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  Master of Laws (LLM), University of Otago, New Zealand
Master of Laws (LLM), University of Otago, New Zealand
The Master of Laws (LLM) degree requires at least one year of full-time study, or the equivalent in part-time study.
Applicants must have a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Bachelor of Laws with Honours (LLB(Hons)) degree, or alternative qualifications and experience acceptable to the University.
www.otago.ac.nz /courses/qualifications/llm.html   (404 words)

  
  Master of Laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law.
This degree, called a Juris Doctor in the United States and a Bachelor of Laws in other English-speaking countries, is a generalized course of study that exposes students to a wide range of topics.
In addition foreign lawyers from civil law countries have to present that they had at least 3 years of law studies in their home countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Master_of_Laws   (1085 words)

  
 Master of Laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Master of Laws degree (LL.M) is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law.
LL.M. is Latin for Legum Magister, signifying Master of Laws.
This degree, called a Bachelor of Laws (or Juris Doctor in the United States), is a generalized course of study that exposes students to a wide range of topics.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /LL.M.   (603 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree - Cleveland-Marshall College of Law   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Graduates from other foreign law schools will be admitted as candidates for the LL.M. degree only upon submission of evidence of knowledge of the English language and the common law system sufficient to permit the candidate to conduct advanced studies.
To be admitted into the LL.M. program at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, an applicant must have a proven record of scholastic accomplishment in legal studies, a coherent plan of study normally including a specialized concentration in an area of the law and a commitment to the study of law as an intellectual discipline.
The LL.M. thesis required of graduates of American law schools must be prepared under the supervision of a thesis advisor and be approved by a thesis committee and the Committee on Graduate Studies.
www.law.csuohio.edu /academics/master_of_laws.html   (1618 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Brehon Laws
Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until the final consummation of the English conquest.
The law of primogeniture did not obtain in Ireland, and the selection was made of the man who being of the chieftain's near blood could best defend the tribe and lead it in both war and peace.
It is also likely that much of the law relating to the alienation of land, all the land belonging originally to the tribe, was influenced by the Church, and indeed the Church seems to have been the grantee primarily contemplated in these regulations.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02753a.htm   (3396 words)

  
 Master of Laws Program (MSL) : FAQ - Academics - Pitt Law
Today, anyone who wants to learn about law, even if they don't want to practice law, must attend law school for three years or be satisfied with on-the-job acquisition of knowledge of their area of law.
CRIMINAL LAW (3 credits) Traditional and contemporary doctrines of substantive criminal law are analyzed, with focus on such issues as: theories of punishment, the formal elements of criminal culpability, the theory and degrees of homicide, criminal causation, inchoate crimes, accessorial and vicarious liability, conspiracy, and defenses of excuse and justification.
The course content varies from professor to professor, but all examine the concepts that illuminate what law means by the terms "property" or "ownership." Throughout the course, students will be asked to contemplate the nature of property; what rights follow from the identification of property interests; and how these interests are allocated, protected, and transmitted.
www.law.pitt.edu /academics/programs/msl-faq.php   (3160 words)

  
 Postgraduate Programmes in Law | Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria’s Law Faculty enjoys such a reputation, and this is reflected in the increasing number of local and international students seeking to enrol, and in the expanding range of subjects and research opportunities offered.
The Faculty’s own research publication, the VUW Law Review, offers an opportunity for postgraduate students to have their work published, and the New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law also offers world-class writing on these key areas of speciality.
Victoria’s Law Library, which occupies the southern half of the Government Buildings, holds an extensive collection of primary and secondary sources for the study of New Zealand law.
www.vuw.ac.nz /home/subjects_degrees/law.html   (1104 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LL.M.) :: Touro Law Center
Master of Laws (LL.M.) for Foreign Law Graduates
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) program is designed to provide advanced education with maximum flexibility to persons already possessing a law degree from a law school in the United States.
Students can choose from a rich variety of courses taught by distinguished full-time faculty—who bring experience from the bench, major law firms, government agencies, and advocacy groups—as well as adjunct faculty, including sitting judges, senior public officials, and renowned practitioners.
www.tourolaw.edu /academic_programs/master_of_laws_llm   (139 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LLM)/Diploma - Intellectual Property Law
This Masters course is designed for law graduates from anywhere in the world who wish to develop a specialist knowledge of the increasingly important field of intellectual property law and related areas.
Details of these modules can be found in the information on the LLM/Diploma in International Trade Law and the LLM/Diploma in European and International Commercial Law.
The basic principles of the law of intellectual property; European and international conventions on harmonisation and mutual recognition of intellectual property rights; and the World Trade Organisation  “TRIPs” rules concerning intellectual property.
www.brunel.ac.uk /about/acad/sssl/ssslcourse/postgraduate/intelproplaw   (353 words)

