LAW-2428 Madrid Seminar: Comparative Exploration Of Intellectual Property Law, Privacy Law, and Health Law: Spain and the United States

Course overview: Madrid SeminarThe Madrid Seminar is a three-credit, spring semester course that includes a study trip to Madrid, Spain, over spring break in March.  Meeting every Wednesday evening from 6-8 PM on site in Boston, students are prepared for their visit to Madrid with lectures on Spanish law, politics and culture. Students should choose a related legal research topic which they are expected to work on over the course of the semester. Past research projects have included Spanish and EU labor law, data privacy and cyber security law, comparative housing policy and health policy, sports law and a wide variety of other topics.  Students will continue this work throughout the semester, with the last few class sessions devoted to student presentations. While in Madrid, students will also be asked to write short reflection papers on academic presentations and visits.Trip to MadridStudents are expected to arrive in Madrid on the Friday morning before spring break (departing Boston Thursday evening); they are to make their own travel arrangements. There will be cultural visits and walking tours that weekend. Monday through Friday, students will attend lectures on various legal topics by Spanish academics and practitioners. There will also be visits to sites of legal interest, such as the Spanish Congress, Constitutional Court, and various government offices. Return to Boston will be on the Saturday at the end of spring break.Program costsThe tuition for this course is included in regular spring tuition costs; there is no "extra" tuition charged. An activity fee of $330 US will be charged to cover cultural visits and tours, as well as a group dinner held before returning to Boston. This activity fee will be collected soon after registration and will be non-refundable so that the program planners will know for sure who is going to participate. Students will arrange for their own airfare and travel. The university may require the purchase of emergency travel insurance, which is generally not expensive, and depends on university policy for short stay academic travel. With regard to accommodation, our partners in Madrid arrange for a group rate for stay in a modern hotel not far from the university classrooms we will be using (about a 15 minute walk). The program only charges students what the hotel charges us. This year, the estimated cost will be around $160 per night for a room of your own, or approximately half that amount for shared rooms. In the past two years, most students have chosen to share a double room with a friend, as that obviously cuts down on expenses. While precise figures are not yet available, this is the best estimate as of the current dollar-euro exchange rate. Hotel charges will be collected before the program starts in order to hold the rooms.  Please note that the dollar is weaker in 2025 than it was a year ago, an issue beyond our control.Please address any question you might have to Professor Sara Dillon at [e-mail]

Credits

3

Offered

Spring