Program: Budapest Fellowship Program
Year: 2024/25
Host Institution: Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s Center for International Law
Research Focus: The effect of European integration on Hungary’s two-tiered banking system, and Kádárism’s influence on Central European political economy.
Quote: “I’m looking especially forward to studying Central and Eastern European history, immersing myself in Hungary’s rich cultural and linguistic heritage, and deepening my appreciation of the region’s strategic and geopolitical importance.”
Read his introduction here: hungaryfoundation.org
Charles Yockey is a policy analyst within the Manhattan Institute’s Centers for Legal Affairs and Constitutional Studies. In Budapest, he is a visiting researcher within Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s Center for International Law.
In the past, Yockey has worked in both the public and private sectors—he has held public policy fellowships, worked in investment banks, aided a federal prosecutor, and interned as a speechwriter for a U.S. Senator. In the future, he intends to attend law school in the United States. He aspires to promote greater transatlantic understanding by facilitating collaboration between the public and private sectors as a diplomat, financier, or policymaker.
The legacy of Roman law is understanding law as the “ the art of goodness and equity.” Accordingly, a lawyer not only examines past and interprets the present but ultimately shapes the future through the decisions and rules they make. Being a lawyer is a vocation with unique vision and a structured way of thinking. Thus, the primary goal of the MCC School of Law is to transmit the knowledge, ethos, culture, and practice necessary to excel in this profession.
MCC’s diverse range of courses provides knowledge and a way of thinking which cannot be obtained in a traditional university, giving our students a competitive edge on a national and international level.