The School of Law is launching a new Executive Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program co-taught by Washington University and Korea University law faculty.
Kent Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley Uni-versity Professor, announced this innovative new degree program as part of the law school’s expanded international outreach efforts that focus on the McDonnell Scholars Academy partner universities abroad.
Other recent projects have included Fudan University and the University of Utrecht.
Beginning next summer, the new LL.M. program will offer courses in a range of topics.
Courses will include contracts, corporations, legal research and methods, securities regulation, antitrust, commercial law and intellectual property law.
“The executive LL.M. is exclusively for foreign practitioners who would like to learn more about United States law and to think like a U.S. lawyer,” said Michele Shoresman, Ph.D., associate dean of graduate programs at the law school. “The coursework will prepare practitioners for today’s global legal and business environment.
“This intense summer program minimizes the opportunity costs and maximizes learning for high achievers eager to continue in their careers,” Shoresman said.
The program’s curriculum is designed to offer students a thorough grounding in U.S. business law and business-oriented topics.
Students can take two courses at Korea University prior to attending the 12-week, 20-credit session at WUSTL.
Graduates of the Executive LL.M. Program who hold a first law degree from their home country will be eligible to apply to sit for the New York bar examination.
Application deadline for the 2010 session is Dec. 31.
For more information on the new program, visit law.wustl.edu/llmexecutive or e-mail shoresman@wulaw.wustl.edu.