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Indiana Law is proud to have partnerships with many prestigious law schools around the globe. One aspect of these partnerships is one-to-one student exchange. Indiana Law students and students from our partner schools pay tuition and fees as if they were staying at their home schools, and then exchange places for the semester. Because Indiana Law can send only up to two students to each partner school per academic year, these opportunities are open only to Indiana Law students.
Applications for studying abroad in fall semester 2010 are due on Friday, February 12, in the International Programs office (Room 220). Applications for spring semester 2011 will be accepted on a rolling basis until September 1. If you have questions about the programs or the application process, please contact Lesley Davis, Assistant Dean for International Programs.
Study Abroad Program Application
London, England
Dates: Spring semester (mid-January to early May)
Indiana Law participates in the London Law Consortium with seven other law schools to offer a spring semester of study in London. Students enroll in 12 to 15 credit hours of courses taught by faculty from the participating U.S. law schools. In addition, a course is offered by a barrister or solicitor, and students may work as externs with law offices and courts. Classes are held at the Florida State University London Study Center, located on Great Russell Street near the British Museum. Students are eligible for the London program during their second or third year in law school.
Paris, France
Dates: Mid-September to mid-December
Two students each year have the opportunity to attend the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) Faculty of Law during the fall semester. All courses at Paris II are taught in French, so participants must have functional fluency in French. Students in the program may enroll in a number of law classes, including advanced civil law, public/private international law, European community law, criminal law, state-owned companies, and French public law.
Barcelona, Spain
Dates: Intensive Spanish course: two weeks in mid-September or mid-January; fall semester (late September to late December); spring semester (mid-February to late June)
Our student exchange program with the ESADE (Escuela Superior de Administracion y Derecho de Empresas) Law School in Barcelona, Spain, provides an opportunity for two second- or third-year law students to study in the Spanish legal education system in the fall or spring semester. All courses are taught in Spanish, and advanced Spanish proficiency is required. A wealth of classes at ESADE are open to exchange students, including European Union law, Roman case law, Spanish court procedures, banking and stock exchange law, and European law on competition. There is an optional two-week intensive language class that begins in mid-September or mid-January (free of charge).
Hamburg, Germany
Dates: Early September to mid-December
Up to two students may enroll during the fall semester at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, the first private law school in Germany. Courses for international students are taught in English, but students who are fluent in German can also take courses taught in German. Subjects include survey of German law (required), European law, German, business law, and international law.
Jena, Germany
Dates: Early April to mid-July
Up to two students may study in the Faculty of Law of Friedrich-Schiller University (FSU) in Jena, Germany, during their "Summer Semester" (April-July). Jena was the intellectual center of Saxony in the 17th to the 19th centuries and Leibniz, Schiller, Goethe, and Hegel all studied or taught at Jena. This is a rare opportunity for students with excellent German language skills to study German private, public and criminal law, as well as European and international law. Courses are taught in German, and advanced German is required. A small selection of courses in the Law and Language program is offered in English, French, Italian, and Russian. Friedrich-Schiller University offers a special course for foreign students, similar to Legal Research and Writing, in order to help students understand their German coursework and the German legal education system.
Beijing, China
Students with advanced Mandarin language skills have an opportunity to participate in a one-semester exchange at the China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing. The Law School has had an active partnership with CUPL since 2000. Qualified students may attend courses taught in the undergraduate and graduate law programs at CUPL’s two Beijing campuses. Students may also attend classes taught in CUPL’s School of American and Comparative Law. For more information, contact Assistant Dean Lesley Davis, or speak with CUPL faculty members pursuing LLM and SJD degrees at the Law School.
Hong Kong
Dates: Fall semester (early September to mid-December); Spring semester (late January to late May)
Each year, two students have an opportunity to spend either the fall or spring semester attending classes in the Law School at University of Hong Kong (UHK), one of the most prestigious law schools in East Asia. Students may take a wide variety of courses in the areas of international human rights, Chinese law, and public and private international law. All courses at UHK are taught in English.
Warsaw, Poland
Dates: Mid-February to late June
Up to two IU students per year are eligible to study in Warsaw University’s School of Polish Law, where all courses are taught in English. Courses include subjects such as introduction to the Polish legal system, constitutionalism in Poland, harmonization of Polish law with the European legal system, and administrative law. Students with adequate proficiency in Polish are also eligible to take courses with Polish law students. The school also offers the Polish language and culture course in cooperation with Polonicum (the Warsaw University Institute teaching Polish as a foreign language).
Auckland, New Zealand
Dates: Semester 1 (early March to late June); Semester 2 (mid-July to mid-November)
Up to two IU students per year are eligible to study in all law subject areas in the University of Auckland LLB program in either semester. Subjects include a full range of domestic, comparative, and international law, including courses specifically related to the Treaty of Waitangi that, together with English common law, forms the basis of contemporary New Zealand law. All courses are in English.
Hangzhou, China
Dates: Fall/Winter quarters (September to January); Spring/Summer quarters (late February to early July)
The Law School is negotiating a new student exchange agreement with Zhejiang University Guanghua School of Law that will allow two IU students to study there during the fall or spring semester. The university follows the quarter system, so two quarters are recommended for a full semester of IU credit. Courses offered in English include comparative enterprise law, comparative criminal justice, World Trade Organization law, and comparative law theory. Because these courses are not all offered in the same semester, students may need to seek additional courses in English from other departments, or they will need to have advanced proficiency in Mandarin. Please see Assistant Dean Lesley Davis for more information.
Students whose particular needs or interests are not met by the semester-length programs listed above should contact Assistant Dean Lesley Davis to discuss the development of an individual study abroad program that meets both ABA and Law School regulations.
For more information on all Semester Abroad opportunities, contact:
Lesley Davis, Assistant Dean for International Programs
Phone: (812) 856-5661
E-mail: leedavis [at] indiana [dot] edu
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