*Please note that the following institutions are not directly affiliated with Columbia Law School.
European Summer School 2007: EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy Summer 2007 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Application Deadline: April 30, 2007 Come to Prague to learn about the European Union Study about the main challenges of the EU security, financing and neighborhood policy Debate challenging ideas and viewpoints with the EU policy researchers and analysts. Master writing powerful op-eds, smart analysis pieces, and stories about Europe appealing to readers. Learn outside the classroom: experience the magnificence of Prague - one of the richest cultural capitals in Europe.
The Institute for European Policy (Europeum) associated with the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University together with Transitions Online (TOL) - the leading Internet newsmagazine covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union - have launched a summer school to discuss economic, legal and political challenges of enlarging European Union. If you are an undergraduate/graduate student of European studies, political science, international relations, economics, sociology, and humanities interested in the current and future developments of European Union - this Summer School is just for you! As a student of the ESS 2007 you will be invited to participate in the process of exchanging thoughts and visions about the future of integrated Europe with experts of the Institute for European Policy. EU policy analyses completed by the Institute received a high evaluation from both Czech and international policy makers.
Furthermore, you will have the possibility to put that knowledge into action with TOL trainers. Transitions Online won the 2001 NetMedia Award for Outstanding Contribution to Online Journalism in Europe and the 2003 NetMedia Award for Best Innovation in Online Journalism. Bringing international students to Prague for the intensive ten days school is intended to be fruitful academic and cross-cultural experience combining workshops and informal social interaction with your colleagues - students of diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. Living and studying in Prague, the most fascinating capital of Central Europe, will enable you to explore the richness and beauty of Central European culture. Interested !!!??? Please visit the website http://www.europeum.org/ess2006/default.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Central European University Diploma: CEU-TOTAL LAW Diploma in Advanced European Union Legal Practice Location: Budapest Application Deadline: April 4, 2007 The focus of the Program is on the Practice of European Union Law, providing insider hands-on analysis of the functioning of key processes of the European Union. As such, it constitutes an excellent course for those wishing to deepen their knowledge in the field or to prepare for working in or with EU institutions. The method of instructions follows the 'Total Law' concept pioneered in the College of Europe, Natolin. Concrete practices such as judicial decisions, the legislative process, treaty negotiations etc. are explored in their economic, social and political contexts with insights borrowed from American and Scandinavian Legal Realism.
The Total Law teaching team, led by Joseph Weiler, Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Global Law School Program at New York University School of Law, is a unique blend of well-known academics and senior officials working in the European Union institutions who have also written widely in the field. The members of his team are José M. de Areilza, Professor of European Union Law and Vice Dean of Legal Studies at Instituto de Empresa, Madrid; Kieran Bradley, member of the Legal Service of the European Parliament, Brussels; Damian Chalmers, Reader in EU law at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Miguel Poiares Maduro, Advocate General at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg and Professor of European and International Law at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and Imola Streho, coordinator of the Team, référendaire at the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg.
The coursework will consist of seminars, workshops and daily assignments that will be completed individually or in group. A basic knowledge of European Union Law is required to follow this advanced course. Those without this knowledge but wishing to participate are required to take a one-week Introductory Course to the Law of the European Union, offered immediately prior to the start of the program. Please visit the website www.ceu.hu/total_law.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jean Monnet Chair International Seminar: INTEGRATING EUROPE IN A CHANGING WORLD Date: July 2007 Location: Rome Application Deadline: April 1, 2007 The Jean Monnet Chair International Summer Seminar "Integrating Europe in a Changing World", organized by the European Office of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" and the Jean Monnet Chair, will once again intellectually stimulate and challenge students from across the World. The Seminar will be organized in collaboration with the Center for American Studies and it goes under the patronage of prestigious local and international institutions. As usual it will include, among its speakers, top policy makers, academicians and diplomats.
The Summer Seminar will gather top students and young professional from across the world. The first week will examine "the state of the Union", one year after the enlargement, while in the second week it will focus on the EU's external relations, with particular attention to Transatlantic Relations. As usual the summer seminar will be highly intensive, with 60 teaching hours (8 ECTS, 4 US credits) during the two weeks and the possibility to defend a paper on a given topic for further credits.
Join us for two weeks in the Eternal City! Earn credits and live the most extraordinary academic, professional and personal experience of your life!! Please visit the website http://www.ue.uniroma2.it/indexENG.html
