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University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of LawCenters of Distinction, Graduate and International Programs

Telephone: 1.916.739.7019 or 1.800.843.4562 (U.S.) Email: mgintprg@pacific.edu

Eric McElwain, Assistant Director for Graduate and International Programswww.mcgeorge.edu

Antigua,General InformationThe Guatemala Summer Program is open to graduates and students of ABA-approved or state-accredited law schools who have completed one year of full-time or part-time study, and who are in good standing at their respective schools. Prior study in the areas covered by each course may be helpful, but is not required.

Financial AidYou should discuss the availability of student loan programs with the fi nancial aid offi ce at your law school. If you expect to have funds from your law school’s fi nancial aid offi ce deposited to your bank account after you arrive in Guatemala, be sure to bring enough money to tide you over for several days. The sponsoring law schools cannot cash personal checks in Guatemala that are drawn on a U.S. bank.

Lodging in AntiguaDuring the classroom portion of the Guatemala summer program, students will be housed in privately run guest houses in Antigua, in rooms with en suite facilities, where daily breakfast will be served. The cost of housing is covered by the separate program fee.

ExternshipsStudents who enroll in the optional externships following the classroom program will earn four additional semester units of credit over an eight-week period. Students placed in an externship are required to enroll in the two classes taught in Spanish over the fi rst three weeks of the program and will have earned a total of eight semester units of credit by the completion of the program.

Students completing an externship will pay $3,500 in additional costs (less a $500 scholarship) for the four credits and must also pay $1,500 separately for housing accommodations and in-country transportation.

The agencies and organizations in which externships will be offered work in the fi elds of environmental justice, commerce and trade, human rights, economic development, immigration and labor relations. Organizations with available externship placements are:

• Center for Environmental and Social Legal Action (CALAS)• Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT)• Rigoberta Menchú Foundation• National Roundtable of Immigrant Groups of Guatemala (MENAMIG)• Association for Social Studies and Investigation (ASIES)• Institute for Democracy (DEMOS)

Costs and FeesStudents may enroll for four classroom units of credit and up to four externship units, depending on Spanish language ability. Students with no more than two years Spanish language instruction must enroll in Comparative Free Speech and Access to Information in the Americas, taught in English, and in Legal Spanish for Lawyers.

• 4 semester units $3,500• Mandatory program fee $900• Optional 4-unit Externship $3,500 (less $500 scholarship) + $1,500 program fee• Accompanying Person fee (classroom program only) $900 (externship housing only) $800

ApplicationComplete the online application form at www.mcgeorge.edu and submit it. Additionally, forward your signature page and deposit of $250 to:

Deposits may be paid in person at the Graduate and International Programs offi ce on the ground fl oor of Northwest Hall at Pacifi c McGeorge.

Applications will be accepted on a continuing basis until March 1, 2011. Thereafter, they will be considered only on a space available basis until the fi nal payment deadline, four weeks prior to commencement of the summer program: April 21, 2011.

Deposits are due with submission of the online registration form. Payment of costs and fees is due in full one month prior to commencement of the Guatemala program: April 21, 2011.

Refund PolicyThe deposit of $250 is applied to costs and fees if admitted or is refunded if enrollment is denied. The deposit is fully refundable if participation is cancelled prior to March 1, 2011. Thereafter, the deposit will be forfeited if the applicant fails to attend for any reason. Failure to meet the payment deadline specifi ed results in automatic forfeiture of place in the program and deposit. If a student withdraws from enrollment prior to commencement of the program but after April 21, 2011, the student will be refunded an amount equal to the costs and fees paid, less $250 and any mandatory program fee(s). The student will also forfeit any program fee paid for an accompanying person.

Centers of Distinction Graduate and International Programs

University of the Pacifi cMcGeorge School of Law

3200 Fifth AvenueSacramento, California 95817

Guatemala is a city in the central highlands of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved

Spanish Mudéjar-infl uenced Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruins of colonial churches. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. La Antigua Guatemala means “Old Guatemala” and it was the third capital of Guatemala. Antigua is a growing tourist destination as it is close to Guatemala City, but it is much calmer and safer, with more tourist oriented activities.

