Wake Forest University School of Law
LLM in American Law

DEGREE TYPE

LLM

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The LLM in American Law is designed for international attorneys seeking to enhance their understanding of the US legal system. This program covers essential areas of American law, including constitutional law, contracts, and torts. It typically spans one academic year of full-time study, offering a comprehensive curriculum that equips students with practical legal skills.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various career paths in law, such as working in international law firms, corporations, government agencies, or non-profit organizations. This advanced qualification prepares students for potential roles as legal consultants, researchers, or compliance officers.

This course supplements the thesis or other academic writing requirement necessary to obtain the LLM in American Law Degree. The course reinforces graduate student production by refining discourse and promoting pragmatic (not just grammatical) competence in a scholarly context that includes conferences, academic presentations and critical research papers with a view toward publication at home and abroad. This course is required for students electing the thesis track and is optional for students pursuing the alternative writing requirement. (Restricted to LL.M. students)

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