Update: the 2015 Guardian League Table for Law has been released. The Guardian has just released its 2014 UK league table and ranking for UK Law Schools. The most notable change in the Guardian’s U.K. Law School Ranking this year is that the Faculty of Laws of the University College of London (UCL) has taken the #1 spot, which was previously held by Oxford. In addition, among other movements, Warwick,…read more →
Is it possible to get an LL.M. degree without leaving the four walls of your home? Online LL.M. or distance learning LL.M. programs promise to do just that. While traditionally eschewed as not as prestigious as brick and mortar LL.M.s, the new range of online Master of Laws programs are often at the same level of quality, and sometimes better, than other non-online options. Today, online LL.M. programs are offered…read more →
London-based Quacquarelli Symond (QS) has released its 2013 QS World University Rankings by Subject, which includes a category for the best law schools worldwide. In terms of methodology, the QS World University Rankings by Subject is based on a combination of three different datasets: (1) Academic reputation surveys, (2) employer reputation survey, and (3) a citations per faculty indicator (h-index per faculty member). According to this year’s QS Subject Ranking…read more →
International lawyers intent on practicing in the United States generally opt to obtain an LL.M. from a U.S. law school. Given the time and cost, most foreign lawyers conclude that it would not be worthwhile for them to pursue a J.D. (Juris Doctor) − that is the basic U.S. law degree − which takes three years to complete. However, an emerging option for foreign educated attorneys is the accelerated J.D….read more →
Are you considering pursuing an LL.M. at the National University of Singapore, the University of Hong Kong, or another Asian law school? For those who plan to undertake legal studies in this burgeoning and dynamic region of higher education, there is a new ranking that could be of interest. The Times Higher Education, in collaboration with Thomson Reuters, has recently released its first edition of the Asia University Rankings. Universities…read more →
Are you looking to improve your legal English and your research and writing skills? Whether you are a (prospective) LL.M. candidate or a practicing lawyer, there is a book that might be of interest to you. “United States Legal Discourse: Legal English for Foreign LLMs” provides a comprehensive introduction to U.S. style legal writing in both the academic and practice context. Readers will learn how to critically analyze primary and…read more →
Spring is finally upon us! For both the Easter Bunny and prospective LL.M. candidates, this is the beginning of a very busy time. While LL.M. application deadlines are still far away, it is not too early to start preparing your LL.M. application packages for the 2014-2015 academic year. In particular, now is the time to start preparing for and taking the TOEFL exam, research the law schools and LL.M. programs…read more →
The 2014 U.S. News Law School Ranking has been released. There was only little movement among the top 10 law schools, although Harvard has gained one spot (now tied for second place with Stanford) and Chicago and Michigan have also risen one spot to No. 4 and No. 9, respectively. Yale is still holding on to the first place. The top ten are now as follows (with last year’s results…read more →
We have reported previously (see here and here) that law schools are increasingly adding or expanding their LL.M. program offerings. The first few weeks of 2013 have confirmed this trend. In this post, we highlight three selected new specialty LL.M. program launches that were announced recently in the U.S. and the U.K. In addition, we share an announcement regarding a new International LL.M. degree offered in Tel Aviv. Fordham Law…read more →
The latest annual ranking of “Go-To Law Schools” has been released. The National Law Journal has once more ranked the top 50 law schools by the percentage of 2011 J.D. graduates who took jobs at the largest U.S. law firms. The ranking does not relate to law firm hiring of LL.M. graduates but is nonetheless an interesting source of information for prospective LL.M. applicants. The top 10 schools are: 1…read more →
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