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2018 Oxford Program 2018 OXFORD PROGRAM WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COOLEY LAW SCHOOL ’S 5TH ANNUAL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM JULY 2 – AUGUST 3, 2018 (Revised 4-12-18) Western Michigan University Cooley Law School is pleased to announce its 5th annual American Bar Association (ABA)-approved foreign study program in Oxford, England, during the summer of 2018. Law students will study and live in Oxford for five weeks beginning July 2 and ending August 3. The six-credit program will be housed at Hertford College, a University of Oxford college. Four international and comparative law courses will be taught by law professors and practitioners. THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM MINI automobiles are manufactured in the area. The Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Foreign Study Program in Oxford has Students may opt to live and will attend been approved by the American Bar classes hosted at the beautiful and centrally Association’s Accreditation Committee of the located campus of Hertford College. The Section of Legal Education and Admissions to program director’s office will be on campus the Bar. The program was-inspected in July, too. Please note that the University of Oxford 2014, receiving approval through 2019. and Hertford College are not awarding credit Classes do not have prerequisites. Each course for this program. is conducted in English by law professors and practitioners and meet the requirements of the Hertford College is located on Catte Street ABA. across from Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera. It also is known for the Hertford Bridge. To see and learn more about the DATES OF PROGRAM college, go to http://www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/ . Residence hall check-in begins July 1, 2018. There will be an orientation for all registrants that evening followed by a walking tour of the college. A Welcome Tea will be conducted during the first week. Classes begin Monday, July 2, and will be held during the day Monday through Friday with a few exceptions on Saturday. All courses will be conducted in classrooms on the very attractive campus of Hertford College in Oxford. The program ends on August 3. The schedule will permit The Hertford bridge students to visit many of the outstanding attractions in Oxford, such as Carfax Tower, HO HOULD TTEND Oxford Castle, Oxford Botanical Garden, High W S A Street, the Rivers Cherwell and Isis (the Thames), and Ashmolean Museum. U.S. law students with an interest in comparative and international law will benefit from this program. A limited number of LOCATION students participating in LL.B. programs in other countries may also participate upon Oxford is about 50 miles west of London in approval. Finally, anyone interested in a Oxfordshire, a central southern county in summer study abroad program in one of the Great Britain. It is the oldest university town world’s great university towns, without a in the United Kingdom, home of the language barrier, should consider participating University of Oxford. Oxford is called the city in the Oxford Program. Approval must be of dreaming spires because of the churches and granted by the Associate Dean. university buildings. There are beautiful gardens; walking and cycling paths; and, a centralized historic city centre to explore. 2 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2.25 GPA. Students from law schools other than WMU-Cooley must ask their school to UNITED KINGDOM send a letter of current good standing and an official transcript to Western Michigan The United States and the United Kingdom University Cooley Law School verifying the have their own laws regarding entry and exit above criteria. A limited number of requirements. It is strongly recommended that international students who are currently you refer to the United States Department of enrolled in good standing in an LL.B. program State website (e.g., in another country and are fluent in English https://travel.state.gov/content/travel.html ) may also apply. We may have participants and the UK Visas and Immigration website from our exchange program with the (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisatio University of Münster and affiliation with ns/uk-visas-and-immigration ) for information Western Michigan University. Others to determine what documents are required for interested are encouraged to contact the entry into and exit from these countries. A program. Inquiries should be directed to valid passport is required for U.S. citizens. [email protected] prior to submission Any student who is not a U.S. citizen should of an application. Approval must be granted refer to the UK Visa and Immigration website by the Associate Dean. for further entry information. Last year, 6 J.D. students participated. Past participants were from Germany, Lebanon and Switzerland. 2018 will be the fifth year of WMU-Cooley’s Oxford Program. A maximum of 25 students can participate in the program. All applicants must submit a completed application and a nonrefundable deposit of $250, which will be credited to tuition and fees, to Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. Please contact us should you wish to pay the deposit online. Guest students may The spiral staircase at Hertford arrange with us to charge the deposit to a credit card. