David Anstaett, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School Class of 2001, has been named the winner of a highly selective Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship for a legal internship in Europe beginning in September 2003.  Anstaett will be working in Berlin at the German Parliament and Department of Justice.

The Bosch program provides approximately 20 young American professionals with executive level internships in the federal government and private sectors in Germany. In addition, seminars in Germany and travel to different European nations are aimed at providing understanding of issues facing the European Union and Germany today.  Bosch Fellows are competitively chosen from the fields of business administration, economics, journalism and mass communications, law, political science and public affairs/public policy.

"It's a great opportunity for two reasons," Anstaett comments.  "First, the strictly legal application: I would love someday to practice European Union law, which touches on economic, environmental, human rights, and security issues.  Second, this experience is policy-oriented, and will be good background if I eventually want to work in a government position in this country that involves formulating U.S. policy towards Germany and Europe."

Anstaett became interested in European Union law in his last semester of law school when he took a course on the topic from UW Law School Professor Gregory Shaffer.  "Professor Shaffer's EU law class really got me interested in the possibility of practicing law on an international basis," Anstaett says.

Anstaett is currently serving as a clerk for Judge Barbara Crabb in Madison at the U.S. District Court.

For more information on the Bosch Fellowships, see the Web site at http://www.cdsintl.org/rbfpintro.html.

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