What are the prospects of international law graduates who earn an LL.M. in the United States and are looking to use their degree as the foundation for a legal career in the United States? Professor Carole Silver of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law has recently published a very interesting Fordham Law Review article entitled “States Side Story: Career Paths of International LL.M. Students, or ‘I Like to Be…read more →
In an interview with Inside Higher Ed, University of California Hastings College of Law chancellor and dean Frank Wu announces a reduction in the law school’s class size. Starting this fall, UC Hastings will admit 20 percent less law students than in years past: Frank Wu doesn’t mince words. “The critics of legal education are right,” said Wu, the chancellor and dean of the University of California Hastings College of…read more →
Globalization has led to a plethora of international or cross-border business and commercial transactions. Many law firms focus only or increasingly on this type of work prompting many lawyers and future lawyers to want to specialize in this area. Although practicing in the area of international business, commercial or M&A transactions is one way to gain relevant expertise, another common approach is to undertake an LL.M. program in business law…read more →
Revenues and profits are up at top U.S. law firms. More importantly, law firms are adding to their head count. The dog days of mass layoffs at firms seem to be over and new jobs will be opening up. Seems like a good time to enter an LL.M. program for those interested in seeking employment in the United States. See here for the The American Lawyer‘s early Am Law 100…read more →
Here are the newly released 2013 U.S. News Law School Rankings. For the first time in three years, there was some movement at the very top of the ranking. The top 15 law school are now as follows: 1. Yale 2. Stanford 3. Harvard 4. Columbia 5. Chicago 6. NYU 7. Berkeley 7. Penn 7. Virginia 10. Michigan 11. Duke 12. Northwestern 13. Georgetown 14. Cornell 15. UCLA Those interested in…read more →
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