AMBASSADE DE FRANCE & INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D'ECOSSE
to give candidates an opportunity to discover or to improve their knowledge of the French legal system,
to better understand its functioning,
to improve their French,
to establish contacts with other lawyers in France and in Britain.
This course is open to Academics only.
Joëlle Godard, a French Avocat and Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh (teaching French Law and Comparative Criminal Procedure) will be in charge of this week. She can be contacted at
The University Edinburgh - School of Law - Old College - South Bridge Edinburgh EH8 9YL Tel.: 0131 650 2055 - Fax.: 0131 650 6317 - Email: J.Godard@ed.ac.uk
The group will be based at the Colegio de España at the Cité Internationale de Paris which is located near the Cité Uinversitaire RER station. (to be confirmed). Candidates will be accommodated in single bedrooms with private bathroom facilities.
The Service Culturel will bear most of the cost of your stay in Paris which will cover:
four nights accommodation (Sunday to Wednesday) including breakfast,
tuition in French (one morning),
visit to institutions,
carte orange for public transport.
Candidates will be expected to pay £120 registration fee (not refundable), to finance their travel expenses and two meals a day. It is possible to book extra nights direct with the Centre International de Séjour de Paris if you want to extend your stay.
Candidates should complete and return the attached form to the organiser by Friday 22 July 2005. If, for any reason you have to cancel your application, we should be grateful if you could inform us well in advance to enable us to offer the place to another candidate. Please note that there are only 10 places available and if we want the scheme to keep running, it is essential that only motivated candidates apply.