Exchange Program

Duke Law School recognizes that the opportunity to engage in the study of law overseas is an invaluable experience. JD students with appropriately high academic qualifications and cross-cultural adaptability can take advantage of a one-semester study abroad opportunity to develop an understanding of a foreign legal system.

Students studying abroad have the additional benefits of living and studying with students from another culture, in some cases refining their foreign-language skills, and of gaining the necessary tools for foreign law research. Students who experience law study outside the United States begin to equip themselves with the skills necessary for the challenges of transnational law practice.

Study abroad at Duke Law is done through exchange agreements. Students may choose one of the host institutions listed on the study abroad page law.duke.edu/apply/studyabroad, which are pre-approved by the International Studies Committee and with which Duke Law has entered into exchange agreements. Under the exchange agreements, Duke may typically send up to two students per year to a partner school, and may receive up to two students per year from the partner school.