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							University of Puerto Rico
School of Law
2010 Summer Program in Santiago, Chile (Includes Sessions in
Argentina)
May 31, 2010 until June 26, 2010

www.law.upr.edu




Study Law
in Chile
Includes Sessions in Argentina




Introduction

The University of Puerto Rico School of Law summer abroad programs combine travel in a
foreign country with the opportunity to gain knowledge from another country, explore and
participate on the daily life of historic cites, network with law students from Civil Law tradition,
and broaden your learning experience. The Summer Program in Chile that we successfully
began on 2009 with the participation of six students, expands this year to include sessions in
Argentina with distinguished academics and scholars. Our students will be exposed to a
comparative approach in topics of Constitutional Rights, Human Rights, Criminal Law,
International Law, and Investment Law. Moreover, taking advantage of the development of
legal traditions in Latin America and the participation of Puerto Rico in those processes, our
Summer Program will expose students to two different legal cultures that coexist in Puerto
Rico: Civil Law as taught in Chile and Argentina and the Common Law tradition.

Distinguished faculty from Diego Portales University, Adolfo Ibañez School of Law, and San
Andrés in Argentina, will offer two courses aimed at International Human and Social Rights,
and comparative Criminal Procedure Law and Investment Law in Latin America. These topics
will be explored providing a unique learning experience in local and historic settings. The
immersion in the Argentinean and Chilean cultures and the exchange with renowned scholars
who have studied extensively the development of human rights, criminal law, and investment
law is certainly the best way to accomplish our goal of providing comparative in depth learning
experiences.

This four weeks long program has an international and comparative approach. The instruction
will be in English. Two classes --one of three credits and another of two credits for a total of
five credit hours --will be offered and courses will be supplemented by guest lecturers and
group excursions to cultural places of interest.

The University of Puerto Rico School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar
Association. The UPR Summer Program in Santiago, Chile is approved by the ABA.

Dates
The University of Puerto Rico School of Law Summer Program in Santiago, Chile with sessions
on Buenos Aires, Argentina opens Monday, May 31, 2010 and will continue for four weeks,
ending on Thursday June 24, 2010. Reading period will be Friday June 25, 2010 and final
examinations will be held on Saturday June 26, 2010. Classes at Buenos Aires will be taught
from May 31 until June 11, 2010. Students will travel to Santiago Chile on June 13, 2010.
Classes at Santiago, Chile will begin on Monday June 14, until June 24, 2010.

Travel

Participants must make their own travel arrangements. Passports are required to travel to
Chile, and are the responsibility of each student. Visas are not required for US citizens
traveling to Argentina and Chile for a period of three months or less. When arriving in Chile,
tourist must pay an entering charge of $131.00, and when leaving an exit fee of $20.00.

Accommodation

Accommodations are not provided by the Program. Students may make any housing
arrangements they prefer. A list of housing possibilities is offered at our website:
www.law.upr.edu. We can also fax or send by regular mail or email the housing information.
It is strongly encouraged that students secure housing in Buenos Aires and Santiago before
they leave Puerto Rico or the U.S. Information about reasonable accommodations for students
with disabilities is available upon request. Facilities accessible to individuals with disabilities
will be described on our website.

Academic Facilities

The classes are held in the University of San Andrés School of Law at Buenos Aires and
University of Diego Portales Law Faculty. In both Universities the On Site Director will have an
administrative office for the Program. University of San Andrés is an Argentine university
located in the town of Victoria, Buenos Aires on the shores of the Rio de la Plata, in the
metropolitan area of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. University Diego Portales is located in
the heart of the city of Santiago. Both Law Faculties facilities provide ample classrooms, law
library, physical facilities accessible for students with disabilities and other modern facilities for
legal studies. Professor Fuentes course will be held on the Adolfo Ibanez School facilities at
Presidente Errázuriz in Santiago, Chile. The Presidente Errázuriz campus is dedicated mainly to
postgraduate programs. It has six climate-controlled amphitheater-style classrooms with audio
and video equipment. There are also climate-controlled study rooms and work cubicles with
computers for students. The campus has a small cafeteria that also serves as a meeting place.
The offices of the Dean of the Adolfo Ibáñez University Business School and many business
department professors are located on this campus.

