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The Tower Bridge over the River Thames is one of the many remarkable sights in London.

London Law Consortium, London, England Study Abroad

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The London Law Consortium consists of seven ABA-approved law schools that offer students a culturally enriching study abroad program that meets in London during the spring semester of each year. The University of Iowa College of Law is the program administrator. The program is open to students at ABA-approved schools, with a preference to students enrolled in the member schools: The University of Iowa College of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, the University of Kansas School of Law, the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law, and the University of Utah College of Law. The on-site director of the program is Professor Adrien K. Wing, a full-time faculty member at the University of Iowa. The facility is located near the British Museum in the Bloomsbury District of London.

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If you are interested in the London Law Consortium Spring Break Intersession Course, please visit http://www.law.uiowa.edu/academics/london/springbreak.php.

Courses

The academic program at the London Law Consortium consists of courses taught by visiting consortium faculty members resident in London, courses on the English Legal System and law of the European Union taught by law lecturers from British universities, and a clinical studies course.

The English Legal System course is offered for 1 semester hour of credit, and is required for those students enrolled in the British Legal Externship/Seminar. This course provides an overview of law in England, the structure and jurisdiction of civil and criminal courts, and the organization of the legal profession. In the spring 2012, it will be taught by Barrister Mark Wyeth.

The Law of the European Union is offered for 3 semester hours of credit, and explores the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (E.U.), the law governing the formation of the E.U., and the law governing member states. It will be taught by Dr. Alexander Turk, a Senior Law Lecturer at King's College, University of London.

In addition to the English Legal System and Law of the European Union courses, the 2012 curriculum will include the following 3-credit hour courses: British Legal Methods Seminar (taught by Professor Adrien K. Wing, Iowa); Comparative Employment Law (taught by Professor Elinor P. Schroeder, Kansas); Comparative Labor Law (taught by Professor Elinor P. Schroeder, Kansas); International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law (taught by Professor Christopher Buccafusco, Chicago-Kent); International Human Rights (taught by Professor Adrien K. Wing, Iowa); and Law and Human Behavior (taught by Professor Christopher Buccafusco).

For more information about these courses, you may request a brochure from your school's coordinator or see the
Course Description [pdf].

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Faculty

Professor Christopher Buccafusco
(International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law, Law and Human Behavior)
Christopher Buccafusco joined the Chicago-Kent faculty in 2009 and was voted Professor of the Year by the Student Bar Association for 2009-10. He earned a B.S. degree from Georgia Tech in 2001, and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2004.  He teaches torts and copyright law. His research interests include intellectual property law, behavioral law and economics, law and psychology, and legal history. His recent work focuses on psychological challenges to legal notions of rationality and on the application of happiness research to the law. His published articles have appeared in the Columbia Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review (twice), California Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and Georgetown Law Journal. Before coming to Chicago-Kent, Professor Buccafusco taught for a year as a visiting faculty member at the University of Illinois College of Law.

Professor Elinor P. Schroeder
(Comparative Employment Law, Comparative Labor Law)
Elinor Schroeder is the Paul E. Wilson Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law.  She received her B.A. in French, with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1968, and her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1974.  While in law school, she was Article and Book Review Editor of the Michigan Law Review.  Professor Schroeder joined the Kansas law faculty after three years of private practice as a labor and employment lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri.  She writes and speaks extensively in the areas of employment discrimination law, employment law, labor law, and disability law.  She is a coauthor of Employment Law (West/Thomson), now in its fourth edition, with annual updates, and the Editor in Chief of Kansas Employment Law, currently in its second edition.  She has been Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and has served as Acting Dean.  She regularly teaches courses in Labor Law, Employment Discrimination Law, and Employment Law.

Professor Alexander H. Türk
(Law of the European Union)
Alexander Türk is Professor of Law at King’s College London. He was formerly a Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (Netherlands). Prof. Türk studied history (MA) and law (first and second state exam) in Augsburg, Germany. He obtained an LL.M in European Law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and holds a Ph.D. from the University of London. He is the Director of the LLM Programme, of the Summer course in EU law and of the PG Diploma/MA in EU law at King’s. He is also the General Editor of LexisNexis’s EU Tracker. His principal research interests are in the field of European Union Law, and in particular its constitutional and administrative law. His recent publications include Judicial Review of EU Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009), and EU Administrative Law and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2011) (together with Profs Hofmann and Rowe). This will be his sixth year teaching the Law of the European Union course for the London Law Consortium.

Professor Adrien K. Wing
(British Legal Methods/Seminar, International Human Rights)
Adrien Wing is the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and the on- site director of the London Law Consortium.  Professor Wing earned an A.B. degree magna cum laude from Princeton in 1978, a M.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1979, and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School in 1982.  She joined the Iowa law faculty in 1987 after five years of private practice as an international lawyer in New York City. She is the author of over 100 publications, many with an emphasis on women’s rights issues in the U.S., Africa and the Middle East. Professor Wing is the former Associate Dean for Faculty Development and regularly teaches courses in International Law, Comparative Law, and Critical Race Theory. Additionally, she has been the director of Iowa’s summer abroad program in Arcachon, France for over a decade, and taught in  Howard University’s summer program at the University of Western Cape in South Africa for six summers as well.

Professor Mark Wyeth
(English Legal System)
Mark Wyeth is a Barrister at Law, Queen's Counsel. He received his B.A. (Hons) Law from Leicester Polytechnic in 1982, did his Bar Finals at the Inns of Court School of Law in 1983, as well as a  LL.M. (Commercial Law) and A.C.I. (Arb.) in 1988 from the London School of Economics at the University of London. He is a member of the Inner Temple and was named Queens Counsel, the highest status for a barrister, in 2009. His private practice emphasizes criminal cases, and he was a founder and head of chambers at 2 Paper Buildings. He is currently  a member of the chambers of Jonathan Caplan QC and Michael Brompton QC at 5 Paper Buildings, Temple, London.  He has taught at the University of Iowa College of Law several times, and has been affiliated with the London Law Consortium for twenty years.
 

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Contact

University of Iowa
Professor Adrien K. Wing
Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Law
University of Iowa, College of Law
410 Boyd Law Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 319-335-9129
Fax: 319-335-9098
adrien-wing@uiowa.edu

University of Iowa
Debra Paul, Registrar
University of Iowa, College of Law
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-9080
Fax: 319-335-9019
debra-paul@uiowa.edu

Chicago-Kent College of Law
Stephen Sowle, Assistant Dean
Chicago Kent College of Law
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312-906-5282
Fax: 312-906-5269
ssowle@kentlaw.edu

University of Kansas
Vicki Palmer, Registrar
University of Kansas, School of Law
1535 W. 15th Street
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-9211
Fax: 785-864-5054
vpalmer@ku.edu

University of Kentucky College of Law
Mary J. Davis, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Kentucky College of Law
202 Law Building
Lexington, KY  40506
Phone:  859-257-3198
Fax:  859-323-1061
mjdavis@email.uky.edu
 

University of Missouri-Columbia
N. Denise Boessen, Administrative Associate & Law School Registrar
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
203 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-4300
Phone: 573-882-8269
Fax: 573-882-4984
BoessenN@missouri.edu

Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Associate Dean Len Fromm
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Third Street & Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812-855-5361
Fax: 812-855-0555
fromml@indiana.edu

University of Utah
Barbara J. Dickey
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
S.J. Quinney College of Law
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801-581-4032
Fax: 801-581-6897
dickeyb@law.utah.edu

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