Topic
Study Abroad
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McGeorge Community Stories
McGeorge’s Study Abroad Program allowed me to put my interest in international law into practice
[caption id="attachment_2319" align="aligncenter" width="656"] Third-year law student Tara Swanson is pictured with colleagues from her internship in the Netherlands at Conway Advocaat and Attorneys-at-law. Photo courtesy of Tara Swanson.[/caption] I’ve…
Simple Justice
Title IX Outside The Jurisdiction
The opportunity to study abroad is a wonderful experience for most students. But bad things can happen there as well as here, and when they do, who is liable? In…
The Corporate Commute
A Year Abroad
By Kim Rust
Before I left there was the barrage of questions. As I arrived, there was the hits-you-in-the-face heat as the plane doors opened. When I left, there was a strange kind…
Recreation Law
Assumption of the Risk is a defense to negligence and gross negligence claims in this case against a college offering for credit tour abroad study.
Student died swimming in the Pacific Ocean and his parents sued the college for his death. College was dismissed because student was an adult and assumed the risk that killed…
TortsProf Blog
MI: College Not Liable for Murder Committed by Student Studying Abroad
Johnathan Hindenach was a student at Olivet College in Michigan in 2008; he took a class that included a trip to Florence, Italy. While in Italy, Hindenach killed someone. An…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Duty of Schools to Warn or Protect Against Insect-borne Diseases in Travel Abroad Programs
By Jennifer M. DelMonico, Eric B. Miller
In Munn v. The Hotchkiss School, the Second Circuit certified two questions to the Connecticut Supreme Court to help it decide an appeal from a $41.5 million jury verdict awarded…
Health Care and Life Sciences
March/April Term: Week One
The Connecticut Supreme Court’s Seventh Term begins today and ends on Thursday, April 6th. Here’s a look at the first week of the March/April term: Monday, March 27, 2017 The…
International Law Prof Blog
Guide to Summer Study Abroad Programs for Law Students
There is a new (or at least updated) on line resource available for law students seeking information about summer study abroad programs. It is the Renaissance Report sponsored by William…
International Law Prof Blog
Foreign Study Programs
The Institute for International Education has released a new report today on increasing study abroad programs. Click here for a copy of the report. Although the report is generalized to…
Legal Profession Blog
Not Too Late to Study Abroad in Greece and the Greek Isles Via Tulane Law’s Summer School
Posted by Alan ChildressAlthough Tulane's summer school program June 22-July 11 on the beautiful and car-free Isle of Spetses is almost full, I believe there are a few spots still…