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY AND The application deadline is March 15, 2018 for APPLICATION PROCEDURE WMU-Cooley students and April 1, 2018 for guest students. WMU-Cooley will consider applications from law students who are currently enrolled in Download an application at: good standing in an ABA-accredited or state- http://www.cooley.edu/foreignstudy/england. approved law school and have completed at html . least one year of study. WMU-Cooley students Applicants must also provide an official must have completed 27 credits and have a transcript and certification from their law 3 school that they are currently in good PROGRAM standing. The Oxford Program is five weeks. Students Space is limited due to classroom size. Prior to will enroll in six credit hours. Three timely April 1 students will be accepted on a first- two-credit law courses will be offered. Final come, first-accepted basis. Students applying exams will be conducted at the end of the after April 1 will be considered and notified in program. Exams are not given early or in a timely manner if space is available. advance. Students will be promptly notified Send your application materials and deposit if classes are cancelled due to insufficient to: enrollment. Western Michigan University The 2018 schedule has been designed to enable Cooley Law School students to participate in WMU-Cooley’s International Programs Office Toronto Program and then travel to Oxford to 2018 Oxford Program participate in that program. Many students 300 S. Capitol Avenue will take advantage of this arrangement in Lansing, MI 48933 order to earn as many as twelve credits during the summer. Travel arrangements and accommodations should not be arranged before WMU-Cooley LEGAL AND EXTRACURRICULAR officially notifies applicants of acceptance into the program. EVENTS DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWAL POLICY Visits to legal institutions in Oxford and London will be scheduled. Although no academic credit will be awarded for these Deposits are fully credited to tuition and fees. visits, they will provide an important The $250 deposit becomes nonrefundable on enrichment to the educational experience, and April 1, 2017 in the case of withdrawal from students will be expected to accompany the the program regardless of cause. The $200 professors and their classmates on these program activities fee and the $100 excursions. In 2017, students traveled to administrative fee paid to WMU-Cooley are London to visit Middle Temple and had a tour nonrefundable in the case of withdrawal from of a local court. In a more social vein, they the Oxford study abroad program regardless attended a welcome tea and a closing gala of cause once approved to participate. For dinner. Similar events will take place in 2018. other than complete withdrawals, tuition refunds for the Oxford study abroad program are made according to the Summer Study HOUSING Abroad 2018 Student Guide . Students may not reduce the total number of credit hours for There are two housing options in Oxford. which they are registered as of 5:00 p.m. EDT Students may live at Hertford College or find on Monday, June 18, 2018. Tuition is their own off campus housing. Students living nonrefundable after that deadline. Students in on campus housing will have a single room are responsible for housing costs including with a sink, telephone, internet access, desk those WMU-Cooley incurs on their behalf. and wardrobe. Bathrooms and facilities will be shared. 4 In 2018, a single room at Hertford College for Tuition 34 nights with breakfast, lunch Monday WMU-Cooley students pay tuition at the through Friday, internet and the 20% VAT will school’s established rate. Honors Scholars cost £3,321.60. Students who stay at Hertford apply their scholarships to the cost of the College housing are responsible for and, by program. their participation in the program, agree to pay Guest students pay $650 per semester for all housing charges, including those hour. incurred by WMU-Cooley in advance on their Housing at Hertford College behalf in reliance on their application and (34 nights with breakfast, lunch M-F, deposit. internet and 20% VAT included [£3,321.60] ......................................... $4,642.49 WMU-Cooley will provide additional Administrative fee ........................................... 100 information and detailed reservation Program activities fee ...................................... 200 instructions for the Hertford College housing. Student Bar Association ................................... 20 (WMU-Cooley students only) Financial Aid loan fee ...................................... 100 (WMU-Cooley students only) Other estimated expenses for the five-week program: Travel to and from Oxford ........................ 1,300 Food .............................................................. 1,350 Local transportation ...................................... 250 Supplies/books (est. $100 per course) ......... 350 Laundry ..........................................................
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