International Study

Summer Programs

Summer Program in Salzburg, Austria
Pacific McGeorge was one of the first schools in the United States to offer overseas programs in International Law.  For the twentieth consecutive year, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will teach a course on Fundamental Rights in Europe and the United States at the Salzburg Summer Program on International Legal Studies.  Through its long-standing relationship with the University of Salzburg, Pacific McGeorge offers programs abroad for J.D. and LL.M. candidates alike, including an innovative LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice. Register online for the 2009 Summer Program in Salzburg. 

Summer Program in Guatemala
Pacific Mcgeorge is sponsoring its first summer program in Guatemala.  Most study abroad programs offered by U.S. law schools, including those in Latin America, teach principally international or U.S. courses in English. The Inter-American Summer program offered by Pacific McGeorge will include instruction in Spanish and will allow students the opportunity to learn about Latin American laws, study with Latin American students, and complete an externship with a legal institution in a Latin American country.

Summer Program in St. Petersburg, Russia 
Pacific McGeorge is an official sponsor, along with Cleveland State University, of a summer program in St. Petersburg, Russia, held under the auspices of the University of Arkansas.  American and Russian law students participate together in this four-week program. 

Summer Law Institute in Suzhou, China
The Summer 2009 Program has been cancelled.
Pacific McGeorge is a co-sponsor of the Summer Law Institute in Suzhou, China that will be operated jointly by Cornell University School of Law, Bucerius Law School of Hamburg, Germany, and the Kenneth Wang School of Law of Soochow University in Suzhou.  Law students from the United States, Germany and China learn to negotiate international business transactions in this three-week program.

Advanced Degrees

For over 20 years, Pacific McGeorge has offered an LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice for law graduates wishing to prepare themselves to practice in the global economy. This program can now be completed in three different ways, as described below. Pacific McGeorge also offers two advanced degrees in International Water Resources. Stephen C. McCaffrey, an internationally-known expert on water law, directs both International Water Resources programs.  Additionally, both American and international law graduates may enroll in Pacific McGeorge's two other LL.M. programs, the LL.M. in Government Law & Policy and the LL.M. in Advocacy Practice and Teaching.

LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice

LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice
LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice, with Internship
LL.M. in Transnational Business Practice in Collaboration with the University of Salzburg

Advanced Degrees in International Water Resources

LL.M. in International Water Resources Law
J.S.D. in International Water Resources Law

J.D. Certificate in International Legal Studies

 

For more information-

email Graduate and International Programs

call: (916) 739-7019,

or write:
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
Centers of Distinction
Graduate and International Programs
3200 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817
USA