of Georgetown University
Law Center).
·
SECOND MODULE:
o
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
THE LAW (with Professor Tanya Washington of Georgia State
University College
of Law); and
o SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW
(with Professor Charles Marvin of Georgia
State University
College of Law.)
This Program is a project of the
Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth
and is fully approved by the
American Bar Association.