Nine incredibly gifted and inquisitive Australian National University College of Law students arrived in Tuscaloosa on January 2 for a five-week program in which they take a Survey of U.S. Law and a class on Comparative Gender Law, said William Andreen, Director of the Exchange Program. The comparative class also has Alabama Law students in it, and the course is being team-taught by UA’s Martha Morgan and two faculty members from the ANU, Anne Macduff and Skye Saunders.
During their stay in Tuscaloosa, the Australians will visit the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, the Alabama Supreme Court, the Tuscaloosa County Jail, and the Rosa Parks Museum – in addition, of course, to Bryant-Denny Stadium.
For five weeks in July-August, a group of 10 Alabama students will, in turn, travel to the ANU in Canberra where they will take a Survey of Australian Law as well as a course on Comparative Gender Law. During their trip, the UA students will visit the Australian High Court, the local Supreme Court, Parliament, the local legal aid office, and the U.S. Embassy – in addition, of course, to the kangaroos, koalas, and emus at the Tidbinbilla Wildlife Reserve.