Welcome to our 2013 Summer Programs Website! 

**ANNOUNCEMENT: There are still spots available in all of our Summer programs! Applications will be accepted until programs are full. This update will be changed as soon as this happens.**

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Tulane Law School's summer abroad programs are open to Tulane Law students and students from other U.S. and international law schools. Our 2013 programs reflect our more than 35 years’ experience running summer law programs abroad, beginning in 1973 in Grenoble, France.  Long-established relationships with our partner universities and locations result from this experience designing and executing programs abroad. Over 7,000 law students from approximately 140 U.S. law schools have attended our programs, all of which are approved by the American Bar Association. Students from our host institutions and other schools abroad also participate in many of our programs, adding a valuable dimension to classroom discussions, as well as first-hand knowledge of local and regional attractions. Each program, with its own personal touch, fosters a deeper learning experience by immersing students in both the substance of their coursework and the culture of their host country.  

In addition to interesting and well-taught courses, students can be confident that they will find well organized and professionally run programs that offer extra-curricular activities, living accommodations, internships, and faculty who will explore the surrounding culture with their students. Through the years, both U.S. and international prominent scholars, practitioners, and prestigious federal judges have highlighted our faculty. From the U.S. Supreme Court alone, these have included Justices Harry Blackmun, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The Tulane summer abroad experience will not only add to your resume but also broaden your horizons, by providing networking opportunities and first hand perspectives into other cultures. 

Our Programs... 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

After careful consideration, we are suspending the Amsterdam program for the Summer of 2013.  We will use the coming year to restructure the program, to design a summer program that will approach international human rights, and international criminal law from a practical perspective – including internships. 

  
Paris, France
June 23 - July 13, 2013 

The Tulane Paris Institute Welcomes Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg   

With its roots deep in Napoleonic law, Tulane is particularly at home in the capital of France.  The Paris program not only follows that tradition, but has created a new vocation: to train U.S. students and lawyers to understand the European Union and ready students for transnational practice. Join us next summer for lectures given by Justice Ginsburg, and a faculty of internationally renowned experts on French and European law. 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

SI: May 26 - June 12, 2013

SII: June 13 - June 28, 2013 

Focusing on Comparative Perspectives of Law and International Development, we partner with the Fundacao Getulio Vargas, one of the best law faculties in Brazil. We offer students the widest possible exposure to Brazil, Brazilian society and legal institutions, and to diverse learning environments, including classes supplemented by role-playing and presentations from local lawyers and government. 

Berlin, Germany 

July 21 - August 3, 2013 

Obtain knowledge within the emerging field of law of “Alternative Dispute Resolution” (ADR) and Arbitration in Berlin. Learn how to negotiate and mediate in a cross-cultural setting. These are indispensable skills to become a successful lawyer rarely taught in regular law school programs. Half of the students will be American and half will be international students from around the world. 

Rhodos, Greece 

May 26 - June 14, 2013 

Due to Greece’s strong legal and cultural maritime focus, the study of Admiralty, International Conventions and the Law of the Sea is particularly appropriate there. This relationship is further enhanced in the Rhodos I Session by Tulane’s cooperation with the Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, and Archipelagos, an international nonprofit environmental research organization. 

Cambridge, England 

July 7 – July 20, 2013 

The Tulane Cambridge Program is housed at Trinity College, one of the most prestigious colleges in the UK. Its five courses are related to EU Business & comparative law. The curriculum provides opportunities to learn from and interact with Cambridge & U.S. faculty with transnational interests, experiences & contacts. Entirely inside Trinity College, the program is a one of a kind experience.  

Siena, Italy 

June 2 - June 22, 2013 

Our program provides the only opportunity of its kind to study in-depth the relationship between international law, cultural heritage, and art, as both physical and intellectual property. The program brings together international legal scholars and scholars with expertise in art and archaeology, to give students from diverse fields a multi-disciplinary understanding of this complex subject. 

See what faculty and past participants have to say about our programs: