January 27, 2011

University of North Carolina, USA, LLM for Foreign Lawyers officially launched

The University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law, USA, has officially launched its one-year Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) program for foreign lawyers. On January 25, 2011, the American Bar Association (ABA) gave its acquiescence to the LLM degree. Applications for fall 2011 will be accepted until April 30, 2011.

LL.M. students will have opportunities to study in all fields in the UNC law curriculum, but are expected to concentrate in corporate and commercial law, banking law, environmental law, intellectual property rights and civil rights law, health care law, human rights, international and comparative law, and public law and regulation.