The Law School and Pace University

Pace University Law School accepted its first students in September 1976. It is located on the White Plains campus in suburban Westchester County, New York, only a 40 minute commuter ride from the centre of Manhattan. The Campus is on the outskirts of White Plains and is a short walk to shops, malls etc. The Law School currently has a full-time academic staff of about 50, with a strong focus on Environmental Law and Civil Rights.

Website: http://www.pace.edu/

Summary of the Program

* Applicants will be expected to have completed at least half of the requirements for the Bachelor of Laws degree at Adelaide with at least a Credit grade course average.

Selection -

is based on academic merit, where necessary an interview is conducted by the Law School, applicants will be notified if this is required. Final selection is at the discretion of Pace University .

Annual Information Session

In March each year the Law School offers an informal information session which provides interested students with an opportunity to meet both current overseas exchange students and local students who have returned from a period of exchange study, together with academic and administrative staff who will be available to answer any questions. Details are posted on Law School notice boards and emailed to students early in Semester 1.

Planning ahead

Students intending to participate in this exchange program should start to think very early in their law studies about their scheme of study for completing their Bachelor of Laws degree.

Schemes of Study -

at Adelaide will vary as unique circumstances will apply to each exchange studies applicant (e.g. LLB (Hons) students, your schedule of study overseas, the availability of preferred elective subjects at Adelaide).You are most strongly advised to consult the Student Advisor as early as possible in your law studies if you are contemplating taking law studies as an exchange student.

Program of Study at Pace

Students must be enrolled at Pace in sufficient law courses to meet full time enrolment status at Adelaide ie. 9 points. Each student's study program must be approved by the Law School prior to departure in order to determine its suitability. Students accepted under this law exchange program cannot undertake studies towards a non-law degree. Full details of all of the courses which are available for study at Pace can be obtained via Pace University’s website (see above).

Enrolment at Adelaide

You must enrol at the Adelaide University during your time at Pace and you will continue to be liable for HECS and Adelaide Student Union fees throughout this period.

Enrolment at Pace

You will also be required to enrol at Pace as a "non-award/non-degree" student and you will not have any claim to an award from Pace University.

Credit Transfer (Status)

Credit transfer (status) on account of exchange studies will not be granted in any of the compulsory courses for the Adelaide law degree. Students must complete all compulsory courses and a minimum of eight units of elective courses at Adelaide.

Credit, on account of one full year of full time study at Pace, will be granted in unspecified elective courses up to a maximum value of 24 units. The amount of credit granted on account of a single semester of study will depend on the program of study approved and undertaken. However, a single semester of study must equal the equivalent of at least 10 units at Adelaide.

Subject to satisfactory completion of the approved study program, and on presentation of an official record from Pace indicating such, students will be granted credit in unspecified elective courses, with the relevant units value, towards their Bachelor of Laws at Adelaide.

Financial Arrangements

Tuition fees at Pace are waived but all other costs are the responsibility of the exchange student. Students who are eligible for AUSTUDY in Australia are still eligible to receive such payments while on exchange. Further details are available through CENTRELINK.

Applications

Applicants can collect and lodge an application form with the Law School Front Counter. Applicants should delay determining and submitting details of their proposed program of study until after the selection process as this will avoid unnecessary assessment of multiple or unsuccessful applications.

Applications close on 3rd of April.

The selection process will be completed, and successful applicants notified, by the beginning of May.

Acceptance of an offer must be made, in writing within a week of receiving your acceptance.

Successful applicants who have also applied for selection under various University-wide exchange programs will need to decide whether to accept the offer in Law and withdraw their other application(s). It is not possible to delay acceptance of an offer under the Law exchange program pending the outcome of a University-wide exchange application which may not be determined until much later in the year. Students who decline an offer made under this Law exchange program, in the expectation of gaining a place under a University-wide exchange program, cannot take up the former if they are unsuccessful in the latter.

Successful applicants must commence their study at Pace in January or August of the year following selection. A place may not be deferred and, if unable to take up the offer at the nominated time, students will have to reapply for selection in a subsequent year.

Further Information

Study Abroad Office

Tel: 8303 4379 E-mail: paula.ritchie@adelaide.edu.au

For information on all non-academic matters including passports, visas, travel, accommodation, health cover, living expenses, etc.

Student Adviser, Law School, Room 1.18.

Tel. 8303 5062 Email: moira.groves@adelaide.edu.au

For information on all academic matters.

March 2006