Venice

The 2025 summer abroad program will take place in Venice (July 7-31).

The summer program in Venice is open to Wake Forest Law students, as well as law students from other US law schools, who have completed their first year of law school.

The program takes place with the cooperation of our academic partners at the University of Padua, led by Professor Bernardo Cortese. Occasionally, classes are held in the University’s historic law school, which was the second law school founded in Italy (making it the second oldest law school in the world). Law students from the University of Padua also enroll in the classes, creating a unique cross-cultural legal experience. Getting to know the Italian students, learning from them, and exploring Italy alongside them has always been a highlight of the Wake Forest Law study abroad experience.

Please check out the links to the left for more information about our Venice program. Questions? Contact the Graduate Programs Office.

Interested Italian students should contact the program’s co-director Professor Bernardo Cortese at the University of Padua. (The Wake Forest School of Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Padua have an agreement for cooperation in teaching activities, research initiatives and academic exchange – including the summer program in Venice.)

---