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Study Law in Europe Program in Belgium and Switzerland

Study Law in Europe Program in Belgium and Switzerland

Study Law in Europe: Leuven, Belgium and Geneva, Switzerland

The Law in Europe Study Abroad Program will be available in Summer 2014. Program dates and additional information will be available in September.


The Seton Hall Law School Program in European and Global Law offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for students to earn up to five credits in Leuven, Belgium and Geneva, Switzerland. The program is open to law students from all countries, as well as graduate students in related fields such as political science, public health, or public policy.

Students have the option of taking all of the courses, for the full five-week program, or designing their own program of one, two, three, or four weeks.  The program features compressed courses lasting either one or two weeks.

Courses and dates for summer 2012 are as follows:

The Institutional Framework of the European Union (2 credits)
Professor Carl Coleman
Leuven, Belgium
Weeks of May 28 and June 4

Intellectual Property and International Health Policy (1 credit)
Professor David Opderbeck
Geneva, Switzerland
Week of June 11

Individuals and Communities in International Health Research (1 credit)
Professor Carl Coleman
Geneva, Switzerland
Week of June 18

The Right to Health in Comparative Perspective (1 credit)
Professor John Jacobi
Geneva, Switzerland
Week of June 25

Courses will combine classroom lectures and discussion with a series of study visits to European Union institutions and international organizations, where students will have the opportunity to interact with high-level lawyers and organizational representatives.

All classes will be conducted in English. Classes will meet from Monday through Thursday for three hours each day. Enrollment in each course includes housing from the Sunday before the course begins to the Saturday after it ends.

The program is a great opportunity to explore cutting-edge issues in European and global law while enjoying up to five weeks in the heart of Western Europe.