Reviews
Comments by our professors
Julia Sullivan
Has taught courses in international arbitration at Jagiellonian University and at International Black Sea University in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia.
“I can honestly say that CILS has changed my life. I completed four teaching assignments in Eastern Europe prior to COVID and am thrilled to learn that the program is now being revived,” she says. “My CILS hosts and students in Poland, Ukraine, and Georgia taught me far more than I taught them. Some became close personal friends and have visited my family in the United States. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who enjoys travel, loves learning and has a little time to mentor some amazing future leaders.”
Diane Fener
Has taught courses in U.S. constitutional law, advocacy and American jury trials.
“I’m sure I will want to continue working with CILS again and again in the coming years because CILS provides an exceptional opportunity for retired lawyers to travel, teach and learn,” she says.
Richard A. Rosen
Has taught a course on complex litigation in Odessa, Ukraine, and in Budapest. He is to teach in Jerusalem and in Lithuania.
“My students were intellectually curious about the American legal system, and there were many lively discussions about how our system compares with those in the students’ home countries,”
he says, adding that the students’ command of English was consistently strong.
John Erlick
Has taught U.S. constitutional law at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia, U.S. litigation at the University of Szczecin in Poland, and international legal ethics at ELTE in Budapest.
“In my 40-plus years in the legal profession as a lawyer, judge and educator, participating in CILS was one of the best and most enriching experiences that I had in my varied career,” he says.
“CILS provides a unique opportunity to teach, to learn and to experience our legal profession in a challenging, exciting way.”