The National Jurist has released the 2013 edition of its annual ranking of the most influential people in legal education. Most notably, perhaps, one newcomer – Michael Simkovic – was catapulted from not being listed last year to #5 on this year’s list. His co-authored paper on The Economic Value of a Law Degree was hotly debated in recent months and enough for the National Law Journal to warrant a…read more →
Now that 2013 is coming to an end, it’s time for us to look back and provide our readers with a quick recap of some particularly interesting and informative posts that appeared on the LLM Blog this year. Below is our selection. We enjoyed writing these posts – if you have any suggestions for topics that you would like to have covered in 2014, don’t hesitate to drop us a…read more →
Fordham University Law School in New York has announced that it is launching a novel LL.M. in Corporate Compliance program. The program, which will be directed by Professor Sean Griffith, will begin in the fall of 2014. As the news announcement explains: The new degree is structured primarily for domestic attorneys seeking to work in the field of international corporate compliance, international lawyers who work in the corporate area, and…read more →
Boston University School of Law has introduced a new program called the Legal English Certificate Program (LECP). The program is targeted at international professionals – that is a broader category than just lawyers – who are interested in improving their general English and legal English communications skills. The program is available in two tracks. The first track is for LL.M. candidates who have been admitted to Boston University’s LL.M. program…read more →
Update: The Times Good University Guide 2015 Law Rankings have been released. The Times and The Sunday Times have recently published their Good University Guide 2014, which includes U.K. university and subject league tables (rankings). As compared to the Good University Guide’s 2013 edition, Cambridge has moved up one spot to secure the #1 spot, while LSE and Oxford are now ranked at #2 and #3, respectively. Among the big movers…read more →
Next month, admissions representatives from 15 leading U.S. law schools will be attending information sessions in five European cities to present their LL.M. programs. In addition to specific information on each participating law school and its program, they will also provide general advice, including on how to apply. The following law schools will be represented: American University (Washington, DC) Boston University Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA) Emory University (Atlanta, GA) Northwestern…read more →
The National Jurist’s latest Graduate Law Annual for 2013-2014 has recently been released as a special online only edition. It contains articles centered around the LL.M. and Master of Legal Studies as well as details on 450 graduate law programs offered by U.S. law schools. From the table of contents: LL.M. Why graduate degrees are more popular than ever Guide to LL.M. programs How an LL.M. helped lawyers advance their…read more →
Mastering Jurisprudence for Non-Lawyers For those working in a law-related field or who are interested in garnering more information about the law, there is a new emerging option besides J.D. or LL.M. programs. Known as the Juris Master (JM), Master of Jurisprudence (MJ), Master of Legal Studies (MLS), Master in the Studies of Law (MSL), or Master of Science in Legal Studies, these new degree programs aim to provide non-lawyers…read more →
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 →
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 →
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