International Study
- Exchange Programs
- January Term Abroad
- Student-Initiated Study Abroad
- External Studies Projects
- External Dual-Degree Programs
Second- and third-year students may participate in eight international exchange programs at the following schools:
- Bucerius Law School, Germany
- Instituto de Empresa (IE), Madrid, Spain
- Melbourne Law School, Australia
- University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Seoul National University, South Korea
- University of Sydney, Australia
- Tel Aviv University Law School, Israel
- Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
In addition, the Law School offers rising third-year students the opportunity to obtain a dual degree from University Paris 1 Pantheon - Sorbonne Law School and Sciences Po/Paris. Students who successfully complete this program earn 27 transfer credits, two residency semesters, a French law diploma (entitling them to sit for the French bar exam) and a J.D. degree from Virginia. Interested students should contact the Sciences Po/Paris website.
Transfer students awarded two residency semesters at entrance are not eligible to participate in these international exchange programs.
The Law school offers January term options in Paris and Tel Aviv, Israel. More
Student-Initiated Study Abroad
Under the student-initiated study abroad program a student may spend one semester away from the Law School studying law in a foreign university law school or law department, for which the student will receive up to 15 credits (up to 12 transfer credits for coursework completed at the foreign law school and three graded credits for a research paper to be written as part of the study abroad experience) and one semester of residence credit toward the J.D. degree. Program requirements and application procedures are available in Academic Policies.
Under the external studies program, students may spend one semester abroad in a supervised setting combining academic legal research and work experience, for which students receive 12 credits. Past host organizations include the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Association for Water and Rural Development in South Africa, National Public Radio, the Center for Implementing Public Policies on Equity and Growth in Buenos Aires, and the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Program requirements and application procedures
Virginia offers external dual-degree programs in public international law with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. More
