Stephanie Chu: Summer in Madrid

“Professor Williams hired me to be the assistant in the Summer in Madrid program for the law school. I don't know if it's even still around, but it was a-- there were two choices. You could study abroad in Madrid or in London. And because they were sending faculty members over who didn't necessarily speak Spanish, they would hire two students who did speak Spanish fluently to be the program assistants… And it was another opportunity to be kind of in an administrative role with students. At this point, it was peers, but that also played into my long-term career desires and career growth.” -- Stephanie Chu, Class of 1992, on working for the Summer in Madrid program Summer in Madrid t-shirt. Date unknown. Courtesy, Wolf Law Library Administration. Beginning in the 1980s, William & Mary Law School students had the option to participate in international summer programs in places like Madrid. Members of the faculty would teach for-credit courses and hire students like Stephanie Chu, fluent in Spanish, to help with the logistics of travel and lodging. Chu described this summer job as an early opportunity to explore what ultimately became her career – an administrative role helping students. The Summer in Madrid program was eventually overseen by the Wolf Law Library, with members of its staff acting as directors and coordinators until its last session in 2016. Listen to Stephanie Chu's oral history online.