I am delighted to announce the launch of two new program offerings from the Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs Office. Read more below on these opportunities.
1. Global Legal Practice Externship Program
To prepare students for the new reality of practicing law in a global legal environment, Hofstra Law has established the Global Legal Practice Externship Program, which allows students to work over the summer in unpaid positions internationally or domestically for 3 academic credits. The Program gives students two options to participate, with the same academic requirements for both. The new international option for the Externship program includes a customized externship placement, accommodations near the externship location, travel medical insurance, international mobile phones, visa assistance, on the ground support, airport pickup, guidebooks and pre-departure information, social activities and excursions, and a language emersion program, where applicable. Each program lasts 8 to 10 weeks, depending on the city. Externship placements are available in Dublin, Florence, London, Milan, Paris, Seville and Sydney. Attached you will find sample placement opportunities. Information sessions on this program will be held in January to answer questions and help students through the application process. In the meantime, please visit the program's website for more information. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
2. Language Development Initiative
In an effort to greater equip students with marketable language skills, the Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs Office has engaged in a first of its kind initiative with Rosetta Stone. Members of the Hofstra Law community can sign up to participate in a fully online language development resource run in partnership with Rosetta Stone. The initiative has many levels of language development and emphasizes reading, writing, speaking and listening. The resource is good for people just beginning to learn a language as well as those with more advanced skills who want to practice. You may select one language from the following: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English (British), English (American), Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin American), Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
If you are interested in learning a new language through this Initiative, please email me at https://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=b444873e8df944e0ad7798c1982c477e&URL=mailto%3aJeffrey.Dodge%40hofstra.edu with a brief statement of interest and your resume or C.V. A limited number of students will be selected at first and we will keep a waitlist. Students selected to participate must actively use the resource and should inform me if they decide to no longer engage in language development. Users who do not log on to the system in a 30 day period will have their service transferred to another interested student. The language service will be made available to selected students in mid-January.
As a reminder, the Office maintains a blog, Legally Global, which now features over 100 opportunities in the international law field: summer internships, writing competitions, permanent positions, fellowships and more. The blog can be accessed through the Current Students homepage or on the Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs Office website. The web address is https://red001.mail.microsoftonline.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=b444873e8df944e0ad7798c1982c477e&URL=http%3a%2f%2flegallyglobal.blogspot.com%2f and is also RSS fed to Lex Lounge.
I hope the final exam period went well. Enjoy your break!
Jeffrey A. Dodge, Esq.
Assistant Dean for Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs
Hempstead, New York 11549
(O) 516.463.0417
(F) 516.463.1017
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