The East Asian Legal Studies Center offers programs and opportunities each year to University of Wisconsin Law School 1L, 2L, and/or 3L students who are currently enrolled at the time of the program. This page lists the offerings; visit the links for detailed information. (The Center is in Room 4312, Law School-- take Atrium elevator by back entrance or stairs to the 4th floor.)
Job Opportunities (These are eligible for work-study.)
Writing Tutors (JD students help international masters students at the Law School with the English construction of their research papers); Discussion Leaders (JD students currently taking a Law School class or who have taken a Law School class that now has three or more MLI students act as a discussion leader for bi-weekly meetings to review class lectures and prepare for upcoming classes).
Programs, Internships, and Research Travel Grants
Law Internship in Vietnam (spring, summer)
This internship is for 1L and 2L students in Vietnam at an
international law firm in the summer. If you are interested, please
read about the application
process. The application period for the spring semester is now
open; the application for the summer will begin in February 2010.
Summer Internship in Bangkok, Thailand (July through mid-August)
This internship
is for 1L and 2L students
and is part of the Law School's cooperative agreement with
Thammasat University Faculty of Law, Bangkok, Thailand. UW Law
School students are given placements in international law firms in
Bangkok. A grant of $1,400 to defray the cost of travel is
provided by the Center. Click on the "internship" link for details
and application directions.
Short Programs:
The Center offers programs for currently enrolled UW Law students during the intersession (early January) and during May. These programs are announced each year in the Law School's Newsletter, with directions on how to apply. The programs are taught by UW law professors and are held at a university abroad. Recent programs have been held in China (Xiamen; Beijing; Shanghai) and Thailand (Bangkok) and have been taught by Professors John Ohnesorge, Ralph Cagle, Susan Steingass, Gordon Smith, and Anuj Desai. In May 2007, Professor Stephanie Tai taught a program in "Water Law and Governance" at Hanoi Law University.
Research Travel Grant
The East Asian Legal Studies Center awards travel allowances to
J.D. students who want to do legal research involving countries of
East Asia or Southeast Asia . The awards do NOT pay for general
living expenses or materials, and they do not pay for travel to a
summer law program, but they will cover all of most of the cost of
the airfare (economy) and some local transportation costs. More
information is available here.
If you have questions about these programs, please contact the Center's Associate Director at skatcher@wisc.edu.