Master of Laws - Requirements - United States

United States

Legal education in the United States
Stages
  • Pre-law
  • Law school
  • Trial practice
  • Legal clinic
  • Juris Doctor
  • Master of Laws
  • Doctor of Laws
Exams
  • LSAT
  • Bar examination
  • Continuing legal education
Organizations
  • Law School Admission Council
  • American Bar Association
  • Practising Law Institute

In general there are two types of LL.M. programs in the United States. The majority are programs designed to expose foreign legal graduates to the American Common Law. The other programs involve post doctoral study of a specialized area of the law such as Admiralty, Tax Law, Securities Law, Elder Law, Intellectual Property, Aeronautical Law or International Law, and more recently, Environmental Law.

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