Folks!

Please response to this post if you are (i) from Russia and (ii) applying this year to HLS. I know two guys (including myself) who are from Russia and applying to HLS.

thanks
V

I am one of them )
I'd like to know IF ANYONE FROM RUSSIA IS APPLYING TO ANY LLM USA PROGRAMS THIS YEAR?
If there are only two of us - V-2007 and me it significantly raises our chanses to be admitted! )

Yeah -- they'll just have to admit us, unless they want to be called russophobes )))))))

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Seems that the experiment with Russian community has failed!! Which is a good sign after all!

Ugu )

Don't hurry, boys. It takes time to form community. Although I'm not from Russia, I think it is quite possible to be in your community. ))
(Тем более, что родной язык у меня - русский) ;)

Do consider that you might be in competition with countries like Belarus and Ukraine.

Ok, let's form CIS countries comunity.
Anyway, are there just three of us?

Fair guys! Let it be CIS! Come on, join us.

I am finishing law school in US and am applying for LLM in US. But I do have a Russian passport, if that counts for anything. By the way, I wanted to find out if Russian law faculties offer anything similar to US LLM programs?

Hi ichebotariov!

Just wondering... I thought LLM is for foreigners - ie, not for US graduates? (save for nyu tax)..where are you applying? I think Russian law schools have a 2-year program (Magistratura = master of laws)...at least MGIMO has. You should check this... and I think you would qualify for such program. EG, in MGIMO we have an LLM program in European law. Your may want to check it out on www.mgimo.ru.

cheers
V

Some law schools limit LLM to foreign lawyers, and others do not. Harvard's LLM is for foreign lawyers, but many law schools offer LLM programs for US law school graduates as a way to get advanced training in a narrow area of law. NYU tax is one example, but you can have LLM in Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Labor Law and many others. I am applying to NYU tax, as well as Georgetown, Boston, University of Florida, UCLA, and Loyla Los Angeles.
I have a follow up question: does Russia have equivalent of a bar exam? What do I, as a US trained lawyer have to do to be able to practice law in Russia? Will finishing Ruissian магистратура be enough?

Ivan

Yes, we have bar examinations.
Concerning the requirements for the exam you should see the Statute "Об адвокатской деятельности и адвокатуре в РФ", namely article 9. I can email it to you if you want.
However, if you need my advice, the status of an attorney at law in Russia is a very specific one. Sometimes it is not profitable and even loss making. For instance working under labor contracts is forbidden for attorneys at law.

Besides, you don't have to be an attorney to "practice law in Russia".

Спрашивай если чо...

Yes, basically, you need an advocate status for very specific things, eg, criminal cases. Otherwise, you can practice law everywhere in Russia. Now even in Commercial (arbitrazh) courts. Unfortunately, there's no admission to law practice in Russia per se.... Unfortunately!!

Hi guys!

I would like to join your community:))) I am from Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan and going to apply to LLM of Cornell and UPenn this year. Actually I won the government scholarship that will finance my education in the USA. So no problem with the funds, but I still struggling with my personal statement.

Cheers

Great! best of luck with the application!

Yes,
Do your best!!
I consider the PS to be a very important thing.

Try St Pete University master of laws program.

www.jurfak.spb.ru

Hi, rom! Have you applied anywhere this year?
V