Academic Concentrations
The School of Law is pleased to offer specialized Concentration areas within the LLM in Comparative Law.
After enrolling in the LLM program, candidates have the option of pursuing a Concentration in one of the following areas: Business and Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Environmental and Energy Law, Intellectual Property, International Law and Taxati.
Bar Exam Information
The LLM in Comparative Law is not designed to prepare international law school graduates to sit for a bar exam in the United States.
Candidates who plan to take a U.S. bar exam may wish to consider.
Degree Requirements
A candidate for this LLM degree must successfully complete 25 credit hours of appropriate coursework.
English Language Requirement
Applicants are required to establish English competency through successful completion of an English language test (TOEFL or IELTS) in the event that: the applicant's native language is not English.
Program Timeline
Students may begin the program in the Fall or Spring term
Visa Information, LLM Tuition, Fees and Scholarships
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What are comparative law methodologies?
The spectrum of Comparative Law methodologies varies from program to program.
While some focus on the diversity and experiences of the student body or the stark differences between cultures and legal systems, other programs have developed complex comparative law methodologies.
At McGill, the “trans-systemic” approach pervades teaching and research.
What do comparative law students want to do?
Victoria Gordan, assistant dean at the University of Michigan Law School, finds a similarly diverse set of career goals among her Comparative Law LL.M. students, including:
those wanting to move into academia private international practice or jobs as government officials in their own countries. What is an LLM in international and Comparative Law?
The LLM program in International and Comparative Law, which is open only to foreign students, allows students to focus on either international commercial and business transaction law, international human rights law, or an in-depth study of a particular area of U.S. law.
Where can I study European law and Comparative Law?
European Law and Comparative Law (LL.M.) This master's program is only available to students from partner universities in the context of dual or joint degrees:
as part of the European Law School of the Université Panthéon-Assás Paris II King's College London the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" and the University of Amsterdam; . Regardless of your workplace as a lawyer, you are going to discover that increasingly, legal matters involve event…
