The Law School is expanding its programs in international law and study. For foreign students we offer an LL.M. degree, with emphases in several subject areas. U.S. students may take advantage of our summer programs at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and the Australian National University in Canberra.

In 1996 the School of Law formally established a five-week summer program at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. During the program students participate in two classes: a course surveying Swiss law and a comparative doctrinal course team-taught in English by a University of Fribourg professor and a University of Alabama professor. Students from the University of Fribourg also participate in the doctrinal course.

In addition, each fall the School of Law hosts a group of Swiss law students for eight weeks. These students actively participate in all phases of law school life here, both academic and extracurricular, and receive academic credit from the University of Fribourg.

The School of Law also has a program with the Australian National University, which is located in the nation's capital city, Canberra. Each summer a group of students will travel from Alabama to Australia for approximately five weeks, where they will take a survey course in Australian law and a substantive course co-taught by professors from both schools. As part of the survey course, our students generally visit Parliment House, the High Court of Australia, and the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Each winter a group of students from Australia spend five weeks at the School of Law here in Tuscaloosa where they take two courses for academic credit from the ANU.

The School of Law's team for the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition has enjoyed much recent success. In the past eight years Alabama's Jessup team has won four regional championships and advanced to the international rounds of the competition, most recently in 2000, and has won several Best Brief awards, and numerous individual honors. In 2000 the Law School's team won the prestigious Baxter Award for the Best Applicant Memorial in the World Competition, and received both the Baxter and Dillard Awards for the Best Respondent Memorial in 1994 and 1995.

The International Law Society is a student group interested in events in the world community. The Society has a faculty advisor appointed annually by the Dean. In addition to informing students of international career and study opportunities, the Society hosts speakers and sponsors students attending international law conferences.