INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM

Cedric Anderson goes to Belize to help build an Innocence Project



I have started work here in Belize. Settling here with my family has been… interesting. We live in a house above a carpentry shop where they hand-make nice furniture. The dirt road we live on is lined with garbage and many of the houses on our block really can’t be called houses (I’m sure you both know what I mean – not exactly Rancho Santa Fe). Needless to say, we are grateful for what we have. The town is half English-speaking and half Spanish-speaking, so my Spanish has already come in handy. More here

Katrina Miller Journal for the Chile Summer Program 2012




Third week:
This week I spent much of my time continuing to research the intricacies of the bailiff and sheriff system in the UK, US, and Australia. It was interesting and frustrating at the same time because the information I was looking for may have been easier to find in a library than online.
There were books that sounded perfect but now way to get them. This is one of the downsides of conducting research in a Spanish language country, when you are in no way fluent. I wrote a brief on the information I had collected and then discussed my research with my supervising attorney.
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Daniel Porras has worked as a lawyer in Europe for many years since his graduation.

“California Western School of Law’s International Legal Studies Program is a complete educational experience. It gave me a classroom education and real-world experience that is vital to any student. I was fortunate enough to have great professors who understand the growing field of international law and who also worked very hard to help me explore the endless possibilities available to new international lawyers.
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Rebecca Tweneboah

Rebecca Tweneboah, a 2L student at California Western School of Law, flew to Africa to learn about that continent’s struggle to strengthen the rule of law, and help build structures that assist in reconstructing civil society after a civil war. Liberia’s civil war was particularly brutal, with child soldiers, body mutilation and the massive use of rape against women.

The country, long a pillar of stability and political independence, is rebuilding its civil institutions since the overthrow of President Samuel Doe and the subsequent civil wars in the 1990s. The country faces many challenges – the prison system, lack of enforcement of contracts, and poor protection of private property to name but a few.

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