Florence • Rome • Siena
June 16 to July 12, 2013

Penn State Law hosts its Florence/Rome/Siena Summer Program at the University of Florence School of Law in Florence, Italy. Members of our faculty collaborate with European scholars and practitioners to offer fully accredited courses in Separation of Powers; Comparative Law In a Globalized World — Transnational Perspectives; International Arbitration; International and Comparative Family Law; and Transnational Litigation and Civil Procedure. The courses are designed to provide overviews of civil law and common law systems with emphasis on the practical aspects of international law. The Florence program is oriented to students from within the United States and to students and lawyers from common and civil law countries outside of the United States. Lectures will be conducted in English. While studying in this program, students will have ample opportunity to appreciate not only Florence, but also the rich cultural and social heritage found in the Tuscan setting and cites like Rome, Venice, Pisa, Bologna, and Siena. Past Distinguished Guest Jurists in the Penn State Dickinson School of Law’s European Summer Programs have included five other members of the United States Supreme Court (the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., and Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sandra Day O'Connor). A nonrefundable registration fee of $300 and a letter of good standing must be remitted after submission of the application form. Because only a limited number of students may enroll, we strongly recommend early enrollment in the program. Although we prefer that registration materials (application, registration fee, and letter of good standing) be received no later than March 15, 2013, students may apply and be admitted to the program after this date based on available space. Watch the video from the Program Information Session held on January 25, 2013.		The Hon. Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be the Distinguished Guest Jurist on the Florence, Rome, Siena program at Penn State Law from July 1-11, 2013.