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Study Abroad Coffee Hour

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HLS has exchange programs with law schools around the world, and a joint degree program with the University of Cambridge, that offer students the opportunity to study abroad. What is the same, and what’s different, about legal education in other countries?  Where do students live?  What else should you know before you go?   Come meet students from these schools who are studying at HLS, and talk with them informally about these questions and more.

Representatives from our exchange partner schools in these countries will be on hand:

  • Brazil
  • France
  • South Africa
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

Monday, December 3
4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Graduate Program Lounge, Wasserstein 5053

Semester Abroad and the Joint HLS-Cambridge LL.M. Program

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Harvard Law School offers several opportunities for HLS students to earn credit abroad: a joint J.D./LL.M. program in which students are able to earn both a Harvard J.D. and an LL.M. from Cambridge University in England in three-and-a-half years; a semester abroad at one of the ten foreign law schools with which HLS has an exchange program; and an independent semester abroad under the supervision of a Harvard Law School faculty member.

Join us on Monday, October 15, at noon, in Hauser 104, for an information session on these study abroad programs. Come learn more about these programs from HLS students who have studied abroad.

James Brenton (JD ’12), spending a semester abroad at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland

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“My exchange in Geneva has been particularly interesting because of the differences in the way that classes are conducted, and how students think about the issues raised. Classes are very participatory and discussion-based, and the material often more open-ended and theoretical than I am accustomed to. It has been a sobering experience to find that perspectives that I considered obvious may not be shared by German, Peruvian, or Chinese classmates. I have already had to change some of my opinions on issues of international law and, for those opinions that haven’t changed, I have had the great experience of needing to articulate my position in front of a room of very skeptical international students.”

Sandra Cortesi, Fellow from Switzerland at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, working on the Youth and Media project

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“Under the leadership of professors like John Palfrey and Urs Gasser and in the context of exciting projects such as our Youth in Developing Countries initiative, I have been fortunate to work with outstanding academics, policymakers, and educators from places like the Middle East, India, China, Japan, Eastern Europe, South Africa, and Brazil, addressing critical issues of online youth safety, privacy, and the role of information from a truly global perspective. I’m excited about the ways in which we can bring together experts with diverse backgrounds but with a common cause to facilitate open and respectful dialogue among them, from which solutions to pressing real-world problems can emerge.”

Jan Kuntze, an exchange student from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, spending a semester at HLS

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“I have really enjoyed the many international activities at HLS. Courses, such as the International Law Workshop with Prof. Bill Alford and Israel/Palestine Legal Issues with Prof. Duncan Kennedy, have allowed me to deepen my knowledge on international legal fields that I had studied before. Furthermore, they gave me the opportunity to discuss recent developments in international law with widely recognized scholars that came to class and gave presentations or led discussions. Apart from these benefits, it has been highly valuable to interact and debate with my fellow students at HLS who come from all over the world. We have created discussion groups to discuss our individual work on international environmental law and to explore common interests.”