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GAIN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SUMMER STUDY OF LAW AND EXTERNSHIPS ABROAD AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION-APPROVED SUMMER STUDY IN •• BEIJING •• COLOGNE/PARIS/BRUSSELS •• DUBLIN/BELFAST
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To enhance student opportunities in the growing fields of global law, Duquesne offers several summer study abroad programs. Sessions are typically three weeks in length and are offered for varying hours of ABA-approved credit. Programs also offer a number of optional externships. CHINA SUMMER STUDY OF LAW Duquesne was the first American law school to establish a summer program in Beijing, China. Sponsored by Duquesne and hosted by the prestigious China University of Political Science and Law, the program features a comprehensive survey of the Chinese legal system. The intensive three-week curriculum provides unique insight into the ancient yet changing legal landscape in the world’s most populous nation. In addition to five credits of coursework, students have the opportunity to earn an additional credit by completing an approved externship with a law firm in Beijing. EUROPEAN SUMMER STUDY OF LAW Through a partnership between the law faculty of the University of Cologne and the Duquesne University School of Law, students participate in modules in Germany, Belgium, and France. These include lectures in European Public Law, including one at the Sorbonne in Paris, lectures at the European Union government headquarters in Brussels, and a number of cultural excursions in Cologne,
Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. Following the threeweek, 4.5 credit-hour program, students may work in an international law office through an optional externship. IRELAND SUMMER STUDY OF LAW The summer study of law in Ireland program, offered in conjunction with the University College Dublin Faculty of Law and the Queen’s University, offers modules in the Law of the European Union, International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, and Human Rights Laws. In addition to the classroom program, a number of professional and cultural excursions are included. Students take a comprehensive written examination at the completion of the three-week, 4.5 credit-hour program. Externship opportunities following the summer study of European law may include: •• •• •• •• ••
Osborne & Clarke (British firm), Cologne Mayer Brown (American firm), Düsseldorf Oppenhof and Partners (German firm), Cologne DLA Piper (American firm), Cologne Pöllath + Partners (German firm), Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich •• RTL Television (largest private TV network in Germany), Cologne •• International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands