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02/07/2004
New York students arrive in Ireland
A group of New York students have arrived in Belfast as part of a four-week summer programme organised by two of Ireland's leading universities.
The students, from Fordham University Law School in New York, are currently on a visit to the School of Law at Queen's University as part of the Belfast/Dublin Summer School, jointly hosted by Queen's and University College, Dublin.
The programme's establishment in 2001 marked the first occasion on which universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic participated jointly in a summer programme with an American law school.
One of the programme tutors, Professor John Feerich, former Dean of Fordham Law School, said: "The US students have an experience they could not have in the US as the programme promotes a larger vision of the world for them and they love being here. For me it has been the most meaningful experience I have had internationally."
The summer school programme lasts for four weeks, with two weeks being spent at Queen's before the students travel to Dublin for the second part of the programme.
Aside from academic studies, the planned schedule of events includes visits to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the High Court, meetings with lawyers and politicians and trips to the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Distillery.
(MB)
The students, from Fordham University Law School in New York, are currently on a visit to the School of Law at Queen's University as part of the Belfast/Dublin Summer School, jointly hosted by Queen's and University College, Dublin.
The programme's establishment in 2001 marked the first occasion on which universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic participated jointly in a summer programme with an American law school.
One of the programme tutors, Professor John Feerich, former Dean of Fordham Law School, said: "The US students have an experience they could not have in the US as the programme promotes a larger vision of the world for them and they love being here. For me it has been the most meaningful experience I have had internationally."
The summer school programme lasts for four weeks, with two weeks being spent at Queen's before the students travel to Dublin for the second part of the programme.
Aside from academic studies, the planned schedule of events includes visits to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the High Court, meetings with lawyers and politicians and trips to the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Distillery.
(MB)
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