LLM GUIDE - Master of Laws (LL.M.) Programs Worldwide

LLM Discussion Board

LL.M. Discussion Board > USA > LLM without LLB or JD? RSS Feed

LLM without LLB or JD?

Author Message
Arta

Joined: 05 Dec 2007
Posts: 4
LLM without LLB or JD?
Thu Dec 06, 2007 03:45 AM
Hello everyone.

I'm interested in doing an LLm in International Human rights Law. I don't have a law degree. The National University of Ireland, Galway for instance, doesn't require its applicants of LLM in International Human Rights Law to have a Law degree. Is there a possiblity at a university in the States to do an LLM without a law degree?

Thank you very much.
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
mauricel

Joined: 05 Jun 2007
Posts: 31
LLM without LLB or JD?
Thu Dec 06, 2007 06:16 AM
Hi Arta

You're right some law schools do not require law degree for admission to its human rights law program, such as Hong Kong University (my alma mater) but according to my experience that i got from making appliations to six law schools in California, all of them require a first degree in law.

maurice
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
nriattorney

Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Posts: 225
LLM without LLB or JD?
Thu Dec 06, 2007 07:27 AM
Yes, in USA there LL.M admission is possible without first law degree. Recently, I have read on this Forum someone without law degree got admission at U PENN with partial fee waiver.
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
hannenyh


Joined: 02 Jan 2006
Posts: 215
LLM without LLB or JD?
Thu Dec 06, 2007 04:41 PM
I am not sure about this. Who said this? I saw you said something about this to Nina A (I think this is her name), but I couldn't find a post where she said that she does not have a law degree. Am I confused or are you?
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
Arta

Joined: 05 Dec 2007
Posts: 4
LLM without LLB or JD?
Thu Dec 06, 2007 05:17 PM
nriattorney, Hannenyh:

Thanks for your posts.
nriattorney: I checked the UPenn Website and what you said sounds to be true. Here is what the website mentions:
'The International Program Committee (which oversees all graduate programs) can, in exceptional circumstances, admit students to the LL.M. program who do not already hold a law degree. Typically, such students will hold a Ph.D. or M.D. or an equivalent graduate degree, will have already embarked on an academic or professional career, and will be able to show how legal training is important to the advancement of this career and/or their scholarly work.'
This is availble at :www.law.upenn.edu/prospective/grad/apply/
I will just write to them.
Best,
Arta
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
nriattorney

Joined: 12 Nov 2007
Posts: 225
LLM without LLB or JD?
Sun Dec 09, 2007 04:07 AM
Well U Penn apart, there are several law schools which admits students in Masters degrees program without the candidate having first law degree; today only I read an article in LL.M Guide detailing several such law schools; the author also happens to be a student of LL.M without first law degree.

Several schools also permit transfer to JD after LL.M . The object seems to be to allow a candidate the choice of law profession. Earlier I used to wonder : why JD after LL.M ? then I realised that if you do LL.M without first law degree, and later develop an interest in law, JD will fill up the gap.
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote
confused7

Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Posts: 5
LLM without LLB or JD?
Wed Aug 27, 2008 05:30 PM
Well U Penn apart, there are several law schools which admits students in Masters degrees program without the candidate having first law degree; today only I read an article in LL.M Guide detailing several such law schools; the author also happens to be a student of LL.M without first law degree.


could you plz give any link to the list of such schools??or even quote a few here plz?
Show ProfileProfile P.M. Quote

Reply to this post

Related Programs