The Oxford Summer Program affords students an opportunity to live and study in stimulating and beautiful surroundings under the guidance of American and English legal educators. The Program also provides students the opportunity to visit and observe English legal institutions.
Oxford is one of the great architectural treasures of the world, containing examples of building styles from the 11th to the 21st centuries. Oxford University is one of only two universities in Europe that has preserved the medieval collegiate system.
For more information on the Oxford program, contact Registrar Becky Lucas.
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The 2027 Oxford Study Abroad Program will run from July 4 to August 7 and is limited to 38 students. Students will reside, attend classes, and take meals at historic Trinity College. Originally founded by the Catholic Church as a training center for priests in 1555, Trinity College became a pillar of the Anglican establishment in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and then a center of educational reform in the nineteenth century.
Due to accreditation standards, students may enroll in no more than seven credit hours. Because financial aid providers typically require that students be in at least half-time status, for the summer term, students must enroll in at least five credit hours to receive financial aid. For financial aid eligibility, please contact the financial aid office. The courses will be taught by American and English faculty and will be letter graded, with a final examination or equivalent work. Credit in all courses will be granted by the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Each class will meet approximately two hours per day, Monday through Thursday for five weeks for three credit hour classes, leaving several long weekends for travel and sightseeing. When offered, two credit hour and one credit hour classes meet for approximately two hours a day for fewer days. In addition to our courses, the Program will also offer formal and informal activities for students and faculty. Scheduled program activities currently include opening and closing multi-course gala dinners, a field trip by motor coach to London for a tour of the Royal Courts of Justice, and more. These activities are included in the cost of the Program.
Housing and Meals
The College of Law has arranged for multi-bedroom “flats” provided by Trinity College. Each flat comes with one and a half bathrooms, a kitchen, large private single bedroom with a desk and storage for each resident, and Wi-Fi access. Laundry and printing facilities are available in the building. Trinity College does not have accommodations for couples or families. Students who wish to bring spouses, partners, or children must secure housing elsewhere in Oxford at their own expense.
For students residing in Trinity College housing, dinner Monday through Wednesday is included. Meals will be served in the Trinity College Dining Hall. Students opting to live elsewhere in Oxford will not receive dinner at Trinity College. Formal events, such as the opening and closing gala dinners, are included with the program fee.
Occupants of Trinity College are subject to standards of conduct applicable to Trinity College students. The privilege of residing at Trinity College may be terminated for misbehavior such as vandalism or trespassing into private areas of the College, plus any violation of law or Trinity College disciplinary rules.
Transportation
Students will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements to and from Oxford. As flights fill up early, students are urged to arrange for their travel as soon as the program leader announces the minimum enrollment is satisfied. As a precaution, students should seek to book airfare and other pre-paid reservations where the costs are fully refundable.
The University of Oklahoma requires that program participants purchase travel insurance. However, the insurance is only as good as the terms of the policy and the reliability of the insurance carrier. We strongly urge students to read through the travel insurance policy carefully to make sure the policy does not exclude coverage for program cancellation due to a pandemic, or for acts of war or terrorism. If you plan on additional travel outside of the Program, examine your insurance needs carefully.
Special Assistance
England, Oxford, and Trinity College have limited accessibility for individuals with disabilities and may not be equipped to handle special physical or other requirements as stipulated by the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Office of Civil Rights, United States Department of Education has opined that ADA and Section 504 do not apply extraterritorially. Students needing special assistance on examinations due to disabilities should either register with OU’s Accessibility and Disability Resource Office (ADRC) or request to use their approved accommodation(s) through ADRC’s AIM portal per usual. Email Becky Lucas with any questions at rlucas@ou.edu.
The Program is open to students in good standing at any law school approved by the American Bar Association, and to graduates of an approved law school. OU Law students have priority until November 24, 2026.
Will course credit transfer?
The University of Oklahoma College of Law became a member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1911, and has been on the approved list of the American Bar Association since this list was first published in 1923. ABA and AALS requirements will be met. Law schools whose students have attended previous sessions have regularly approved the transfer of credits for the courses taken by their students through the OU Oxford Summer Program. Acceptance of any credit or grade for any course taken in the Program is subject to determination by the student's home school.
What are the application and payment deadlines?
Applications will open on November 2, 2026. For OU students, find the application on The Courtyard. OU Law students have priority enrollment until November 24, 2026. Applications will open to all students on November 25, 2026. Applications must be accompanied by a $500 deposit to reserve a spot. The deposit is fully refundable until December 18, 2026. Checks should be made payable to the University of Oklahoma.
Beginning February 26, 2027, the Program fee becomes nonrefundable, and students will be responsible for the full Program fee, regardless of whether they subsequently withdraw from the Program. The remaining balance of the Program fee, less the $500 deposit, will be billed to each student on April 15, 2027. Tuition and course/semester fees will be billed after enrollment. Please access the OU Bursar's website at http://www.ou.edu/bursar for all applicable payment deadlines.
Is there a cancellation or refund policy?
