CILE offers an excellent selection of opportunities for JD students to learn about and practice using foreign, comparative, and international law. The world of law is increasingly globalized; every area of law practice applies foreign and international legal resources.
The International & Comparative Law Certificate program is intended to provide a foundation for careers and further study in the application of legal regimes to transnational and international relationships.
Fund your global training from a multitude of fellowships, internal and external scholarships, and competitions.
Languages for Lawyers courses are designed to facilitate communication between American lawyers and their foreign clients and to transmit a sense of the foreign legal culture to the American practitioner. These courses are available to attorneys as well as JD students.
The University’s Center for International Studies (UCIS) offers programs that combine foreign language training and multidisciplinary courses necessary for communicative and cultural competence.