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Prospective students and groups are encouraged to visit the campus. If you would like to schedule a visit, please contact us at 314-977-2800.


International Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers

Saint Louis University School of Law and the Center for International and Comparative Law host distinguished international academics, lawyers, judges, government officials and graduate law students engaged in legal research and professional development. These international Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers visit the School of Law for periods ranging from 10 days to one year. Recent Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers have come from such diverse areas as Spain, France, Colombia, Brazil, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and China. Over the years Visiting Scholars and Visiting Researchers have contributed to the rich intellectual climate of the School of Law while drawing on the wide-ranging expertise of the School's faculty in U.S. domestic, international and comparative law.

International Visiting Scholars

Scholars are senior academics, judges, lawyers and government officials from outside the United States. Visiting Scholars visit the School of Law for the purpose of self-directed research and professional development. The School of Law provides the following services to Visiting Scholars at no charge:

  • Use of the law library's services and collections (including computers and computer-assisted legal research)
  • Consultation with interested members of the faculty
  • Opportunities to meet and engage in academic discussions with faculty and students; these may include, for example, opportunities for Visiting Scholars to present their research to faculty and other visiting scholars
  • An office, when available; when no office is available, a personal
    study carrel, and
  • Use of a phone for local calls and a fax machine for local faxes.

The School of Law does not compensate Visiting Scholars. International visiting scholars arrange independently to finance their expenses, such as travel and living expenses and sundry expenses associated with their research (costs of copying, paper, supplies and similar items, if any). The School of Law does not provide monetary, research or other support for international Visiting Scholars.

International Visiting Researchers

Researchers are junior academics, lawyers, government officials and full-time graduate law students from outside the United States who visit the School of Law for self-directed research and professional development. As a general rule, a member of the School of Law's faculty must sponsor Visiting Researchers. The School of Law provides the following services to Visiting Researchers at no charge:

  • Use of the law library's services and collections (including
    computers and computer-assisted legal research)
  • Consultation with the sponsoring faculty member and other
    interested faculty members as appropriate
  • Opportunities to meet and engage in academic discussions with
    faculty and students; these may include, for example,
    opportunities to deliver informal talks to students and/or faculty
    on legal issues about which the researcher is knowledgeable
  • A personal study carrel, when available and
  • Use of a phone for local calls and fax machine for local faxes.

The School of Law does not compensate Visiting Researchers. Visiting Researchers arrange independently to finance their expenses, such as travel and living expenses and sundry expenses associated with their research (costs of copying, paper, supplies and similar items, if any). The School of Law does not provide monetary, research or other support for international Visiting Researchers.

Those interested in an international Visiting Scholar or Visiting Researcher position should write to Professor Michael Korybut at Saint Louis University School of Law, 3700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108 USA or email, briefly describing the proposed research plan and dates in residence.

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