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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">David Wirth <<a href="mailto:david.wirth@bc.edu" class="">david.wirth@bc.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Fwd: International Law of Food summer course, Parma, Italy, 3 law credits</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">21 January 2016 at 10:29:45 PM AEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:d.anton@griffith.edu.au" class="">d.anton@griffith.edu.au</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:david.wirth@bc.edu" class="">david.wirth@bc.edu</a><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Don,<br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would very much appreciate it if you were to post this announcement to your international law listserv.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If memory serves, I believe you did so the last time I taught this course, and it was very helpful. Hopefully the message below is in form in which you can just forward or copy it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many thanks.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">**********</div><div class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I am once again offering a 3-credit summer course on the International Law of Food in Parma, Italy. Law students (both J.D. and LL.M. candidates) from any other law school are welcome in the course. I would appreciate any efforts you can make to identify this opportunity to your students.<br class=""><br class="">This is one of the few, if not the only, course on this area of rapidly emerging importance to the study of food law. The timing of this 4-week course, May 29-June 26, has been specifically arranged so as to leave law students the bulk of the summer for employment and other activities.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class="">Taught by Boston College Law Professor David Wirth, who has extensive academic and practical experience in the field, the course is offered in the city considered the food capital of Italy, Europe, and the world. The course is also of general interest, covering the fundamentals of international and regulatory law both in the United States and abroad. <br class=""><br class="">Attached are:<br class=""><br class="">- a flier; and<br class=""><br class="">- a draft syllabus.<br class=""><br class="">The deadline for expressing interest, by initiating an application, is <b class=""><i class=""><u class="">February 5</u></i></b>. The user-friendly application is available <a href="http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html" target="_blank" class="">here</a>(<a href="http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html</a> in case the link fails).<br class=""><br class="">There is no need for approval of applications from law students. Interested students need not write the essay on the application, although they should identify themselves as a law student and the name of their home institution in that space in the application so that it can be considered complete.<br class=""><br class="">If a student is potentially interested in the course but uncertain about whether he or she can actually attend, it is worthwhile to initiate an application before February 5 so as to reserve a place in the course.<br class=""> <br class="">For more information, please do not hesitate to contact David Wirth, <a href="mailto:david.wirth@bc.edu" target="_blank" class="">david.wirth@bc.edu</a>, or Brian Fleming, <a href="mailto:brian.fleming26@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">brian.fleming26@gmail.com</a>, a student in the course the last time it was taught. Professor Wirth will be glad to work with interested students to to assure they obtain credit from their home institution.<br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">David Wirth</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""><span style="font-size:16pt" class="">Feast on the International Law of Food this summer!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b class=""><span style="font-size:16pt" class=""></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> Experience a 4-week banquet in the form of summer study in Parma, Italy -- one of the few courses in the world devoted to the international law of food, an issue of immense emerging importance.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">The course, which will be held in the city considered the European or even the world capital of food, covers food supply, safety, security, subsidies, trade, and a variety of other contemporary issues. Field trips include visits to the European Food Safety Authority in Parma and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, as well as a cooking class at a local culinary institute. </span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">Taught by Boston College Law Professor David Wirth, who has extensive academic and practical experience in the field, the course is one of the few in the world devoted to this rapidly-emerging subject matter. The course is also of general interest, covering the fundamentals of international and regulatory law both in the United States and abroad. </span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> There are no prerequisites, and no knowledge of Italian is required.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> The application deadline is <b class=""><i class=""><u class="">February 5, 2016</u></i></b>. Students who are potentially interested in the program are encouraged to initiate the user-friendly application before that date so as to reserve a place in the course. Credit will be awarded to non-Boston College students, both law students and students in other disciplines, by prior arrangement with the student’s home institution.</span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">International Law of Food</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">May 29-June 26, 2016</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">University of Parma, Italy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">3 credits (45 contact hours)</span></p><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> The course description and on-line application can be found </span><a href="http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> (</span><a href="http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class="">http://www.bc.edu/offices/international/progsummer-new/nonbcsummerapp.html</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> in case the link is broken). For more information e-mail Professor Wirth at </span><a href="mailto:david.wirth@bc.edu" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">david.wirth@bc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> and/or Brian Fleming, a student in the course when it was previously taught, at </span><a href="mailto:brian.fleming26@gmail.com" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">brian.fleming26@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">.</span><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""></span></p><div class=""><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11pt" class=""># # #</span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">______________________<br class="">Professor David A. Wirth<br class="">Boston College Law School<br class="">885 Centre Street<br class="">Newton, Massachusetts 02459<br class="">USA<br class="">Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B1.617.552.1237" value="+16175521237" target="_blank" class="">+1.617.552.1237</a><br class="">Facsimile: <a href="tel:%2B1.617.552.2615" value="+16175522615" target="_blank" class="">+1.617.552.2615</a><br class="">(identify recipient as David Wirth)<br class="">E-mail: <a href="mailto:david.wirth@bc.edu" target="_blank" class="">david.wirth@bc.edu</a><br class="">Skype address: davidawirth<br class=""><a href="http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/law/fac-staff/deans-faculty/wirthd.html" target="_blank" class="">http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/law/fac-staff/deans-faculty/wirthd.html</a><br class="">SSRN author page: <a href="http://ssrn.com/author=40086" target="_blank" class="">http://ssrn.com/author=40086</a></div></div>
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