International Program
"My study abroad experience gave me an appreciation for the cultural context that is the historic foundation of a foreign legal system. It has changed the way I view our own legal system and the social policies behind our laws."
— Patrick Vogelsberg
As early as 1968, Washburn recognized that the practice of law was becoming increasingly global and responded with a summer-abroad program. Washburn Law now expands students' understanding of different legal systems through its summer program at The University of the West Indies on Barbados and its semester-long program at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Summer Abroad — The University of the West Indies
The Washburn Law Summer Study Abroad Program provides students an opportunity to understand their legal systems more fully through comparative study of the Caribbean system while living in a stimulating West Indian university environment.
Independent Study Abroad — Maastricht University Student Exchange and LL.M. Program
The Independent Study-Abroad Program allows Washburn Law students who have completed one year of course work to study international law and comparative law with the faculty of law at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Washburn Law students may also be accepted into one of the Maastricht University Master's of Law (LL.M.) programs and simultaneously earn their Washburn J.D. and a Maastricht LL.M., spending the last year of law school at Maastricht University.
