London Law Seminar

DATES

Winter 2022: 4 January – 9 April
Fall 2022:  27 August – 3 December

HOUSING

Students will live in an apartment style living in the Kensington area of London, near historic Hyde Park.

Students are responsible for providing their own meals. Accommodations come with a refrigerator, and cooking facilities are available either in the apartment or on each floor.

COURSES

Students will spend thirty hours per week working at their externship (for 9 credit hours) and then will take two 3-credit classes to be taught either by distance learning or in the BYU London Center, such as:

LAW 769R Section 5 – Deals: The Legal Tools for Social Innovation
LAW 688 – European Union Law

Participants may not take any other courses on this program, including BYU Online courses, without approval by the program director and ISP.

COST

Students pay full-time Law School tuition which will cover housing, externship placement, instruction in the UK by a UK law faculty, and international health insurance coverage.
Does not include airfare, visa (approx. $1100), local transportation in London, personal expenses, meals.

Cost for Accompanying spouses: $6,000-$6,500
Includes Latter-day Saint BYU Graduate tuition for 1 credit hour, and housing in London.
Does not include airfare, local transportation in London, personal expenses, meals.

Any accompanying children are required to have international health insurance coverage through the program, which costs an additional $500 per child.

TRAVEL

Students are responsible for purchasing their own airfare to and from the program. Airfare reservations must be made through BYU Travel. Students should contact a BYU Travel agent.

BYU Travel
801-422-6293 | travel@byu.edu | 280 HRCB

PREPARATION

Passports must be valid for at least six months beyond the end of the program.

Accepted students to the program must participate in required pre-departure meetings.

Accompanying spouses need to be credit-bearing participants on the program. Spouses will also need to apply online and participate in pre-departure meetings.

All participants are required to show proof of complete COVID-19 vaccination (including booster) at least two weeks prior to departure.

FUNDING SOURCES

Regular full-time Law School tuition scholarships and Federal Insured Student Loans and Pell Grants may be applied to international programs.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Students must be adults 18 years of age or older.
Complete the online application at kennedy.byu.edu/apply.
The application requires a $35 fee.
Students will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance into the program. Applicants will be interviewed once the application is complete.
The first payment is due upon acceptance. Please refer to the current Payment Information document (see kennedy.byu.edu/isp-forms/ISPpayments2022.pdf).

Deadlines for Application:

For Winter: 10 September 2021
For Fall: 1 April 2022

INTERESTED STUDENTS SHOULD CONTACT

Matthew Jennejohn
(801) 422-3210
jennejohnm@law.byu.edu

PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS

International Study Programs (ISP) reserves the right to cancel this program, revise its offerings, or make any adjustments to the preliminary cost. If it becomes necessary for ISP to cancel a program, all program payments made to BYU ISP will be refunded to the student’s BYU financial account. ISP is the only office authorized to cancel any of its programs.