The

Center

for

International

Legal

Studies,

in

cooperation

with

law

faculties

in

Eastern

Europe,

the

former

republics

of

the

Soviet

Union,

and

Africa

and

Asia,

annually

offers

short-term

teaching

appointments

to

senior

lawyers

from

Common

Law

countries.

A

“senior

lawyer”

has

accumulated

at

least

15

years

of

significant

experience

in

the

practice

area

in

which

he

or

she

proposes

to

lecture.

The

term

of

teaching

may

be

from

two

to

six

weeks

and

the

length

of

appointment

and

dates

of

teaching

are

subject

to

negotiation

between

the

appointee

and

the

host

university.

Subject

areas

are

not

limited,

but

there

is

special

interest

in

corporate

and business law, intellectual property, litigation, arbitration, and criminal procedure.

The

purpose

of

the

seminars

will

be

to

introduce

particular

areas

of

Common

Law

legal

systems

to

law

students

and

junior

faculty

of

the

host

university.

The

appointments

are

not

remunerated,

and

the

appointee

is

responsible

for

his

or

her

travel.

The

host

university

will

assist

with

lodging.

Since

2005,

nearly

1,000

teaching

assignments

have

been

completed

by

the

program’s

visiting

professors

in

Belarus,

Bulgaria,

Croatia,

Czech

Republic,

Estonia,

Hungary,

Kazakhstan,

Kosovo,

Latvia,

Lithuania,

Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, and Ukraine, as well as Africa and Asia.