Summer Session, May – June 2009
Law 940, sec. to be announced
2 credits; P/F option only
Madison and Nagoya, Japan
Lectures on principles of negotiation, negotiations across cultures, and
cultural attitudes toward negotiation as well as learning-by-doing
(“simulation exercises”), with actual negotiations taking place between
and among groups. Up to 8 UW students will team with law students from
Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, in this negotiations class.
Limit 8 J.D. students, open to 2L students and to 3L students who are
NOT graduating in May 2009.
The course will have introductory sessions here in Madison at the Law
School in May, followed by one week in Nagoya beginning May 21. After
the joint session in Nagoya, there will be a number of class sessions in
June in Madison at the Law School that will be conducted by internet
videoconference. Participating UW students must be in Madison for the
internet sessions. For the conclusion of the seminar, the Nagoya
students will travel to Madison for one week beginning June 20, leaving
Madison on June 26. Participating UW students are expected to be
available outside of class time to assist the Nagoya visitors.
For UW students, there will be a $1,600 travel stipend to partly
subsidize the costs of traveling to Nagoya and paying for the
accommodations. It is anticipated that UWLS students will be housed in a
dormitory-like accommodation in Japan, although those details have not
been worked out.
To apply, submit the following:
• A cover page that you make yourself that includes the following: your
name, address, email, telephone number, UWID number, expected date of
graduation, and the following passport information: Do you have a
passport? If so, from what country? When does it expire?
• A cover letter addressed to Professor Susan Steingass. This letter
should explain your interest in the program and whether you have
familiarity with Japanese culture, or whether working with Japanese
students and/or going to Japan will be a new experience for you.
• A current resume.
• A transcript of your Law School grades, requested by email through
“MyUW” page – usually this comes as a pdf file that can be forwarded by
attachment.
You may submit your application materials by email attachment to Susan
Katcher, skatcher@wisc.edu, by attachment. You may also submit them in
paper format to the mailbox of the East Asian Legal Studies Center, near
room 5106 (across from Dean Robarts’ office), or at the Center office,
Law School room 4312. In either case:
The deadline for receiving applications is by March 23, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Submitted by Susan Katcher on March 10, 2009
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