In most of these classes a comparative law element from one or more foreign systems is added to the base of the American law. The other half of the curriculum consists of international and comparative law electives such as Public International Law, European Community Law, and International Regulation of Trade and Business. In addition, a student may engage in most of the co-curricular credit giving activities of the Law School including writing for one of the School's several legal reviews. Participation in moot court activities and an extensive program of externship placements with British barristers or solicitors, or local American law firms is also available. Instruction is given in Notre Dame's own Law Centre.
Students make their own individual arrangements for housing.
More extensive research can be conducted in the library of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, one of the finest legal research facilities in Europe, and with which Notre Dame has made arrangement for the accommodation of its students. Most students take advantage of the opportunity to observe and visit the Old Bailey, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords while they are in London. Tuition is the same on the London campus as at the Notre Dame Law School. Classes normally begin in late September and end in June to coincide with the British academic calendar. In addition, since 1970 Notre Dame has operated a separate summer program for credit in London for its own students and students from other American law schools.