William Mitchell College of Law
This summer, immerse yourself in issues of critical global importance in one of the world's leading centers of business, trade, government, and research.
Taking its cues from William Mitchell College of Law's practical brand of legal education, Mitchell in London offers students the opportunity to study legal theory and hone their lawyering skills at BPP Law School, Europe's leading provider of professional education.
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Exceptional Courses
June 8–17, 2010
Session I - Comparative Counterterrorism: Due Process in the Age of Terror
Through real-life scenarios, examine issues that democracies confront as they deal with suspected terrorists and the threat of terrorism. With American and British experts providing guidance and leading small-group discussions, define, debate, and develop international standards for handling the complex problems of terrorism in the 21st century. Topics include irregular rendition, interrogation, military trials, criminal charges, and the monitoring of attorney-client communications with William Mitchell College of Law Professor Afsheen John Radsan and New England Law -Boston Professor Victor Hansen. 3 credits.
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Session I - International ADR: Winning and Resolving Civil Disputes around the World
You will become an international practitioner. You will learn how to resolve international civil disputes. You will represent parties in litigation and arbitration and help them win. You will study how and why judges and arbitrators make decisions and how mediators help parties settle cases. And you will study different legal and cultural systems, and how these various approaches affect dispute outcomes with William Mitchell College of Law Professor Roger Haydock and California Western School of Law Professor Tom Barton. 3 credits.
June 21–July 1, 2010
Session II - Comparative Corporate Governance: Abuse of Power in the Global Economy
Explore the issues that corporate and shareholder clients face in today’s global economy. Academics and practitioners who are experts in corporate governance facilitate class discussions and guide group exercises that are designed to give students a perspective on the issues that corporate and shareholder clients face in today’s global economy. Issues include board discretion, management misconduct, legal impediments to shareholder involvement in corporate affairs, shareholder litigation, and investor protection around the world with William Mitchell College of Law Professor Thuy-Nga Vo and California Western School of Law Professor Andrea Johnson. 3 credits.
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Session II - Comparative Criminal Law and Practice: The Crime, The Confession, The Courtroom
Experienced U.S. and British faculty guide students as they follow a victim and defendant from a burglary and assault through trial. Using a real-life problem, students compare U.S. and British criminal law and practice. Students will analyze U.S. and British origins of criminal law and specific crimes, police investigation, search and seizure, arrest, line-up, defendant statements, victim and alibi witnesses, the court process and criminal trial procedure with William Mitchell College of Law Professor John Sonsteng and South Texas College of Law Professor Sandra Carnahan. 3 credits.
See calendar below for course times.
Location of Mitchell in London Summer School
Classes are conduced at BPP Law School. The campus is near a tube stop. There are many restaurants and shops nearby.
Course Format
The London courses are based on real-life practicum situations. There will be two sessions each day. Each daily session begins with a short lecture/presentation by U.S. or British faculty. The presentations deal with the problems based on the practicums. Following the presentation, participants work in small groups to discuss, analyze and solve the problems. Following the intensive group work, the daily session concludes with a meeting of the entire class where the small groups, with faculty guidance, report on the results of the group work. Working in teams of two, participants prepare three short debriefing and planning papers based on what was learned during the daily sessions.
The Papers
There will be no in-class examinations. Students are assessed on three debriefing and planning papers and one final paper for each course. All work is assessed on an A-F basis. No written work is due the first day of each course.
Each course requires three short (2-4 pages) debriefing and planning papers and one final paper. The debriefing and planning papers are due at the beginning of each day. The final papers for both sessions are due Friday, August 13, 2010, may not exceed sixteen double-spaced pages with 12 point font and one inch margins and are based on individual and group work conducted during the daily sessions and continued research. Faculty will approve final paper topics by the conclusion of each course. Participants may seek faculty guidance as they prepare final papers.
Course Calendar
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| Session I Comparative Counterterrorism: Due Process in the Age of Terror OR International ADR | ||||||
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8 10 am–3:30 pm class* 4-5 pm Reception at Lamb Tavern www.thelambtavern.co.uk |
9 10 am–3:30 pm class
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10 10 am–3:30 pm class 4–6 pm London Walks legal visit |
11 10 am–3:30 pm class |
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14 10 am–3:30 pm class Counterterrorism Conference 7:00–9:00 pm |
15 10 am–3:30 pm class
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16 10 am–3:30 pm class |
17 10 am–3:30 pm class End of Session I - Informal Get-Together |
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19 |
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Session II Comparative Corporate Governance: Abuse of Power in the Global Economy OR Comparative Criminal Law and Practice | ||||||
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21 10 am–3:30 pm class |
22 10 am–noon class 12:30–2:30 pm - Lunch at Inns of Court 3:30–5:30 class
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23 10 am–3:30 pm class |
24 10 am–3:30 pm class |
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28 10 am–3:30 pm class |
29 10 am–3:30 pm class |
30 10 am–3:30 pm class Mock Criminal Trial: The Queen against Kartal, 6:30–8:30 pm |
July 1 10 am–3:30 pm class 4–6 pm Reception at Lamb Tavern www.thelambtavern.co.uk |
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* There will be a 30–45 minute lunch break each day of the program. The schedule may run later on several days due to tours. | ||||