Eight courses of one-hour credit will be offered during two sessions, July 1- July 14 and July 19 - July 31. Students may enroll for a maximum of three credits per session. All courses will be taught in English. Regular classes will be held from Monday through Friday, with one Saturday class during Paris I, with each class lasting seventy minutes.

CLASS SCHEDULE:

It is mandatory for students to arrive in Paris by 12 noon on Thursday, July 1st for the First Session and Monday, July 19th for the Second Session.  Mandatory Orientation to be held in the evening of July 1 and July 19 (all students must attend) from 4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Classes will be held on the following dates:
1st session: July 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 (exams on July 14th)
2nd session: July 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 (exams on July 31st)

FIRST SESSION: JULY 1 - JULY 14

Antitrust and Merger in European Union Law (one credit)
This course will focus on the rules and principles of antitrust and merger law in the European Union and its impact on corporations including U.S. corporations in Europe. Part of the course will be devoted to discussing the conflicting decisions made by U.S. and EU authorities over the past 10 years. (Prof. Monéger) (8:00 am - 9:10 am)

Global Financial Markets (one credit)
This course will provide an overview of the financial institutions, markets, and instruments that comprise today’s global financial markets.  The class will introduce students to a broad range of legal and regulatory issues that arise in connection with, and as a result of financial innovation and increasing globalization of financial markets and institutions.  Specific topics will include the nature of risk in the global financial system, theories and policy rationales for the regulation of financial markets, emerging patterns of international regulatory competition and cooperation, the important role of lawyers as gatekeepers, and different approaches that numerous countries take in regard to private securities litigation as a crucial way to police financial markets. (Prof. Batlan) (9:20 am – 10:30 am)

European Aspects on Issues in Intellectual Property and Computer Law (one credit)
This course offers an introduction to certain areas and principles of Intellectual Property in the United States especially as they pertain to computers and the computer industry.  In particular, the course will focus on Copyright and Patents, comparing their principles and enforcement with their treatment under the European System. (Prof. Kwan) (10:40 am - 11:50 am)

Comparative Legal Education and Transnational Legal Practice (one credit)
This course introduces students to the structure of legal education, qualifications for practice, and the regulatory framework that governs the practice of law by noncitizens in a foreign jurisdiction, with particular emphasis on transnational legal practice by American lawyers in the European Union and European lawyers in the United States. (Prof. Westley) (12:00 noon - 1:10 pm)

The Class Schedule is as follows:

SECOND SESSION: JULY 19 – JULY 31

Introduction to European Union Law (one credit)
This course emphasizes the history, evolution, functions and institutions of the European Union. (Prof. Schloh) (8:00 am - 9:10 am)

International Law and Global Social Justice (one credit)
This course examines international law at the frontier of discursive and political contestation over questions of international economic and social justice. The class will read a socio-legal case study that looks at the role post-colonial period social movements played in the creation of the international law of development. The case study grounds a reframing of international law --institution, nomos and narrative--at the frontier of neo-imperialist retrenchment and Third World nationalist liberation projects.  No prior knowledge of international law is required.  (Prof. Gott) (9:20 am – 10:30 am)

Comparative Constitutional Law (one credit)
This course will explore selected topics such as abortion, hate speechaffirmative action, single-sex marriages and various economic, social and cultural rights in various legal orders. (Prof. Montoya) (10:40 am – 11:50 am)

Global Critical Race Feminism (one credit) 
This course will explore how the law creates and preserves social and material inequality through constructed racialized and sexualized genders while maintaining a stance of “neutrality.” The class will use frameworks from critical race theory, feminist legal theory, “queer theory,” and critical legal studies to analyze “human rights,” violence against women, as well as labor and family formation in a global economy. The course objective is to provide students with critical analytic skills to broaden the understanding of feminist jurisprudence beyond national, racial, sexual and class boundaries (Prof. Cho) (12:00 noon – 1:10 pm)

The Class Schedule is as follows: