Case Western Reserve Law adds two new foreign law schools to concurrent degree program

February 27, 2025

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — One of the reasons CWRU School of Law’s International Law Program is ranked so highly is the school’s unique Concurrent Degree Program. 

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University of Virginia Law Human Rights Study Project visit Amazon rain forest to learn about indigenous rights

February 20, 2025

UVA TODAY — Students in the Human Rights Study Project at the University of Virginia School of Law spent a week of their winter break in the Ecuadorian Amazon learning about the Indigenous rights movement.

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University of Virginia Law Black Law Students Association offers legal services in South Africa

February 20, 2025

UVA LAW — Traveling to South Africa from Charlottesville is no easy feat. However, for seven members of the Black Law Students Association at the University of Virginia, the transfers, layovers and 14-hour flight over the Atlantic to get to Cape Town were well worth it, as the group spent 11 days offering legal assistance

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Yale Law dean Heather Gerken visits China and Japan to strengthen international connections

February 20, 2025

YALE NEWS — From Jan. 6 through 10, Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken traveled to China and Japan for the Law School’s first official visit to Asia in over two decades.

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University of Houston Law Center professor Elizabeth Trujillo receives Braudel Fellowship in Italy

February 12, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Elizabeth Trujillo has been named a 2024-2025 Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow and will spend the Spring semester at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (EUI). 

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Notre Dame Law delegation to visit Africa to strengthen connections on the continent

February 11, 2025

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME THE LAW SCHOOL — This week, a delegation from Notre Dame Law School will embark on a 10-day visit to Nairobi, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, starting Wednesday, January 29.

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Villanova Law launches LLM program for foreign-trained attorneys

February 6, 2025

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW — Beginning in fall 2025, the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law will offer a new LLM in US Law for Foreign-Trained Attorneys, expanding the law school’s professional offerings.

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AALS Annual Meeting panel examines the appeal of US post-graduate programs to international students

February 4, 2025

THE INTERNATIONAL JURIST — Before wrapping up my time at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, I spent early January in San Francisco for the 2025 annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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Yale Law dean Heather Gerken visits Japan and China to strengthen international relationships

January 30, 2025

YALE LAW SCHOOL — This month, a Yale Law School delegation made the School’s first ever official visit to Asia, as part of a broader effort to build relationships internationally. Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law Heather K. Gerken, as well as Yale Law faculty, visited Japan and China Jan. 6–10.

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Advice on succeeding as an international student in US LLM programs

January 28, 2025

LLM GUIDE — When stepping into the hallowed halls of a law school abroad, non-native English-speaking LL.M. students face a particular challenge: taking coursework in a second language. 

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