Semester Study Abroad

Overview
The University of Michigan Law School faculty approves the idea of studies overseas for one semester for credit toward the J.D. degree with the primary goal of enabling students to study at foreign law faculties. This opportunity is offered with the awareness that, increasingly, legal endeavors transcend national boundaries and that an international and comparative perspective is an important part of professional preparation for the 21st century.

The goal of an opportunity for semester legal studies abroad is to permit students to receive the educational benefit of engaging in legal studies in another country at an outstanding educational institution where the Michigan student will be pursuing a foreign curriculum in classes with predominantly non-U.S. students. Students who wish to spend a semester taking law courses at a foreign law school must obtain permission from this Law School's Graduate Programs and Foreign Affiliations Committee.

Semester Study Abroad Opportunities
Semester study abroad opportunities exist for University of Michigan law students at Amsterdam Law School in the Netherlands, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, University College London, Katholieke University Leuven in Belgium, European University Institute in Florence, Bucerius Law School Hamburg, Germany, and Waseda University Law School in Tokyo. Students may also propose a student-initiated semester study program at law faculties of foreign universities.

Students interested in applying for semester study abroad must comply with the General Guidelines for Semester Legal Studies Abroad [PDF] along with the guidelines specific to the program for which they apply. Specific program guidelines may be accessed through the links listed in the left-hand column of this page.