Background of the project

    LL.M, the full name is Legal Magister or Master of Laws, commonly known as "Old Hooligan" in Chinese. Generally, the one-year Postgraduate Degree is equivalent to a master's degree, and it is mainly a course designed for international legal professionals who have not received American legal education.

    Project opportunity

    American law schools have always been the choice of studying abroad for many law students, and they used to be the guarantee of the gold content of the graduation certificate. However, under the craze for studying abroad, more and more international students are flooding into the domestic job market with backgrounds of studying abroad. How can they stand out from the encirclement?

    Sprinting to a top law school is of course one of the ways, but the high difficulty of application has discouraged many international students. Another part of the students choose the LL.M degree from a law school that is not so high in the ranking + the blessing of the American lawyer's license, or in order to qualify for the US bar exam, they have to study for an LL.M degree first, but the local high tuition fees and the cost of living, not every legal person can afford it.

    So, is there no better choice for the full-timers who intends to continue to develop in the country, is short of funds or does not want to study off-duty? Of course, there is!

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    Project Benefits

    Appropriate crowd

    Legal professionals who intend to improve their academic background, apply for the US bar exam, develop professional
    expertise, career development, improve legal English, and acquire international experience

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    Course Introduction

    26 credits to graduate

    Required Courses (7 credits)

    【Intro to US Law】 【Economics for Lawyers】 【Professional Responsibility】

    Electives (19 credits)

    The elective courses include a series of basic content of American law, reflecting the skills that American lawyers should master with introductory, substantive, and theoretical types of materials. This series of courses also matches the content of the US bar examination. While preparing for the Master of Laws, it is also preparing for the US bar examination.

    【Civil Procedure】 【Conflict of Laws】【Contracts】【Evidence】【Torts】【rusts &Estates】【Business Associations】【Constitutional Law】【Criminal Law】【Intro to Legal Research,Writing &Analysis】【Income Tax】【Property】【Secured Finance】

    Partner institutions

    George Mason University

    George Mason University (GMU for short) is a famous first-level national university in the United States, and it is also a major university that has risen rapidly in the United States in the past ten years. Formally established in 1972, the school has enrolled more than 33,000 students from more than 130 countries and more than 50 states. It was formerly an affiliated college of the University of Virginia (founded in 1954). After independence, it has been expanding. In just over 40 years, two Nobel Prize winners in economics and three Pulitzer Prize winners were born.

    George Mason University (GMU) Antonin Scalia School of Law, accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the California Bar Examination Board, can provide online LL.M Programs for international students outside the United States. Master of Laws degree certificate and seamlessly connect to the California Bar Examination.

    Application process

    Pay the application fee

    Existing academic certificates (degree certificate, graduation certificate, transcript)

    Personal statement in English (500 words)

    Personal resume in English

    Recommendation letters in English (2)

    Admission interview

    Language score

    Other qualification certificates (such as passing the Chinese Judicial Examination Certificate, etc.)