Fordham Announces New U.S. & Comparative Law LL.M. Program

LLM GUIDE, Sep 29, 2009

New specialty program will begin in Fall 2010

Fordham Law School in New York City has announced it will begin a new LL.M. program in U.S. and Comparative Law beginning in Fall 2010. With this new program, Fordham Law will now offer five different specialty LL.M. options.

According to the law school, the program is designed mostly for foreign lawyers planning to return to their home countries within a few years of receiving the LL.M. degree, and is "most suitable for civil-trained lawyers who work in government service, general practice law firms, or academia."

For more information, please visit the Fordham Law website or their full LLM GUIDE directory profile.

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