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Boston University School of Law’s LLM in American Law Program

This post comes to us from Boston University School of Law BU Law’s LL.M. in American Law Program prepares foreign lawyers for global practice by integrating them into the J.D. classroom and giving them first-hand exposure to the U.S. doctrine and legal practice. This means you will not only learn the substance of U.S. doctrine in virtually any area of interest — intellectual property, international business transactions, mergers and acquisitions,…read more →

1 Oct, 2014

US Law School LLM Information Sessions in England, Belgium, France, Switzerland

Representatives from 11 highly-regarded U.S. universities will host information events for prospective LL.M. students. Representatives from the law schools of Boston University, Duquesne University, Emory University, Hofstra University, Santa Clara University, University of California (Hastings), University of California Los Angeles, University of Maryland, University of Oklahoma, University of San Diego, and University of Virginia will be hosting four information sessions in England, Belgium, France and Switzerland in October for prospective…read more →

29 Sep, 2014

US LLM Admission Events in Europe

Are you interested in attending an LL.M. program in the U.S. next year and are based in Europe? Then free up your calendars, because between October 20 and 25, LL.M. admission officers from six leading U.S. law schools will be hosting LL.M. events in four European cities. Beginning in Paris, the admissions officers will then continue with events in Brussels, Zurich, and finally in Frankfurt. These events will help prospective…read more →

14 Sep, 2014

The Stanford LLM Program

A stone’s throw away from Silicon Valley and set amongst the lush California landscape sits what some consider to be the new Harvard: Stanford University. An important part of the university is, of course, Stanford Law School, one of the U.S.’s most iconic and prestigious institutions for legal education. Like other top law schools, Stanford offers an eminent LL.M. program, but one which is otherwise quite unique. Unlike other schools which…read more →

13 Aug, 2014

Columbia LLM Program

We’re at the early stages of summer and the livin’ is supposed to be easy, but summer is also the time to start thinking about LL.M. applications. To help you get started, we’re starting a new series of blog posts which features some of the most popular law schools with LL.M. programs.  Follow along and see if we can help you find your dream school. Our post today focuses on…read more →

3 Jun, 2014

BU Law’s ‘Fundamentals Track’ for Bar-Seeking LLM Students

For LL.M. students interested in taking an American bar, Boston University School of Law is introducing a new program designed to help with bar preparation. Entitled the Fundamentals Track, this program is an optional add-on to BU’s existing American Law program. The program focuses on two courses, Real Property and Evidence, as these are considered by many civil law trained lawyers to be the most difficult aspects of the bar…read more →

15 May, 2014

‘Keep Calm and Carry On’: US Legal Job Market Rebounds

Finally, there are some good news from the U.S. job market for lawyers. As the National Jurist reports: The legal job market improved for a third straight year, with 57 percent of the class of 2013 employed in long-term, full-time positions that require bar passage within 9 months of graduation. That is up from 56.2 percent for the class of 2012 and 54.9 percent for the class of 2011, according…read more →

25 Apr, 2014

Georgetown, Berkeley, and USF Launching New LLM Programs

In 2014, we continue to observe a strong trend for law schools to add or expand their LL.M. and other graduate program offerings. In this post, we highlight a few particularly noteworthy new programs that we believe are of special interest to international or foreign-trained lawyers. Georgetown Law Center will offer a new Executive LL.M. in Taxation, which will start in fall 2014. The program consists of the same curriculum as…read more →

15 Apr, 2014

2015 US News Law School Ranking

The highly anticipated 2015 U.S. News Law School Ranking has recently been released. There was again only little movement among the top law schools, although it is worth noting that Emory and George Washington have made it back into the top twenty. As expected, Yale Law School is still firmly holding on to the first place. [adrotate banner=”9″]   The top 20 law schools are now as follows (with last year’s results…read more →

31 Mar, 2014

What Courses Should (Harvard) Law Students Take?

What courses should law students take if they want to boost their employment chances? Three Harvard Law School professors have conducted a survey among 11 law firms that are historically the biggest employers of HLS graduates, asking what courses at Harvard students should take. The results are of interest both for Harvard LL.M. students (given that most of a Harvard LL.M. student’s program will be drawn from the regular Harvard…read more →

2 Mar, 2014

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