Approximately 35 law students from across the country spend six weeks at the University of Aberdeen, comparing the laws of the United Kingdom with those of the United States. The program provides students with insight into the laws of another country and a new perspective on the American legal system. Courses are taught by faculty of the University of Baltimore and University of Maryland, jointly with faculty of the University of Aberdeen. Courses vary from year to year, but recent offerings have included Comparative Civil Rights, Comparative Criminal Law, and Comparative Environmental Law. The program is open to any student who has completed the entire first-year curriculum.
Financial aid is available.
Course credits do not count toward residency requirements at participating universities but do apply toward credits for Title IV, HEA programs. Each fall semester a member of the Aberdeen University faculty visits Baltimore to teach a one-credit comparative law course. The University of Baltimore School of Law, in conjunction with the University of Haifa and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, offers a summer program in international and comparative law in Haifa, Israel. Students from the three participating schools spend five weeks at the University of Haifa, taking two 3-credit courses having a substantial international or comparative law focus. Some of the courses are taught by faculty of the Universities of Baltimore and Arkansas, but at least one course is taught or co-taught by a member of the University of Haifa Law faculty.