The Law School offers a non-degree research scholar program, attractive to legal scholars from around the world.
This program is designed to meet the varying needs of scholars who engage in major research projects for which the Law School's outstanding library can be of considerable assistance. Research scholars enjoy full access to the Law School's library and research facilities, including Westlaw and Lexis/Nexis, to pursue their individual research agendas. They are welcome to observe classes with the permission of the professor and to participate in the Law School's workshops and lecture series.
How to Apply
The research scholar program is intended primarily for junior and senior faculty members in law or in cognate fields at universities throughout the world. It is also available to individuals from abroad engaged in public service careers or in doctoral or post-doctoral studies. Every effort is made to welcome research scholars into the intellectual and social life of the School. Research scholars who are faculty in their own countries are invited to participate in the faculty lunches and colloquia which occur at the Law School on an almost daily basis. Most are provided library carrels with Internet access in which to pursue their work.
In recent years, our research scholar program has included faculty members from the University of Lisbon in Portugal, the Australian National University, Kyoto University in Japan, the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Peking University, and the University of Hong Kong, as well as the director of the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, a legal advisor to Amnesty International in London, and a staff member of the Japanese Ministry of Justice. Their research interests have encompassed a broad array of legal and interdisciplinary subjects. The Law School welcomes 10 to 20 research scholars annually. Their campus visits vary in length from a few weeks to one year and they may start at any time. If a
research scholar would like to observe classes, he or she is encouraged to time the visit with the beginning and end of our terms. Unless visits are scheduled according to the academic calendar, research scholars may find it more difficult to obtain reasonably priced housing accommodations.
In addition to the resources offered by the Law School, research scholars have access to the considerable intellectual and cultural activities at the University of Michigan and in Ann Arbor. Frequently the interests of research scholars bring them in contact with faculty in other departments of the University such as economics or public policy studies or in the many centers that focus on significant regions of the world, such as the European Union Center and the centers for Japanese studies, for Chinese studies, or for Russian and East European studies, to name just a few.
Research scholars pay no tuition or fees. Those interested in visiting the Law School should send the Center for International and Comparative Law their curriculum vita, a publication list, proposed dates of stay, an outline of their intended research project, and a description of how a research scholarship will be of value. If there are particular faculty members with whom they would like to confer, they should so indicate. It is also helpful to know their interest in informally observing particular classes. Applicants for the research scholar program whose native language is not English should indicate their degree of fluency in English,
specifically speaking and listening comprehension, and describe their training and experience in English. They should also provide two letters of reference from faculty members familiar with their work. TOEFL and academic records may also be requested.
Research scholar applicants with an interest in the Law School's Program in Refugee and Asylum Law should request additional information by writing to the Center for International and Comparative Law at the address below or e-mailing wls@umich.edu.
Financial Assistance
University of Michigan Grotius Fellowships are available for some research scholars. However, most are supported by funds from other sources such as Fulbright or sabbatical leave salary of their home university. Because of competition for fellowship support, not all applicants receive them. Applicants are encouraged to seek alternate funding sources.
The University of Michigan Law School also offers a fellowship in law, the Jean Monnet Research Fellowship, for junior scholars to spend six months in residence at the U-M Law School conducting research and writing a publishable paper on European integration. The fellowship provides up to $20,000 for a six-month stay at the U-M Law School beginning between January 15, 2006, and March 1, 2006, and ending no later than August 31, 2006.
Although research scholar applications are welcome at any time, applicants are encouraged to apply by February 15 for visits proposed in the following summer, fall, or winter terms, or if they are seeking financial assistance.
Whenever possible, applications should be submitted electronically to the e-mail address below. Otherwise they may be sent by mail or fax to the address below. Letters of recommendation may be sent by fax or e-mail by the writer.
The Center for International and Comparative Law
The University of Michigan
Law School
300 C Legal Research Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
U.S.A.
E-mail: wls@umich.edu
Fax: 734.763.9182
Source:
http://www.law. umich.edu/ CENTERSANDPROGRA MS/CICL/Pages/ researchscholar. aspx
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