Courses and Events
Tentative Course Offerings (2021)
- Corporations with Professor Rob Anderson (3 units)
- Admiralty with Professor Rob Anderson (3 units)
- European Union Law with Professor Turk (3 units)
- Human Rights with Professor Barklem (2 units)
- International Commercial Arbitration with Professors Gregoire and Evseev (2 units)
- International Criminal Law with Professor Townsend (2 units)
- International Investment Disputes with Professors Bastin, Saadeh & Taylor (2 units)
- Externship (1-4 units)
Tentative Calendar of Events (2021)
Date | Event |
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Monday Aug 16 |
Pepperdine London Office opens 10.00 |
Monday Aug 23 |
Orientation - Mandatory for all Students - 12.00 Guided Bus Tour of London - 2.30pm |
Tuesday Aug 24 |
Classes start per schedule |
TBC |
Mandatory Lecture - Overview of the British Political System and English Legal System |
TBC |
Guided Tour of the Houses of Parliament |
TBC |
Legal London Walking Tour |
Sunday Sept 19 - Wednesday Sept 22 |
International Institutions Study Tour |
Monday Oct 4 |
Moot Court Competition First Round |
Monday Oct 18 - Friday Oct 22 |
Travel Break - no classes |
TBC |
Inner Temple Moot - 5pm followed by masterclass and dinner |
TBC |
Royal Courts of Justice Moot |
TBC |
Middle Temple Moot |
Thursday Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving Group Dinner. Daytime classes as usual but festivities begin early evening. |
Friday Dec 3 |
Last Day of Classes |
Monday Dec 6 - Thursday Dec 16 |
Final Exams (days and times TBC) |
Friday Dec 17 |
End of Semester |
Experiential Opportunities
Study Tours
During the first week of the semester students receive overview lectures on both the British political system and the English legal system. Students also embark on tours of Legal London, Parliament, and the Magistrate's or Crown Courts.
Later in the semester, students travel on a multi-day study tour in Europe, visiting institutions of the European Union, Council of Europe, international courts, and other critical institutions. Past tours have included visits and lectures, briefings or hearings at the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, and the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice, and Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague.
These trips provide students with invaluable exposure to the institutions central to international human rights, commerce, economics, and diplomacy. The study tours are included in the students' activity fees for the semester.
Moot Court Competitions
The International Moot Program offers students an excellent opportunity to improve their advocacy skills in moots with British students and lawyers. Students regularly moot with and against British law students in the Royal Courts of Justice and the Inns of Court. Students attend an orientation lecture given by an English Barrister, participate in an internal Moot-Off, and prepare for and participate in a moot with or against British law students. Students may earn one unit of credit for participation the moot court program, and the class is limited to 24 students.
Past moots have been against Middle Temple, Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, City University, King's College, The College of Law and St. John's College, Oxford. Past judges have included the late Lord Slynn of Hadley, former Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice and Law Lord; Dame Brenda Hale, UK Supreme Court; and Sir Rupert Jackson, Q.C., High Court, Queen's Bench Division.
Externships
The London Program offers an International Externship Program. Externships in London are an invaluable experience in professional formation and preparation for practice. Students gain impressive work experience, excellent supervision and mentorship, and exposure to sophisticated practice areas.
Externships are unpaid field placements for academic credit in supervised law practice with barristers, solicitors, U.S. law firms, governments offices, or nongovernmental organizations.