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TEACHING • The Class of 2013
2013
THE CLASS OF
IN OCTOBER 2012, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 46 STUDENTS WHO JOINED
OUR PROGRAM. Our students constituted a melting pot of cultures and languages with
representation from 22 nations, such as Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, China, Greece, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, U.S.A., Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. With undergraduate
degrees in law, business or economics from top universities in their home countries,
our students have joined our program after having been selected by the Admissions Committee
from a large pool of applicants. They are highly-qualified and motivated individuals
with excellent credentials.
Four of the 46 students were attending the two-year European Master of Transnational
Trade Law and Finance (EMTTLF) Program and were spending the second year of the
program at the ILF. Their first semester of the program was spent at the University of Deusto
and the second semester at the University of Tilburg.
At the Orientation Meeting held on 5 October 2012, all our students came together for the
first time with the knowledge that they were going to spend a lot of time with each other in
and outside the classroom in the following year. Personal and professional development of our
students was definitely a main focus during their year at the ILF.
Our students, as part of the program, also completed their internships with many of the
ILF’s sponsors and supporters, during which they acquired valuable work experience and
contacts in the professional world.
During the year, our students were invited to participate in many extra-curricular events,
including guest lectures, seminars and excursion visits which were specially organized for
them. The Class Social Responsibility Project of the Class of 2013 entitled “Girl Effect”
supports the special needs of girls in the world for education and for equal opportunities. The
Class of 2013 chose to support a project in Uganda on Teen Girls’ Health & Empowerment.
It was a year of intensive learning and having lots of fun together with friends for the
Class of 2013!
The ILF is committed to supporting our students’ goal to achieve academic and professional excellence!
Congratulations to
ILF EXCHANGE STUDENTS GOING TO COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
In January 2014, two ILF students will be traveling to Columbia Law
School where they will be attending the Spring Term 2014 of the
J.D. program as ILF exchange students. Ms. Despoina Bakopoulou
from Greece and Ms. Eva Sulcova from the Czech Republic have
been specially selected based on their excellent academic performance
during the winter semester 2012/13 at the ILF.
We wish them an enriching learning experience at Columbia Law School and
a fantastic time in New York City!