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IntLaw

Joined: 22 Jun 2005
Posts: 63
NYU@NUS
Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:58 PM
NYU has recently started LLM program at NUS (Singapore).

Anyone has information on the above program?

1) Would the LLM from above program allow one to take NY bar?
2) Cost associated with the program?

NYU website doesnt give much details. As far as bar exam, they give a standard answer "check with respective states".

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.
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NUS-LLM

Joined: 07 Jul 2006
Posts: 75
NYU@NUS
Sun Jul 09, 2006 05:12 PM
1) NYU is still working this out with the New York state authorities. We expect the information to be available in a couple of months.
2) The cost is exactly the same as the tuition fee at NYU in New York, that is, upwards of USD35,000. However, there will be a substantial number of scholarships available, courtesy of several Singaporean sources. Details will be announced in early September, so keep a lookout for the announcement on www.nyunus.com (or sign up for an automatic info provider).
3) The program provides for all students to earn double degrees (an LLM from NYU as well as an LLM from NUS), with extra credits to be taken in obtaining both. Again, details will be out along with the application form in September.

Regards,
Alan Tan
Vice-Dean, NUS Faculty of Law
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mircea

Joined: 02 Jul 2006
Posts: 2
NYU@NUS
Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:03 PM
What will be your policy on lawyers who already earned LL.M. from a top US law school and would like to pursue another one with focus on Asian law?
Are you planning to offer S.J.D. program as well?
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chesterman


Joined: 07 Sep 2006
Posts: 11
NYU@NUS
Fri Sep 08, 2006 04:24 PM
A student with an LLM from a top US school would obviously have a strong chance of meeting the requirements for entry into the program, and possibly for a scholarship. The joint venture between NYU and NUS does not presently include a doctoral program, but NUS has its own existing PhD program. (See www.law.nus.edu.sg/prospective/postgrad/research/p… )
Simon Chesterman
Global Professor and Director
New York University School of Law Singapore Programme
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michaelcorleone


Joined: 17 Sep 2006
Posts: 199
NYU@NUS
Mon Sep 18, 2006 03:51 PM
I was hoping that Dean Richard Revesz will be teaching in the program, since Environmental Law and Administrative Law are my research interests, but it doesn't seem that he will be teaching in the NYU@NUS program, and it doesn't seem that courses on Environmental Law will be offered. Do you think there is a chance for him to come to NUS to teach?
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chesterman


Joined: 07 Sep 2006
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NYU@NUS
Fri Oct 13, 2006 06:55 PM
Unfortunately the Dean cannot fit a full teaching load into his schedule in Summer 2007, but will be visiting around the start of the programme and will participate in a substantive event on environmental law. In addition, NUS offers courses that you may take through the programme on International Environmental Law & Policy, Comparative Environmental Law, Environmental Law in Singapore & SE Asia, as well as Comparative Administrative Law.
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hugh

Joined: 23 Oct 2006
Posts: 1
NYU@NUS
Tue Oct 24, 2006 02:48 AM
Att: Prof Simon Chesterman
As I read through the blog and the website, it is clear that it has not been worked out until now about the fate of future LLM-LLM(NYU@NUS) graduates eligibilty for the NY Bar. It may be because the NY Board takes more than usual time to take decisions. Prof Chesterman may like to give indicative time frame in which the NY Board is likely to take the decision. Choice to attend or not to attend may hinge upon this single factor alone as deriving the advantages of two school should not ultimately oust one from the bar especially when NYU degree otherwise can make one eligible as a foreign lawyer.
2) What are the possibilities to specialize in the area of international finance law in NYU@ NUS let's say about 16 credits in the field. Thanks
Shall be grateful for your remarks/observations.
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goodluck

Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Wed Nov 08, 2006 05:28 PM
Still no news re: offers of admission?

When did you submit your application?

