The Cooperative Program between Handong International Law School (HILS) and Campbell allows students from Campbell to study on a limited basis with students from Handong under faculty from both institutions.

Founded in Pohang in 1995, Handong Global University, of which HILS is a part, has quickly gained an academic reputation that places it in the upper echelon of dozens of institutions of higher learning in Korea. HILS shares with Campbell a commitment to excellence in legal education in a Christian context that has as a primary objective the preparation of servant-lawyers with a global perspective.

During the summer term, the HILS curriculum has a "perspectives" orientation that enables Campbell students to take up to six (6) credit hours in courses that they might otherwise have little or no opportunity to take. Taught in both Pohang and Seoul, those courses in 2004 include International Business Transactions (2 credit hours), Globalization: Law Reform, Economics, and Development (2 credit hours), and Comparative Asian Law and Culture (1 or 2 credit hours). A student's successful completion of the summer term will satisfy Campbell's non-jurisprudence perspectives requirement.

The content of each course is reflective of Handong's geographic and cultural location and includes elements relevant to the increasing economic influence and stature of Korea, the North Korean refugee problem, the stability of and challenges facing Asia's established and emerging democracies, and the contrasts presented by Western traditions and regional communist regimes.

Globalization: Law Reform, Economics, and Development focuses on emerging legal issues (domestic and international) related to globalization, including developing international and regional economic and political governmental and non-governmental bodies, challenges to the international globalization process, and critical aspects of democratization and market economics.

International Business Transactions focuses on legal problems of American corporations and other business entities engaged in international trade or foreign operations. The course considers the public international legal and economic environments, including international litigation and arbitration, institutional and corporate actors, and tax issues, as well as a broad sampling of transnational business transactions.

Comparative Asian Law and Culture includes guest lectures on a variety of law and culture issues, considered in a comparative context, and visits to a number of legal and government institutions in Korea, such as the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court, and a Korean law firm, as well as sites of special historical significance. An additional hour of credit may be earned for comparable visits during and participation in an optional "field trip" to Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the economic and cultural implications of a legal system in transition. As a special highlight, students in Kyrgyzstan will participate in a "hands-on" mission project.

For further information, see Professor Button or Professor Buzzard.