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The Most Unusual Law School Study Abroad Programs

If you're going to debt-finance so much money to go to class, why not do it while living in a foreign country?

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Law school costs quite the pretty penny these days, with average yearly tuition and fees at private law schools coming in at $46,164, and average yearly tuition and fees at public law schools coming in at $26,264 for in-state students and $39,612 for out-of-state students. If you’re going to debt-finance so much money to go to class, why not do it while living in a foreign country where you’ll have the opportunity to learn the most interesting topics possible?

The National Jurist recently published a feature on the 11 law schools with the most unusual study abroad programs. Did your law school make the list? Here they are, in alphabetical order, with a brief description of the program:

    • American University Washington College of Law

American has two study abroad programs: one that’s held at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee, in Scotland, where students can study natural resources and energy law and policy as well as international business transactions, and another that’s held in collaboration with T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, Netherlands, where students can study legal issues related to crime and terrorism and visit the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

    • Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law

Hofstra has a study abroad program that’s held in Havana, Cuba, where students can learn about comparative family law, focusing on Cuban family law and culture.

    • Michigan State University College of Law

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Michigan State has a study abroad program that’s held in Bialystock and Krakow, Poland, where students can learn about comparative law and jurisprudence.

    • Santa Clara University School of Law

Santa Clara has a study abroad program that’s held in Geneva, Switzerland, where students can learn about public international law, humanitarian law, international IP law, and international human rights law.

    • Southwestern Law School

Southwestern’s study abroad program is held in Cambridge, England, where students can learn about the international aspects of entertainment, arts, and sports law, as well as how to negotiate international entertainment industry contracts.

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    • Stetson University College of Law

Stetson has a study abroad program that’s held in Granada, Spain, where students can learn about the legal challenges of the international marketplace through the assessment of political movements and trends.

    • Syracuse University College of Law

Syracuse has a study abroad program that’s held in London, England, where students can learn about the law in the UK, from court structure to civil and criminal procedure, as well as selected areas of substantive law.

    • Tulane University Law School

Tulane has two study abroad programs: one that’s held in Rhodes, Greece, that’s co-sponsored by The Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, where students can learn about maritime law, the law of the sea, and ocean management, and another that’s held in Cambridge, England, where students can learn about legal issues having to do with refugees and migration.

    • University of Florida Levin College of Law

Florida has a study abroad program that’s held in San Jose, Costa Rica, where students can learn about law and policy having to do with conservation and sustainable development issues.

    • Western New England University School of Law

Western New England has a study abroad program that’s held in Tel Aviv, Israel, where students can learn about policy issues related to gender, discrimination, equality, and justice across Israeli, American, and Jewish law.

Does your law school have an interesting study abroad program that National Jurist missed? Please email or text us 646-820-8477 more information about it.

Most Unusual Law School Study Abroad Programs [The National Jurist]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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