Washington College of Law Summer Programs

Non-LLM students can earn transfer credits to an LLM degree in International Legal Studies

Participants enrolled in WCL summer sessions can earn academic credit towards an LLM degree in International Legal Studies

**Please note that in order for credits to be transferred, all students must enroll in the summer programs for credit.

Non-LLM Students

Non-LLM students who take courses for credit in a summer program at WCL and who subsequently enroll in the International Legal Studies LLM program may transfer up to 4 credits from the summer session towards their LLM degree.
This transfer is not offered for summer programs abroad.

Current LLM Students:

Currently enrolled International Legal Studies LLM students may take up to 7 credits during the summer.

Summer Programs at the Washington College of Law

The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is a three-week intensive summer program offering an unparalleled opportunity to network with peers from across the globe and to advance the application of human rights norms at the beginning of the 21st century. It is jointly offered by WCL's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the International Legal Studies Program, and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights.

The International Arbitration Summer Session, open to practitioners for continuing legal education (CLE) credit and to JD and LLM candidates for academic credit touches on practical and theoretical aspects of procedural and substantive law topics currently arising in the practice of international arbitration and their foreseeable future developments. Each year the International Arbitration Program gathers a distinguished faculty of leading practitioners in the area of international arbitration and on the practical and theoretical aspects of specific international arbitration topics.

Summer Session on Environmental Law provides law students and practitioners with an opportunity for intensive environmental law training over a two-week period. The summer session offers a broad range of courses taught by leading practitioners from government, business and non-governmental organizations.

The Summer Legal English Institute at WCL is designed to introduce incoming LLM students to legal English. Through daily lectures, written assignments, in-class exercises and a moot court exercise, students will practice a wide array of legal English skills ranging from legal reading and writing strategies to oral presentation of substantive legal issues in American law using English as a second or third language.

Summer Programs Abroad

The Summer Program in Chile offers an intensive five-week introduction to the evolving legal structures in Latin America. The academic portion of the program consists of two three-credit courses: The Legal Aspects of Trade and Investment in Latin America and Comparative Legal Perspective on Social Problems. In addition, visits are arranged to various government ministries and non-governmental organizations. Students are often able to obtain internships while in Chile. Classes and academic activities are conducted in English or with translation. WCL faculty accompany students to Santiago and are responsible for final grades. The program is co-sponsored by WCL, the University of Chile, and Diego Portales Law School.

The Comparative Law Summer Program in Europe (The Paris-Geneva Program) consists of three courses: International Business Law: The New European Order; International Institutions and Sustainable Development; and International Human Rights Law: Changing Concepts, Approaches, and Enforcement. During this six-week program, participants attend class in Paris and Geneva, and visit Brussels, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg. Classes are taught in English by WCL faculty and guest lecturers, and are hosted by the European Union, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. WCL LLM and J.D. students may enroll. The program is offered in conjunction with the Center for International Environmental Law.

The Summer Law Program in Turkey will give students a comparative view of the Common and Civil law systems as practiced in the USA and in Turkey respectively. Students will also acquire knowledge of the legal aspects of trade and investment in Europe and a better understanding of the social and political developments of the region in general and of Turkey in particular. It provides an opportunity to both law students and American attorneys to learn on site with some of the best Turkish law professors and experts in the field and meet practitioners and policy makers from Turkey.