The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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The Fletcher School ( full name: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy ) is a graduate school at Tufts University in Medford / Somerville (Massachusetts ). In 1933, she became the oldest graduate school of the United States devoted to the study of international relations is devoted to, co-founded by Harvard and Tufts. In the ranking of the relevant Foreign Policy magazine she is on the fourth place of all Graduate Schools for International Relations.
History
A bequest in the amount of 3 million U.S. dollars by the attorney Austin Barclay Fletcher in 1923 enabled the establishment. Up to two professors from all members of the Quorum of the early years at Harvard Law School professors were. In 1934, Tufts took over the administration of the Institute. The connection to Harvard shows up today in the mutual right to use the libraries and the visit of courses both at Harvard and in Tufts ( Fletcher students at the institutes HBS, HLS and KSG ).
Since its inception, the Fletcher School sees itself as a "professional school". The aim of teaching is not only on the science, but also a pre-employment training. In this sense, much of the faculty has practical experience outside of science, and continues to advise and politically active. The Dean of the Fletcher School James G. Stavridis is a former admiral of the U.S. Navy and served from July 2009 to May 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( SACEUR ) of NATO.
Courses
In a multidisciplinary study of the title Doctor of Philosophy and various Master of Arts are exclusively postgraduate courses awarded, mostly designed for " law and diplomacy ," but also for " International Management " and in a large part as Internet-based distance learning program, part-time program, the title of » Global Master of Arts. "
The course program is divided into the following areas:
- International Law and Organizations
- Diplomacy, History and Politics
- Economics and International Business Administration ( Economics and International Business )
The Institute also offers many possibilities for double degree ( double degree ) in addition to the degree in Fletcher, among others, a JD (Harvard Law School, Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley ), MBA ( Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, HEC Paris) or lead to other degrees.
Others
In Talloires, near Geneva, organized by the Fletcher School, an annual symposium in a former Benedictine monastery, which belongs to the European Center of Tufts University.
The Fletcher School places great emphasis on a close-knit community of students and tried this tradition, despite the, in comparison to the early years, to maintain increased numbers of students. The school encourages this through the active, even financial, support of more than 40 clubs and organizations. Each year, students travel together to New York in the fall and Washington, DC in the spring to "career trips" and meet employers and alumni. At the annual ski trip to Maine attended by more than 300 Fletcher students and also students also befriended Institute.
Alumni
- Melinda Crane, American journalist and presenter; living in Germany
- Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman of the " Munich Conference on Security Policy " and a former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States of America and Great Britain
- Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of Greece
- Christoph Müller, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Australia
- Bernd Mützelburg, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in India
- Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
- Klaus Scharioth, former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States of America
- Konrad Seitz, author and former diplomat