International Alumni Activities
International alumni volunteers help keep alumni connected by organizing events in their area and promoting Duke Law to prospective students. All Law alumni living in a particular city will receive communication about upcoming alumni events, as long as we have a current mailing address on file for you. Update your address here. We also welcome our visiting scholar and overseas exchange program students to our overseas alumni activities in their home countries.
Private philanthropic support is critical to the continued success of Duke Law School's International LLM Program. Learn how you can make an impact.
Join alumni affinity groups to connect with fellow Duke Law alumni around the world.




In addition to Duke Law International Alumni Clubs, the Duke University Alumni Association sponsors many Duke Clubs abroad, which all Duke graduates are invited to join. Click here for more information.
The International Advisory Board (IAB) is a diverse group of the New York City-area alumni of the International LLM program. The International Advisory Board is charged with communicating Duke Law School’s activities, priorities, and intellectual resources, particularly as related to its International LLM program, to external constituents; representing the interests of the International LLM alumni population to the dean and administration; advancing the work of the IAB through service to current initiatives; and building the institution through leadership.
Duke Law International Alumni Regional Partners serve as local volunteer leaders. Regional partners help promote Duke Law to prospective students and keep alumni connected by organizing events in their areas. For more information about how to get involved in your local community, please contact the International Studies department or the local senior alumni regional partner.
Each year, Duke Law School welcome a group of 80-100 international LLM students from 40+ countries. If you’d like to learn more about the current class, click here. If you’d like to be connected to a current student, please contact the Office of International Studies at international@law.duke.edu. Be sure to indicate your year of graduation when you write to us, and thank you advance for your support.
Learn more about additional Duke Law alumni volunteer opportunities here.
International Alumni Award
Kris Van Hove '92
Kris Van Hove is a partner at Van Bael & Bellis. Kris focuses on EU and national competition law, as well as regulatory law. He specializes in competition law, with particular expertise in cartels, merger control, dominant market positions, distribution and technology transfer. Kris also specializes in regulatory matters in the area of aviation law.
Kris’s practice covers a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, car parts, aviation, consumer products, basic industries, steel, energy, chemicals, construction equipment, building materials, electronics, music, and information and communications technology. He handles notifications and investigations as well as litigation before the EU and national courts. Kris’s notable experience includes the appeal to the EU General Court which led to the annulment of the Commission in CISAC. Kris earned his LL.M. from the Duke University School of Law in 1992 after earning his law degree at the University of Leuven in 1989 and his Masters of European Law at Sorbonne (Paris II) in 1990.
In addition to his accomplishments as an expert in EU and national competition law, Kris has gone above and beyond to help mentor international students, including the establishment of an internship for 1st year students in the joint JD/LLM in International Law program at Duke Law School.
Blue Globe International Alumni Newsletter
Click 'Read More' to see the latest edition of Duke's International Alumni Newsletter.
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To learn more about the International Studies program at Duke Law School, please contact Associate Dean Oleg Kobalev at kobelev@law.duke.edu.