Distinguished Guests

Each year, the Summer Law Program in Krakow has been privileged to present a number of distinguished speakers to address and interact with students and faculty. They have offered their expertise through special presentations, bringing a real-life perspective to daily class lectures. In previous years, the program has hosted such distinguished guests as:

  • Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Edward Derwinski, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  • Dr. Stanley Glod, former Vice President, Central Europe, Boeing Aerospace Poland
  • Dr. Kazimierz Jaskowski, Justice of the Supreme Court of Poland
  • Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Defense (2005-2007), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007-2014), and Speaker of the Sejm (2014-2015).
  • Wojciech Katner, Justice of the Supreme Court of Poland and former Vice Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Poland
  • Professor Marian Grzybowski, former Justice of the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw
  • Dr. Jerzy Pruski, former President of Management Board and Chief Executive of Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA and former Deputy President of the National Bank of Poland
  • Mr. Roman Rewald, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, and partner at the Warsaw office of Weil, Gotshal and Manges
  • Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Senator and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland
  • Jerzy Szymanski, former Deputy Attorney General, Republic of Poland
  • Paul Fogo, former senior counsel, Miller & Canfield, Warsaw
  • Tomasz Chmal, former partner, White & Case, Warsaw
  • Rina Welles, attorney, Los Angeles, CA
  • Elizabeth Zechenter, President at Jagiellonian Law Society