Antigua is the site for the second summer of the innovative Inter-American Program, a bilingual academic curriculum designed to give future attorneys an opportunity to confront the growing legal needs of Latin American countries and the Latino community in the United States. The program is operated by University of the Pacifi c, McGeorge School of Law in partnership with Seattle University School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law. The three-week summer program features an optional eight-week externship in a non-governmental organization in Guatemala.

Study-abroad programs offered by U.S. law schools, including those that take place in Latin America, commonly teach courses in English that could have been offered in the United States. By contrast, the Inter-American Summer Program in Guatemala offers substantive law classes taught in Spanish, allowing students the opportunity to learn about Latin American laws, study with Latin American students, take courses from Guatemalan law professors and complete an externship with a legal institution in this Latin American country.

In addition, a third substantive law course will be taught in English, and a Legal Spanish for Lawyers course will be taught for law school credit.

Students with varying degrees of Spanish profi ciency may participate in the program. Students with basic Spanish profi ciency or the equivalent of two years of Spanish instruction must enroll in the Legal Spanish class and the course taught in English. Students with intermediate Spanish who either grew up speaking Spanish or have received 2-4 years of Spanish instruction may enroll in any of the courses offered through the program. Only students with high profi ciency in Spanish may enroll in the externships.

Pacifi c McGeorge and its partners, Seattle University School of Law and University of Denver Sturm College of Law have entered into an agreement with Rafael Landívar University, a leading Jesuit-run institution in Guatemala that is known for its social justice mission and its offerings of law courses in the fi eld of human rights.

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COMPARATIVE FREE SPEECH AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN THE AMERICAS (2 units, graded) (taught in English)Monday - Thursday, 9:00 - 11:10 a.m.

This course will look at the history and text of the guarantees of free speech in the constitutions of the United States and of Latin American countries, including Guatemala; at judicial decisions interpreting them; and at the actual scope of those guarantees of free speech in practice, with emphasis on the function of free speech in facilitating democracy. We will look at the impact of globalization on free speech guarantees, including the impact of international treaties, the activities of NGOs, and speech on the Internet. In addition to free speech, the right to information held by government is crucial to democratic participation and decision making, combating corruption in government, effectuating personal decision making, facilitating effi cient business practices and commercial exchanges, and enforcing other interests, such as environmental protection and guarantees of human rights. We will compare the systems for providing citizens access to government information in the U.S. and Latin America, particularly Guatemala, and look closely at areas where interests in disclosure and secrecy confl ict.

Professor Leslie Gielow Jacobs holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and got her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Michigan. A former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., she has authored a substantial and important body of scholarship on constitutional law, specifi cally free speech and government speech, and on topics including access to information and anti-corruption reforms in developing countries. She is co-author of Global Issues in Constitutional Law and Global Issues in Freedom of Speech and Religion. She is the Director of the Pacifi c McGeorge Capital Center for Public Law & Policy, dedicated to studying issues of federalism and government structure and aiding government policymakers who must navigate their complexities.

Professor Carmen G. González holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She teaches at Seattle University School of Law, where her research focuses on the environmental justice implications of economic globalization. Her recent scholarship examines the impact of trade agreements on global food security, the developmental and environmental implications of China’s growing economic infl uence in Latin America, and the ways in which the legacy of colonialism in Latin America affects law and legal institutions. Professor González was

a Fulbright Scholar in Argentina, a Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, and a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University. She has taught and/or worked on environmental law projects in Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, China, and the former Soviet Union. She is currently working on a 3-year USAID-funded project that promotes innovative environmental law pedagogy and collaborative research among law faculty in Nicaragua, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

LEGAL SPANISH FOR LAWYERS (2 units, graded)(taught in both Spanish and English) Monday - Thursday, 1:00 - 2:50 p.m., Friday, 9:00 - 10:50 a.m., plus Spanish language tutorial, Monday - Thursday, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

This course will prepare students with basic Spanish profi ciency to represent Spanish-speaking clients in the U.S. legal system or to work in Spanish on transnational matters involving Latin America. It will combine one-on-one Spanish immersion instruction with a structured classroom component. The Spanish immersion component will introduce and build on each student’s legal Spanish vocabulary in areas of law likely to require lawyering in Spanish or in areas identifi ed as priorities by the student. The structured classroom component will allow students to practice skills in Spanish, such as client interviewing, intake, and client counseling, through simulations and group exercises.

