Travel

 

Participants must make their own travel arrangements. Passports are required to travel to Argentina and Chile, their procurement is each student responsibility. Visas are not required for US citizens traveling to Argentina and Chile for a period of three months or less.  However, there is a required entrance fee of  US $ 160.00 to enter Argentina, which must be payed online 48 hours before arriving in Argentina.  For more information on this fee, go to: http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/english.html . To pay the entrance fee online go to: https://reciprocidad.provincianet.com.ar/

 

 

Accommodations

 

Accommodations are not provided by the Program. Students may make the housing arrangements they prefer. A list of housing possibilities is offered at our website: www.law.upr.edu.  The U.S. Information about reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities is available upon request. Also, it is strongly recommended that students secure their housing arrangements in Buenos Aires and Santiago before they leave Puerto Rico.

Housing Options Chile and Argentina 2015

 

Academic Facilities

 

Classes are held at the Palermo University and Diego Portales University Law Faculties. Dr. Ana C. Gómez, a professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law is the On-site Director of the program at both Universities.  The Faculty of Law at the Diego Portales University in Chile is located in the heart of the city of Santiago.  The Law Faculty provides ample classrooms, a law library and physical facilities for students with disabilities, among other modern conveniences for the study of law.

 

The Faculty of Law at the University of Palermo is located at the Palermo neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, one of the most vibrant and culturally rich cities of Latin America. 

 

Academic Policies

 

The UPR Summer Law Program at Chile and Argentina is offered as part of the curriculum of the UPR School of Law. A maximum of 30 students will be admitted in the Program.  This Program is approved by the ABA. The Program is open to any students with good standing at ABA/AALS approved U.S. law schools who have completed at least one year in these institutions. 

 

To earn credits participants may take courses (which require a final examination) or participate as auditors (which doesn’t require a final examination). The courses will be graded as Pass or Fail. No unit credit will be granted if the grade is a Fail.  

 

The consistent experience is that transfers and accreditations from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law credits have been approved by other law schools. However, each law school must determine the requirements for the transferability of credits earned in this Program. Participants are responsible for approval from their own law schools to transfer credits in compliance with residency requirements. All students are subject to the standard attendance and grading policies of the UPR School of Law. Students who are admitted to the Program will receive information outlining these policies. Class attendance is compulsory.  Following the Criteria for Approval of Foreign Summer Programs of the ABA Approved Schools, no student shall be allowed to enroll in courses that meet more than 220 class minutes per day.

 

Cancellation  policy

 

The deposit and tuition payments are non refundable. The only exception being the case of serious illness, which makes attendance to the program impossible. In the unlikely event that the Program has to be canceled, the University of Puerto Rico will fully refund tuition payments. The UPR School of Law Summer Program does not provide direct financial assistance to Program participants.  For UPR’s students financial aid could be provided by at the Financial Aid Office at the School.

 

Liability & Insurance

 

UPR Law School will not be responsible for personal injuries to students, medical conditions, or for loss or damage to personal property within or in transit to or from Chile or Argentina.  The School will provide for all participants a health insurance that covers or reimburses for health care abroad, but students must acquire a plan to cover medical evacuation and repatriation.