Study Abroad
The Law School offers several exciting, ABA-approved study abroad programs. Two programs take place in Pisa, Italy; and Freiburg, Germany over the summer, and one program takes place in Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles over the winter. Each program includes courses that focus on international or comparative law, as well as extensive interaction with local students, faculty and members of the local legal community. Faculty in our study abroad programs have frequently included Justices of the United States Supreme Court and other highly distinguished jurists and law professors. Students who attend Hofstra's study abroad programs thus have a unique opportunity to gain a rich understanding of foreign legal institutions, and to appreciate the cultural dimensions of lawyering in a global environment.
If you are interested in participating in a study abroad program run by another ABA-accredited law school, please review the regulations detailed in the student handbook and submit the Visiting Student / Study Abroad Credit Authorization Form (PDF) to Jeffrey A. Dodge, Assistant Dean for Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs, in room 307 of the Law School. You may not enroll in a study abroad program run by another institution until you receive the proper approval.
International and Comparative Law Summer and Winter Programs
Winter Program in Curacao, The Dutch Antilles
In cooperation with University of Baltimore and
Erasmus University Faculty of Law
Dates: December 16, 2011 to January 7, 2012
Classes Start: December 19, 2011
Summer Abroad Program in Pisa, Italy
Co-sponsored by Hofstra Law School and the Scuola Superore Sant'Anna
Dates: May 26 to June 9, 2012
Summer Abroad Program in Freiburg, Germany
Co-sponsored by Hofstra Law School and
the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
*The Freiburg, Germany program is not running in the Summer of 2012.
For further information about Hofstra University School of Law's Study Abroad Programs, please contact:
Office of International Programs
Hofstra University School of Law
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York 11549-1210
Telephone: (516) 463-0417
Fax: (516) 463-1017
E-mail: internationalprograms@hofstra.edu