Overview
As the United States has become increasingly involved in the world economy over the last several decades, a greater need has arisen for lawyers who are trained to deal with the resulting legal issues. Legal education alone is often not sufficient to understand the complex political, social, cultural, and economic context in which these issues are embedded. The Latin American, Caribbean and lberian Studies Program has particular strengths in anthropology, economic development, environmental studies, history, land tenure systems, Portuguese and Spanish language and literature, and sociology of economic change.
The Program is supported by the University's extensive resources and its commitment to interdisciplinary research. The Memorial Library houses one of the nation's largest collections on Latin American subjects. A unique research collection, the Land Tenure Center Collection, contains materials on agrarian reform, agricultural and rural development and land tenure. The University of Wisconsin language laboratories contain audiovisual materials for Spanish, Portuguese, Quechua, Nahuatl and Catalan. In alternative years, the program sponsors a Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute taught by a native Brazilian professor. In addition, the program sponsors publication of the Luso-Brazilian Review, an interdisciplinary journal on the Portuguese speaking world.
Lawyers with international interests may find work in the federal government or international agencies, firms providing legal advice for companies doing business abroad, international human rights, assistance to refugees and migrants, land tenure, international trade and finance, and environmental and natural resource management.
Possible Degree Combinations
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J.D. and Master's of Arts in Latin American and Iberian Studies
Admission Procedures & Requirements
For current information about admissions procedures and requirements, contact the Latin American, Caribbean and lberian Studies Program.
The Latin American, Caribbean and lberian Studies Program
University of Wisconsin-Madison
209 Ingraham Hall
1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1397
Phone (608) 262-281 1, Fax (608) 265-5851
http://www.lacis.wisc.edu/index.html
Contact: Associate Director