Florence • Rome • Siena
June 24 to July 21, 2012
The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be the
Distinguished Guest Jurist in a one-credit course, Current Issues in Constitutional Interpretation, from July 11 through July 19 at the University of Florence Law School. Justice Alito was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2005. Before that, he served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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 Current Issues in Constitutional Interpretation; Comparative Law In a Globalized World — Transnational Perspectives; International and Comparative Family Law; The International Sale of Goods — The CISG In Comparative Perspective; 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.
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 16, 2012, students may be admitted to the program after this date based on available space.
Watch the video from the Program Information Session held on January 23, 2012.
