Summer School in the USA 2010 "Study Abroad 2010 in USA" Concludes

The seventh "Study Abroad 2010" program, organized in July in Minneapolis, USA, in cooperation with William Mitchell College of Law as part of the activities of the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law Global Law Programs (IGUL) Directorate, was successfully completed this year.

Students participating in the program had the chance to take part in a certificate program that began with the magnificent shows and celebrations of America's Independence Day (4 July) and concluded with a trip to New York in the final week.

In the academic part of the program, in addition to Legal English, Turkish and American students took Mediation courses together, aiming, through shared experience, to maximize the benefit Turkish students would gain from the program. Although Turkish students found the first week of the Mediation course more challenging than the American students, as the program progressed they became more successful in case studies and received congratulations from the course instructor and the American students. During court visits within the program, our students had the chance to observe the court system in America by attending a real trial and, after the trial, to talk with the presiding judge and discuss the court system and legal rules with presiding judges.

The opening reception of the program, held at the beginning of the program at the home of Prof. Dr. Eric Janus, Dean of William Mitchell College of Law, was attended by many American faculty members as well as students of the university. Prof. Dr. Eric Janus also hosted the closing reception at his home, where the participating students received their certificates at a ceremony accompanied by Turkish food and music, and all our students successfully completed the program.