Study Abroad

The practice of law is global. We give you the chance to spend a semester abroad studying at one of our twenty-one partner schools in China, Europe, and Canada.

Our Chinese partners include Peking University, Renmin University, Tsinghua University, China University of Politics and Law (Beijing), Fudan University, East China University of Politics and Law (Shanghai), Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School (Shanghai), Jilin University (Changchun), Southwest University of Politics and Law (Chongqing), and Zhejiang University (Hangzhou). We are the only law school in the US to offer such a diverse and impressive array of study abroad options in China. You can also study at City University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan University (Taipei).

Our offerings are equally impressive in Europe. You can study in five different European nations, at Maastricht University, Utrecht University and VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands; Bocconi University (Milan); Middlesex University (London); the European Business School (Wiesbaden, Germany); and Central European University (Budapest).

We are committed to continuing to build our study abroad programs.

We also have student exchange programs with our Canadian sister school, the University of Western Ontario, as well as the University of Ottawa (common law and civil law).

Interested students should speak with Dean Michael Scharf (Europe, Canada), or Professor Tim Webster (Asia), about these opportunities.

We host the Summer Institute for International Law and Policy at Utrecht University in The Netherlands, in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. In this three or six-week, ABA-approved summer study abroad program, you can enroll in two courses (one session) or three to four courses (both sessions), for a maximum of eight credits. Taught by prominent international law experts from the United States and Europe, the program also features guest lectures by international officials and visits to the nearby international institutions of justice in The Hague and Brussels.

Our exchange programs bring students from around the globe to Cleveland. Case Abroad at Home brings distinguished foreign scholars to the law school to teach intensive mini-courses during the week before fall semester. We offer you a wide variety of courses in comparative and international law. We hosted 17 international visiting professors from France, Canada, Australia, England, The Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Argentina, Ireland and China, among others.