On the Cuba Field Study: Export Laws and Export Controls students will learn about the Export Administration Act (EAA), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the amendments to IIEPA pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act. The EAA expired in 1994. Since then, each U.S. president has extended the EAA by declaring a state of emergency under the IIEPA. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, administers and enforces the EAA.
Students will learn the key licensing provisions and procedures of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These include the Commerce Control List (CCL), the Export Classification Numbering System (ECCN) and the 10 General EAR Prohibitions.
Another topic of this course is the Trading with the Enemy Act. While we cannot focus on this act in depth in a 1-credit course, we will look at the restrictions on travel to Cuba that come under it. Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515, are among the many regulations that implement this act. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces these regulations.
Professor Juli Campagna will teach on the 2013 Cuba Field Study program.
* Schedule subject to change.
The Cuba Field Study program will be housed at Hotel Plaza Cuba with classes being held in the National Museum of Fine Arts of Havana, the post-revolution, former Cuban Supreme Court of Justice building in old town Havana.
The draft schedule:
Saturday, March 23
- Travel Day from New York to Havana and Check in at Hotel Ambos Mundos
- Opening Dinner Reception
Sunday, March 24
- Field Trips: Havana walking tour in the morning, lunch, regional tour on a bus in the afternoon and visit to the Hemingway Museum
Monday, March 25 — Class No. 1: National and International Sources of Export Law
- Class — 9 a.m.-noon
- Special Lecture
Tuesday, March 26 — Class No. 2: Licensing Procedures Under Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
- Class - 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, March 27 — Class No. 3: Licensing Procedures Under EAR and the Trading with the Enemy Act
- Class — 9 a.m. to noon
- Field Trip
Thursday, March 29 — Class No. 4: Antiboycott Laws Enforced by the Bureau of Industry and Security
- Class — 9 a.m. to noon
- Special Lecture
Friday, March 29 — Class No. 5: Student Case Presentations
- Class — 9 a.m. to noon
- Closing Dinner Reception
Saturday, March 30
- Travel Day from Havana to New York
The program fee includes hotel accommodations from March 23 to March 30 (two people per room), round-trip flights from New York City to Havana, breakfast each day, field trips, welcome and closing dinner receptions, airport transportation in Cuba and local field trips. Students will take an open-book exam within 10 days of returning from Cuba. The exam will count for 85 percent of their grade. The Day 5 case presentation will count for 15 percent of the grade. No other class participation will “count” in the grade, though it will be welcome and encouraged.
If Hofstra Law students require financial assistance to participate in the Cuba Field Study, please work with the Law School’s Financial Aid Office after being accepted. The total budget for the program, below, is the maximum amount allowable in financial aid. For Hofstra Law students, their spring financial aid budget will be increased by this amount to allow for participation.
Hofstra Student Tuition: Free — included in spring semester credit load
Program and Housing Fee: $4,195 — paid to Hofstra Law (includes flights, breakfasts, insurance, hotel accommodations, field trips and more)
Transportation: $800 (flights to/from Miami to Havana are included)
Living Expenses and Miscellaneous: $800
Total: $5,795
Non-Hofstra Student Tuition: $835 — paid to Hofstra Law
Program and Housing Fee: $4,195 — paid to Hofstra Law (includes flight, breakfasts, insurance, hotel accommodations, field trips and more)
Transportation: $800 (flights to/from Miami to Havana are included, this is for the flight to get to Miami)
Living Expenses and Miscellaneous: $800
Total: $6,630
Students need to apply by Friday, February 1, 2013. Upon submitting the application and deposit, students will receive an acceptance letter that permits them to move forward with the financial aid process. All 2L, 3L, 4L and LL.M. students are eligible to participate in this program.
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to explore export law in Cuba! For further information about Hofstra Law’s study abroad programs, please contact:
Office of International Programs
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1210
Telephone: 516-463-4547
Fax: 516-463-5220
E-mail: internationalprograms@hofstra.edu
