LEGAL BRIEFS
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T
he School of
Law’s Institute
for Consumer
Antitrust Studies
has launched the
world’s first online-
only master’s
programs in Global Competition
Law for lawyers and working
professionals in the field.
The online Global Competition
Law program offers a Master of Laws
(LLM) degree program for students
who already have a law degree and
seek to strengthen their knowledge
of competition and consumer law
and policy. Also offered is the first
Master of Jurisprudence (MJ) degree
for non-lawyer professionals.
To facilitate learning for
busy professionals regardless of
location, all courses offered in
these two-year, part-time online
programs are asynchronous.
“Competition and antitrust laws
have become increasingly complex
on a global scale,” says Spencer Waller,
director of the institute. “We’re
excited to offer these flexible
programs to professionals around
the world who are interested in
exploring the impact of antitrust
law enforcement internationally
while earning a Loyola degree.”
Required classes in the
first year include Principles of
Competition Law, Intellectual
Property, Law and Economics,
and International and
Comparative Competition
Law. In the second year of
coursework, students must
take four electives and may
complete an optional LLM thesis.
Both programs offer
internationally renowned faculty
drawn from current and former
enforcement officials, professors,
and practitioners from more than
10 different jurisdictions.
Applications are now being
accepted for fall 2015 enrollment,
and merit-based and specialized
scholarships are available.
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New program in global competition law
T O L E A R N M O R E , V I S I T
L U C . E D U / A N T I T R U S T / G L O B A L C O M P E T I T I O N .
nonprofit organizations to explore
the impact of inadequate health
care and discuss federal health
care reform. Their schedule included
visiting a
colonia
, an unincorporated
settlement of substandard housing
without adequate infrastructure,
potable water, sanitary sewage, or
paved roads. Students spoke with
influential and inspiring advocates
including Anne Cass, executive
director of Proyecto Azteca, a
nonprofit organization that provides
housing assistance to residents
of colonias. Loyolans also worked
with organizations like the HOPE
Family Health Center, Brownsville
Community Health Center, and
Sacred Heart Church in McAllen,
which provide aid to refugees and
immigrants who have recently
crossed the border by providing
clothing, hot showers, food, and
other necessities.
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U
nited States Supreme Court
justice Antonin Scalia will
teach in Loyola’s Study Law Abroad
program in Rome this summer. The
Rome program, now in its 33rd year,
introduces students to comparative
and international law while also
deepening their understanding of
our own legal culture.
Scalia, who will participate in the
program during its final two weeks,
will teach a course on Separation
of Powers—an updated version of
the class he taught in Loyola’s 2010
summer program in Rome. The
course will offer a privileged view
into the inner workings of the US
Supreme Court and the issues that
come before it.
“For us at Loyola, this is a
wonderful opportunity to work with
such an accomplished man who has a
vitally important role in balancing the
opinions of the court,” said Assistant
Dean of Students Jean Gaspardo.
Scalia is known for his teaching
ability and generosity when
interacting with students, so Loyola
students will savor the rare chance
to get to know the justice behind the
robe. Participants will have ample
opportunity to engage with Scalia
after class and at social receptions
and a banquet. And only the best
questions, please: After his initial
participation in the program in 2010,
Scalia said Loyola students were the
best prepared of any study abroad
program in which he had ever taught.
The program, which will take
place June 20–July 18, will be
supplemented by special tours,
including visits to the Italian
Supreme Court, the Office of the
Attorney General, and the Vatican
for an audience with the Pope.
The approximately 35–40 students
expected to attend will likely find
the rave reviews of past attendees
to be accurate: It may, as some have
reported, be the best thing they do in
law school.
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Justice Scalia to teach
Loyola students in Rome
A PEEK INSIDE SCOTUS
In the past four years, Loyola University Chicago’s
Access to Excellence: The Campaign
for Scholarships
has raised nearly $3.9 million to benefit our students. This year
alone, the School of Law received more than $680,000 in gifts and pledges.
“Thank you for your support and generosity, which have allowed us to benefit from
an outstanding legal education and flourish in a community that values helping
others and giving back.”
—Ranjini Rajan (1L, left)
CELEBRATING
SCHOLARSHIPS
Loyola students and faculty partnered with Catholic Charities to distribute clothing and provide aid to refugees
and immigrants during a spring break field study in McAllen, Texas.
Over 100 alumni, faculty, and students gathered at the School of Law’s annual Scholarship Dinner to celebrate and honor the generosity of our benefactors. To view
the scholarship video featuring Nicole Grabianowski (3L, right) and learn more about our student recipients, including Ranjini Rajan, visit
LUC.edu/law/scholarship.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
A new view
on access to
health care
I
n an eye-opening experience,
students in Loyola’s Access to
Health Care course experienced
firsthand the difficulty and
complexity undocumented persons
face in obtaining proper medical
care. Taught by Professor Larry
Singer, the course examines a
different health care issue each
year and concludes with a field
study trip over spring break.
This year, the course focused
on the legal, political, environmental,
financial, and medical issues
surrounding access to health care
for undocumented persons in the
Rio Grande Valley.
Students, professors, and
attorneys traveled to McAllen,
Texas, and worked with health care
providers, volunteers, and
PERSPECTIVES
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