The University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has announced a new LL.M. program in US Law for foreign lawyers.
The one-year program - the first at UNC - will begin in the autumn of 2011 with a small cohort of students (three to seven), eventually rising to 25 students per year.
LL.M. students in this program will take most classes alongside JD students, and will be able to concentrate their studies in one of eight areas of law: Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Health Care Law, Human Rights and Civil Rights Law, International and Comparative Law, and Public Law and Regulation.
The program still awaiting approval from the American Bar Association, which the school says is expected in January 2011.
For more information, please visit the program website.
New program will begin in autumn 2011, with 8 concentrations available
Comments
Related Law Schools
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11 Followers
4 Discussions
More LLM News
US News Updates Best Law School Ranking
Mar 12, 2019
LLM Articles
Post-LL.M. Careers: The World Could be your Oyster
Feb 28, 2019
After an LL.M. degree, grads have many career options, from Big Law firms to the public sector and even academia
Why an LL.M. in Human Rights Law is a Passport to Rewarding and Boundless Careers
Feb 18, 2019
There is a misconception that a post-LL.M. career in human rights is “mushy”, but it’s intellectually rigorous, from defending Guantanamo Bay detainees, to helping Roma children
Online and Hybrid LL.M. Programs: The Best of Both Worlds
Jan 04, 2019
A number of law schools across the globe are creating courses that mix online and on-campus learning as students demand greater flexibility
