Greetings from Seoul!
From June 11 to July 5 eleven Mississippi College School of Law students and I are in Seoul, Korea for the school's annual summer study abroad program. During the program, which is hosted by Sookmyung Women's University in downtown Seoul, the students take (and I teach) courses in International Business Transactions and Global Issues in Corporate Law. It's a lot of fun, and there are few countries in the world as important to the United States as South Korea: it's one of the United States' biggest trading partners; the two countries are trying to implement a free trade agreement; and there's always the issue of North Korea and national security.
Over the next several weeks the students and I are going to blog about our experiences here. We hope you enjoy our posts and follow along with us as we learn about international business-something all lawyers need to know something about these days-and about this beautiful land, Korea.
One final point: North Korea is in the news a lot lately, and with good reason. On the ground here in Seoul, however, things remain very much "business as usual." South Koreans are used to North Korean threats, and they see much of it, quite rightly, as strategic, political maneuvering. It's interesting to compare the reactions here with news coverage elsewhere.
Stay tuned for more posts soon!
Gregory W. Bowman
Associate Professor &Director, International Law Center
Mississippi College School of Law
151 East Griffith Street
Jackson, MS 39201
phone: (601) 906-4422
e-mail: bowman@mc.edu
ssrn: http://ssrn.com/author=400520
From June 11 to July 5 eleven Mississippi College School of Law students and I are in Seoul, Korea for the school's annual summer study abroad program. During the program, which is hosted by Sookmyung Women's University in downtown Seoul, the students take (and I teach) courses in International Business Transactions and Global Issues in Corporate Law. It's a lot of fun, and there are few countries in the world as important to the United States as South Korea: it's one of the United States' biggest trading partners; the two countries are trying to implement a free trade agreement; and there's always the issue of North Korea and national security.
Over the next several weeks the students and I are going to blog about our experiences here. We hope you enjoy our posts and follow along with us as we learn about international business-something all lawyers need to know something about these days-and about this beautiful land, Korea.
One final point: North Korea is in the news a lot lately, and with good reason. On the ground here in Seoul, however, things remain very much "business as usual." South Koreans are used to North Korean threats, and they see much of it, quite rightly, as strategic, political maneuvering. It's interesting to compare the reactions here with news coverage elsewhere.
Stay tuned for more posts soon!
Gregory W. Bowman
Associate Professor &Director, International Law Center
Mississippi College School of Law
151 East Griffith Street
Jackson, MS 39201
phone: (601) 906-4422
e-mail: bowman@mc.edu
ssrn: http://ssrn.com/author=400520
1 comment:
Sooo jealous. You really have no idea how much I wish I was there right now!
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