[Edited by goodluck on 25 Nov 2006]
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LLMARK

Joined: 07 Sep 2006
Posts: 31
NYU@NUS
Thu Nov 09, 2006 07:11 AM
Is the NYU@NUS program being offered at any time after the May 1st start date i.e, a winter semester start? I have recently become very interested in this program but I fear I will not be able to have my documentation in by 1 December...Thank you.
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goodluck

Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Thu Nov 09, 2006 04:59 PM
Hi LLMARK,

I don't think that there's going to be another start date, given the academic schedule. The link to the tentative academic calendar is here: nyugloballaw.org/graduateadmissions/masteroflaws/d…
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LLMARK

Joined: 07 Sep 2006
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NYU@NUS
Fri Nov 10, 2006 03:49 AM
Hi LLMARK,

I don't think that there's going to be another start date, given the academic schedule. The link to the tentative academic calendar is here: nyugloballaw.org/graduateadmissions/
masteroflaws/documents/TentativeAcademicCalendar_000.pdf


Thanks for your reply...I think I may try to push for the deadline date and hope it comes together.

[Edited by link updater on 10 Nov 2006]
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goodluck

Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Tue Nov 28, 2006 02:17 AM
Hi everyone!

Do any of you have any news regarding offers of admission?
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sutterpost

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Tue Dec 12, 2006 04:50 AM
has anyone heard anything from NYU@NUS? i wrote to them about 2 weeks ago and was just told that they were working as fast as possible.

if anyone has heard from them, please post 1)when you submitted your application; 2)when you heard; and 3)where you live.

my application was completed on sept 30 and i received an email from them that it was complete on oct 16...but nothing since...

Hi everyone!

Do any of you have any news regarding offers of admission?
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goodluck

Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Tue Dec 12, 2006 06:11 AM
Still no news...

I submitted my application on Oct. 30, got a confirmation e-mail on Oct. 31.

Do you know many people who applied to the program?
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jjjjjjj

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 7
NYU@NUS
Tue Dec 12, 2006 04:55 PM
I submitted my application the FIRST week of Sept with all necessary supporting documents included. I did not receive a confirmation email that my application was complete until October 30 (2 months later!!!) and now have been waiting a month and a half for a response.

So much for rolling admissions.....
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GLP007

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 3
NYU@NUS
Tue Dec 12, 2006 07:13 PM
Application submitted on Oct. 29. E-mail confirming application complete received Oct. 30. The suspense is killing me - no word.
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sutterpost

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Tue Dec 12, 2006 08:29 PM
any speculation about what people think is going on? i've gotten opinions from some here, but would like to hear what others think as well - feel free to post your thoughts.
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jjjjjjj

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 7
NYU@NUS
Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:21 PM
website says they will give an answer by January 15.
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sutterpost

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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NYU@NUS
Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:51 PM
the website also says rolling decisions starting at the end of september.....

website says they will give an answer by January 15.
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BCC

Joined: 30 Nov 2006
Posts: 13
NYU@NUS
Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:23 PM
I got accepted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just received an email with the offer of admission to NYU@NUS and a grant!!!!!!! I'm so happy I can't even start describing the feeling. Good luck to everyone else and I'll see you in Singapore!!! Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!

[Edited by BCC on 23 Nov 2007]
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97TAG

Joined: 09 Oct 2006
Posts: 13
NYU@NUS
Sat Dec 23, 2006 08:37 PM
Got notice. Congrats!

[Edited by 97TAG on 27 Dec 2006]
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jjjjjjj

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 7
NYU@NUS
Sat Dec 23, 2006 09:22 PM
so, i guess i should be worried since i did not receive an email. Probably sent rejections by post.
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jjjjjjj

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 7
NYU@NUS
Sat Dec 23, 2006 09:33 PM
are you two foreign or domestic?
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sutterpost

Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Posts: 8
NYU@NUS
Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:45 PM
does anyone have news on whether they have gotten the approval from the NY bar so that graduates of nyu@nus can write the NY bar exam?
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tony_duan

Joined: 17 Dec 2006
Posts: 23
NYU@NUS
Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:05 AM
So far, not yet. The NYU@NUS will not qualify for the NY Bar. The school says they are still working on it.
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