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TUITION Tuition fees include all mandatory texts, additional materials, and the cost of professional and social activities. All fee amounts are in U.S. Dollars. Single Courses Introduction to Legal English (LE) (July 2 - July 13, 2007) $1700.00 Orientation in the U.S. Legal System (OP) (July 16 - July 27, 2007) $1800.00 Workshop on Legal Research and Writing (W) (July 30 - August 3, 2007) $900.00 Course Combinations Introduction to Legal English and Orientation in the U.S. Legal System (LE+OP) (July 2 - July 27, 2007) $3300.00 Orientation in the U.S. Legal System and Workshop on Legal Research and Writing (OP+W) (July 16 - August 3, 2007) $2500.00 All three courses (LE+OP+W) (July 2- August 3, 2007) $3975.00 Tuition fees are due according to the payment schedule below. Tuition Payment Schedule
Your seat in the course(s) will not be guaranteed if a tuition deposit is not received by the due date. Deposit fees are non-refundable. No tuition refunds will be issued if your course reservation is canceled less than one week prior to the first day of the course. Forms of Payment The tuition is payable to International Law Institute and can be made via wire transfer (bank draft), company check drawn on a U.S. bank, traveler’s checks, money order or cash. Tuition Scholarship The International Law Institute will offer a limited number of tuition scholarships for the Orientation and legal English programs. To apply, write a short letter of 1-3 pages explaining how you believe the [specify the course] will help you and how a full or partial tuition scholarship will enable you to attend. You may supplement your letter with one or two letters of recommendation from faculty members or employers. Your application for scholarship should be received by the Institute by May 1, 2007. Please send applications to the following address:
Orientation/Legal English Programs HOUSING Housing arrangements for the period in which you are attending a program can be made through the Institute or on your own. The Institute can book a single or a double room at group rates on your behalf in centrally located Georgetown Suites, Washington Suites or Concordia Hotel. For a single room it is advisable that you set aside at least $1085.00 per week; sharing a room will reduce that cost by about half. In addition, plan to spend approximately $50 per day for a modest standard of living. Residing in ILI-sponsored housing you will benefit from both academic and social interchange with other students. For independent search of housing options we recommend the Washington, DC section of www.craigslist.org (http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/). On that website you can find less expensive temporary and shared housing options in Washington and the surrounding area. If you are not familiar with Washington, and are not sure if the location advertised on craigslist is acceptable, please feel free to consult us at orientation2007@ili.org. Further details on housing arrangements can be requested at orientation2007@ili.org. VISAS To attend a course offered by the ILI this summer, visitors from many countries will need a visa. While the information compiled here is accurate to the best of our knowledge, ILI can accept no responsibility for interpretation or requirements of U.S. immigration law, rules, and regulations. We offer the following to assist you in the process of securing a visa but the U.S. Consulates are your first, best, and only definitive sources of such information and guidance particular to your circumstances. Please visit http://usembassy.state.gov/ to identify the appropriate consulate to contact. Below are guidelines for determining which visa type might apply to your circumstances. 1. You will be attending a U.S. university for a graduate program directly after the course(s) this summer. You need a student visa (F-1) and must obtain an I-20 Form. The I-20 Form should be issued by the university you will be attending. The ILI itself does not issue the I-20 Form. ILI issues DS-2019 which is an application for J-1 visa. If you obtain J-1 visa from ILI you will need that J-1 visa changed to F-1 prior to starting the study in the university. This will require a submission to the Department of State of a change of visa status form which will likely require you to leave the country to change the J-1 to F-1 visa outside of the continental USA. Please advise your university during the their initial application process of your intent to attend ILI programs. Please provide them the dates ILI programs will run, ask them if their I-20 application will be able to accommodate your projected program dates with ILI. If they cannot accommodate ILI schedule please contact ILI for recommendations. If requested, ILI will contact your university to determine if any accommodations or recommendations might be possible. For detailed information please contact Robert Sargin, 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, telephone: (202) 247-6006, fax: (202) 247-6010, email: orient@ili.org and provide the name of the university, program, and the individual with whom you have spoken. 2. You will not be attending a U.S. university upon completion of the ILI courses, and one of the following applies. 2.1 You are attending "Introduction to Legal English" only or "Workshop on Legal Research and Writing" only. You need a tourist visa (B-2). If you enroll in "Introduction to Legal English" or "Workshop on Legal Research and Writing" courses but do not take the "Orientation in the U.S. Legal System" program, you will need a tourist visa (B-2) and not a student visa (F-1) or an exchange visa (J-1) because unlike "Orientation", the "Introduction to Legal English and the "Workshop on Legal Research and Writing" courses do not fall under the description of "course of study" as described in the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). An acceptance letter from the ILI should be sufficient documentation to supplement your Tourist Visa application. 2.2 You are attending the "Orientation in the U.S. Legal System" program alone or in combination with other ILI courses. You may need to apply for an exchange visa (J-1) and will need a DS-2019 Form. First, consult the appropriate U.S. Consulate to confirm that you need a J-1 visa and that a DS-2019 Form is required to apply for that visa. If this is the case, please inform us and provide the ILI with the following information so that we may issue you a DS-2019 Form:
Please note that the International Law Institute issues DS-2019 Forms under the Training Category and not under the Student Category. If you are planning on continuing on to an LL.M program or to another training program after completing the ILI courses, we advise that you inform your university or organization before we issue you a DS-2019 Form. |