Individual classes may be cancelled for insufficient enrollment. The program may be cancelled by Trinity College or by OU due to the presence of foreign military operations impacting the United States or the United Kingdom, or terrorism events (see government guidelines), Acts of God, or a major disaster affecting the UK or the Oxford area particularly, or similar cause (for example, the worldwide pandemic during summers 2020 and 2021). See the U.S. State Department Travel Information for the refund policy in the event Oxford is declared an “Area of Instability” or becomes subject to a Travel Warning. In addition, the Program Director(s) shall use their best efforts to arrange for each student who has enrolled to attend a similar program, if the student so desires, in case of cancellation. If the Program is canceled in advance, all money advanced by the student shall be refunded within twenty (20) days after the date of cancellation.
If significant changes are made in the course offerings or other aspects of the Program, those changes will be communicated promptly to any applicant who has paid a deposit or registered for the Program, and an opportunity will be provided for that person to withdraw and obtain a full refund of all monies paid.
There are no prerequisites for any course.
Criminal Responsibility
(5520) 2 Hours – Professor Brittany Deitch – Maximum enrollment of 20 students.
In this course, we will survey basic issues, theories, and problems of the law, philosophy, and practice of punishment. Topics include the conceptual definitions of punishment, justifications of punishment, the problem of punishment of the innocent, the proportionality of punishment, the degree of punishment, punishment under plea bargains, and carceral confinement as punishment. We will explore questions such as: What is punishment? Why do we punish? Whom do we punish? How do we punish? And how much punishment is appropriate?
Effective Courtroom Communication
(6100) 1 Hour- Chief Justice Dustin Rowe – Minimum/Maximum enrollment of 20 students.
Effective communication is an essential skill that every successful lawyer must have. This class will focus on effective courtroom communication and its importance in the trial. The class will discuss how effective communication impacts upon the various aspects of the trial, including opening statement, direct examination, cross examination, impeachment, and closing argument.
International Trade
(6100) 3 Hours- Professor Thomas Krebs – Minimum enrollment of 20 students. Maximum enrollment of 25 students.
This course is concerned with the law of International Trade. Broadly defined, it covers transactions in which goods are transported (by ship) from one country to another. In particular, three types of transactions will be covered: (1) the shipping transaction: this involves two relationships, namely between the seller and the carrier, and between the carrier and the buyer; (2) the sales transaction: this is concerned with the relationship between the seller and the buyer; (3) the financing transaction: again, two relationships are involved: buyer/bank and seller/bank. The course will be taught by way of lectures and interactive seminars.
Interviewing, Counseling, & Negotiations
(6360) 3 Hours- Professor Erin DeWalt – Minimum enrollment of 28 students. Maximum enrollment of 32 students.
This course teaches theoretical and practical aspects of interviewing, counseling and negotiation, including simulation of situations calling for these skills. Taught in a lecture-workshop format with a lecture and demonstration on a particular topic each week, followed by small workshops in which students take the lawyer’s role. The course also includes a unit on international negotiations, exploring how cultural differences, communication styles, and legal frameworks influence negotiation strategy and practice..
Unincorporated Business Entities
(5733) 3 Hours- Professor Megan Shaner – Minimum enrollment of 30 students. Maximum enrollment of 38 students.
This course deals with the legal principles concerning association in business by agency, partnership, and other unincorporated forms. The agency relationship and its consequences are covered in detail. Unincorporated business organizations such as the general partnership, LP, and LLC are covered, focusing on topics such as formation, liability, fiduciary obligations, and dissolution. The course also incorporates international and comparative law perspectives, examining how other jurisdictions structure and regulate business associations. Particular attention may be given to similarities and differences in approaches to entity formation, governance, liability, and fiduciary obligations across legal systems.
Professor Brittany Deitch
Program Director Brittany Deitch is a Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She teaches and researches in the areas of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure and is especially interested in the intersection of criminal punishment and poverty. Her scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the BYU Law Review, Alabama Law Review, University of Colorado Law Review, and University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, among others. Prior to joining OU, Professor Deitch was on the faculty at Capital University Law School. She has also taught at Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Villanova University Widger School of Law. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling (especially to national parks), reading, completing crossword puzzles, and playing tennis. She is a cat person.
Professor Erin DeWalt
Professor Erin DeWalt is the Director of Legal Writing and a Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she teaches first-year legal writing and upper-level writing and legal skills courses. She coaches competitive negotiation and mediation teams and served for three years as the national problem writer for the ABA Negotiation Competition. An active member of the Legal Writing Institute and the Association of Legal Writing Directors, she regularly presents at national legal writing conferences and serves as faculty advisor for the Organization for the Advancement of Women in Law. Professor DeWalt joined OU Law in 2012 after practicing civil litigation at Gungoll, Jackson, Collins, Box & Devoll, P.C., in Enid, Oklahoma, where the Garfield County Bar Association recognized her as its Outstanding Young Lawyer. She earned her J.D. with Honors from OU, served as a Note Editor for the Oklahoma Law Review, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. She has also held editorial and leadership roles with the Oklahoma Bar Association
Professor Thomas Krebs
Professor Thomas Krebs has been a University Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in Law at Brasenose College, Oxford, since 2003, achieving tenure in 2008. He specializes in Commercial Law, both domestic and international. Prof. Krebs is particularly interested in the law of agency, and is also pursuing research in international trade law. He is a barrister attached to Chambers in Lincoln’s Inn, London. He is married and has two young daughters.
