This post comes to us from Markus Duram at Brain Capital GmbH, Vallendar, Germany. New financing concept for German LL.M. students with income-dependent repayments The LL.M. Education Fund offers students from Germany a new option to finance their LL.M. studies abroad. The fund covers the tuition fees for the LL.M. program and – if required – living expenses. Total funding of up to €50.000 can be provided (exceptions with higher funding…read more →
Today we are excited to announce the launch of our second eBook, How to Master the LLM Application – A Concise Guide with Samples. Following the success of our first eBook with sample LL.M. personal statements, you have told us that you want more. Taking into account your feedback and comments, How to Master the LLM Application is a guide to the key aspects of the LL.M. application process. Specifically, the book, which can…read more →
Update: The Guardian’s 2016 Ranking of UK Law Schools has been published. The Guardian has just released its University Guide 2015: Guardian League Table for Law. This – not uncontroversial – ranking of U.K. law schools uses student satisfaction with teaching and feedback; student to staff ration; spend per student; average student entry tariff; career after six months; and a ‘value added score’ to determine each institution’s placement. Among the notable changes…read more →
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 →
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 →
Update: The 2016 League Table for Law has been released. The Complete University Guide’s 2015 League Tables (Rankings) for law schools in the UK have been released. This ranking’s methodology is based on a mix of entry standards, student satisfaction, faculty research output, and graduate prospects. While not specifically an LL.M. ranking, of course, the Complete University Guide is among the most trusted university and law school rankings for higher education institutions…read more →
Have you applied or do you plan to apply for an LL.M. program in the U.K.? If so, vital information regarding English language requirements has been made public. The background is that the U.K. Government is concered with alleged fraud in TOEFL and TOEIC exam testing. Both tests are administered by ETS, which, as a consequence, is currently not in possession of a valid licence for English language tests for the…read more →
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 →
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 →
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. The top 20 law schools are now as follows (with last year’s results in brackets):…read more →
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