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Current Projects
To apply for any of the CLGJ programs, you must complete the attached petition to enroll and provide all documentation requested. You may apply for more than one program, but an effort will be made to maximize student participation in light of the limited number of slots for each program. You must be a student in good academic standing in order to participate in a program and meet all other clinic requirements.
Applications must be submitted no later than 5:00pm, Friday, February 29th, 2008.
For Credit Internships
All internships for credit will be charged regular in-house USF summer tuition, $1,210 per unit. Students will be required to pay for their own airfare, housing and meals.
Offering in Bangalore, India: NEW! 6 students: 3 units credit: Students will work as law clerks for 4 weeks in Bangalore, the home of India's high-tech industry. The internships will be in law firms and, tentatively, NGOs. The clinical legal work will culminate in a 20-page paper. This international internship program is offered in conjunction with the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), India's leading law school. The internships are preceded by one week of orientation consisting of classroom instruction on relevant aspects of the Indian legal system and visits to Bangalore's historic courts and Parliament. For the first week the students will live in the NLSIU dorms; for the next four weeks they will live in furnished apartments. The timing allows students to go on to the USF Summer Abroad Program in Prague should they wish to do so. Professor Dolores Donovan will coordinate the internships.
Dates: May 25 - June 28, 2008
Offering in Bilbao: 6 students: 3 units credit. The program will consist of three days of instruction from English-speaking Spanish professors in the legal system of Spain and its intersection with European Community Law and other international law. Students will then undertake positions in law offices, where they will spend their remaining time in Bilbao involved in the general work of each office, and a specific writing project under the supervision of an English-speaking attorney. Three of the placements will be with commercial law firms, and three in offices of the Ministry of Justice where the placements are tentatively planned in the areas of human rights, children’s rights and criminal law. Housing will be provided in the dormitory of Deusto, in individual rooms with computer access, and with common living areas and cafeteria. Professor John Denvir will coordinate the internships.
Dates: June 8 - July 12, 2008
Offering in Vietnam: 3-4 units credit. Up to 6 students will work in various placements (law offices and USAID project offices) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The internships will be supervised by alum Sue Mendelsohn, ’80, Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of the law school’s LL.M. mentor program who has worked extensively with the Center in Vietnam and China. Minimum 20 page paper required. To earn 4 credits students can opt to do a paper of the substance, complexity and length of the Writing Requirement, with Professor Donovan as the supervising faculty member. The paper will be a minimum of
30 pages and no longer than 50 pages.
Dates: June 1 – August 1, 2008
Not For Credit Internships
Offering in Beijing, China: One student will travel to Beijing and spend 4 weeks working as a law clerk in the law offices of UNITALEN, a Chinese law firm specializing in intellectual property law, especially patent, but also trademark. The student's round-trip airfare will be paid by the firm and s/he will live in an apartment provided by UNITALEN and receive an expense account adequate for food and transportation in Beijing. No salary will be paid; only expenses. Preference will be given to students with a serious interest in IP law. For further information contact Yongbo Li, yongbo.li@unitalen.com. Mr. Li is a UNITALEN partner currently in the LLM Program here at USF. To learn more about UNITALEN please visit its website at www.unitalen.com. This internship is not under the supervision of USF School of Law.
Dates: Negotiable
Offering in Dharamsala, India: 4 students. Students to travel to Dharamsala, India and while there, teach at a school established by the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile for Tibetan refugee students. During your nine week stay in India, a large percentage of your time is spent teaching a course in Human Rights as well as a course in English as a Second Language to refugees who are between sixteen and twenty-two years of age. Students stay at the home of the Dalai Lama's brother. The project is coordinated by Professor Tom Nazario. Students will receive a reimbursement of expenses to cover air fare and living expenses, estimated cost $4,400.
Dates: June 16 – August 8, 2008
Offering in Dominican Republic: 7 students. In 2005, the Center began studying how Haitian refugees are treated in the Dominican Republic. Students visit NGO projects that serve refugees and meet with government officials and human rights advocates. They also assess the level of human rights abuse by conducting field interviews at prisons, hospitals, and the urban slums where Haitian live. Their work is coordinated through the Santo Domingo office of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). Students will return to the Dominican Republic in 2008. Students will receive a reimbursement of expenses to cover airfare and living expenses. Spanish speaking students strongly preferred.
Dates: May 20 – June 1, 2008
Offering in San Francisco on issues relating to Haiti: 4 students. In the summers of 2006 - 2007 and continuing through the academic year, students worked with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti on current human rights issues. Due to State Department travel restrictions, students worked on their projects, ranging from canceling Haiti's foreign debt to environmental and women’s issues, with a human rights attorney in San Francisco. These "virtual" internships will be offered again in 2008. Approximately 10 weeks, starting June 2, 10-15 hours a week, paid hourly. One meeting per week on campus. Research Assistant pay -- $13.65 per hour.
