Paris Summer Institute: June 25 to July 31, 2012

The Panthéon, in Paris's Latin Quarter.

The Paris Summer Institute is a five-week academic program in international and comparative law.  The Institute is cosponsored by Cornell Law School and  the Sorbonne Law School at the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Every year, the Institute welcomes a select group of law students from around the world to study law in the heart of Paris.  Students take advantage of our strong international faculty, expansive English-language curriculum, and unique cultural and professional offerings.

Students at a closing reception for the Summer Paris Institute.

Our 2012 curriculum

• Introduction to the Laws of Europe
• Comparative Corporate Law
  
• Comparative Family Law
• Litigation in a Global Context: Selected Issues
  
• International Commercial Arbitration
• Comparative Law and Social Science
  
• International Human Rights
  
• Comparative Legal Studies
  
• Introduction to the American Legal System (non-JD students only)