Academic Policies

The University of Puerto Rico Summer Law Program in Santiago, Chile with sessions in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, is offered as part of the curriculum of the University of Puerto Rico School of
Law. A maximum of 30 students will be admitted in the Program. This Program is
approved by the ABA. The Program is open to students in good standing at ABA/AALS
approved U.S. law schools who have completed at least one year.

Two courses providing a total of 5 semester credits are offered.

Participants can take courses for credit (which requires a final examination) or as auditors
(with no final examination). The courses will be graded as Pass or Fail. No unit credit will be
granted if the grade is a Fail. Other law schools have regularly approved transfer and
accreditation of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law credits. However, each individual
law school must determine the requirements for the transferability of credits earned in this
Program. Participants are responsible for approval from their own law schools to transfer
credit, in compliance with residency requirements. It is unlikely that participation in the
Program will accelerate graduation, but participants should check with their schools for
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confirmation. All students are subject to the standard attendance and grading policies of the
University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Students who are admitted to the Program will
receive information outlining these policies. Class attendance is compulsory. Following the
Criteria for Approval of Foreign Summer Programs of the ABA Approved Schools, no student
shall be allowed to enroll in courses that meet more than 220 class minutes per day. All
courses will be taught in English.

Tuition Fees and Payments

Tuition for the University of Puerto Rico School of Law Summer Program in Chile with sessions
in Argentina is $3,000.00, which includes courses fees, receptions, two field trips on each
country including ski trip on Chile, class materials, and visits to legal institutions. A $300
tuition deposit must be paid within two weeks of the admission notification. This deposit will
be accredited towards the final tuition payment. Refund is limited to $100 and only if
withdrawal notification is made prior to April 30, 2010. The balance of the tuition is due by
April 30, 2010. These sums are non refundable, the only exception being the case of serious
illness, which makes attendance to the program impossible. In the unlikely event that the
Program has to be canceled, the University of Puerto Rico will fully refund tuition payments.
The UPR School of Law Summer Program does not provide direct financial assistance to
Program participants. For UPR’s students financial aid could be provided by at the Financial
Aid Office at the School.

Budget

 Tuition                                                                                      $3,000.00
 Non Refundable Registration Fee                                                                 $40.00
 Estimated Housing Expenses*                                                                  $1,350.00
 Estimated Airline Travel**                                                                   $1,000.00
 Estimated Food & Expenses                                                                    $1,350.00
 Total                                                                                        $6,740.00

* The program does not provide housing. Estimate based on information provided by local touristic
organizations of Buenos Aires and Santiago, Chile.
** Airfares will vary. Estimate based on prices of 2009 of Program participants that traveled from SJU to
Buenos Aires and to Santiago, Chile.


Courses

Comparative Legal Perspectives on Constitutional Rights and Social Rights
Monday May 31, until Friday June 12, 2010.
Professors Martin Bohmer and Paola Bergallo
This course will be taught at San Andrés Law School at Buenos Aires
9:30 am to 1:30pm
Three credit course.

Comparative Studies in Latin America: Criminal Justice Reform and Foreign
Investment
Monday June 14, until Friday June 26, 2010
Professors Mauricio Duce and Ximena Fuentes
The first week this course will be taught at Diego Portales School of Law from 9:30 to
12:30pm. The second week this course will be taught at Adolfo Ibañez Law School from 1:00
to 4:00pm.
Two credit course.

Courses Description

1) Comparative Legal Perspectives on Constitutional Rights and Social Rights

Lectures on The “Constitutionalization” of Latin American Law and Social Rights in
Latin America

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Study          of        a        recent        set         of        events        that        are
changing the nature of Latin American law. It starts with a discussion of its history with special
attention to the creation of the political systems that required a peculiar formalist approach to
law. It then turns to the culture that influenced the relation between law and society and the
reforms that tried to change this system, namely the law and development movement and the
reforms of the judiciary known as the "rule of law orthodoxy." The course discussed the trends
of "constitutionalization", i.e., globalization, the emergence of human rights, activist
judiciaries, the proliferation of new actors in civil society, the creation of new legal tools such
as collective standing, collective procedures and new remedies, and a new regulatory state,
among others. Discussion and in depth study of social rights in Latin America: right to
education, health law, and prisoners rights with a comparative and international approach


