About: Johana
Member Since: 24 Apr 2008
Last Online: 08 Oct 2008
Board Posts: 2
Homepage: http://www.llm-studio.com
Blog: Advice for foreign lawyers coming to the U.S. to get graduate degrees (both LL.M & JD)
As a Colombian attorney who came to the U.S. to get a graduate degree in law (and ended up getting a JD at Northwestern), I understand the challenges foreign attorneys must face as they course advanced legal studies in the U.S.
Many of us embark on the experience confident that our previous training will be all we need to excel. (That, and the fact that many of us are successful lawyers in our home countries). However, this rarely turns out to be the case, particularly for lawyers trained in Civil Law (due to the differences in systems and legal culture), who end up wasting a substantial amount of time during their programs trying to figure out how to navigate the experience.
After having mentored a number of incoming international students informally (both for LLM and JD programs), I realized that a more formal approach was needed and that having gone through the process my viewpoint could be of great help.
As a result, I decided to follow my passion, leave my position as a Corporate Associate at Sidley Austin in Chicago (a wonderful firm, by the way) and create LL.M Studio, a company specialized in preparing international attorneys for their LLM/JD experience in the U.S.
If you are one of such lawyers and would like to know more details, please feel free to contact me (via a personal message in LLM-Guide or at johana@llm-studio.com) and visit our website @ www.llm-studio.com.
P.M.Last Blog Posts
- Second piece of advice: What the New York Times, a good TOEFL score and John Grisham all have in common - They will help you do better during your LL.M/JD (Mon May 19, 2008 07:54 PM)
- First piece of advice: Prepare, prepare, prepare (Mon Apr 28, 2008 05:17 PM)
Last 2 Board Posts
- Northwestern Two-Year JD Program (Tue Apr 29, 2008 02:27 AM)
- Northwestern Two-Year JD Program (Mon Apr 28, 2008 09:47 PM)
