Semester Abroad Programs

The School of Law offers legal study for credit through cooperative programs with four different universities in France, Denmark, Lithuania and Australia. The foreign law schools involved include the following:

• France: Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III located in Lyon, France;
• Denmark: University of Copenhagen located in Copenhagen, Denmark;
• Lithuania: Vytautas Magnus University located in Kaunas, Lithuania; and
• Australia: La Trobe University School of Law in Melbourne (Bundoora), Australia.
• Germany: Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet in Muenster, Germany

Participation in these semester abroad programs is limited, so competitive applications may be required depending upon interest in a particular program. Texas Tech students selected to participate in these programs will be charged their regular Texas Tech tuition in order to participate in these programs. Students will be responsible for paying all other costs related to attendance (e.g., travel, room/board, books, facility fees, etc.).

Participating Texas Tech students will select from the regular course offerings at the relevant foreign university and study with students and professors at the host institution, providing an unparalleled education in comparative and international law.

Due to timing of semesters, the only period in which most (but not all) of our students can attend these particular semester abroad programs will be during the spring semester of one’s second year of study. In order to timely complete the application requirements of the American Bar Association (ABA), Texas Tech and the host institutions, students must begin the application process by scheduling to meet with Professor Jorge A. Ramírez, Director of International Programs, at least one year prior to the time they plan to study abroad. In addition, students must submit a final and signed copy of their Proposal to Study Abroad on or before the first day of classes of the semester immediately preceding the semester for which they propose to study. Missing either of these deadlines may lead to the forfeiture of the student’s opportunity to study abroad. Participation requirements are also limited only to students who are in good standing and have a cumulative grade point average of 2.50 at the end of the semester immediately preceding the semester for which they intend to study abroad.

Regrettably our semester abroad programs are not open to non-Texas Tech students.

The ABA approves foreign study programs for students enrolled in any ABA-approved law schools; therefore, any student interested in our semester abroad programs must review the ABA rules well before the time they expect to sign up for such a program. The criteria established by the ABA for receiving credit for our semester abroad programs (defined as "Criteria for Student Study at a Foreign Institution " by the ABA) can be found at the ABA Student Study Site. Among other things, the student's academic program must be approved in advance by Texas Tech.

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