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Paris Summer Program
Program Faculty and Directors

Co-Directors

Anne Deysine
Professor
University of Paris X (Nanterre)
Co-Director GGU/UPX Summer Law Program
anne.deysine@u-paris10.fr

Professor Deysine holds a JD (Licence et maitrise en Droit) and LLM (DES) from the University of Paris II School of Law, a PhD in political science from the University of Paris, and a degree from Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques. She is the president of Micefa (www.micefa.org), a US/French consortium for academic cooperation, and has served as director of DESS Affaires internationales et Negociation Interculturelle (a masters degree program in international business and cross cultural negotiation) since its creation in 1994. She served as vice-president for international relations at UPX from 1998 to 2003. Professor Deysine is the author of several books comparing the US and French legal systems. She teaches International Contracts, International Business Transactions, and Introduction to United States Law for law students at University of Paris X (UPX), as well as French Law and terminology for translators and interpreters. She will co-teach Introduction to French and European Union Law.

Eric C. Christiansen
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law
Golden Gate University
Co-Director GGU/UPX Summer Law Program
echristiansen@ggu.edu

Eric C. Christiansen attended NYU School of Law as a Root-Tilden Public Interest Law Scholar. During law school his honors included Editor-in-Chief of the NYU Journal of International Law & Politics, Supervising Editor of the International Citation Manual, the Lipper International Law Award and the Newman Prize for Publication. In 1999, he was named a Center for Transitional Justice Fellow and began his initial work in the area of South African law, eventually resulting in a position as a foreign law clerk to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson of the South African Constitutional Court. He currently teaches U.S. and comparative constitutional law and researches in the areas of comparative constitutional history, social welfare rights and the rights of sexual minorities. Prior to joining academia, Professor Christiansen was in private practice, specializing in international capital markets work for the London office of Latham & Watkins.

2011 Full-Time Faculty

Robert Lusardi
Professor of Law
Western New England School of Law
AB, Colgate University, JD, Boston College Law School.
rlusardi@law.wnec.edu
Professor Lusardi, who practiced law at Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury and Parson of Providence, Rhode Island, served also as Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Edward W. Day for the District of Rhode Island. A member of the Western New England faculty since 1976, he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 1982-1984 and from 1994-1999. His areas of interest are civil procedure and business organizations. He will co-teach Comparative Corporate Law.

Helen Hartnell
Professor of Law
Golden Gate University School of Law
hhartnell@ggu.edu
Professor Hartnell holds a BS and JD from the University of Illinois and is a PhD candidate in jurisprudence and social policy at the University of California, Berkeley. She has practiced, taught, and published extensively in the field of private international law and European Union law, and has taught at several leading US and European law schools. She will co-teach Introduction to French and European Union Law.

Sophie Robin-Olivier
Professor of Law
University of Paris X (Nanterre)
sro@freesurf.fr
Professor Robin-Olivier holds an MBA from Hautes Etudes Commerciales, a DEA in Social & Economic Law from the University of Paris-Dauphine, a PhD from the University of Aix-Marseille, and Agregation de Droit Prive. She is the author of several books and articles on European law, and has taught at several leading law schools in France and the United States. She will co-teach Comparative Equality (Civil Rights) Law.

Rachel Van Cleave
Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Golden Gate University School of Law
rvancleave@ggu.edu
Professor Van Cleave holds a BA and JSM from Stanford University and a JD from Hastings College of the Law. Her teaching and research focus on comparative constitutional law and comparative criminal procedure. She will co-teach Comparative Criminal Procedure.

Thierry Abella
Professor of Law
University of Paris
Professor Abella will co-teach Comparative Corporate Law.

Deepa Badrinarayana
Associate Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law. Faculty page.

Olivier Cahn
Professor of Law
University of Paris
Professor Cahn will co-teach Comparative Criminal Justice.

Chester Chuang
Professor of Law
Golden Gate University School of Law
cchuang@ggu.edu
Professor Chuang holds a BS from Ohio State University and a JD from New York University School of Law. He will be co-teaching Comparative Intellectual Property Law.

Maia Bensimon
Professor of Law
University of Paris
Professor Bensimon will co-teach Comparative Intellectual Property Law.

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