Offshore study opportunities

This program gives you an opportunity to undertake a selected range of elective units of study in prestigious locations in Europe.

Locations vary, and have included Robinson College at the University of Cambridge, Humboldt University in Berlin, the Academy of Arts and Social Sciences in Amsterdam and Prato, near Florence.

Jointly run by Sydney Law School and the East China University of Political Science and Law, this is an elective unit of study comprising an intensive three-week introduction to Chinese laws and legal systems, while experiencing life in Shanghai.

We offer an innovative and exciting opportunity to study at the Himalayan Field School.

With assistance from Kathmandu School of Law, the field school is conducted over two weeks in Nepal. It explores the fascinating and difficult problems of development and human rights confronting a developing country.

This elective unit of study is available to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The Kyoto and Tokyo seminars offer a unique opportunity to study Japanese Law on an intensive basis in global and socio-economic context.

The program aims to develop the general skills of comparative lawyers, to effectively and critically assess contemporary developments in one of the world's wealthiest democracies.

It is jointly organised by the University of Sydney Law School and Ritsumeikan University School of Law, with the assistance of the Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL).

The Southeast Asia Field School is an intensive two-week course, taught in English, students visit Malaysia and Indonesia for one week each.

The aims of the school are to provide an in-depth introduction to the legal systems of both countries, highlight some of the unique legal issues faced in those countries, and to compare the operation of these systems to the Australian and other common-law legal systems.

The program is administrated by Sydney Law School and two in-country partners.

This program focusses on land, resources, climate and environmental law issues in the Pacific, and offers a unique opportunity for students to gain an introduction to customary law and local culture, and also to engage in a comparative study of the management and regulation of environmental law issues in the Pacific region at the international, regional and local level.

The program integrates academic study with field-based learning.

This is an opportunity for our law students to enrich their university experience by exploring the distinctive legal issues presented by oil and gas exploration and production and examining the legal and regulatory responses of oil producing states, whilst located in this North Sea oil hub.

The unit explains the international legal principles that apply within the sector and sets the Australian experience against a broad comparative background. Students will have the opportunity to hear from Equinor (formerly Statoil) representatives and complete a guided tour of the Petroleum Museum in Stavanger, Norway.

Philosophy of Law is a Jurisprudence unit of study offered by Sydney Law School, taught at the historic Humboldt University Law School during the mid-year break.

The program will be offered on an intensive basis, including a free weekend for reading and other activities.

This is an opportunity for our law students to enrich their university experience by studying a comparative unit in the setting of an historic and renowned university, to be taught by three of the world’s leading academic specialists in legal theory, while visiting one of the great cities of the world.

Advanced Obligations and Remedies is a Sydney Law School offshore unit held at Robinson College, Cambridge, right in the heart of historic Cambridge.

The course is convened in conjunction with guest lectures by leading academics specialising in the law of obligations at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, King’s College London and University College London.

The aim of this unit is to explore a number of contentious issues arising in the law of civil obligations and remedies in a broad legal context. It will build on the fundamentals in the areas of torts, contracts and equity, from a comparative perspective.

Media Law: Comparative Perspectives is a Sydney Law School offshore unit held at Gonville & Caius College, right in the heart of historic Cambridge, United Kingdom.

In this program, Law students have the opportunity to enrich their university experience by studying a comparative unit of study in the setting of an historic and renowned university.

The course features guest lectures by leading British and European academics and practitioners specialising in media law.

The Program will allow students to participate in seminars, lectures, presentations and field visits with leading scholars, legal practitioners and law students in India.

Sharing the classroom with Indian scholars and law students, our aim is to promote deeper mutual understanding not only of the two legal systems, but also place the law in its wider social-economic, cultural and political context.

The unit provides a unique opportunity to learn about two common law systems are tackling serious societal challenges, , and the wider role of law and lawyers in society.

Adopting a cross-cultural perspective, the topics will examine a range of topics including: colonisation and constitutional independence, minorities and First Nations, anti-corruption law and policy, family and sexual violence, technology law, sports law and corporate law.