LL.M. Program in American Legal Studies

The LL.M. in American Legal Studies is open to foreign law graduates.

The American Legal Studies Program is open to foreign law graduates seeking to learn American law, either in preparation for the New York Bar Examinations, or to add an American law training dimension to their practice in their home countries. The Law School's package of courses in U.S. litigation and advocacy should be of particular interest to foreign law graduates who want comprehensive exposure to American approaches to litigation theory and techniques in a variety of lecture, simulation and practice settings. The Law School is the Northeast region's base for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, and the Hofstra faculty has extensive expertise in American litigation and advocacy. Because the entire Hofstra Law School curriculum is open to American Legal Studies LL.M. students, the program also brings foreign trained lawyers into all Hofstra courses. Students in this program have included law graduates from over 40 foreign countries, including Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, The Czech Republic, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, Korea, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russian, Togo and Zambia.