Featured Programs 2009

“Located on a green campus in the oldest city in the Netherlands, Radboud University Nijmegen is a welcoming, forward-looking, research-based centre of learning that covers the full range of academic disciplines.The Faculty of Law has a long standing reputation of excellence as is demonstrated by the national rating lists. The Faculty of Law has an extensive experience of teaching in English and in catering for foreign students. It’s also a friendly place to study: students and lecturers know each other by name. The master’s programme European Law provides a sound academic basis for students considering careers in international and European legal practice. ”

“Discover the best-kept secret in graduate legal studies: the LL.M and M.C.L at the Louisiana State University Law Center. Earn a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Comparative Law or a Master of Civil Laws (M.C.L.) at our beautiful campus, located in historic Baton Rouge, along the banks of the Mississippi River. The mission of the LSU Law Center is to provide the finest graduate legal education to meet our students' personal goals; the hallmark of the Law Center is "personal attention" . . . from application to graduation and beyond!”

“University of Oregon offers one of the longest-established programs in environmental and natural resources law in the world, as well as innovative and helpful professors, friendly and supportive students, the interdisciplinary resources of a major research university, and a spectacular natural setting. Oregon students operate the world’s oldest student environmental law society, Land Air Water, and organize the biggest Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in the world. The Oregon LL.M program is located in the world-class, high-tech, comfortable Knight Law Center on the verdant University of Oregon campus in friendly Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is a vibrant city and major cultural center in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.”

“The World Trade Institute (WTI) is a centre of excellence of the University of Bern and its Faculty of Law. It was the first, and is the most experienced, institution in the world offering a specialised postgraduate degree in the law and economics of international trade regulation through its flagship Master of International Law and Economics (MILE). It also offers a Summer Academy, provides consultancy services and acts as a host institution of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research on Trade Regulation.”

“Since our founding in 1929, Boston College Law School has earned an international reputation for educational excellence and the highest standards of professionalism. Our LL.M. program immerses participants in the intricacies and flavor of the United States legal system, and prepares them for the challenges of work in an increasingly global legal environment. Students design their own course of study from BC Law’s extensive curriculum, including both introductory and advanced courses. Because our LL.M. program is small and highly selective, students receive an unusual amount of individual attention. At the same time, they are full members of a broader community of future leaders in legal practice, government, NGOs, the judiciary, law teaching, and industry.”

“The LL.M. - International Studies in Intellectual Property Law, established in 1999, was the first of its kind in Germany. It is unique in its combination of a highly specialised education in Intellectual Property Law in Dresden and at one of the partner universities in Exeter, Krakow, London, Prague, Seattle and Strasbourg. Students will be taught by highly qualified specialists in IP law. They will become capable of legal terminology in a foreign language and gain practical experiences and professional contacts through internships, study trips and a weekly practitioner’s panel.”

“Internationally renowned and research-led, Kings' College School of Law enjoys a distinguished reputation for sustained excellence and its graduates are respected and sought-after throughout the world. The School has a flourishing LLM degree programme with an intake of around 300 students per annum. Designed to meet the ambitions and career development of a diverse range of highly qualified graduate students and practising professionals, our LLM is a respected and desirable academic qualification.”

“An established and growing centre of law teaching for 40 years, our range of degrees provides an excellent beginning for a career in law. And we also offer training in other legal aspects necessary for a number of careers. Our degrees are available in a flexible, modular structure, which allows a choice of specialist areas of study. These can include opportunities for students to develop their skills in mooting, client interviewing, and negotiating. We currently offer the degrees of Bachelor of Law (LLB), Bachelor of Arts (law), and Master of Law (LLM) together with the Graduate Diploma in Law and the research degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).”

“The School of Law at Portuguese Catholic University (Universidade Católica Portuguesa) in Lisbon is a leading law school. As part of its international strategy, Católica Global School of Law was launched in 2009: an international centre of teaching and research, bringing together global faculty, global students and global environment and staff.”