Hi everyone,

I'm interested in applying for the LLM in Admiralty Law at Tulane and was wondering if anyone could give me an idea of my chances for admission.

A little information about me: I'm currently an American JD student at University of Michigan. Will probably end up graduating with a 3.2 (my school does not rank), did not do journals or moot court. I did my undergraduate degree in Linguistics from UC San Diego and have a Certificat d'Etudes Politiques from IEP in Lyon. I am a dual US/EU(German) Citizen. I have no prior work experience in maritime law, although I have worked at an Italian law firm and at a public agency's law department in California.

Let me know if any more information would be helpful.

- Nick

Hey Nick,

With so many different inquiries and discussions going on here, it's nice to spot someone having exactly the same topic in mind. ;)

I think your experiences and CV are nice enough for an LL.M. programme in US, except that you might want to emphasize on the parts actually related with martime and admiralty legal studies. Prof. Robert Force of Tulane's Maritime Law Center (man do I admire that guy!) came to my campus for a speech the other day (btw, I'm doing maritime law undergrad but not in US either) and I got to talk to him. Looks like primary subject-RELATED experience does have some significance in your application.

Wish us both luck! ;)

Regards,Ivy.

Thanks for your reply, Ivy!

Unfortunately I don't have much related experience as my law school doesn't even offer an admiralty/maritime law course. I have and will be taking some tangentially related courses though such as secured transactions, international environmental law and insurance law.

Anyway, thank you for your input and good luck!

Nick