European Lawyer Programme Summer School

The Dickson Poon School of Law is proudly hosting the European Lawyer Programme Summer School 2012. This year’s summer school (28-31 August, 2012) will have as its theme the concept of citizenship in Europe and what that means for individuals and nation states. There will be a consideration of how the European Court of Justice has developed the notion of citizenship and how the evolving law affects issues ranging from human rights to migration. Each morning an expert in the relevant field will address the participants and then matters will be developed through seminar discussion in the afternoon.

The summer school will continue on Monday and Tuesday with the topic “Corporate Citizenship in Europe”, sponsored by Noerr LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Linklaters, LLP. The sessions will be held in the offices of Linklaters LLP London and Latham & Watkins LLP London.

About the European Lawyer Programme

The European Law School (network) was established in 2006 by its three founding members (King’s College London, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University Paris 2) in order to establish and develop the European Lawyer programme (the “Juriste Europeen”). Students on this programme pursue undergraduate studies at their home institution for three years and follow that by spending a year at the other founding universities, obtaining a Masters degree at each. During their fourth and fifth years, students concentrate on specialist subject areas. British students spend one year each in Berlin and Paris, German students in London and Paris and French students in Berlin and London.

The central objective of the course of study is to enable students to obtain a deep knowledge and understanding of three separate legal systems in Europe, as well as of European law generally. In this way it will enable them to acquire the skills necessary to practice as a European lawyer in the global environment. It has been agreed that La Sapienza University, Rome, will be joining the network in the next academic year and it is envisaged that other leading European Law schools will do so in the future.

Speakers include:

Professor Sir Francis Jacobs QC King’s College London

Professor Alexander Türk, King’s College London

Mr Panagiotis Stasinopoulos, King’s College London

Ms Maris Kask, King’s College London

Professor Piet Eeckhout, King’s College London

Ms Silvia Bartolini, King’s College London

Mr Simon McMahon, King’s College London

Professor Armel Le Divellec, Université Paris 2

Professor Dr. Dr. Stefan Grundmann, Humboldt University

Professor Dr. Daniel Thym, University Konstanz

Privatdozent Dr. Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg, Mannheim University