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Study Abroad
The College of Law study abroad program is designed to enhance the legal education of students, help prepare them for practice in the international law area, and provide students the opportunity to appreciate other cultures. Students can choose to spend a summer at the FSU Summer Program in Law at Oxford, devote a semester of study abroad in one the exchange programs in The Netherlands or Australia, or pursue an international externship for a semester. See the Externship Programs section of the Web site for information on those programs.
Summer Program in Law at Oxford
The College of Law annually sponsors a five-and-a-half-week summer semester of legal studies at the University of Oxford in England. The Summer Program in Law is the oldest summer program at Oxford offered by an American law school. Approximately 45 students from the United States and Canada attend each year. Students may earn up to six semester hours of course credit for participation.
Students in the program have a unique opportunity to study comparative law and the history and development of English common law and common law institutions in their native setting. Tenured law faculty from the University of Oxford and Florida State University provide instruction for the program. Students reside at St. Edmund Hall, the Oxford College, which traces its origins to the thirteenth century, when Edmund of Abingdon, lecturer and later Archbishop of Canterbury, lived and taught at the site now occupied by "Teddy" Hall. For more information on the Summer Program in Law at Oxford, click here.
International Exchange Programs
The Florida State College of Law has active Exchange Programs with two universities allowing FSU students to attend a semester at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, or Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. This exchange of students has increased the opportunities for FSU students to study abroad and has enlivened the international culture on our campus. A limited number of second and third year students are chosen each year to attend.
Griffith University Law School Queensland, Australia
The Griffith University was founded in 1971 with the opening of the Nathan campus, known for its peaceful and nature-based setting. The expansive cluster of buildings, sports facilities, forest reserves and recreational areas are all connected by an integrated network of walking paths.
The university has become famous for its modern environmental science, Asian studies and international business courses. The university now boasts a full suite of award winning programs including arts, education, medicine, dentistry, engineering, business, science and law.
The Griffith University Law School (GULS) has been ranked as No. 1 in the country by the respected publication, the "Good Universities Guide," both in 2005 and 2006.
