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Fordham University School of Law (New York City)
140 West 62nd Street, Rm 05A
(bet. Columbus Ave. & Amsterdam Ave.)
New York, NY 10023
United States

The University

Fordham, the Jesuit University of New York City, offers students an outstanding academic experience in a city that enhances employment options with the world’s major firms and corporations. Located in the heart of New York City at Lincoln Center, minutes from beautiful Central Park, Fordham offers students a unique academic and cultural experience. Students may enroll full-time or part-time.

The Law School

Since its founding in 1905, Fordham University School of Law has had a profound and positive impact on the legal profession. Throughout its history, Fordham Law has quickly grown from a competitive New York institution to one of the largest and most respected law schools in the nation.

The School's 14,000 active alumni practice across the United States and 57 other countries. LL.M. Alumni are from 85 countries around the world. The annual Princeton Review survey of law schools calls Fordham "one of the top law schools in the country".

The Program

Fordham Law School offers four graduate degrees – the Master of Laws in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law; the Master of Laws in International Business and Trade Law; the Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and Information Technology; and the Master of Laws in International Law and Justice. Fordham Law School’s graduate degrees are designed to provide highly selective studies that give a distinct professional advantage to those who want to be leading practitioners and policymakers in these challenging and fast changing fields.

The Faculty

The Faculty of Fordham Law is composed of 75 full-time professors and over 200 adjunct professors. These master educators have remarkable achievements as scholars and are fully committed to public service.

The Faculty believes its primary purposes to be the preparation of students for the practice of law and the stimulation of their interest in legal scholarship. This contemplates not simply the training of individuals qualified as legal technicians but, more importantly their education as lawyers fully conscious of their responsibilities to client and community.

Entry Requirements

U.S. Law School Graduates are required to have (1) graduated from an accredited, four-year college or university or its equivalent; and (2) graduated from an approved American undergraduate school of law.

Foreign Law School Graduates must have graduated from a law faculty in a foreign university and demonstrated academic achievement comparable to that of American law school graduates. They must also demonstrate a high proficiency in the English language, as evidenced by a minimum score of 600 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), 250 on the computer-based test or 100 on the Internet
based test.

Applicants are required to take the TWE component of the TOEFL Test.

For more detailed information, visit the program’s website at law.fordham.edu/llmprogram.htm.

Course Information

Full-Time, Part-Time
Courses offered
  • LL.M. in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law
  • LL.M. in International Business and Trade Law
  • LL.M. in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law
  • LL.M. in International Law and Justice
Language of Instruction
  • English
Program Website

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