Exchange Programs & International Externships
Duke Law offers a wide range of possibilities for international externships and exchange programs. You can choose from one of the many exchange programs at the universities listed in the table below, participate in an externship at a pre-approved location, or craft your own international externship experience.
Exchange Programs
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Austral University Bocconi University# Bond University* Bucerius Law School* ESADE Law School# ITAM IDC* Katholieke Universiteit Leuven* National University of Singapore* Peking University# Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile |
Portuguese Catholic University# Universite Pantheon-Assas (Paris II) University of Cape Town* University of Copenhagen* University of Geneva* Exchange students eligible to earn Certificate in Transnational Law University of Heidelberg University of Hong Kong* University of Melbourne* University of Sydney* Waseda University# |
* Courses taught in English
# Selected courses available in English
Externships
In 1991, Duke Law School created an externship program with placements in the area of international law. This program is principally designed to complement the curriculum available to students in the JD/LLM Program in International & Comparative Law, with a purpose of enhancing their educational experience and career opportunities through intellectually stimulating placements with international legal organizations.
Pre-approved Externships
- Office of Legal Adviser at the U.S. Dept. of State
- US Trade Representative Offices in Geneva and Washington, D.C.
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Dept. of Commerce Office of General Counsel (Import & Export Administrations; International Commerce)
- International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- International & Operations Law Division of the Air Force Judge Advocate General's Dept.
- International Counsel for Environmental Defense at the Environmental Defense Fund
Externship Program Rules
Rule 3-25 on Externship Program
JD/LLM students only may submit proposals for externship semesters at organizations other than those on the pre-approved list. Placements at other organizations require the submission of an individualized externship proposal to the Associate Dean for International Studies who will then submit it to the Faculty Committee on Comparative and International Studies. Before submission to the Associate Dean, the proposal must first be approved and supported by a full-time member of the Duke Law School faculty selected by the student. The proposal must be ruled on by the Faculty Curriculum Committee.
For further information on exchanges and externships or for applications, please contact:
Tonya Jacobs
(919) 613-7147
jacobs@law.duke.edu
