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Study Abroad Programs

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:

Insper *host school may charge tuition
Language(s) of Instruction: Portuguese, English
Fall Semester: Mid-August to Late December
Spring Semester: Mid-February to Late June

East China University of Political Science and Law *host school may charge tuition
Language(s) of Instruction: English
Fall Semester: Early September
Spring Semester: unavailable

Del Rosario University
Language(s) of Instruction: Spanish, English
Fall semester: Late July to early December
Spring Semester: Late January to early June

Jindal Global Law School
Language(s) of Instruction: English
Fall semester: Early August to early December
Spring semester: Early February to early June

Bocconi University
Language(s) of Instruction: Italian, English
Fall semester: Late August/early September to late December
Spring Semester: unavailable

Riga Graduate School of Law *host school may charge tuition
Language(s) of Instruction: Latvian, English
Fall semester: Mid-August to early December
Spring semester: Mid-January to early June

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.

Dates to Remember
Apr
15
Fall Application Deadline
Oct
01
Spring Application Deadline

Inbound Visiting Students at Temple Main Campus

Current students and alumni who have been nominated by our partner institutions (listed below) are invited to study at Temple University in Philadelphia. Inbound visiting students will work with our program director to enroll in a combination of elective courses with J.D. students, as well as core courses designed for international students.

Additionally, current students and alumni of our partner institutions benefit from exclusive scholarship opportunities when they enroll in the LL.M. for Foreign-Trained Lawyers program or the Summer Law Program in Rome. Our Summer Law Program in Rome program also gives students the opportunity to earn credits toward a Temple LL.M.

Inbound Partner List

  • Insper Institute of Education & Research
  • University of Ribeirão Preto

  • Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
  • Beijing Forestry University (BFU)
  • Beijing Normal Univesity Zhuhai (BNUZ)
  • Capital University of Economics & Business (CUEB)
  • East China University of Politics & Law (ECUPL)
  • Nankai University
  • North China University of Science Technology
  • Shanghai University
  • Shanghai University of Politics & Law
  • Southeast University
  • Southwest University of Politics and Law
  • Wenzhou University
  • Yunnan University
  • Zhejiang Normal University

  • Universidad de Espíritu Santo (UEES)

  • Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA)

  • Jindal Global Law School
  • Karnavati University
  • MLNU Mumbai

  • Bocconi University
  • Luiss University
  • University of Marconi
  • University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • University of Naples Parthenope
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata

  • Transnational Law and Business University

  • Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (FLDM)

  • Comillas Ponitifical University

  • Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU)
  • Fu Jen Catholic University

If you have additional questions about inbound study opportunities at Temple law school, please contact Director of International Law Programs, Karen McMichael.

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