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95-509: The law school's 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m) building, John Giffen Weinmann Hall, was completed in 1995. Designed to integrate classrooms, a student lounge, a computer lab, faculty offices, and a law library that contains both national and international collections, the building is centrally located on Tulane's Uptown campus. The law school has been on the Uptown campus since 1906, and has been housed in several buildings since then, until

190-419: A degree in law , typically an LL.B. or J.D. Some programs are exceptions to this, requiring only an undergraduate degree or extensive experience in a related field. Full-time LL.M. programs usually last one year and vary in their graduation requirements. Most programs require or allow students to write a thesis . Some programs are research oriented with little classroom time, while others require students to take

285-500: A J.D. as a first degree. Students can choose to take research-based LL.M. degrees or course-based LL.M. degrees. Research-based LL.M. degrees are one- or two-year programs that require students to write a thesis that makes a significant contribution to their field of research. Course-based LL.M. degrees do not require a significant research paper. An LL.M. can be studied part-time, and at some schools, through distance learning. LL.M. degrees can be general, or students can choose to pursue

380-828: A department of the Cambridge University Library; and the Slade-Baker collection of correspondence accumulated by the Slade-Baker firm of solicitors in Bewdley which is in Birmingham University Library . The largest law libraries in the world are found in the United States . The world's largest law library is the Law Library of Congress , which holds over 2.9 million volumes. The world's largest academic law library

475-809: A depository library under the Program. Most law libraries are members of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). As of 2010, the association has over 5,000 member libraries. Another important association for law libraries is the Special Libraries Association . Every accredited American law school is required by the American Bar Association to have a law library meeting certain minimum specifications with respect to quantity and quality of materials available. Some law school libraries are kept in

570-776: A first degree in law onto their LL.M. programme. Examples of such programmes include the Master of Studies in Legal Research at Oxford, the LL.M. degrees at the University of Edinburgh and LL.M.s at the University of Leicester In addition, Queen's University Belfast offers an LL.M. suite, accessible to legal and social science graduates, leading to specialisms in sustainable development, corporate governance, devolution or human rights. Northumbria University offers an approach to

665-650: A full set of United States Reports , one or both of the unofficial U.S. Supreme Court reporters , the West National Reporter System , the West American Digest System , official reporters from various states, the Federal Register , volumes of American Jurisprudence , bound volumes containing issues of prominent law reviews from around the country, federal and state statutes and regulations (such as

760-524: A law degree. In most common law countries, a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) is required. In the United States, the Juris Doctor (J.D.) is generally a requirement to practice law. Some jurisdictions, such as Canada and Australia, require either an LL.B. or J.D. Individuals with law degrees must typically pass an additional set of examinations to qualify as a lawyer. The LL.M. program

855-418: A law library. Public law libraries are available in many states, often in the local courthouses . Certain larger law firms maintain a private library for their own attorneys, but many firms in college towns and larger cities with universities simply dispatch their attorneys to local law schools to do legal research. A typical law library holds a large number of works not seen in other libraries, including

950-558: A number of countries throughout the world. In addition to the J.D., the school offers two graduate degrees in law: The Master of Laws (LL.M.) the Doctor of Laws (S.J.D.) program. The five specialized LL.M. programs are in: maritime law, energy and environmental law, American business law, American law, and international and comparative law. LL.M. students may also pursue a general LL.M., which does not concentrate in any one area. The law school offers six live-client clinical programs , in

1045-702: A part-time basis at many institutions and in some circumstances by distance learning . Some providers of the Bar Professional Training Course and the Legal Practice Course also allow the student to gain an LL.M. qualification on top of these professional courses by writing a dissertation . The UK offers over 1000 different LL.Ms. Large law faculties such as Queen Mary University of London offer multiple different programs, whilst other such as Aston University simply offer one program. Some institutions allow those without

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1140-636: A public law library. While New York public access law libraries have remained relatively small, the LA Law Library in Los Angeles County is currently second in size behind the Law Library of Congress among U.S. public law libraries, with a collection at just under 1 million volumes, not including digital resources. Public law libraries are available, and in some cases are required, to offer law library and legal research services to

1235-695: A recognised legal qualification, generally an undergraduate degree in Laws or equivalent. They do not have to be or intend to be legal practitioners. An LL.M. is not required, nor is it a sufficient qualification in itself to practise as a solicitor or barrister , since this requires completion of the Legal Practice Course , Bar Professional Training Course , or, if in Scotland, the Diploma in Legal Practice . As with other degrees, an LL.M. can be studied on

1330-512: A section of the university library devoted to law. In the United States, law school libraries may be subject to accreditation review by the American Bar Association Standards of Legal Education . Law libraries may be found in courts (e.g. judge's chambers ), legislatures (e.g. the Law Library of Congress ), prison libraries , government departments, private law firms , and barristers' chambers . Outside of

1425-442: A set number of classes. LL.M. degrees are often earned by students wishing to develop more concentrated expertise in a particular area of law. Pursuing an LL.M. degree may also allow law students to build a professional network. Some associations provide LL.M. degree holders with structures designed to strengthen their connections among peers and to access a competitive business environment, much like an MBA degree . In Australia ,

1520-465: A solicitor/barrister), will be granted some credit towards the Master qualification. Other variants of the LL.M. are more similar to the LL.M. available in the wider Commonwealth but under a different title, for example Master of Commercial Law, Master of International Law or Master of Human Rights Law. These courses are usually more specialised than a standard LL.M. In Canada, the LL.M. is generally open to law graduates holding an LL.B., LL.L., B.C.L., or

