Session One: Classroom Component - May 18 - June 28, 2015
during which students can earn 6 units or 8 units.
Session Two: Practicum Component – mini-internships which begin on June 11
and continue to July 15, 2015 during which students can earn 2 units.
Practicum Component is optional.
The Chile Summer Program places students in the heart of Latin America’s quest for justice and the struggle over globalization. Whether it is human rights litigation, legal reforms, or economic development, Chile has long been a leader in Latin America. After emerging from the Pinochet dictatorship, the country consolidated its democracy with a new judicial system. In Santiago, a city of more than six million people, students will experience the reform process first-hand with leaders from the legal sector, including human rights advocates, senior police officials, and Supreme Court judges. Workshops and site visits will introduce students to new trends in social justice and the role that expanding free trade has played in Latin America. Courses in international and comparative law will provide frameworks for understanding the globalization of law and legal practice – in the laboratory that Santiago and its environs provide.
The Chile Summer Program is divided into two sessions. For those students staying only in Session One, there is the option to enroll in a total of three courses for six units or in four courses for a total of eight units. Session Two also features a mini-internship – the Practical Component field placement - for two units. Students may not take more than eight units for the whole Chile Summer Program. Local and international experts and faculty members from the law schools of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education (www.cile.edu) serve as instructors, supplemented by practicing lawyers and law enforcement officials who provide occasional lectures. There will also be several trips as well as extra-curricular activities that take advantage of Chile’s natural beauty and proximity to winter sport activities. Excellent ski resorts, thermal baths, wineries, coastal getaways, and top-end hiking are within a ninety-minute drive from Santiago. Non-program, optional trips to countries in the region may also be organized.The Heidelberg Center for Latin America is the University of Heidelberg’s Center of Excellence.
The Heidelberg Center for Latin America, headquartered in Santiago, Chile, will secure living arrangements for students.
The Chile Summer Program is held during the autumn season for South America.
Bring a good Spanish/English legal dictionary. There will be many words that you will not know in
the beginning.