Justice Dustin P. Rowe
Justice Rowe is a lifelong resident of Tishomingo and a graduate of Tishomingo high school. At the age of 18, while still a senior in high school, he won election to the Tishomingo city council where he served two terms as the youngest mayor in the state. Rowe earned his B.A. with honors from East Central University, where he was named as a distinguished alumni in 2025, and his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where his graduating class awarded him the professional responsibility award and the faculty awarded him the Joseph Rarick award. He was named a Lee B. Thompson scholar while at OU. He is an alumnus of the National Judicial College in Reno, NV, where he serves on the faculty. He also serves as adjunct faculty for Oklahoma City University School of Law and on the Board of Visitors for the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Rowe practiced law in Tishomingo from 2001 to 2019, where he served as Tishomingo city attorney for 18 years. He served as a special judge of the Chickasaw Nation District Court from 2005-2011 and as district judge of Chickasaw National District Court from 2011-2019. Rowe was appointment to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma by Governor J. Kevin Stitt on November 20, 2019.
Professor Megan Shaner
Professor Megan Shaner, is the Kenneth E. McAfee Chair in Law and President’s Associates Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She served as Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship from 2018-2021. Professor Shaner teaches Business Associations, Contracts, Corporate Drafting, and Unincorporated Business Entities. Her scholarly interests lie in the areas of business associations (corporations, agency and partnerships, alternative entities), corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, business courts, and transactional law. A member of the Delaware Bar, Professor Shaner has authored articles in the Boston College Law Review, Iowa Law Review, William & Mary Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, George Mason Law Review, The Journal of Corporation Law, The Business Lawyer, and other leading journals. She is also the author of chapters in each of the Research Handbook on Mergers & Acquisitions and the Research Handbook on Representative Shareholder Litigation. Prior to joining the OU College of Law faculty, Professor Shaner was an attorney at Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., in Wilmington, Delaware. While in private practice, Professor Shaner focused on litigation, as well as advisory and transactional matters, relating to Delaware corporations and alternative entities. Professor Shaner advised and represented corporations, officers, directors, board committees, stockholders and investors on matters involving the Delaware General Corporation Law and related issues of fiduciary duty arising in a wide variety of transactional and operational contexts, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, defensive planning, capital-raising transactions, and stockholder meetings. Professor Shaner earned her bachelor's degree from Drake University, and juris doctor degree from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she served as an editor of the Iowa Law Review.
$8,250.00 for students residing at Trinity College, the program fee includes accommodations, partial board (select meals), a local bus pass, health insurance, program-related activities and service.
Students with Family or Guests
Students who bring family or other guests cannot be accommodated at Trinity College and must secure alternative housing arrangements at their own expense. A different program fee ($3,838) will be charged for students who choose alternate housing. Students will be charged an additional fee for all guests who attend program activities.
Tuition and Fees
Resident tuition: $643.30/credit hour
Non-Resident tuition: $1,167.50/credit hour
Fees: $201.30/credit hour
Fees: $66.25/semester
Other Living and Travel Expenses
Students should expect to pay for breakfast and lunch every day, all meals Thursday-Sunday, plus other food, beverage, incidentals (laundry, school supplies, etc.), and entertainment expenses they choose to incur. Students are responsible for their own travel to and from Oxford and for sightseeing or weekend trips, and to protect themselves against possible crises.
Consular Information Sheet
- A link to State Department Consular Information Sheets for England will be emailed to each student who enrolls in the Program. Any "Areas of Instability" will be included. If the Consular Information Sheet is revised during the Program to announce an "Area of Instability" in the region in which the Program is being conducted, the updated information will be distributed promptly to students.
- If the area around metropolitan London (including Oxford) becomes an "Area of Instability," students will be permitted to withdraw upon learning the program site has been declared to be such an area. All students shall be refunded fees paid except for room and board payments used before the date the site was declared an "Area of Instability."
U.S. State Department Consular Information Sheet for the United Kingdom
Travel Advisories and Warnings
- If, prior to commencement of the Program, a U. S. State Department Travel Warning is issued for England, all registrants will be notified promptly of the warning and be given an opportunity to withdraw. Students who withdraw shall receive a full refund of all monies advanced within twenty (20) days after withdrawal. In the event the Program is canceled, students shall receive a refund of all monies advanced within twenty (20) days after the cancellation.
- If, during the course of the Program, a U. S. State Department Travel Warning is issued for England, students will be notified promptly of the warning and given an opportunity to withdraw. Students who withdraw will be refunded fees paid except for room and board payments used before the date of withdrawal. If the Program is terminated, students shall be refunded fees paid except for room and board payments used before the date the Travel Warning is issued.