  
 Master of Laws Program (International Program)
Faculty of Law, Assumption University of Thailand, in collaboration with Indiana University, U.S.A., and University of Groningen, the Netherlands and the leading law firms in Thailand.
Warangkarat Chalermnon, Associate Lawyer, Siam Premier International Law, She received LL.B. from Chulalongkorn University and LL.M. from Southern Methodist University, She is a member of Law Society of Thailand.
Pattarasupang Chalermnon, Associate Lawyer, Siam Premier International Law, She received LL.B. from Chulalongkorn University and LL.M. from University of Houston International Economic Law, She is a member of Law Society of Thailand.
www.law.au.edu /inter.html   (1871 words)

  
 KY. Master Logger Program - Laws
The Kentucky Forest Conservation Act requires that by July 15, 2000 a Kentucky Master Logger is on-site and in charge of all commercial logging operations.
Master Loggers are required to carry their Designation Card with them.
Kentucky Master Logger on-site and in charge of every commercial logging operation (excluding horse loggers).
www.masterlogger.org /laws   (534 words)

  
 Weiterbildung Master of Laws in Finance - Studium Frankfurt am Main - Fernstudium - postgraduate.de
The Institute for Law and Finance at Frankfurt's Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, reflects the commitment of the University, leading private sector institutions and public organizations to meet the challenges of law in the 21st century.
Courses include international and national company law, EU regulation of financial markets, the law of central banks, capital markets and securities law, law of commercial banking, fundamentals of the theory of finance, among others.
The course is aimed at graduates of law, business and economics faculties with professional experience, as well as outstanding graduates in these subjects who have just received their degree.
www.postgraduate.de /MBA/Studium/Master_of_Laws_in_Finance_2569.htm   (778 words)

  
 The Master of Laws Program
The Law School's LL.M. program is designed to allow each student to design an individual course of study tailored to his or her own academic and professional interests.
Still others choose to complement their law school classes with course offerings from other parts of the University, subject to the approval of their law school faculty advisor.
The U.S. Law for Foreign Lawyers program is designed to provide a basic understanding of the U.S. legal system to legal professionals who received their first law degree at foreign law schools.
www.utexas.edu /law/academics/degrees/llm   (400 words)

  
 Wayne State University Law School - Master of Laws
The degree requirements can normally be met in one year of full-time study or from two to six years of part-time study.
Graduate courses are taught by full-time members of the Law School faculty and by leading practitioners from the metropolitan Detroit area.
The interaction of professional educators and skilled, practicing lawyers is an added benefit to graduate study at the Law School.
www.law.wayne.edu /current/master_laws.html   (450 words)

  
 The University of Adelaide Law School | Master of Laws (Research)
(Candidates who have qualifications which satisfy the School that they are likely to be able to complete the degree satisfactorily may be accepted into the Master of Laws on a probationary basis).
The candidate undertakes a substantial research project under the supervision of the Law School presenting a thesis of not more than 70,000 words on some aspect of law with which the School is concerned.
A full-time candidate for the degree of Master of Laws by thesis shall submit the thesis within two calendar years, and a part time candidate shall submit a thesis within four calendar years, from the date of commencement of candidature or probationary candidature.
www.law.adelaide.edu.au /degrees/llm.html   (126 words)

  
 LL.M., Master of Laws Programs in Europe
The focus is on comparative constitutional law, comparative administrative law, and comparative environmental law, and their respective relationships to good governance and civil, social and political rights.
The main elements of administrative law are covered both for Dutch law and comparatively, particularly in relation to the legal situations in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Also dealt with are the law and economics of special areas of law, for example company law, competition law, or the law of international economic relations.
www.gradschools.com /listings/Europe/laws_master_europe.html   (2572 words)

