Syracuse Law’s week-long summer course Transnational Lawyering in the European Union, held in Warsaw, Poland, and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bialystok in Bialystok, brings together law students representing two legal traditions: the U.S. common law system and the European (Polish and E.U.) civil law system. Syracuse Law students and University of Bialystok law students learned about global legal practices between the U.S. and the E.U., gaining an understanding of the similarities and differences in substantive law, as well as in the ways foreign lawyers think and practice.
Students participated in joint class discussions, group projects, and onsite visits to legal institutions such as courts, law firms, and NGOs to shape their perspectives on the operational dynamics and legal professions within the E.U. The course was taught by Adjunct Professor Izabela Krasnicka.
