Christopher Ross

Join us for the International Business & Trade Summer Law Program (IBTSLP) in Kraków, a city that captivated me from my very first visit. You'll soon discover why it's a charming, vibrant, and walkable place. It’s brimming with history and primed for a bright future as an economic hub in a fast-growing economy.

You will attend class only steps from Kraków’s Main Square, the largest market square in Europe. Take one glance around the Square and you’ll see why it is regularly ranked as one of the most beautiful in the world.

Kraków is a student city—with 150,000 students in the ten university-level schools joining Kraków’s 750,000 residents. Some of Poland’s top law students will even become your classmates through our course offerings.

Having been recognized as a European Capital of Culture within the EU, the city is filled with restaurants, cafes, pubs, music venues, museums, and other places to enjoy when the school day (or the work day, if you do an externship) is over.

Sincerely,
Christopher Ross
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Director of the International Business and Trade Summer Law Program
rosscs@cua.edu

Message from the Associate Director

Monica Allston

A European Union member since 2004, Poland is the fifth-largest EU country with one of the most vibrant economies. Kraków and Warsaw are major business hubs not only for Poland but for the region and Europe more generally.

Poland is a leader in the growing world of Business Services Centers, which provide support services to major corporations in fields like financial services, information technology, employment, and law and compliance. These Centers employ almost 400,000 people in the country. This dynamic business environment provides an ideal environment to study the contemporary world of law, business, and global trade.

Founded in 1992, the IBTSLP is unique among summer law programs in having equal numbers of US, Polish, and other international students studying together each year. 650 US alumni have discovered the significance of cross-border US-EU business relations, and the more than 450 international alumni of the program open doors to prestigious externships for our students.

Sincerely,
Monica Allston
Associate Director of the International Business and Trade Summer Law Program
allstonm@cua.edu