June 2 – August 11, 2008
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Courses
Course in Cambodian Genocide: Prosecution of the Khmer Rouge (Professor Howard de Nike): A minimum of 6 students. This three-week class held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia examines the history of the Khmer Rouge political movement, the atrocities committed between 1975-1978, and the 2003 agreement by the Royal Government of Cambodia to prosecute Khmer Rouge leaders. The course looks at theories of criminal liability, the evidence in support of criminal charges, and the Extraordinary Chambers law which established trial and appellate courts for the cases. The course combines class meetings, lectures, and field site visits including Tribunal sessions when sitting. A final examination is given. This course is credit-no credit. Approximate cost: $6,500 includes 3 units tuition, air fare and living expenses.
Dates: May 25 – June 14, 2008
Past Courses
Classes related to global justice offered at USF School of Law vary by academic year. Please check with the law school to determine when course are offered. Recent examples include:
Globalization, Human Rights & Rule of Law in Latin America (Fall 2005, Professor Carlos Castresana): The study of Latin America in the framework of globalization considering civil rights (life, freedom, political participation, women's rights, indigenous population) economic rights (free trade areas, migration, poverty, environmental issues), and rule of law (security, independence of the judiciary, impunity, corruption, organized crime). An overview of the region and its relationship with the U.S., World Bank, and IMF.
International Criminal Law (Spring 2006, Professor Carlos Castresana):The evolution of international criminal law from the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals, and their precedents, to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The course provides an overview of the statutes and main judgments of the U.N. International Criminal Courts for Yugoslavia and Rwanda and discussion of other experiences demanding accountability for serious human rights violations before national courts through territorial or universal jurisdiction.
Holding Corporations, Banks, and Government Officials Accountable for Corruption Linked to Human Rights Abuses (Spring 2006, Professor Jack Garvey): Students engage in supervised research, writing, and strategic analysis addressing international corruption and its consequences. Each student produces a written study and makes an oral presentation on a substantive area of concern, addressing the challenge from the point of view of different national and international laws and legal systems. Representative areas of focus will include securities laws, international and national financial regulation, and national tax and criminal law.
Transnational Contract Negotiation and Enforcement (Spring 2006, Professor Ric Trachok) This course exposes students to the doctrines and skills of the international practitioner negotiating contracts, dealing with contract related disputes, and securing enforcement of transnational business arrangements for sales and investment. Substantive principles covered include procedural mechanisms, such as transnational service of process and taking evidence abroad, jurisdiction, forum selection, enforcement of foreign judgments, and a major emphasis on international arbitration. The class includes skills exercises involving drafting and negotiating contracts.
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Rule of Law Projects
Center projects focused on assisting countries develop sustainable institutions capable of supporting the rule of law with justice, including strong legislatures, judiciaries, and legal educational institutions, have been at the core of the Center's work. Projects are carried out both in the United States and around the globe.
United States: Under the direction of Steven Shatz, Muriel and Phillip Barnett Professor, each summer the Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project sends students to work on death penalty cases in Southern states, as well as California. The Project provides desperately needed assistance to lawyers working in defense of death row inmates.
United States: With funding from the JHET Foundation, the Center is spearheading an effort to eliminate the sentence of life without the possibility of parole for juveniles. This two-year project is similar to USF's successful efforts under the direction of Professor Connie de la Vega to eliminate the juvenile death penalty as decided by the United States Supreme Court in Simmons v. Roper.
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Past Rule of Law Projects
China: The China Toy Project, a partnership with the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI), USF and the East China University of Politics and Law, was designed to increase labor law compliance in China's toy industry. Project partners presented seminars for toy factory managers, labor inspectors, and ICTI auditors in Shanghai and Shenzhen. The seminars covered international and Chinese labor law; case studies, and discussions of ways to foster compliance with China's labor laws. Read China Toy Project materials.
East Timor: The Center developed and delivered training in legislative drafting for members of the East Timorese Parliament, NGOs and community advocates. This joint program with the Asia Foundation, and USAID improved the capacity of members of Parliament and civil society to assess and develop legislation and implement programs to develop a healthy economy. Read the East Timor LDI Report.
For a complete history of Center Rule of Law Projects see Past Projects.
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International Human Rights Investigation Project
This project, in partnership with the Open Society Justice Initiative, looks at corruption in international businesses leading to illegal exploitation of natural resources in Africa. A similar research project is being planned to address human rights violations in El Salvador. USF students will research factual and legal grounds for actions that could help states fulfill their duties to ensure human rights, as well as require non-state actors to comply with international law and respect human rights.
These projects recognize that modern-day human rights violations require a new economic and business approach that addresses the changes caused by globalization. Multinational enterprises, corruption in public procurement, and deregulation in the financial, energy, and other sectors, are all being used to promote or facilitate human rights abuses, erode democratic systems and institutions, impair development, and impede the rule of law.
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