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2015-2016 Graduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Foreign Scholars, LL.M.


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Attorneys holding law degrees earned in other countries are eligible for the Foreign Scholars LL.M. Program at the UH Law Center. The program employs an innovative curriculum that emphasizes practical and comprehensive examinations of comparative law. After completing their studies, many of these graduates have returned to their countries of origin to assume leadership positions in commercial enterprise and public service. In the past, students have represented many countries, including Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, India, Israel, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, Ukraine, and Venezuela.

Every state sets its own criteria governing who can sit for a bar examination. The Foreign Scholars LL.M. Program qualifies degree holders to sit for bar examinations in New York, for example, but Texas and other states impose additional requirements. Persons holding law degrees from foreign countries who intend to remain in the United States after earning their LL.M. are encouraged to direct questions to boards of bar examiners in the states where they plan to practice.

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