The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is home to over 5,000 international students, and this is essential to our success as a learning community. As part of the University’s efforts to promote internationalization and global engagement, The University of Texas School of Law (Texas Law) has established exchange agreements with 30 partner institutions from 19 different countries that allow law students from these universities to attend Texas Law as a law exchange student.
Texas Law students become rigorous analytical thinkers and world-changing professionals. They learn from scholars of national and international stature in the classroom and are trained by brilliant and dedicated lawyers in the finest set of clinical programs in the country. Additionally, Texas Law has an unbeatable set of clinics, centers, programs, student-run journals, and student organizations that round out the law students’ legal education.
Texas Law students become rigorous analytical thinkers and world-changing professionals. They learn from scholars of national and international stature in the classroom and are trained by brilliant and dedicated lawyers in the finest set of clinical programs in the country. Additionally, Texas Law has an unbeatable set of clinics, centers, programs, student-run journals, and student organizations that round out the law students’ legal education.
Exchange students participating in the Incoming Exchange Student Program are fully integrated into university life and have full access to all of the services offered by UT.
Information for prospective exchange students is available on the Texas Global website.
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Texas Law Exchange Program
Students must be nominated online by their home university:
- Exchange partners must upload the following documents through the nomination link for each nominated student:
(1) 1-page statement of purpose,
(2) most recent law school transcript (3.0/4.0 (B) minimum GPA), and
(3) TOEFL IBT (98 minimum) or IELTS Academic (7 minimum) score report.
- Incoming exchange students must be law students at one of our partner institutions.
- Non-law exchange students at UT Austin are not permitted to take classes at the Law School.
- Incoming law exchange students take courses at the Law School, integrated with 880 J.D. and 25 LL.M. students. There is some opportunity to take non-law graduate-level courses in other departments, however. All exchange students must take a required course to build a strong foundation for their legal studies at Texas Law. Incoming exchange students can view all the available courses and will be advised during orientation.
- There is a mandatory week-long new exchange student orientation at the Law School the week before classes begin.
- For other important dates, visit the Texas Law Academic Calendar.
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Nominations to study on exchange at Texas Law must come directly from the exchange coordinator at the partner institution. Nominated students will then receive instructions on how to submit their application. Questions should be sent to the School of Law’s Office of Graduate & International Programs at IncomingExchange@law.utexas.edu.
Fall Exchange Deadlines Spring Exchange Deadlines Nomination: February 15 Nomination: August 15 Application: Middle March Application: Early September Partner universities will receive an email with nomination instructions and exact deadlines each semester.
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- Incoming exchange students must attend the mandatory orientation at the School of Law
- Incoming exchange students must clear all registration prior to orientation
- Students are required to take at least 10 credits of law or graduate level coursework
- More important information is included in the Student Guide distributed to nominated students
Texas Law: This is Where it Begins
Here is a sneak peek at our amazing city and beautiful campus, and a little taste of what it is like to be part of our Texas Law community. At The University of Texas, we say “What Starts Here Changes the World”—and this is where it all begins.