Study Abroad

Through arrangements with foreign universities and other legal institutions around the world, Chicago-Kent has created many opportunities for its J.D. students to study and gain valuable exposure to foreign legal systems in foreign countries. Spending a summer or a semester in another country is not only an eye-opening experience but also excellent preparation for understanding today's globalized legal marketplace. In accordance with American Bar Association guidelines, the particular educational objectives that the law school seeks to achieve in permitting its J.D. students to study away and earn credit toward the J.D. degree are: 

• Exposure to the laws and legal systems of jurisdictions outside the United States and of the international legal system to better prepare students for law practice that has an increasingly globalized and transnational component 
• To learn about the law and legal culture of foreign jurisdictions in which the student may have a particular interest or focus 
• To learn and experience a foreign language and culture to help students in their future careers counsel clients from particular language and cultural backgrounds 

Begin your study abroad application process.  

Students have completed semesters at the following learning institutions:

Argentina

The Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) School of Law

China

Hunan University
Southwest University of Political Science and Law

Colombia

Sergio Arboleda
Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Derecho

Denmark

University of Copenhagen

France

The Paul Verlaine University of Metz (Metz) (Lorraine)
University of Pantheon-Assas Paris II

Germany

Bucerius Law School
EBS Universität
Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat-Jena
University of Augsburg

Korea

Konkuk University College of Law
Sookmyung Women's University

Mexico

Monterrey Institute of Technology

New Zealand

University of Waikato

Norway

University of Oslo

Spain

Universidad Europea de Madrid
University of Navarra

Switzerland

University of Zurich