Seton Hall Law's international study programs are rooted in a dedication to scholarly
learning, practical training and the belief that in our globalized community, all
students will derive significant benefit from an exposure to the practice of international
law. We offer legal education courses in human rights law, comparative law and international
law that draw on the respective region’s unique culture and legal practices.
Louvain Program
Second and third year students have the unique opportunity to spend a semester abroad
at Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (Louvain Program). As with our other international offerings, the Louvain Program is rooted in a dedication
to scholarly learning, practical training and the belief that in our globalized community,
all students will derive significant benefit from an exposure to the practice of international
law.
Students in the Louvain Program will be abroad either in the fall semester of their
third year or spring semester of their second year and enrolled in up to 12 credits
at the Université catholique de Louvain, Faculty of Law and Criminology. Students may choose from 30+ courses taught in English.
Dean Acheson Legal Stage Program
The Dean Acheson Legal Stage program provides recent graduates and third-year law students with an externship
opportunity at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This prestigious
program offers a student an extraordinary opportunity to engage in substantive research
and work in the chambers of a leading European Judge and or an Advocate General from
the Court of Justice or the General Court located in Luxembourg.
The Court of Justice is the highest court of the European Union that interprets European
Union law and ensures its equal application across all states of the European Union.
The program allows for selected students to extern with a judge of the Court of Justice,
an Advocate General of the Court of Justice, or with a Judge of the General Court.
There are two possible Dean Acheson Legal Stage periods: fall term or spring term (for less than 90 days). Seton Hall University
Law School has the privilege of being one of the schools in the United States selected
to participate in the Dean Acheson Stage program and permitted to nominate candidates every April 1. We have had the honor
and privilege in the past to have fourteen students from our school selected for the
program.
Dean Acheson stagiaires are unpaid, and the Court of Justice of the European Union does not make any funds
available to support Dean Acheson stagiaires. Dean Acheson stagiaires are responsible for the full cost of their transportation, room and board while participating
in the Dean Acheson Stage program. However, in memory of Professor Livingston Baker, the Liv Baker Dean Acheson
Fund will provide $1,500 to any student or recent graduate selected for participation
in this program. Learn more about the Externship at the Court of Justice of the European Union here.