Student Affairs
Summer in South Africa
Summer Law Program in Cape Town, South Africa
June 12-July 19, 2008
Open to all Graduate and Law Students
Increasingly, United States and international legal employers are looking for individuals with an understanding of today’s complex legal environment. As South Africa emerges as a leading political and economic force, opportunities for business, trade and cultural exchanges increase significantly within the region.
Recognizing the importance of providing students with an education that transcends national boundaries, the University of Florida Levin College of Law jointly sponsors the only American summer program approved by the American Bar Association with the University of Cape Town faculty of law in South Africa’s most beautiful, cosmopolitan and diverse city.
Students studying in Cape Town benefit from a dual focus on comparative and international law. We examine United States and South African legal systems on a comparative basis by American and South African professors. In addition, the program analyzes how race and race relations impact U.S. and South African legal systems.
The Florida/Cape Town program allows you to live in and enjoy a rich culture, while studying law amidst the historic legal, political and social changes occurring in South Africa. Mornings and early afternoons will be devoted to law classes, conducted in English. As part of the program requirements, you will also visit Parliament, courts and jails. The course on Introduction to South African Law is complemented by shadowing members of the Cape Town Bar Association where students can apply the knowledge learned in the classrooms about policies and laws of South Africa.