Semester Abroad Programs

For students who speak French or Spanish fluently, the Law School offers legal study for credit through cooperative programs with the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain, and the University of Lyon in Lyon, France (Universite de Jean Moulin, Lyon III). Students interested in these programs select from the regular course offerings at these universities and study with foreign students and professors to learn firsthand about the legal systems in these countries.

In 2006 the School of Law continued to pursue its goal of broadening international opportunities for its students with the signing of a new semester abroad program with the La Trobe University School of Law in Melbourne (Bundoora), Australia. Like our Spanish and French Semester Abroad programs, the Australian program allows our students to select from the regular course offerings at La Trobe and study with Australian students and Australian professors.

The Australian agreement provides the Texas Tech School of Law with its first presence in the Asia-Pacific region and expands the school's reach beyond existing programs in Europe and Mexico.

Due to timing of semesters, the only period in which most of our students can attend these particular Semester Abroad programs will be during the spring semester of one's second year of study. As a result, students interested in taking advantage of these Semester Abroad Programs must meet with Professor Jorge A. Ramírez, Director of International Programs, no later than the start of the spring semester of their first year of study in order to have applications completed and submitted in a timely fashion.

Regrettably our Semester Abroad Programs are not open to non-Texas Tech students.

The American Bar Association 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 "Student Study in 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.