July 1- July 25, 2013

The Summer program in Venice is open to Wake Forest law students, as well as law students from other U.S. law schools.

The Venice program runs for four weeks during the month of July. The 2013 program will be from July 1-July 25, 2013. The mandatory date of arrival is Saturday, June 29, 2013. Two courses are offered, each for three credit hours. You may enroll in only one of the courses, which are both designed for students who have completed their first year of law school.

The program introduces students to topics of European and comparative law. Expected enrollment is 15-25 students from U.S. law schools, and classes include a similar number of Italian law students.

In the past, students have visited courts, law offices, government buildings, and sites around the Venetian lagoon, according to the content of the courses taught. Students in both courses will have the opportunity to interact with Italian students, Wake Forest Alumni as well as other distinguished law professors and guests

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, the recently retired President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, will be visiting and guest lecturing in both summer courses. Lord Phillips was the President of the Supreme Court of the UK from October 2009-October 2012. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from Lord Phillips this summer!

Lord Phillips will be guest lecturing in Venice July 17th and 18th, 2013.

Please check out the links to the left for more information about our Venice program. Questions? Contact the International Graduate Programs office.

Interested Italian students should contact the program’s co-director Professor Bernardo Cortese at the University of Padua. (The Wake Forest School of Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Padua have an agreement for cooperation in teaching activities, research initiatives and academic exchange – including the summer program in Venice.)