Luis Mogollón is a consultant with the Inter-American Program. As a Guatemalan lawyer with deep roots in the country, Luis has helped the program forge meaningful connections with many of our partners in Latin America and in the U.S. In Guatemala, Luis worked for the Department of Labor as Secretary General and as a labor inspector, and he was responsible for conducting worksite investigation and representing indigent workers in their complaints against employers for violations to Guatemala’s labor code.

This course will use the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to examine the legal framework regulating foreign investment in Central America and Mexico. With ratifi cation of CAFTA-DR, Guatemala opened its doors not only to trade but also to foreign investment, including from U.S. companies looking to do business in Guatemala. While the CAFTA-DR includes norms that govern the relationship between foreign investors and Member States, the domestic laws of each Member State continue to provide the central regulatory structure that governs relations among the parties, including in the areas of commerce, intellectual property, labor and the environment. This introductory course examines the principal commercial norms that apply to foreign investors in Guatemala, with special emphasis on the law of contracts. The course will examine the comparable norms applicable under NAFTA, and will also discuss how CAFTA’s ratifi cation has promoted rule of law reforms in Guatemala in the areas of commerce, intellectual property, labor and the environment.

A graduate of Stanford University and of the University of Texas School of Law, Professor José Roberto (Beto) Juárez, Jr. teaches at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he also serves as Director of the Lawyering in Spanish Program. His research interests include employment discrimination, language rights, legal history, race, and law and religion. Fluent in English and Spanish, he regularly teaches courses on the law of the United States at law schools in Mexico. He served as dean at the College of Law from 2006 to 2009. Professor Juárez is chair of the board of directors

of the Journal of Law & Religion. He was co-President of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) from 2004-2006. He was named one of the Top 100 Infl uential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine in 2006, and was inducted into Stanford University’s Multicultural Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007.

Professor Enrique Fernando Sánchez Usera is the Director of Private Law at the Faculty of Juridical and Social Sciences of Universidad Rafael Landívar in Guatemala City. His primary areas of specialization are banking law, construction law and business associations. He is also a Professor of Law at Universidad del Istmo and an associate with the law fi rm Rivers y Asociados in Guatemala. Professor Sánchez Usera received his law degree from the Universidad de Deusto in his native Spain and a Masters in Economic and Mercantile Law from Universidad Rafael Landívar.

INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN LATIN AMERICA [Derecho Ambiental Internacional en América Latina] (2 units, graded)(taught in Spanish)Monday - Thursday, 1:30 - 3:20 p.m., Friday, 9:00 - 10:50 a.m.

This course examines the role of international law in promoting cooperative solutions to some of the most pressing environmental problems confronting the planet. The course begins with an introduction to the international law framework within which international environmental law has developed, and emphasizes the relationship between international environmental law and international human rights law. The course then uses several case studies to analyze the legal regimes that have developed to address environmental problems of particular relevance to Latin America, including protection of biodiversity, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and protection of water resources.

Summer Inter-American Program l Antigua, Guatemala May 21 - June 11, 2011 (plus optional eight-week internship)

The cathedral in Antigua, Guatemala.

COMMERCIAL LAW FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS IN GUATEMALA [Derecho Comercial para Inversionistas Extranjeros en Guatemala] (2 units, graded)(taught in Spanish) Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Professor Raquel Aldana, a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School, joined the Pacifi c McGeorge faculty in 2009 after serving as a tenured professor at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. She founded and directs the Pacifi c McGeorge Inter-American Program, committed to educating bilingual and bicultural lawyers wishing to pursue a career focusing on U.S-Latin America relations. Professor Aldana has written extensively on immigration issues and been actively involved in immigrant rights’ organizations. As well, she has written on victims’ rights in the context of mass atrocities and about victims of domestic violence in post-confl ict societies. She began her legal career at a large law fi rm in Washington, D.C., later working at the Center for Justice and International Law where she litigated cases before the Inter-American Commission and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. In 2006-07, Professor Aldana was a Fulbright Scholar at Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala City, where she taught in the school’s Human Rights LL.M. program and conducted research on femicide.

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