Externships in Prague
Orientation for the Czech Republic program is held at Charles University, which was founded in 1348 and is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide. The law school is located on the bank of the Vltava (Moldau) River, a five-minute walk from Prague's spectacular Old Town Square. Prague is one of Europe's most beautiful cities and offers the visitor an inexhaustible variety of crooked streets, architectural surprises, tucked away pubs, and musical and theatrical events. In past summer programs, students have met with the Legislature, the High Court, the Czech Minister of Justice, the President of the Supreme Court, the U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and the Rector of Charles University and have enjoyed visits to the Czech countryside.
Orientation at Charles University includes lectures given by English-speaking Czech law professors and lawyers on various aspects of the Czech legal system, European Union law and international business law. Students may spend the next five weeks with a U.S. based or local corporate law firm, at the Czech Republic's largest NGO, or within the judicial systems of the Czech Republic. Externing in the Czech Republic provides exposure to business legal practices both under European Union and international law.
Past placements include People in Need, Dentons, Deloitte, Price Waterhouse Legal, Havel-Holasek, PRK Partners, Advokátní kancelář Kříž a partneři, the Supreme Administrative Court and the Czech Constitutional Court.