Semester Exchange Programs
The Law School has nine unique semester study abroad exchange programs in eight different countries throughout Western Europe and Latin America. J.D. students are eligible to study abroad in their second or third year. In exchange for sending Minnesota J.D. students abroad, students from the exchange partner schools come to study in Minnesota. This true "exchange" of students provides an opportunity even for those students who cannot travel abroad to study with students from all over the world.
Students apply to attend each of these programs in January of the year before they would like to go. Applications are made available to students starting in November. No additional tuition is charged to students to attend these programs.
The semester exchange program with the faculty of law at the University of Uppsala, Scandinavia's oldest university, provides students with the unique opportunity to study European Community law, as well as international and comparative law in English with law students from all over Europe. Up to 12 Minnesota students may study in either the fall or spring semester.
Up to 10 students interested in studying law in an international environment but in a more familiar tongue can take international and comparative law classes in English on the beautiful, modern campus of the distinguished University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland. Study opportunities are available fall or spring semester.
Each year up to two Minnesota students study at the Universite Jean Moulin in Lyon (“Lyon 3”), France, in either the fall or spring semester. Students may study in either French or English. Students choosing to take part in the Semester Degree in International and European Law program may also be eligible to return to Lyon 3 to complete an LL.M. in International and European Law with one additional semester of post-J.D. study. This is a challenging opportunity to study the foundation of the French legal system and to explore international and comparative law in depth.
The University of Minnesota Law School began a new exchange partnership with the School of Law at the Universidad de Montevideo in Uruguay in fall 2007. Each school will offer up to two qualified students a semester exchange in either fall or spring. The Universidad de Montevideo has acquired national and international prestige as a result of its challenging educational plan, quality of faculty, publications, and research. It emphasizes academic excellence, technological innovation, social responsibility, and the interdisciplinary nature of law, administration and economics.
Students fluent in German can spend a modified spring semester at the renowned Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.
Students not fluent in German but interested in studying German law while developing their German language skills can spend fall semester at the private Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. All courses offered in the international and comparative business law program at Bucerius are in English.
ESADE, Barcelona, Spain
Students fluent in Spanish have the opportunity to study either fall or spring semester at the small, private ESADE Faculty of Law in Barcelona, Spain.
Students interested in a broad range of international and comparative law topics in English will enjoy studying in either the spring or fall semester at Tilburg.
Bocconi, a private Italian university, is ranked among the top 20 international business schools by the Wall Street Journal international. As the Law School’s newest program starting in the fall of 2008, students will be able to take courses in English in international and comparative business law while enjoying the food and culture of Italy.
