Call for Applications: Law and Medical Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics, Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
From the Law Fellowship call:
FASPE Law examines the role played by German lawyers from 1933 to 1945, underscoring the reality that moral codes governing the practice of law can break down or be distorted with devastating consequences. Having demonstrated the power held by the legal profession in a modern society, FASPE addresses ethical issues now facing individual lawyers, the legal profession and its institutions at large. With the historical background in mind, FASPE Law Fellows are more committed and better positioned to confront contemporary ethical issues.
Each year, FASPE chooses 12 to 18 Law Fellows from law schools, as well as early-career lawyers, to spend two weeks in Berlin and Poland where they visit key historical sites and participate in daily seminars led by specialized faculty. The Law Fellows travel with the Business and Journalism Fellows, having the opportunity to exchange views over shared meals and in several interdisciplinary seminars.
FASPE Law Fellows consider topics such as:
- the complicity of German lawyers in the design and execution of Nazi racial laws and genocidal policies
- the difference between legal compliance and ethical behavior
- ethical approaches to truth and disclosure in the adversarial process
- the ethical challenges of ambition in professional development
- ethics and government lawyering
- ethics in the day-to-day practice of law
- navigating multiple loyalties—to employers, clients, systems of justice, legal frameworks and more
- tactics for addressing ethical issues within legal and governmental institutions
Read more about the law fellowship here!
From the Medical Fellowship call:
FASPE Medical examines the role played by German physicians and the medical profession in Germany from 1933 to 1945, underscoring the reality that moral codes governing doctors and other healthcare professionals can break down or be distorted with devastating consequences. Having demonstrated the power held by the medical profession in a modern society, FASPE addresses ethical issues now facing individual physicians and medical institutions at large. With the historical background in mind, FASPE Medical Fellows are more committed and better positioned to confront contemporary ethical issues.
Each year, FASPE chooses 12-18 Medical Fellows from medical schools to spend two weeks in Berlin and Poland where they visit key historical sites and participate in daily seminars led by specialized faculty. The Medical Fellows travel with the Seminary Fellows, having the opportunity to exchange views over shared meals and in several interdisciplinary seminars.
FASPE Medical Fellows consider topics such as:
- the complicity of medical professionals in the design and execution of Nazi policies
- the allocation of medical care in a time of limited resources
- the role of technology in the medical profession
- the role and limits of contemporary bioethics, including euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide
- complicated issues in research ethics, including where research is conducted outside of the United States
- the legacy of prejudice in the medical profession
- navigating multiple loyalties—to individual patients, the larger patient population, research goals, medical institutions and more
- tactics for addressing ethical issues within medicine’s institutions