Student Application for 2014-2015International Immersion Program

Trip to Cuba 14th – 25thMarch, 2015

Personal Information:

  1. Full name as it appears on passport:
  2. Sex:F_____M_____
  3. Date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy): ______
  4. Year of law school in 2014-2015:

First ____ Second ____ Third ____ LL.M ____ JSD ____

  1. Current Address: ______
  2. Home Phone: ______
  3. Cell phone: ______
  4. Email address: ______
  5. Citizenship:

US Citizen ___US Green Card Holder ___ F1 Visa Holder ___ J1 Visa Holder ___

Other ______Non-US citizen, please specify country of citizenship: ______

Please rank and explain your choice if you’re applying for more than one trip. ______

  • Cuba
  • Japan
  • Switzerland

Have you traveled outside of your country before?If so, where and when?

Please describe the nature of your trip(s):

Do you have a passport valid for international travel until 30th September 2015?

Do you speak Spanish? ____ What is your level of fluency? ______

Please list any relevant work experience: ______

Please list any relevant academic research or course work:

Do you personally know a professional(s) who would be willing to visit the Law School and speak on Cuba? ______

If selected for the 2014-2015 IIP, are you willing to participate fully in group activities before, during, and after your trip?

IIP participants are required to participate fully in all the program preparation sessions which meet bi-weekly primarily from 3:30 – 5:30 pm on Fridays and sometimes at lunch time. If selected to participate in the 2014-2015 IIP, are you willing to participate fully in the IIP preparation sessions? ______

In the list of dates below, please enter N for the Fridays you WILL NOT be available and Y for the Fridays you will be available to attend the IIP preparation sessions:

Oct 17th ____; Oct 31 ____; Nov 7 ____; Nov 14th ____; Nov 21st ____; Dec 5th ____; Jan 9th ____;

Jan 13th (at lunch time) ____; Jan 16th____; Jan 23st____; Jan 30th ____; Feb 6th ____;

Feb 13th____; Feb 20th___; Feb 27th____

If selected to participate in the 2014-2015 IIP, are you willing to work on one ofthe Cuba related topics listed below and give a 30-minute presentation on the topic to your fellow participants at a trip preparation session?

Which of the following topics would you choose?

  1. History of Cuba_____
  2. Cuba’s Political System_____
  3. Cuba’s Economy_____
  4. Cuba’s Legal Traditions_____
  5. US – Cuba Relations_____
  6. Another general topic on Cuba (please specify) ______

If selected to participate in the 2014-2015 IIP, are you willing to work on a trip related legal research project and present it at a post-trip seminar? ______

Please answer each question below in 100 words or less:

  1. Why are you interested in the Law School International Immersion Program?
  2. Why are you interested in a trip to Cuba? ______
  1. What aspects of comparative law interest you? ______
  1. What is the topic of your proposed research project?Why did you choose this topic? ______
  1. What sort of professional and academic experience are you looking for? ______
  1. Apart from professional and academic experience, please describe what else you hope to get out of your trip.______
  1. Please identify the organizations and people you would like to visitduring your trip. Do you have any contacts in Cuba?______
  1. What type of training or preparations would be necessary for you prior to your trip? ______
  1. What do you think would be the most important quality(ies) that each IIP trip participant should have to make the Program successful?
  1. If selected to participate in the 2014-2015 IIP, would you be willing to share your research paper on Chicago Unbound? ______

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  1. If selected to participate in the 2014-2015 IIP, how would you plan to share your experiences with members of the Law School community?______
  1. Is there anything else the IIP Selection Committee should know about you and your IIP application? ______

I affirm that the information I have provided on this application form is complete, accurate, and true to the best of my knowledge, and I agree to submit additional information upon request for this application.

Date ______Signature ______

Thank you for your interest in the 2014-2015 International Immersion Program Trip to Cuba. Please submit by October 6th, 2014 one email with this form, a substantive research proposal, a fundraising proposal, and an unofficial Law School transcript to Aican Nguyenat .

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