Semester Abroad

Sciences Po Law School, Paris Established in 1872, the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (known as “Sciences Po”) is one of France’s most selective and…

Renmin Law School, Beijing Founded in 1950, Renmin Law School was the first law school established in the People’s Republic of China. Today,…

University of Chile School of Law, Santiago The University of Chile is the country’s oldest and largest public institution of higher education, and remains closely…

Exchange Program Semester Abroad:
Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Samantha Glover Ferreira ’14 spent the fall semester of her 3L…

Fundação Getulio Vargas Schools of Law, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) was founded in 1944 to prepare…

Seoul National University School of Law, Seoul Founded in 1895, Seoul National University became South Korea’s first national university in 1946 and today is the…

University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Tokyo The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) was established in 1877 as the first national university in…

Sydney Law School, Sydney The first law school established in Australia, Sydney Law School’s 150-year history is matched by its innovative approach to legal education. The…

Exchange Programs Harvard Law School has exchange agreements with this select group of nine foreign schools. These are institutions with which HLS has collaborated previously…

Students initiate the planning process for their own program of study, thinking through their educational objectives, identifying the best country and school for study, and…

The semester abroad program is intended to afford students an educational experience not available at HLS: immersion in a foreign legal culture. This includes exposure…

Tuition Harvard Law School will charge semester abroad participants regular Harvard tuition for the period abroad; tuition costs for the foreign school should be billed…

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The Semester Abroad Program offers Harvard Law School J.D. students the opportunity to study law and live in a foreign country while receiving a semester…

Independent Semester Abroad:
University of Los Andes, Colombia Erin Formby ’20 spent the fall semester of her 3L year pursuing an independent semester abroad at…

Exchange Program Semester Abroad:
Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland Cristina spent the fall semester of her 3L year at the Geneva Graduate Institute (formerly the Graduate…