International Opportunities

Photo of buildings at 1200px-Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge

Campbell Law School provides students with a number of opportunities to gain global perspective and experience. View details for these international legal education opportunities below.

U.S., British & European Union Law

Sidney Sussex College | Cambridge, England
Duration: 5 weeks

Campbell Law co-sponsors a highly respected and popular five-week summer program in Cambridge, England, alongside Samford University Cumberland School of Law.  Students undertake a comparative study of U.S., British, and European Union law based out of historical Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Appellate & Trial Advocacy

Academy of the Advocate | St. Andrews, Scotland
Duration: 2 weeks

Campbell Law students and faculty regularly participate in Baylor Law School’s Academy of the Advocate in St. Andrews, Scotland. The two-week program focuses on appellate and trial advocacy, including the comparison of techniques used by American and British lawyers. The Academy of the Advocate is organized into three schools – the School of the Appeal, the School of the Trial, and the Advanced School of the Trial. 

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal Studies

Nottingham Law School | Nottingham, UK

Nottingham Law School in the United Kingdom offers Campbell Law students the ability to earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Legal Studies. Enrolled students utilize Nottingham’s robust online resources and travel abroad to meet face-to-face with faculty and fellow students. This degree offering is also available for judges and practicing attorneys.

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Legal Study Abroad and Judicial Clerkships in Africa

University of Cape Coast School of Law | Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana
Duration: 3 weeks

Campbell Law offers a three-week summer study abroad program in Ghana that provides participating students with a unique cultural, educational and professional experience in partnership with the University of Cape Coast School of Law. In addition to their legal coursework, students travel to Accra, Ghana’s capital and the legal and economic center of the country, to visit the major institutions of government and commerce as well as a variety of historical sites throughout the country. 

Joseph E. Zaytoun International Judicial Clerkship Initiative | Ghana, Namibia and Rwanda

Campbell Law offers an eight-week program for students to work as judicial clerks in the high courts in three African nations — Ghana, Namibia and Rwanda. Each fellow receives a generous stipend to defray travel, lodging, meals and incidental expenses thanks to the generosity of prominent North Carolina attorney Robert Zaytoun, owner of the Zaytoun Law Firm in Wilmington. Zaytoun, who pledged $500,000 to establish the clerkship initiative in his father’s name, has been a longtime supporter of the law school’s clinics, trial teams, advocacy center and global initiatives.

International Moot Court Competitions

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition | Various Locations

Campbell Law offers students the opportunity to participate in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition. The Jessup Moot, named after the former Judge of the International Court of Justice, is the world’s oldest and largest international moot competition founded in 1960. It simulates proceedings before the International Court of Justice and is administered by the International Law Students Association. The moot problem is typically based on contemporary issues of international law. Judges in the international rounds include judges of international tribunals, special rapporteurs and leading academics in international law. Learn more at this link.
 

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition | Various Locations

Campbell Law offers students the opportunity to participate in the study and practice of international commercial sales law and arbitration. Students from all countries are eligible (students from 80 countries participated in the 32nd Vis Moot). The Moot involves a dispute arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The contract provides that any dispute that might arise is to be settled by arbitration in Danubia, a country that has enacted the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. The arbitral rules to be applied rotate yearly among the arbitration rules of co-sponsoring institutions of the Moot. Learn more at this link.