University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law - Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona, Rogers College of

Law - Tucson, AZ

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A SEMESTER AS A NACLE EXCHANGE STUDENT AT THE ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW

The University of Arizona, founded in 1915, is a highly selective research institution consistently ranked among the top twenty public U.S. law schools. The James E. Rogers College of Law has a full-time faculty of more than 30, many with national reputations, and a variety of visiting lecturers and scholars. The programs provide a challenging legal education for 450 culturally diverse J.D. candidates (150 per class), LL.M. candidates (25-30 in two programs), a handful of S.J.D. candidates, periodic visiting scholars, and exchange students from NACLE and other foreign universities. The law library was remodeled in 2007 and holds over 345,000 volumes and volume equivalents and includes one of the best Foreign/Latin American law collections in the Southwestern United States. The Rogers College of Law provides an excellent environment for the study of international trade and commercial law; indigenous peoples law and policy; intellectual property law; corporate, business and tax law; as well as criminal and civil trial practice, among others.

Tucson, Arizona, located 62 (100km.) miles from the Mexican border, in the Sonoran high desert, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in North America. The metropolitan area, with a population of over one million, is the second-largest in Arizona. The high Sonoran desert locale, with mountains on three sides, provides spectacular mild winters and hot summers. Tucson's attractions include the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, the San Xavier Mission, a wide variety of restaurants, a symphony, opera, chamber music series, a minor league baseball team and spring training for the major leagues, as well as excellent golf, tennis, hiking, cycling, fishing and other attractions. The unique beauty of the setting, along with its rich history and cultural diversity through its Native American, Mexican and Spanish forebears, have made Tucson a major "destination resort" particularly for winter visitors, as well as a near-ideal setting for research and graduate level study of NAFTA and other aspects of Western Hemisphere global trade and commerce.

ARRANGING A NACLE EXCHANGE AT THE ROGERS COLLEGE OF LAW

Students in good standing at Mexican or Canadian NACLE member schools are invited to contact the NACLE Faculty Representative, Professor David A. Gantz ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or his assistant, Carolyn Coolidge ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) with regard to availability of exchanges for a particular semester, before going through the formal application process at the home school. In general applications for the fall semester must be received at the Rogers College of Law no later than March 31; applications for the spring semester must be received no later than October 15. However, because the number of incoming exchanges is strictly limited, it is advisable to contact the authorities at the Rogers College of Law earlier rather than later. In general, the exchanges require completion of an on-line application, a nominating letter from the home institution, certified transcripts of the applicant’s university and graduate level study, and a resume. General information on the Rogers College of Law, including courses and programs offered, is available at http://www.law.arizona.edu.