SCALE Program to Include 8-week Summer Session
Beginning with the 2008-09 entering class, the SCALE Program will introduce a new innovative eight-week Summer Session designed to provide a menu of alternative options to SCALE students.
In
announcing the program, Dean Bryant Garth said, "We are pleased this new dimension will enable SCALE students to take advantage of
many of the summer opportunities available to our traditional students,
while at the same time remaining true to the design and objectives of
SCALE."
According to Professor Harriet M. Rolnick, Director of
SCALE, "This is a very exciting new development in SCALE. The Summer Session will provide SCALE students with flexibility and choice in
the context of a structured curriculum, allowing them to explore areas
of interest; engage in additional skills training, career building and
networking; and have exposure to a wider range of substantive
electives."
The SCALE Summer Session will be held during the eight-week
period from the end of May to the end of July between the two SCALE
years. The SCALE I and SCALE II schedules are being adjusted to
accommodate the summer session.
Among the options that SCALE students will have during the summer are:
- participation in a traditional summer externship
- participation in one of Southwestern's summer abroad programs, or a non-Southwestern ABA-approved summer abroad program along with a paper
- enrollment in elective courses offered during Southwestern's traditional summer session
- a combination of options - i.e., summer externship and summer school courses
Students
will also have the opportunity to combine one of these options with
summer associate work at a small, mid-sized, or large firm.
The first SCALE Summer Session will begin in May 2009.
