In order to increase international opportunities for their students and faculty, Harvard Law School (HLS) and the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law Schools in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil, have established an exchange program. The agreement enables selected HLS students to enroll at FGV and selected FGV students to study at HLS beginning in the 2008-2009 academic year.
“I am delighted that HLS is forming links with the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law Schools both in São Paulo and Rio,” said HLS Professor Bill Alford ’77, vice dean for the graduate program and international legal studies. “Brazil is so important to understand, for its own sake and as it poses challenges to the ways in which Americans think about law and development, intellectual property, corporate law and many other issues. FGV enjoys a richly deserved reputation for innovation and excellence in these areas. Both programs are headed by distinguished HLS graduates, Joaquim Falcão LL.M. ’68 in Rio and Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho LL.M. ’68 in São Paulo. This new partnership will enable us to build on the years of important links with Brazil crafted by a number of HLS faculty including Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Henry Steiner, Jim Cavallaro, and Terry Fisher."
Up to two HLS J.D. students and two FGV 5th year undergraduate students can participate in the exchange for one semester. In addition, there will be an exchange of one HLS doctoral (S.J.D.) student and one FGV graduate student. The exchange also creates opportunities for faculty members from both institutions to undertake collaborative research and teaching.
“This agreement between HLS and FGV is of special importance to both institutions as well as to our respective countries” said Professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, FGV President. “HLS, whose academic excellence is celebrated worldwide, will find in FGV a partner ready to seek inspiration in HLS’s solid scholarly tradition.”
Founded in 1944, FGV is a leading Brazilian academic institution in the fields of business administration, law and economics, and public policy. Its recently established law schools have played an important role in the transformation of corporate law and legal studies in Brazil, as well as being interlocutors on judicial reform and policy-making. In recent years, Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society has collaborated with FGV in the area of law and technology.
The HLS-FGV exchange program is one of a number of linkages HLS has established with distinguished schools around the world. Through these exchanges and through the independent semester abroad program, HLS students have been able to spend time in Australia, Chile, China, Ghana, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, among other locations.
The extension of these exchange agreements to Brazil represents a continuation of Harvard’s commitment to involvement in Latin America. HLS will benefit from the on-site support provided by the Brazil Office of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil) in São Paulo.
For additional information regarding Harvard Law School’s Study Abroad Program, please visit the program site.
“I am delighted that HLS is forming links with the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law Schools both in São Paulo and Rio,” said HLS Professor Bill Alford ’77, vice dean for the graduate program and international legal studies. “Brazil is so important to understand, for its own sake and as it poses challenges to the ways in which Americans think about law and development, intellectual property, corporate law and many other issues. FGV enjoys a richly deserved reputation for innovation and excellence in these areas. Both programs are headed by distinguished HLS graduates, Joaquim Falcão LL.M. ’68 in Rio and Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho LL.M. ’68 in São Paulo. This new partnership will enable us to build on the years of important links with Brazil crafted by a number of HLS faculty including Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Henry Steiner, Jim Cavallaro, and Terry Fisher."
Up to two HLS J.D. students and two FGV 5th year undergraduate students can participate in the exchange for one semester. In addition, there will be an exchange of one HLS doctoral (S.J.D.) student and one FGV graduate student. The exchange also creates opportunities for faculty members from both institutions to undertake collaborative research and teaching.
“This agreement between HLS and FGV is of special importance to both institutions as well as to our respective countries” said Professor Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, FGV President. “HLS, whose academic excellence is celebrated worldwide, will find in FGV a partner ready to seek inspiration in HLS’s solid scholarly tradition.”
Founded in 1944, FGV is a leading Brazilian academic institution in the fields of business administration, law and economics, and public policy. Its recently established law schools have played an important role in the transformation of corporate law and legal studies in Brazil, as well as being interlocutors on judicial reform and policy-making. In recent years, Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society has collaborated with FGV in the area of law and technology.
The HLS-FGV exchange program is one of a number of linkages HLS has established with distinguished schools around the world. Through these exchanges and through the independent semester abroad program, HLS students have been able to spend time in Australia, Chile, China, Ghana, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, among other locations.
The extension of these exchange agreements to Brazil represents a continuation of Harvard’s commitment to involvement in Latin America. HLS will benefit from the on-site support provided by the Brazil Office of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil) in São Paulo.
For additional information regarding Harvard Law School’s Study Abroad Program, please visit the program site.