[see LLM GUIDE's 2018 Listing of Summer Law Programs]
Many law school in the US offer pre-LL.M. students the chance to improve their legal English and/or study the basics of US law before beginning an LL.M. program. A few schools in the UK offer this as well.
For students for whom English is not their native language, specific study in legal English can help bring them up to speed for the LL.M. For those who aren’t familiar with US law, a short pre-law program can help them to cover the basics before starting their LL.M. program.
LEGAL ENGLISH PROGRAMS
Washington College of Law - American University
Summer English for Lawyers: July 10-27, sign up for 1, 2 or 3 weeks:
- Basics of the US Legal System and US Legal Analysis, July 10-13
- US Business Law and Professional Skills, July 17-20
- Advocacy and Oral Skills, July 24-27
Georgetown University
- Summer Legal English Program: Dates to be announced, combines litigation and transactional skills with legal English practice
Boston University
- English for Legal Practitioners: July 20-August 18
USC
- Summer Law & English Program: July 10-August 4
Yale University
- Intensive English Program: June 26-August 4
UC San Diego
- Intensive Legal English: not offered in summer, but in Spring: April 13-June 6
Duke University
- Summer Institute on Law, Language & Culture: July 17-August 9
UC Berkeley
- Summer English Language Studies includes legal English as part of broader English studies: July 3-August 11, or July 17-August 4
UC Davis
- English for Legal Professionals: June 25-July 8
Vanderbilt University
- Summer Legal English Course: July 18-August 12
Edinburgh University
- English for the LL.M.: August 14-September 7
Brooklyn Law School
- Intensive Legal English Program (three-week course): July 3-21
- Intensive Legal English Program (four-week course): July 3-28
Georgia State University
- English for Professional Purposes: Law: June 12-July 24
LAW PROGRAMS
Boston University
- Pre-LLM: July 6-August 18
Columbia University
- US Business Law Academy: July 9-28
- Summer Program in American Law: Taught in Amsterdam in collaboration with Leiden and Amsterdam universities, runs July 3-28
Oxford University
Oxford Summer Law Schoolruns 5 sessions:
- Session 1: 2 July – 15 July 2017
- Session 2: 16 July – 29 July 2017
- Session 3: 30 July – 12 August 2017
- Session 4: 13 August – 26 August 2017
- Session 5: 27 August – 9 September 2017
Yale University
- Law Seminar: June 26-August 4
Cambridge University
- English Law and Legal Methods Summer Programme: July 9-July 29
Washington University
- The Summer Institute in Transnational Law and Practice: September 2-16 https://www.law.washington.edu/asianlaw/summerinstitute/
University of Kent
- Pre-LLM Summer School in Paris: Dates to be announced
Osgoode Hall Law School
- Pre-LLM Foundation Program: Dates to be announced
UC Davis
- Orientation in USA Law: July 9-August 5
Widener University
- Pre-LLM Program: June 29-August 11
Bucerius
- Bucerius Summer Program in International Business Law: July 10 – July 28
Cardozo
- New York Summer Seminar for Foreign Lawyers / Law Students: Dates to be announced
Cornell University
- Prelaw Program (New York City): June 5-July 14
Fordham
- Fordham Law Summer Institute: July 3–July 21
- Pre-Law Institute: July 25-August 5
- Legal English and Communication Skills: July 3-August 14
Penn Law
- Foundations in US Law and Culture: Dates to be announced
Ohio State - Moritz College of Law
- American Law & Language Program: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 – Friday, Aug. 11, 2017
George Washington University Law School
- U.S. Legal English: July 20-July 29
- U.S. Legal Methods: Introduction to U.S. Law: July 29-August 12
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