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:
Brazil
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
China
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
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
Israel
Bar-Ilan University
Language(s) of Instruction: Hebrew, English
Fall semester: Mid October to January
Spring semester: Early March to late June
Bar-Ilan Grant Program
Italy
Bocconi University
Language(s) of Instruction: Italian, English
Fall semester: Late August/early September to late December
Spring Semester: unavailable
Latvia
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
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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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
Brazil
- Insper Institute of Education & Research
- University of Ribeirão Preto
China
- 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
Columbia
- Del Rosario University
Ecuador
- Universidad de Espíritu Santo (UEES)
Germany
- University of Münster
Ghana
- Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA)
India
- Jindal Global Law School
- Karnavati University
- MLNU Mumbai
Ireland
- University College Cork
Israel
- Bar-Illan University
Italy
- Bocconi University
- Luiss University
- University of Marconi
- University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- University of Naples Parthenope
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
Korea
- Transnational Law and Business University
Latvia
- Riga Graduate School of Law
Mexico
- Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey (FLDM)
Netherlands
- Utrecht University
Nigeria
- University of Ilorin
Puerto Rico
- InterAmerican University
Spain
- Comillas Ponitifical University
Switzerland
- University of Lucerne
Taiwan
- Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU)
- Fu Jen Catholic University
Uruguay
- University of Montevideo
If you have additional questions about inbound study opportunities at Temple law school, please contact Director of International Law Programs, Karen McMichael.