Virginia Russell (left), associate director of the Center for International Law, welcomed three students, (from second left) Gulia Cirronis, Denise Ecca and Gianluca Podda from Cagliari Law School, who spent the fall semester at John Marshall.
Three Italian students, guests of the Center for International Law, used their days at The John Marshall Law School attending classes and conducting research for projects on the Internet, social media networks and a comparison of European and U.S. economic freedom.
Gianluca Podda, Gulia Cirronis and Denise Ecca are full-time students at the University of Cagliari Law School in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. John Marshall has had a faculty and student exchange agreement with the University of Cagliari since 1998, and has accepted Italian students for a semester.
Podda, Cirronis and Ecca are third-year students in the Cagliari Law School’s five-year program. They are completing the required coursework of the first three years, and then will select an internship program to complete the last two years of their college work.
Although the three students have traveled throughout Europe, their time at John Marshall is their first visit to the United States.
Cirronis is focusing on “The Defense of Privacy in the Social Networks.” She is looking at Facebook and other social media, and comparing laws that are designed to protect individuals. She hopes to work in the information technology field when she graduates, and to land an internship in London.
Ecca is researching “The Liability of Internet Providers.”
Podda’s project is “Economic Freedom between Administrative Simplification and Legislative Schizophrenia: A Comparison between Europe and the United States,” examining burdensome administration and methods to simplifying bureaucracy.
“I have been impressed by the networking possibilities that John Marshall offers,” Podda said. “This school represents a golden bridge between university and work.”