Update: see LLM GUIDE's 2017 listing of summer law programs here
Below is the 2016 listing of some of the summer programs available to pre-LL.M. students and foreign lawyers looking to improve their legal English and/or to study US law.
Before starting an LL.M., many students whose native language is not English may find it useful to brush up on their English-language skills, especially in a legal context. Likewise, for those US-bound students who are unfamiliar with US Law, a short program covering the basics can help them get up to speed quickly before starting an LL.M.
LEGAL ENGLISH PROGRAMS
USC
- Summer Law & English Program: July 11 - August 5
Washington College of Law - American University
- Summer Legal English Institute: July 5 - July 21
Duke Law
- Summer Institute on Law, Language & Culture: July 18 - August 10
Boston University
- Legal English for LLM Students: July 7 – August 19
- Legal English for Practitioners: July 21 – August 19
UC Davis
- English for Legal Professionals: June 26 - July 9
Vanderbilt University
- Summer English for Legal Purposes: July 18 - August 12
University of Washington
- Advanced Academic Preparation Skills (AAPS): August 8 - September 1
Yale University
- English for Law: June 27 - August 5
Edinburgh University
- English for the LL.M.: August 8 – September 1
- English for Lawyers: July 25 - August 5
- English for Legal Studies: July 18 – August 5
Georgetown University
- Summer Legal English Program: dates TBA
Brooklyn Law School
- Intensive Legal English Program (three-week course): July 5 -- July 22
- Intensive Legal English Program (four-week course): July 5 -- July 29
LAW PROGRAMS
Bucerius
- Bucerius Summer Program in International Business Law: July 11 – July 30
- Bucerius / UC Hastings Summer Program in International IP Transactions: July 11 – July 30
Cardozo
- New York Summer Seminar for Foreign Lawyers / Law Students: July 5 – July 16
Columbia University
- Summer Program (in Leiden): July 4 – July 29
- US Business Law Academy (in New York City): July 10 -- July 29
UC Davis
- Orientation in USA Law: July 10 -- August 6
Cornell University
- Prelaw Program (New York City): June 6 -- July 15
Fordham
- Fordham Law Summer Institute: July 5 – July 22
- Transactional Skills for Global Legal Practice: July 25 -- August 5
- Legal English and Communication Skills: July 25 -- August 5
Kent Law School
- Kent Pre-LLM Summer Program: June 27 -- 29 orJune 29 -- July 1
Penn Law
- Penn Law LL.M. Summer Program: July 29- Late August
Penn State
- Introduction to Arbitration and US Law: July 18 – July 29
Ohio State - Moritz College of Law
- American Law & Language Program: July 26 – August 12
