Program Description

Winter Intersession Program on Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking

December 20, 2010 - January 3, 2011  |  Optional Mainland Safari - January 4 - January 9, 2011

The Program will offer an ABA approved course focusing on the twin problems of modern day slavery and human trafficking, taught by distinguished international law faculty. This winter, the Program will also offer a course on Maritime Crimes, a societal program closely connected to the problem of human trafficking. An estimated 27 million people toil under bondage-like conditions around the world, and six hundred thousand to two million people are trafficked across international borders annually, even though slavery is now declared to be illegal in every nation in the world. Human trafficking has become the third largest source of profits for organized crime, generating billions of dollars in revenue each year. The United Nations, regional organizations of governments, national governments, municipalities, and many non-governmental organizations have joined together to create juridical, diplomatic, economic, military, and jurisprudential solutions designed to combat this world-wide problem. These efforts have given rise to new and exciting paradigm-shifting opportunities to put international and comparative law in service for the betterment of humanity.

Students will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of this important and rapidly developing area of international law and to gain that knowledge in one of the places where the modern globalized attitudes toward the slave trade and trafficking began. The beautiful idyllic island of Zanzibar offers students a rich and exciting academic and cultural environment while also offering the opportunity to explore the island’s extraordinary history, sights and beaches. There is no other opportunity of this kind offered by any other American law school.

CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY, ABA RESIDENCY, AND GRADES

Classroom attendance is mandatory. The Seton Hall University School of Law Attendance Policy and Honor Code will be enforced. The Program Director may also exercise the discretion to prohibit student travel outside Zanzibar should circumstances warrant such prohibition. A student seeking to accelerate graduation should consult with the Registrar before enrolling. Students will be evaluated in accordance with current standards of the ABA, AALS, and the faculty of Seton Hall University School of Law. Students participating in the program should note that acceptance of any credit or grade for any course taken in the program is subject to determination by the student’s home school.

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