SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW
OXFORD SUMMER PROGRAM 2016
An application form for the 2016 Oxford summer program is attached. You should submit a
completed application form as soon as possible. The completed application may be submitted in
person, by e-mail or by regular mail. If submitted in person, you should turn the form into Michele
Oswald, Storey Hall (Room 205). If submitted by e-mail, you should send the completed form as an
attachment to an e-mail sent to amoswald@mail.smu.edu. If submitted by mail, you should mail the
form to Oxford Program (Attn: Michele Oswald), Dedman School of Law, PO Box 750116, Dallas,
Texas 75275-0116.
Applications will be accepted as follows. All applications submitted on or before 2:00 p.m.
(Central Standard Time) on Friday, January 29, 2016, will be placed in a pool of applications. If
there are fewer than 36 applications, all applicants will be accepted into the program. If there are
more than 36 applications in the pool, applications will be accepted by lottery but students enrolled
at SMU will be given preference. Those not selected will be placed on a waiting list by date of
application with preference given to SMU students who have submitted their applications before the
deadline on January 29. Applications received after the deadline will be accepted (if there are
places) or placed on the waiting list in the order in which the applications are received.
Notices of acceptance (and placement on the waiting list) will be sent out by the close of
business on Monday, February 1. In fairness to colleagues, an applicant who does not plan to
enroll should promptly inform Ms Oswald that he or she is withdrawing.
The acceptance of initial applicants is conditional on payment of an initial $500 deposit by
the close of business on Friday, February 5. (An applicant accepted after January 30 must pay this
initial deposit no later than one week after notice of acceptance is sent.) A second $500 deposit is
payable by the close of business on Thursday, April 7. These deposits will be applied to the
program fee if the applicant attends the program. If an applicant withdraws, any deposit paid before
withdrawal will be returned only if a substitute is found. The remainder of the program fee is
payable by the close of business on Thursday, May 5.
Payments should be made by checks made out to “SMU Dedman Law School” and delivered
or mailed to Michele Oswald. An applicant who does not make a payment when due will be
removed from the list of admitted students.
For the purpose of financial aid applications, you will be told the amount of the total program
fee dedicated to room and board after the SMU Board of Trustees set the charge for tuition and fees.
The board makes this decision at its December meeting.
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Date received:
Time received:
SMU Dedman School of Law
Oxford Summer Program
Summer 2016
Expression of Intent to Enroll
Date:
Name:
Last, First, M.I.
Name you wish to be called:
Student ID Number:
Date of Birth:
Month/Day/Year
Home Law School:
SMU
Other:
Name of other school
Year completed:
1L
2L
1E
2E
Address during school:
Number and street
City, state and zip code
Telephone:
Address between
spring exams &
program start:
Email:
Number and street
City, state and zip code
Telephone:
Email:
Enrollment in Classes
Each student participating in the Oxford program enrolls in a course taught by an SMU professor or lecturer and in a
tutorial taught by an Oxford tutor.
Students will be divided equally between the two SMU teachers so that enrollment in neither course will include more
than 18 students. We ask you to rank in the order of preference (i.e., put "1" next to your most preferred course; "2"
against your next preference) so that we may assign you to a course. We will make every effort to give participants their
first choice of courses.
International Environmental Law (Gaba)
Human Rights Litigation (Armour)
Students will also be allocated along similar lines among the tutors. At this time we anticipate that the following tutorials
will be offered.
English Legal System (Hanna)
Comparative Criminal Justice (Shute)
Comparative Human Rights Law (Bamforth)
Comparative Constitutional Equality Law (Undecided)
Introduction to the European Constitution (Barber)
Students who do not receive their first preference of courses will be given priority in the selection among the tutorials.
Please read carefully and sign.
I am able and willing to act as an adult member of the SMU Law School
community at University College. I understand that if I fail to act responsibly, I may be
asked by the Director of the program to leave University College accommodations, or the
entire program, without refund.
Signature:
Date:
Person to contact in case of emergency.
Name:
Relationship to student:
Address:
Telephone:
Will you need housing for anyone other than yourself?
No
Yes