Mexico Summer Legal Studies
June 5 - June 27, 2010
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law offers a program of legal studies in Cuernavaca, Mexico, with the beautiful Hotel Posada Jacarandas serving as the campus. Known as the City of Eternal Spring, Cuernavaca has been a resort since the days of Cortes. It is a smaller, more manageable city than the capital, yet is an hour from the attractions of Mexico City on modern, inexpensive buses. All courses offered are ABA approved for transfer credit. They will be taught by faculty from Loyola and other American and foreign law schools. Classroom instruction will be enriched with a series of field trips to many points of cultural interest. Trips to the pyramids of Teotichuacan, Mexico City, and the colonial city of Taxco are included in the program. Some students take a weekend trip to Acapulco on their own.
The law school program is co-directed by Professor Keith Vetter, Ted & Louanna Frois Distinguished Professor of International Law Studies and Professor Luz Molina, Jack Nelson Distinguished Professor of Law, and will offer interaction with the Mexican legal community, including optional tours of judicial, legal, and government offices and a mandatory conference with the Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of Morelos. In addition, Loyola College of Law has a relationship with the highly regarded Cuernavaca Language School. Our students are offered, at a substantial discount, a special designed abbreviated immersion course in Spanish. Companions may take a more intensive course, again with a special Loyola discount. Either Spanish course includes optional housing with a Mexican family.
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- Courses, Materials and Schedules
- Tuition
- Accomodations & Transportation
- Application Procedures
- Host Country & Program Features
- Optional Spanish Language Program
- Cancellation & Disability Policies
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Tuition
Application Fee: $25 nonrefundable.
Tuition: $1,600 for four credits ($400 per credit); $1,350 for three credits ($450 per credit); $1,200 for two credits ($600 per credit).
Activities Fee: $175 (covers insurance, trips except meals and hotel costs).
Application Procedures
To apply, please fill out the Secure Online Application Form or the Printable Application Form and return it us along with a $25 application fee (nonrefundable) and $100 (nonrefundable) registration deposit. Credit cards are accepted. You are required to have your law school to certify that you are in good standing so the credit earned in this summer program will be accepted by your school. A second payment of $100 will be due January 30, 2010. The remainder of tuition is due April 1, 2010, and because of the advance financial preparations necessary to conduct programs abroad, tuition cannot be refunded after April 1, 2010.
It is unlikely that participation in foreign summer programs may be used to accelerate graduation. Students interested in acceleration should be referred to their home schools to review this issue in light of Standard 305, Interpretation 4 or the ABA Standards.
In the unlikely event of insufficient enrollment or civil unrest which would make it dangerous for students in Mexico, our program could be cancelled. In such a case, students registered in the program will be notified by letter or telephone and all money will be refunded.
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For More Information Contact:
Victoria Luwisch
International Programs Coordinator
Loyola University College of Law, Box 901
New Orleans, LA 70118
Tel. (504) 861-5563
FAX (504) 861-5480
E-mail address: valuwisc@loyno.edu