Yale Law School’s Dean of Admissions, Asha Rangappa, highlights some of her most useful posts on the law school admissions process and tips for law school applications. LL.M. applicants will be particularly interested in Rangappa’s thoughts on how to write a convincing personal statement and should have a look at her “Personal Statement Boot Camp” series. In addition, make sure to check out the “law school application FAQ,” a collaborative…read more →
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13 have been released. As the Times explains, it’s “a league table of the world’s top universities based on 13 separate performance indicators covering all of the core missions of a world class university — teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.” There is no separate ranking for law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. However, there is a ranking of…read more →
For law students thinking about how to structure their coursework and what classes to choose, Stanford Law School now offers a valuable tool. The SLS Navigator is an online career and curriculum guide that allows law students to learn about different areas of law and related careers and is useful in choosing those courses that will help prepare for a particular career path. As the National Jurist reports: Stanford spent…read more →
Maclean’s, a Canadian national weekly current affairs magazine, has now issued its 2012 Maclean’s Law School Ranking. Created in co-operation with Chicago law professor Brian Leiter, Maclean’s sixth annual law school ranking is based on both Graduate Quality (50%) and Faculty Quality (50%). Here are Maclean’s top ten common law schools in Canada: 1. Toronto 2. Osgoode 3. Queen’s 4. McGill 5. University of British Columbia (UBC) 6. Dalhousie 7….read more →
Readers of The Recorder, a California print and online legal content provider, have voted on California’s Best Legal Services Providers. The top three for each category were now published in the sixth annual issue of The Recorder’s Best (PDF). In the “Education – LL.M. Programs” category, the following three California law schools were ranked as the best: 1.University of California Berkeley School of Law — Boalt Hall 2. University of…read more →
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has released its 2012 ranking of the world’s top 100 universities. The ARWU – also known as the “Shanghai Ranking” – is published by the Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Six objectives form the basis for this ranking, among them the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals;…read more →
Thank you to everyone who reads, follows, or subscribes to our LLM Blog and our LLM Newsletter. Now that the new LL.M. application season is underway, please drop us an email or leave a comment below to let us know what you would like to see more of on our blog and we will do our best to cover it. Any suggestions or input you might have will be greatly…read more →
LLM Guide informs us about upcoming LL.M. information events in Spain, Italy, France, and Germany: Admissions representatives from 13 US law schools will be touring Europe this fall, presenting their LL.M. programs at information sessions in Madrid, Milan, and Paris, in addition to attending the e-fellows.net LLM Fair in Frankfurt. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about the US law school admissions process, application information, and school-specific details…read more →
Yale’s Associate Dean of Admissions Asha Rangappa continues her Personal Statement Boot Camp series. This time, she focuses on essays written by applicants who have a background as teachers for Teach for America (a non-profit organization that strives to achieve educational equality). Although the post is geared toward a specific group of J.D. applicants, it is of general interest to prospective LL.M. applicants as well. For one, it points out…read more →
Yale Law School has announced that it will offer a Ph.D. in Law as of fall 2013. However, this new degree, which is aimed at preparing its graduates for a career in academia, is only open for those holding a J.D. from an American law school. From Yale’s press release: To its array of innovative legal programs, Yale Law School has added yet another – a Ph.D. in Law. The first…read more →
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