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Pre-Law

Explore how law is practiced across cultures.

Designed for students considering legal careers, the Pre-Law path introduces participants to the professionals, institutions, and ideas that shape legal practice in an international setting.

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What you’ll explore

What the experience may include

Select a topic to learn more. Activities and access vary by program.

Legal and civic institutions

Visits to relevant legal or civic institutions.

Students may visit institutions that shape law and public life and observe professional legal environments. Access to courts, firms, and institutions depends on each program's confirmed arrangements.

Conversations with legal professionals

Learn how legal professionals approach their work.

Conversations may cover how professionals analyze issues, communicate, and navigate responsibilities, and introduce varied areas of legal work.

Cultural experiences

Group meals, cultural activities, and excursions.

Alongside visits, students share group meals and take part in cultural activities and excursions, with accommodation and planned group meals as part of the program.

Guided discussion and reflection

Place what you observe in context.

Guided discussion helps students compare how history, culture, and institutions influence approaches to law and justice, and reflect on their own direction.

The experience abroad

Understand the field. Discover the culture around it.

Alongside visits and conversations, students take part in group meals, cultural activities, and excursions. Guided discussion helps them place what they observe in its historical and cultural context.

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Health & Safety

Preparation, communication, and care.

Your Pre-Law experience includes pre-departure health and safety guidance, orientation upon arrival, experienced local staff in Europe, and 24/7 emergency response. Health insurance is included in the program fee. Risk-aware planning and clear incident-management procedures support the experience. Review your program’s contacts and insurance coverage before departure.

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Talk with our team

A new perspective on law starts with a conversation.

Talk about your interests, program options, and how to prepare.

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