Global Programs

London Program

Welcome

What could be more exciting than studying law at Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California?  Studying law at Pepperdine at our London campus! Pepperdine Law School's International Program in London has been approved by the American Bar Association since its inception in 1981. For more than 28 years, students from Pepperdine and other American law schools have enjoyed what is often referred to as "their best law school experience" -- studying law at Pepperdine in London.

Pepperdine University School of Law offers a seven week summer session as well as a fall semester program in London, all at our own London facility. The Pepperdine London House is located in the attractive Knightsbridge and South Kensington area of London. Students benefit from the fact that Pepperdine's Summer and Fall London Programs are run and operated solely by Pepperdine University School of law (and not in conjunction, partnership, or through the use of another educational institution).

In both the summer and fall sessions, students from Pepperdine University School of Law and other American law schools, are able to reside in London and take courses from two full-time Pepperdine professors and a number of outstanding London-based barristers, solicitors and American lawyers who serve as adjunct professors. Students may enroll in one or more of the terms but may not, under ABA guidelines, take more than one-third of their total law school units in overseas programs.

The program is structured so that students may complete certain core American law requirements while enriching their legal education with a variety of elective international and comparative law courses. The 2010 summer courses are Evidence, International Entertainment & Copyright Law and International Environmental Law. More information can be found at the Summer 2010 Professors and Courses tab.  The 2010 fall semester courses are Remedies, Negotiation Theory & Practice, Corporations, International Public Law, International Comparative Law, and International Commercial Arbitration. More information can be found at the Fall 2010 Professors and Courses tab. In addition, we operate an "International Clinical Program" in which students may obtain course credit for law-related work placements and a Moot Court competition against trainee barristers from the Inns of Court.  See separate tabs on the International Clinical Program and the International Moot Program for more information.

The program also includes a number of cultural and legal-related outings and trips designed to enhance the educational experience. Students visit courts and areas of legal London as well as the Palace of Westminster, more familiarly known as the Houses of Parliament.  See Cultural Experiences for more information. The Fall term also offers a European Institutions Tour to the European Parliament in Brussels, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg as well as a separate International Institutions Tour to the international courts at The Hague.  See separate page on Tours and Trips for cost details.