Law Students at ABA Accredited Institutions:Spend Summer Semester 2009 in Europe!

Registration for the 2009 Summer Academy in International Commercial Arbitration is open to interested students, and a tuition reduction to the level of in-state rates is available this year for qualified law students not resident in Georgia.

The Summer Academy in International Commercial Arbitration is offered as a six credit hour study program based in Linz in Upper Austria (near Vienna and Salzburg) and this year will feature portions of its program in Vienna, Salzburg, Budapest, Passau, Venice, Krumlov in the Czech Republic, and Dubrovnik on the Croatian Adriatic coast. 

Scheduled for the period May 15 through June 14, 2009, the program of the Academy offers two specialized Seminars in international commercial arbitration, the predominate method of dispute resolution in international trade transactions.  Successful completion of these seminars will result in the award to the participating student of six (6) semester credit hours.

Tuition and program costs this year will total just at $5,330: the cost of the program (hotel, ground program, ground transportation in and around Europe, excursions, and many meals) is a low $2,990 (less than $100 a day for the experience of a lifetime), plus tuition of $2,340. Additionally, the in-state tuition rate ($2,340) is available to all participants whether resident in Georgia or not, and Financial Aid is available to students otherwise qualifying under guidelines from the GSU Financial Aid Office.

The program is also available to qualifying law students from other universities.

The program welcomes qualifying law students from other universities as well as to law students who are non-Georgia residents: these will pay only an additional $250 administrative fee in order to qualify for low in-state tuition rates, as well as an additional $57 technology fee which is assessed by GSU from all students in all programs.

The Summer Academy in International Commercial Arbitration (SAIICA) has been sponsored by Georgia State University College of Law since 1994 and today enjoys the co-sponsorship of Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria.

The program annually enrolls approximately 35-40 students in its activities which are concentrated at a variety of locales in central Europe.  An outstanding faculty drawn from Europe and the United States supports the Program and includes senior officers of several of the most important arbitration courts of central Europe. Preliminary meetings for those interested in participating in the Summer Academy will be scheduled at Georgia State well before the examination period at the end of Spring Semester 2009.

Please contact the Program Director, Professor E. R. Lanier,  for further details.