Buenos Aires, Argentina

July 15 to August 10, 2012

The Institute in International Law will focus on comparative law, business law and international human rights. Argentina provides a fertile backdrop for the study of each of these. With regard to comparative law, Argentina is a leader in the application of international and regional obligations within its domestic law; comparative law is thus an integral part of the domestic law of Argentina. With respect to business law, American companies, and thus American law firms, are engaged in significant business transactions with Argentine companies. Argentina is a full member of MERCOSUR, resulting in dramatic increases in Argentine exports and imports.

Argentina has experienced many of the same forces shaping its demographic make up as has the United States. Colonization gravely affected the indigenous population and the country experienced a huge tide of immigration in the late 19th century. Slavery, however, did not play as prominent a role as in the United States or neighboring Brazil. Moreover, and unlike the United States, Argentina has experienced recent large scale human rights violations at the hands of the former military government. The Argentine attempts to face and redress its human rights violations, especially those of its ousted military dictatorship is unique and will serve as a fascinating backdrop for the study of international human rights.

Located at the mouth of the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires is a bustling Metropolis shaped by its Spanish and British heritage. Buenos Aires is friendly to non-Spanish speakers and easy to traverse. The sophisticated city of Buenos Aires, with over 10 million people, is the center of Argentina's cultural, economic, legal, and social life. You'll enjoy dusk to dawn nightlife in its exuberant bars, charming street cafes, gourmet restaurants and sophisticated clubs. Your entertainment choices range from soccer to world renown opera, all easily accessible thorough a convenient, easily navigable transportation system, in a city friendly to non-Spanish speakers.

Please click here to apply or learn more about the Buenos Aires program.

Students from The University of Tulsa with questions about the program in Buenos Aires should contact Mary Holmes at (918) 631-5038 or mary-holmes@utulsa.edu. TU students should also fill out this Application Form and submit it to Mary Holmes in the Study Abroad Office in John Rogers Hall, Room 2429, or leave it with Faculty Support.

Enrollment Limitations for TU Law Students

Pursuant to ABA regulations, all students admitted to an accredited study abroad program must be certified by their home law school to be in good academic standing.  For University of Tulsa students, the faculty has implemented that regulation with the following requirement in University of Tulsa Policies and Regulations, Section II.D.1.:

1. Any student whose GPA is below 2.0 at the end of the student’s first semester will not be permitted to enroll in a summer study abroad program offered by the College of Law. If that student’s cumulative GPA is 2.0 or above at the end of the student’s second semester, the student will be permitted to enroll in any program still available. If the student’s cumulative GPA is below 2.3 at the end of the second semester, the student will be subject to the restriction in part 2 below.

In addition, University of Tulsa Policies and Regulations, Section II.D.2. limit the credit hours that University of Tulsa students may take in a four week summer program if their GPA is below 2.3 at the time of enrollment, as follows:

2. Any student whose GPA is below 2.3 at the time of enrollment in the first 4-week summer study abroad program will only be allowed to enroll in 4 hours of credit. If after receipt of second-semester grades, a student’s cumulative GPA is below 2.3, the student may not enroll for more than 4 hours of credit in any other summer study abroad program.