July 2, 2012 – July 26, 2012

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 2012 program will run from July 2, 2012 to July 26, 2012. 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.

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

Announcing for Summer 2012…

Guest lecturer U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg poses with Josie Patane ('10) during the 2008 Venice Program.

We are excited to announce that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will return to both the Vienna and Venice summer programs in 2012! For more information, read this article.

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.)