Office for International Education

The Office for International Education deals with all aspects related to international education at Leiden Law School.

From left to right: Anette van Sandwijk (head), Esther Sibbel, Mahshid Alizadeh, Mette Leons, Patricia Garcia-Fernandez, Sheena Bruce, Anne Maatman, Magali Dirven, Ioana Moraru, Rebecca Tait, Elianne Berkepies, Esther Uiterweerd

Office for International Education

is the place where students can come for information about studying abroad
plays a coordinating role in promoting and organising the English language specialisations of the LL.M. programme and the Master of Advanced Studies (Advanced LL.M.) programmes.
maintains international partner contracts and other international collaboration agreements, and negotiates staff exchanges and international research or teaching opportunities for PhD Fellows and other academic staff.
every two years organises the prestigious Columbia Summer Program in collaboration with Columbia University School of Law from New York and the University of Amsterdam. This programme is since 1963 held on even years in Leiden, and attracts a large group of international students to Leiden who are taught the principles of American law by professors from Columbia Law School.

Global Lounge

The Global Lounge demonstrates the value that the faculty attaches to internationalisation. Here in an international setting, students and staff can meet, watch the news from all over the world, find information about our partner universities and lot’s more. Events and receptions are organised here regularly.

Would you like to organise an (international) event in the Global Lounge? Bookings can made be made through Outlook Calendar (open the calendar for LAW-Global Lounge, book your event and send it for approval to globallounge@law.leidenuniv.nl. Vera Versluijs monitors these bookings.