American Law and Legal English InstituteThe American Law and Legal English Institute (ALLEI) was offered twice in 2002, in January and July. Lawyers, judges and law students from several countries took classes in topics such as American court structure and procedure, contract and commercial law, constitutional law, corporate law, products liability and international law. Attorney Christopher Wolfe, ELI's legal studies coordinator, taught the classes. Additional seminars and professional visits were facilitated by several other attorneys and judges in Delaware. While studying here, the scholars visited state and federal courts, law firms and government agencies in Delaware, Washington, D.C. and New York City. In Washington, the groups took VIP tours of the U.S. Supreme Court and visited the U.S. Capitol and Senate chambers.
The ALLEI program also included intensive training in trial advocacy, in which participants learned and practiced the American trial techniques of questioning witnesses, handling physical evidence and making legal arguments in a mock trial setting. After completing their studies at ELI, several of the scholars went on to continue their legal studies at American law schools, while the others returned home to their law practices. As one of this year's participants, Flavia Lima, wrote from Duke University Law School, "I would like to thank you once more for the wonderful ALLEI course. It has been very helpful to me in my L.L.M. studies here at Duke." The ELI's law program will be offered again in January and July of 2003. |