Study Abroad in Law School? Forum

[superflush]

When I was working on my master's degree I did a summer in London. Hell of a time. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. Is it something I would do in Law School? Probably not unless I could study at Oxford or Cambridge for the summer. Being able to drop those names as places you studied during a summer would seem to have alot of value. Other than that probably a useless(fun) endevour unless you are devoted to internation law or want to to work in a specific country after you graduate in some capacity.

You could do that.

[englawyer]

i believe most schools have these programs, but few use them because it can be detrimental to the job search

[Cleareyes]

A ton of people at my school are looking at international jobs for their 1L summer. I think that this is a decent compromise. It might not be quite as fun as studying abroad but for many jobs you will have your evenings and weekends free to experience the country/travel. I don't know of anyone who is planning to actually take a semester to study abroad.