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Nice Program 2011 – Week 1 – By Professor Tiefenbrun

I am delighted to report that we are having an excellent time in Nice. The students are all enjoying the four courses, the beach, the nightlife, the three and four-day weekends traveling to Rome, Spain, Florence, Dresden, Leipzig, and the beautiful French and Italian Riviera. We all loved seeing Christie Edwards, a really great alumna […]

Nice Program 2011 – Week 2 – By 2L Student Elysia Lopez

This week has been monumental: 25% of our summer school session is over, the stress from being close to finals is already sinking in and, yet, we’re in this amazing paradise with tons to see and experience. Life is wonderful, stressful, filled with beauty – and of course, Patriotism. Thursday, Professor Tiefenbrun threw a “wine […]

Nice Program 2011 – Week 1 – By 2L Student Elysia Lopez

Hello from Nice, France! Let me introduce myself. I am Elysia Lopez, a current 2L student at Thomas Jefferson. I am here, studying in Nice for the next four weeks, and let me just say this – what a wonderful experience already! For those who do not speak any French, luckily there is a lot […]

China Program 2011 – Week 3 – By Professor Tiefenbrun

It is hard to believe that the three-week China International Law Study Abroad Program in Hangzhou, China has come to an end. It went by so fast, and we are all sad to leave. Last weekend we all went to Beijing to visit the Chinese People’s Supreme Court, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen […]

China Program 2011 – Week 2 – By Professor Tiefenbrun

We have all just come back from an incredible day at the Beijing People’s Supreme Court and the Forbidden City. All 85 of us are literally overwhelmed by the excitement of Beijing, the splendor and beauty of the Supreme Court which is bedecked in marble throughout, and the majesty of the Forbidden City which transports […]

China Program 2011 – Week 1 – By Student C. Duke Krautim

We are creatures of familiarity. We go through life doing things that we are accustomed to. The first week in Hangzhou required some patience and openness. As a westerner, life in Hangzhou is a crash course in being cultured. Hangzhou is home to 8 million people. The density of the population is somewhat equivalent to […]

China Program 2011 – Week 1 – By Professor Tiefenbrun

We have just ended the first week of our 3-week China Program in Hangzhou, China. We have a very big group: 89 American law students from TJSL and 32 Chinese students from Guanghua School of Law. The first day we all had a fantastic tour of the beautiful city of Hangzhou and a trip to […]