Je voyage

Thus begins the start of my blog in which I share my experience teaching summer school in France.  Let me start by thanking the Florida Coastal School of Law, which started the program with the Universite d'Auvergne a few years ago and is allowing me to teach there this summer.  For more information on the program, check out this link: http://www.fcsl.edu/content/summer-france-2011

Now, for the FAQs:

• How long will you be there?
• The program is six weeks long, and I will have a little travel time before and after the summer semester.  My good friend and colleague Kathy Hartland is the program's coordinator on this side of the pond, and she and I are leaving this evening to spend a couple of days in Paris before we travel to Clermont-Ferrand, the site of the university.
• What are you teaching?
• Comparative Tort Law - comparing the tort (delict) systems in common law and civil code countries and the litigation processes in each.
• Will you be teaching in French?
• Oh, dear, no.  Rosetta Stone is good, but it isn't that good.
• Is Jamie going with you?
• He will be there for about three weeks.
• So did you just announce to the internet that you are going on vacation?  Isn't that a bad idea?
• My house and my cats will be well cared for by a very good friend who will be staying there.  And we have a very good alarm system, so anyone thinking the house will be open and empty will be disappointed.
• Who are the students?
• Mostly students from Florida Coastal, many of whom I have already taught and are brave enough to take yet another class with me.  There will be a few French law students taking the class as well. 

This will be the last entry before departure - au revoir!