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Social Justice & Human Rights • Environment, Land Use & Urban Growth Management

Corporate & International Business • Public Health & Family

Legal Institutions & Conflict Prevention

Law from a Comparative & International Perspective

“Entra na roda!” is a common Brazilian expression that means “come join us!” (the phrase literally means “enter the circle”). This is to invite you to join an innovative summer learning circle: in the summer of 2009, 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 18-June 14, 2009) or three (3) credits if they attend only one module (May 18-May 29 or June 1-June 12). The 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 Study Program in Rio de Janeiro is an interdisciplinary program offering courses in international and comparative social justice and human rights law, environmental, land use and urban growth management law, corporate and international business law, legal institutions and conflict prevention, public health and family law.

The Program includes 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 left 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, The University of Tennessee College of Law and the Universidade Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro.

This Program is a project of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth
and is fully approved by the American Bar Association.