International Legal Studies

Come learn about the HLS Semester Abroad Program and the HLS-University of Cambridge J.D.\LL.M. Joint Degree Program. Lunch will be served.

Join ILS staff and classmates who have lived, studied or worked abroad for a coffee, tea and snack break and informal networking among students interested in…

HLS offers 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. students the opportunity to pursue independent clinicals or research and writing projects during J-term, domestically or abroad. Representatives from…

Independent Semester Abroad:
University of Cape Town, South Africa Brandon spent the fall semester of his 3L year at the University of Cape Town…

JD-Equivalent Exchange Students: Doctoral Exchange Students:…

What are you working on now? One of the central animating questions of my scholarship at the moment is understanding the constraints that weaker states…

Eighteen Harvard Law School students have been awarded 2025 Chayes International Public Service Fellowships for work with organizations based in 12 countries. The…

Summer travelers:  Join us for a coffee, tea and snack break with classmates who have lived, worked or studied in your destination country, and can…

Students traveling abroad this summer with Harvard funding must attend a MANDATORY summer international travel information session. Representatives from International Legal Studies, Global Support Services,…

Students traveling abroad this summer with Harvard funding must attend a MANDATORY summer international travel information session. Representatives from International Legal Studies, Global Support Services,…

A talk by Antje du Bois-Pedain, Professor of Criminal Law and Philosophy and Deputy Director, Centre for Penal Theory and Ethics, Institute of Criminology,…

Come learn about the HLS Semester Abroad Program and the HLS-University of Cambridge J.D./LL.M. Joint Degree Program from International Legal Studies staff and HLS students who have…

Please join International Legal Studies staff and your classmates for a coffee, tea and snack break and informal networking among students interested in international opportunities…

Lorea grew up in the Basque region of Spain and in the United States, and spent time in Panama — and she was conscious of…

Please join ILS staff and your classmates for a coffee, tea and snack break and informal networking among students interested in international opportunities at HLS.

This event will be rescheduled, due to the wintry weather expected on Tuesday.

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…

The Chayes International Public Service Fellowships — open to 1Ls, 2Ls, and S.J.D.s in residence —provide HLS students with the opportunity to spend eight weeks during…