2) Comparative Studies in Latin America: Criminal Justice Reform and Foreign
Investment

Lectures on Comparative Criminal procedure and Criminal Justice Reform in Latin
America
Study of the general framework for the understanding of modern criminal procedure in
comparative perspective. Focus will be given to the study of the historical roots, setting and
main procedural structures and institutions of the criminal procedure in civil law countries,
making a distinction between the developments experienced in Europe and Latin America. In
each class the students will have a mandatory assignment as well as suggested readings to
complement the discussion of the class. And, Lectures on Protection of Foreign
Investment in Latin America: Study of the protection of foreign investment in Latin
America. It will analyze treaties on foreign investment protection, including investment
chapters in free trade agreements, from different political perspectives of all countries in the
region. Particular attention will be given to countries like Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and
Venezuela, but especially to Mexico and Chile. Also, the course will focus on the substantive
obligations by these countries combined with the study of the different mechanisms of
international dispute resolution.

Faculty

Martín Böhmer
Mr. Böhmer is the Dean of the Law School at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, as
well as Professor of Law at the University of Buenos Aires. He serves as Director of Justice
Area at CIPPEC. Among his honors, professor Böhmer was chosen as a Global Leader for
Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum 2002, Davos, Switzerland, and by the Ashoka
Foundation as a Innovators for the Public Fellow. He has also served as a Fulbright fellow, as a
Visiting Scholar at the Yale Law School, and as an Advisor for the Consejo para la
Consolidación de la Democracia (Council for the Consolidation of Democracy) an advisory body
for Constitutional and Judicial Reform to Argentine President Raul Alfonsín. Mr. Böhmer is also
one of the founders of the Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (Association for Civil Rights). He
is the former Dean of the Universidad de Palermo Law School, and the first Director of its
Public Interest Law Clinic. Mr. Böhmer received his law degree from the University of Buenos
Aires and his Master of Laws and JSD from Yale Law School. He specializes in legal theory,
legal education, international human rights, legal clinics, moot courts, corporate law and
contracts.

Paola Bergallo
Professor of law at Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mrs. Bergallo has
worked for 6 years as a lawyer specialized in international business transactions and the oil
and gas business. From 2000 to 2003 she taught at the Law School of Universidad de
Palermo. Since 2005, Mrs. Bergallo is a law professor at Universidad de San Andrés. Mrs.
Bergallo has held several visiting positions at Universidad de Puerto Rico, at Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México, and Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.
She has worked as researcher and consultant in projects of the Centro de Estudios de Estado y
Sociedad (CEDES), the Center for Reproductive Rights, the UN Fund for Population (UNFPA)
and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). Mrs. Bergallo’s areas of work include
interdisciplinary perspectives on law and society, feminist legal theory, and constitutional law.
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She has participated in several regional research projects and initiatives and is currently
conducting a research project on the impact and implementation of right to health litigation in
Argentina. Prof. Bergallo was a Fellow at Hewlett Foundation and Stanford University and in
2008 she cp-coordinated a small grant project funded by the Agencia Española de Cooperación
Internacional (AECI) to work with the constitutional law department at Universidad Pompeu
Fabra on the impact of EU and Mercosur in domestic constitutional law.

Mauricio Duce
Professor and researcher at the University Diego Portales School of Law. Juridical Sciences
Masters at Stanford Law School. Director of the Master Program in Criminal Procedure at the
University of Diego Portales School of Law. Training Director of the Justice Studies Center of
the Americas. He specializes in Criminal Procedure, Due Process and trial Advocacy. Visiting
professor at Pacific McGeorge Law School, Levin School of Law at University of Florida.
Professor Duce has published several books and articles about criminal procedure and criminal
justice in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, USA and
China.

Ximena Fuentes
Professor at the faculties of Law of the University Adolfo Ibañez, and University of Chile. She
also serves as Of Counsel at Alvarez, Hinzpeter & Jana and expert adviser in international law
matters. Professor Fuentes has been appointed by the Government of Chile as arbitrator in
the list of arbitrators of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the International Center for
the Settlement of Investments Disputes. She has published extensively on general public
international law, environmental law, human rights and international economic law. Professor
Fuentes received her law degree from Universidad de Chile and her Doctor of Philosophy
degree from the University of Oxford.

