International

Cornell students may apply to spend either their fourth, fifth or sixth semester of law school abroad.  Only Cornell students formally enrolled in the international dual-degree programs may apply to spend more than one semester abroad. 

Students may apply to study abroad at one of the 15 partner schools with which Cornell currently has study abroad agreements, or they may design an individual "term away" at a foreign law faculty with which Cornell is not partnered.  Semester abroad programs operated by U.S. law schools will not be approved. 

All Cornell students contemplating a semester abroad should first read carefully the law school’s Standards and Procedures for Semesters Abroad.  Cornell students wishing to apply for a semester abroad must complete and submit an Application for Semester Abroad (pdf) by the relevant deadline.

Please note that semester abroad opportunities are for Cornell students only. We are not able to accept students from other law schools.

Partner Schools:

• Bucerius Law School
  Hamburg, Germany; an English-language exchange
• University of Cape Town
  Cape Town, South Africa; an English-language exchange
• Central European University
  Budapest, Hungary; an English-language exchange
• ESADE (Escuela Superior de Adminstración y Dirección de Empresas)
  Barcelona, Spain; a Spanish-language exchange, with limited English-language options
• University of Heidelberg
  Heidelberg, Germany; a German-language exchange
• University of Hong Kong
  Hong Kong, China; an English-language exchange
• Humboldt University
  Berlin, Germany; a German-language exchange
• Keio University
  Tokyo, Japan; a Japanese-language exchange, with limited English language options
• University College London
  London, England; an English-language term away
• University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
  Paris, France; a French-language exchange
• Peking University Law School (Beida)
  Beijing, China; an English-language exchange
• Pompeu Fabra University
  Barcelona, Spain; a Spanish-language exchange
• University of Sydney
  Sydney, Australia; an English-language exchange
• Tel Aviv University
  Tel Aviv, Israel: an English-language exchange (also Hebrew, if fluent)
• Waseda University
  Tokyo, Japan; a Japanese-language exchange, with limited English language options
• Individually-designed international “terms away”

For additional information, please contact:

Larry S. Bush
Executive Director, Clarke Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies 
Tel: (607) 255-3014
Fax: (607) 255-7193
lsb13@cornell.edu

Dawne F. Peacock
Assistant Director, Clarke Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies
Tel: (607) 255-5978
Fax: (607) 255-7193
dfp7@cornell.edu