The legal job market is rapidly internationalizing, with a growing need for legal professionals skilled in areas such as commercial and corporate law, intellectual property law, international commercial arbitration, international human rights law, and global compliance. Most attorneys will encounter international issues even in their domestic practices, including immigration, international sales, and foreign property issues.
Students who study abroad gain firsthand experience in how law is practiced overseas. Studying abroad also teaches students new forms of legal reasoning, increases their intercultural competence, and, where applicable, strengthens their professional foreign language ability.
Temple Law is the only US law school with study abroad programs on our own campuses in Rome and Tokyo, taught by main campus Temple Law faculty and well-recognized local adjuncts who have taught in these programs for many years.
Our Rome and Tokyo programs are also open to other US law school students and international students, and our Rome program is open to students from our international partner schools as well.
Outbound Exchange Programs (for Temple J.D. students)
In addition to the Summer Program in Rome and the Semester Abroad Program in Tokyo, the law school offers Temple J.D. students semester-long study abroad opportunities with our partner universities, including:
China
Colombia
Del Rosario University
Language(s) of Instruction: Spanish, English
Fall semester: Late July to early December
Spring Semester: Late January to early June
Germany
University of Münster
Language(s) of Instruction: German, English
Fall semester: unavailable
Spring semester: Early April to late-July
India
Jindal Global Law School
Language(s) of Instruction: English
Fall semester: Early August to early December
Spring semester: Early February to early June
Ireland
University College Cork
Language(s) of Instruction: English
Fall semester: Early September to mid-December
Spring semester: unavailable
Italy
Bocconi University
Language(s) of Instruction: Italian, English
Fall semester: Late August/early September to late December
Spring Semester: unavailable
The Netherlands
Utrecht University
Language(s) of Instruction: Dutch, English
Fall semester: Late August/Early September to Mid-December
Spring semester: unavailable
Puerto Rico
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Language(s) of Instruction: Spanish, English
Fall semester: Mid-August to Early December
Spring semester: Early January to mid-May
Spain
Comillas Pontifical University
Language(s) of Instruction: Spanish, English
Fall semester: Late August/Early September to Mid-December
Spring semester: unavailable
Switzerland
University of Lucerne
Language(s) of Instruction: English
Fall semester: Mid-September to mid-December
Spring semester: Mid-February to late May
Grades earned for a full semester or year’s work at another law school as a visiting student will not be calculated into the student’s GPA at Temple. If you are a J.D. student at a law school other than Temple, please confirm with your home institution if grades earned in our Rome and Tokyo programs will be calculated into your GPA.
Study abroad information sessions will be offered in the Fall and Spring semesters. Details about upcoming information sessions will be posted on the Law School Event Calendar.
If you have additional questions about study abroad, please contact Sabriya McWilliams or schedule a Zoom meeting.
Sabriya D. McWilliams
Assistant Director, Global Legal Studies
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John Smagula
Assistant Dean