Established in 2015, the School of U.S. Law at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, is a joint project of that university and three U.S. Law Schools: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, University of Toledo College of Law, and the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. On the third weekend of each month, University of Silesia students attend an intensive class taught by a faculty member from one of these schools. The curriculum goals are:
1) To acquaint University of Silesia Postgraduates with the fundamental principles of U.S. domestic law and theory from a comparative perspective;
2) To expose University of Silesia Postgraduates to basic skills for researching, writing, and advocating legal issues in the United States;
3) To give University of Silesia Postgraduates an opportunity to experience the pedagogical approaches used by most U.S. domestic law schools.
Bowen Faculty Participants
John DiPippa, Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy. Course offerings for the School of American Law: U.S. Constitutional Law Processes; Legal Ethics for U.S. Lawyers, Practicing at Home and Abroad. Professor DiPippa would also consider a dialogue on Comparative Constitutional Processes if joined by a Polish Professor of EU Constitutional Law. Conditions on participation: None
Lyn Entrikin, Professor of Law. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Comparative Legislation and Legislative Drafting and U.S. legal analysis and writing. Conditions of participation: assigned — after mid-November and before mid-January, June or July.
Kenneth S. Gallant, Professor of Law. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Law in Common Law Systems. Conditions of participation: unavailable 2015; assigned early December, early May, June, or July but not earlier than 2016.
Kenneth S. Gould, Professor of Law, Emeritus. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Comparative Civil Procedure and U.S. Domestic Water Law. Conditions of participation: none.
Sarah Howard Jenkins, Charles Baum Distinguished Professor of Law. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Comparative Sales Law. Conditions of participation: none.
Ranko Shiraki Oliver, Professor of Law. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Overview of U.S. Immigration Law. Conditions of participation: Assigned May, June, or July.
Kelly Browe Olson, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Programs. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Mediation Seminar. Conditions of participation: Assigned May, June, or July.
Jeff B. Woodmansee, Assistant Professor of Law Librarianship Research Support and Reference Librarian. Course offerings for the School of American Law: Researching Criminal Law. Conditions of participation: none.