  
 Buffalo Criminal Law Center - Master of Laws in Criminal Law
By entering the Master of Laws Program in Criminal Law, students join the Center's vibrant community of scholars and students dedicated to the study of American, comparative, and international criminal law.
As a small program within a large and intellectually diverse law school, the Criminal Law LL.M. program offers each student a variety of academic options as well as the ability to tailor each student's course of study to his or her individual interests and career objectives.
The Admissions Committee places particular emphasis on letters from law school faculty who are familiar with the applicant's law school performance and from employers or colleagues who are familiar with the applicant's employment record, particularly but not exclusively in law.
wings.buffalo.edu /law/bclc/llm.htm   (1137 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LLM) in Biotechnology and Genomics
Master of Laws (LLM) in Biotechnology and Genomics
Criteria for admission include grades in law school and other academic programs, recommendations by professors and/or employers, employment and life experience, and evidence of interest and potential in biotechnology and genomics.  The Admissions Committee recommends and appreciates early applications.
Applicants with law degrees not accredited by the American Bar Association should note that an LLM degree does not qualify one to sit for the bar exam in most states, including Arizona.
www.law.asu.edu /Biotech   (390 words)

  
 LL.M., Master of Laws Programs in Australia and New Zealand
The Faculty's main areas of research strength are commercial law; criminal law and administration; environmental law; equity and property; comparative law; intellectual property; international trade and transport law; law and medicine; public law; and torts.
PhD and Masters in Corporate Law (associated with the National Centre for Corporate Law, this is a research degree with a topic in 'commercial' law, eg company law, law and electronic commerce, taxation law, and so on.).
LLM This is a coursework masters with a minor thesis.
www.gradschools.com /listings/Australia/laws_master_australia.html   (1198 words)

  
 Master of Laws Program (LL.M.) - Academics - Pitt Law
The University of Pittsburgh's Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program for Foreign Law Graduates provides lawyers who have obtained their law degree outside the United States with an opportunity to study common law in a United States context.
Students pursue their goals with the help of a close-knit community of intelligent and energetic scholars who are at the forefront of domestic and international legal research and scholarship.
This permits students to participate in the full social and intellectual life of the law school, establishing relationships that extend beyond the classroom.
www.law.pitt.edu /academics/llm.php   (415 words)

  
 Graduate Admissions
NYU School of Law has pioneered global legal education; we understand this as a concept premised on the realization that no matter what area of law and in which geographic location, our graduates practice law in a global environment.
NUS is a faculty of great academic distinction–arguably the leading law faculty of the region, and it shares our belief that legal education can no longer be regarded as local and territorially bound.
Law and the Global Economy is the academic underpinning of the NYU@NUS LL.M. degree, and all course offerings relate to this broad theme.
www.nyulawglobal.org /graduateadmissions/masteroflaws/index.htm   (2619 words)

  
 The Master of Laws (LL
It is focused on civil and commercial law and entirely conducted in English.
Besides Chinese law courses, students are allowed to take up a non-law course entitled General Information of China, including Chinese history, politics and economy to facilitate their understanding of China’s society.
The first academic year is full-time for course study and the second is for practice of law and thesis writing.
grs.pku.edu.cn /zs/content/sszs_zgf_2006_yw.htm   (990 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LLM)
Students having obtained a master degree (or equivalent) have gained training in legal principles: they can think critically about the nature and purpose of rules, have the analytical skills needed to assess factual situations and have a general understanding of the operation of law in society.
The basic requirement for admission to the LL.M. programme is the possession of a law degree which entitles the holder to practise law in his/her country of origin.
The Law of the external relations of the E.U. 4 pt.
www.kuleuven.ac.be /onderwijs/aanbod/opleidingen/E/SC_50269081.htm   (576 words)

  
 Master of Laws (LLM)
qualified for the award of the Bachelor of Laws degree or a combined Law degree of the University of Waikato, or a qualification considered by the Academic Board to be equivalent, and
Candidates must enrol and follow an approved programme of study in the School of Law for at least one year.
The requirements of the degree must be completed within four consecutive years of first enrolment for the degree.
calendar.waikato.ac.nz /regulations/graduate/llm.html   (339 words)

  
 Master of Laws in American Law and International Legal Practice - Loyola Law School Los Angeles   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Loyola Law School's Masters of Law Degree Program in American Law and International Legal Practice provides American and foreign law school graduates the unique opportunity to earn an American LLM from Loyola Law School
Students study a variety of international and comparative law topics with distinguished faculty from both American and European law schools.
Loyola Law School is the graduate law school for Loyola Marymount University.
www.lls.edu /bologna   (218 words)

  
 United Nations Crime and Justice Research Inst. - LL.M.
The Master's programme is designed for those who seek to develop a unique insight in International Criminal Law, its implementation and the International Organisations' activities in the area.
The course is intended for Graduates in Law, Political Science, International Relations, or candidates with equivalent qualifications.
Being a first level Master (according to the Italian University system), the course is open to three-year graduates (and above) from all recognised Universities worldwide.
www.unicri.it /wwd/master/master.php   (1136 words)

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