Latin America
The Law School’s Latin American enterprise consists of an annual Seminar held in a different Latin American location each year, and a set of faculty and student exchanges.
The annual Seminario en Latinoamerica de Teoria Constitucional y Politica (SELA) has become the leading conference for the best law schools in Latin America. SELA annually brings together participants from the Yale faculty and law schools in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and other universities in the United States. The Seminar has been held in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay; the 2005 Seminar took place in Brazil. Themes of the Seminar have included democracy and the market, the rule of law, and fundamental rights.
The SELA papers have been published to ensure that participants’ ideas are disseminated to a larger community of judges, practitioners, and scholars. Through a separate venture, the translated works of Yale Law professors have been published by a Spanish publishing house in a series of volumes arranged by subject matter. Yale Law professors have also inaugurated initiatives on such topics as “capitalism studies” and environmental law at Latin American law schools.
SELA is supplemented by a set of student and faculty exchanges. Approximately ten Yale Law students spend a summer in Latin America through SELA’s Linkages program. The same number of Latin American students pays a visit to Yale Law School during the school year. Reciprocal faculty visits have also been an essential part of the Latin American programs.
The annual Seminario en Latinoamerica de Teoria Constitucional y Politica (SELA) has become the leading conference for the best law schools in Latin America. SELA annually brings together participants from the Yale faculty and law schools in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, and other universities in the United States. The Seminar has been held in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay; the 2005 Seminar took place in Brazil. Themes of the Seminar have included democracy and the market, the rule of law, and fundamental rights.
The SELA papers have been published to ensure that participants’ ideas are disseminated to a larger community of judges, practitioners, and scholars. Through a separate venture, the translated works of Yale Law professors have been published by a Spanish publishing house in a series of volumes arranged by subject matter. Yale Law professors have also inaugurated initiatives on such topics as “capitalism studies” and environmental law at Latin American law schools.
SELA is supplemented by a set of student and faculty exchanges. Approximately ten Yale Law students spend a summer in Latin America through SELA’s Linkages program. The same number of Latin American students pays a visit to Yale Law School during the school year. Reciprocal faculty visits have also been an essential part of the Latin American programs.