Program Overview

Senior Lawyers Program

The Senior Lawyers Program (SLP) is coordinated by the Center For International Legal Studies (CILS), an Austrian-American association based in Salzburg. The program aims to bring American law professors with at least 20 years of experience to universities in Central and Eastern Europe. These professors teach courses on specific areas of the American legal system to students at the host institution without receiving a honorarium.

Program History

The program was launched in 2005, when Prof. Dennis Campbell, Director of CILS and a professor at Suffolk University Boston, established the SLP European network after receiving direct inquiries from universities interested in participating in the program.

Participation of Debreceni Egyetem

The Faculty of Law at Debreceni Egyetem has been involved in the program from the beginning. The local coordinator is Dr. Fézer Tamás, a university lecturer who represented the Faculty at the program's opening orientation in Salzburg in January 2006. Since 2006, guest lecturers have arrived at the Faculty every semester, teaching elective courses in English to a maximum of 25 students over a period of 2-4 weeks, typically in 6-7 double-hour sessions.

Selection of Guest Professors

The selection of guest professors takes place in two stages. At the beginning of each year, CILS advertises the program through American universities and conducts personal interviews with interested professors. The criteria for selection include teaching experience and practical expertise in the field, as the selected professors are also practicing lawyers. CILS sends the compiled list to its European network partner institutions, which then select professors based on their teaching areas. Guest lecturers can specify up to four countries where they do not wish to teach, but otherwise, they have no say in which institution will invite them.

Past Guest Professors

The following guest professors have visited the Faculty:

• Prof. Edward R. Hyde, University of Connecticut, U.S. Intellectual Property Law
• Prof. Tamila C. Jensen, University of California Los Angeles, U.S. Contract Law
• Prof. Don G. Holladay, University of Oklahoma, U.S. Litigation
• Prof. David Elefant, University of California Davis, U.S. Business Associations
• Prof. Jeffrey S. Portnoy, University of Hawaii, U.S. Constitution Law
• Prof. Donald H. Mullins, University of Washington Seattle, U.S. Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Prof. Ronald Cordova, University of California, U.S. Criminal Law
• Prof. Britain H. Bryant, University of St.Croix, USVI, U.S. Litigation
• Prof. Paul Clote, University of Texas, Houston, U.S. Commercial Arbitration
• Prof. Jan Mulligan, University of San Diego, U.S. Litigation
• Prof. Harvey Berger, University of San Diego, U.S. Litigation
• Prof. Edward Murrelle, University of North Carolina, U.S. Mediation and Arbitration
• Prof. David Kolbe, Indiana University Purdue, U.S. Criminal Law
• Prof. Charles Brown, University of Georgia, American Litigation
• Prof. Nancy Hudgins, University of California, Mediation
• Prof. Robert Heidt, Indiana University Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, Tort Law
• Prof. Stehpen Angel, Cornell University New York, U.S Constitutional Law
• Prof. William Barrett, University of Chicago, U.S. Business Law
• Prof. Gayle Hyman, University of Las Vegas, U.S. Economy

Last Update

Last updated: October 12, 2022, 14:14