Vivian Neptune, On-Site Director
Professor Vivian Neptune is Associate Dean at University of Puerto Rico School of Law where
she teaches Evidence and Labor Law. She has an LLM, from Columbia University School of
Law, a Juris Doctor from UPR School of Law and a BA in Economics from the College of Social
Sciences of University of Puerto Rico. Professor Neptune specializes in Evidence, Labor Law,
Gender Discrimination and Legal Profession Issues. Her publications deal with evidence, legal
profession and women and the law topics.        Professor Neptune sponsors the student’s Pro
Bono Initiative at University of Puerto Rico School of Law dealing with labor law and workers
rights. She is a member of the Evidence Permanent Advisory Committee appointed by the
Puerto Rico Supreme Court.

Michele Colón García, On-Campus Director
Professor Michele Colón García is the Assistant Dean for Graduate, Joint and Exchanges
Programs at University of Puerto Rico School of Law where she also teaches diverse courses in
International Law.    She has an LLM from Georgetown University in International and
Comparative Law, a License of Law from the University of Barcelona, a JD from the University
of Puerto Rico School of Law and a BA in European History from the University of Puerto Rico.

Liability and Insurance

International health and accident insurance coverage is provided by the program at no cost
for the official program dates. The insurance will reimburse participants for health care abroad
due to illness or accident, and repatriation costs. Further insurance coverage, like travel
cancellation or travel interruption is the student´s sole responsibility.


Admissions and Registration Procedures

Applicants should submit:

1. Completed copy of the attached application form.
2. Certified copy of your law school transcript.
3. A letter from your Dean, authorizing participation at the

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University of Puerto Rico School of Law Summer Law Program in Santiago, Chile with Sessions
in Argentina, and certifying you as a student in good standing. (Not applicable for UPR
students
4. $40.00 US dollars application fee payable to the University of Puerto
Rico.
5. One 2 x 2 picture.

The application deadline is April 14, 2010. Applications submitted after the date will be
considered only if there is space available. Enrollment is limited to 30 applicants. Admission
decisions are made on a rolling basis and notification of the admissions decisions will usually
be made within one week of receipt of all application materials. Courses registration may be
made on the admission form at the end of this brochure.

Cancellation Policy

Tuition received is refundable only if the applicant is refused admission or if a course offering
is change or cancelled. Tuition is also refundable if there is a military obligation. UPR School
of Law retains the right to cancel the program due to unforeseen circumstances, at which time
tuition payments will be refunded.




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Application for Admission

Mail this registration form and check to:
UPR School of Law Summer Program in Chile
Michele Colón García, Esq.
Assistant Dean for Graduate, Joint and Exchange Programs
University of Puerto Rico School of Law
PO Box 23349, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3349
Tel (787) 999-9561 or (787) 999-9559 Fax (787) 999-9564
e-mail address: upr_lawschool@yahoo.com, mcolon-garcia@law.upr.edu

*Reasonable accommodations for the disabled will be provided upon request. The Rio Piedras Campus of
The University of Puerto Rico is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any
university employee or candidate because of sex, color, place of birth, age, physical or mental handicap,
origin or social condition, political or religious beliefs.

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Registration for courses (5 credits)


Comparative Legal Perspectives on Constitutional Rights and Social Rights
Monday, May 31 until Friday June 12, 2010.
Professors Martin Bohmer and Paola Bergallo
This course will be taught at San Andrés Law School at Buenos Aires
9:30 am to 1:30pm
Three credit course.

Comparative Studies in Latin America: Criminal Justice Reform and Foreign Investment
Monday, June 14, 2010 until Friday June 26, 2010
Professors Mauricio Duce and Ximena Fuentes
The first week this course will be taught at Diego Portales School of Law from 9:30 to 12:30pm. The
second week this course will be taught at Adolfo Ibañez Law School of Law from 1:00 to 4:00pm.
Two credit course.

Applicant's Signature Date ______________________________________________________




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