2012 Summer Study Abroad in Antigua, Guatemala

May 26 to June 16, 2012

(Plan to arrive by May 25, 2012 for a May 26 Orientation and depart on Saturday or Sunday, June 16 or 17, 2012)

Video of November 18 Information Session

Information Session:
Wednesday, January 24 from noon to 12:50 in room 309.  Lunch will be provided.

Seattle University School of Law, in partnership with Pacific McGeorge School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law, will again offer students the opportunity to study law in Antigua, Guatemala in summer 2012.

While many study abroad programs teach courses in English that could have been offered in the United States, the Guatemala program will offer students the opportunity to study law in Spanish, to learn about Latin American law, to study with Latin American students, to take courses from Guatemalan law professors, and to complete an externship with a legal institution in Guatemala. 

The goal of this program is to enable students to acquire both the language skills and the cultural competence to serve the needs of the growing Latino community in the United States and to work on transnational legal issues. 

The following courses will be offered in summer 2012: (1) Commercial Law for Foreign Investors; (2) International Environmental Law in Latin America; (3) Spanish for Lawyers; and (4) Comparative Litigation in the Americas. The program also includes visits to the National Congress, the Supreme Electoral Court, and the governing body of an indigenous community in the Guatemalan highlands.

DEADLINES

February 15, 2012:  Applications are now being accepted through this date. Applications will be accepted after this date only if there is additional space in the program.  Our goal is to notify all accepted students by March 1, 2012.

March 15, 2012:  Last day for accepted students to withdraw from teh program and obatain a refund of the $250 deposti.  Deposits are non-refundable after this date.

March 15, 2012:  Students accepted for externships must submit $500 non-refundable deposit or be dropped from the externship.

 CONTACT

For more information, please contact Junsen Ohno at ohnoj@seattleu.edu.