I am doing my law from India and am looking to do LLM from US in IP in the Fall of 2007. I have some question:
a) how imp are published articles
b) how do u go about Statement of Purpose

also how is George Washington University for IP? is it good? Can you name any other colleges that offer good IP LLM?

Here is the complete ranking for IP laws. It was posted here some days ago:
1. University of California-Berkeley
2. Stanford University
3. George Washington University
4. Santa Clara University
5. University of Huston
6. Cardozo-Yeshiva University
7. Duke University
7. Franklin Pierce Law Center
9. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent)
10. Columbia University
11. DePaul University
12. Boston University
12. New York University
14. John Marshall Law School
15. Georgetown University
16. Harvard University
17. Michigan State University
17. University of Washington
19. Case Western Reserve University
19. Fordham University
21. Boston College
21. University of MinnesotaTwin Cities
21. University of TexasAustin
24. George Mason University
24. University of Akron
24. University of Pittsburgh
27. Washington University in St. Louis


[Edited 06 Apr 2006 by aprilchen]

The graduate programs give a lot of value to publications...

Thanks! i also wanted to know the difference between Statement of purpose and personal statement.

It is the same thing. Good luck on your applications!

thanks!