1615-594: A specialized area of research. Foreign trained lawyers who wish to practice in Canada will first need to have their education and experience assessed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada's National Committee on Accreditation. Upon having received a certificate of accreditation from the National Committee on Accreditation, foreign law graduates would then have to obtain articles with a law firm, take

1710-533: A top law school and a top business school located immediately next to one another, both of which consistently rank among the top 50 in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report and the Financial Times (the Finance department in particular has been ranked among the top 10 in the world on several occasions). This close proximity has facilitated the growth of Tulane's JD/MBA program. In

1805-440: A total of 17 or 14% of its total faculty. Tuition and fees for a full-time Tulane Law School student for the 2017–2018 academic year are $ 54,658 ($ 50,358 tuition and $ 4,300 in mandatory fees). The total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, books and living expenses) for the 2017–2018 academic year is estimated at $ 77,334. Law School Transparency estimated total cost of attendance for three years at $ 284,440 in 2017, noting that for

1900-459: Is a postgraduate program, typically for individuals who either possess a law degree or have qualified as a lawyer. The word legum is the genitive plural form of the Latin word lex and means "of the laws". When used in the plural, it signifies a specific body of laws, as opposed to the general collective concept embodied in the word jus , from which the words "juris" and "justice" derive. An LL.M.

1995-573: Is also typically a requirement for entry into the research doctoral programs in law, such as the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D or J.S.D.), the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. or DPhil) or doctorat en droit (in France), Doktor der Rechtswissenschaften (Dr. iur.) (in Germany), the Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.), and the Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). Historically, the LL.M. degree is an element particular to

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2090-412: Is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In most jurisdictions, the LL.M. is the advanced professional degree for those usually already admitted into legal practice. To become a lawyer and practice law in most states and countries, a person must first obtain

2185-784: Is being given at the master's level of legal education in India. With the establishment of these universities, focus in specialization has been shifted to newer areas such as corporate law , intellectual property law , international trade law etc. LL.M programs in India were previously two years in duration but presently typically last one year. A number of universities and colleges in Ireland offer LL.M. programs, such as Dublin City University , Trinity College Dublin , University College Cork , National University of Ireland, Galway ( NUIG ), National University of Ireland, Maynooth ( NUIM ),

2280-645: Is flexible and allows students to study Mandarin and assists with organizing work experience in Beijing and other cities in China. It normally takes two years, but can be completed in one and a half years if students take the required credits in time. The flagship of the China-EU School of Law (CESL) in Beijing is a Double Master Programme including a Master of Chinese Law and a Master of European and International Law. The Master of European and International Law

2375-756: Is often taught part-time to allow professionals already working in the field to improve their skills. The LLM in International Business Law from Panthéon-Assas University is also available in Mauritius in Medine Village campus. To be allowed to practice law in the Netherlands, one needs an LL.M. degree with a specific set of courses in litigation law. The Dutch Order of Lawyers (NOVA) require these courses for every potential candidate lawyer who wants to be conditionally written in

2470-624: Is ranked 37th in Law School 100's 2018 ranking, which relies on a qualitative assessment. The Leiter Law School ranking, conducted in 2010, put Tulane at 38th, based on student quality. The Hylton law school rankings , conducted in 2006, put Tulane at 39th. Tulane University Law School graduates had the 2nd highest passing rate, after LSU, on the Louisiana State Bar Exam administered in July 2021, according to results released by

2565-1341: Is taught by instructors with significant experience as lawyers and writers, each assisted by senior fellows. After the first year, all courses are electives, except for a required legal-profession course. All first year and many upper-class courses are taught in multiple sections to allow for smaller classes. The upper-class curriculum includes introductory as well as advanced courses in a broad range of subject areas, including international and comparative law , business law , corporate law, environmental law, maritime law, criminal law , intellectual property , taxation , litigation , and civil procedure , among others. Tulane Law offers six optional concentration programs for J.D. students who wish to receive one certificate of completion in an area. The six are European legal studies , environmental law, international and comparative law, maritime law, sports law, or civil law. Tulane's Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, its Maritime Law Center, and its Institute on Water Policy & Law, promote scholarship in comparative, maritime, and environmental law. Tulane conducts an annual summer school in New Orleans and offers summer-study programs abroad. Tulane also offers semester-long exchange programs with select law schools in

2660-543: Is taught in English, open for international students and can be studied as a single master programme. CESL also offers an International Master of Chinese Law (IMCL) which is an LL.M. in Chinese law taught entirely in English. Beijing Foreign Studies University has launched an online LLM for international professionals. The course is taken over two years, with the first covering online lessons through video and assignments,

2755-513: Is the United States Environmental Protection Agency , which runs a National Library Network providing access to specialized material to agency researchers and the general public. The United States Supreme Court Building houses one of the most extensive federal public law libraries in the world, rivaled by the Law Library of Congress . Strictly speaking, neither the U.S. Supreme Court Library nor

2850-1079: Is the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane's main library; the Lavin-Bernick Center, which houses university dining facilities and the university bookstore; the Reily Student Recreation Center (a gym with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and basketball, squash, and tennis courts); the Freeman School of Business ; the Newcomb Art Gallery; and various other buildings. The Uptown campus is marked by many large live oak trees and historically significant buildings. Architectural styles include Richardsonian Romanesque , Elizabethan , Renaissance , Brutalist , and Modern architecture . The front-of-campus buildings use white Indiana Limestone or orange brick for exteriors, while

2945-677: Is the library of Harvard Law School , which holds over 2 million volumes. By way of contrast, the largest law library in the United Kingdom is the Bodleian Law Library with a collection of over 550,000 volumes. Broadly speaking, there are three categories of law libraries in the United States: academic, public, and private. Every law school accredited by the American Bar Association houses

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3040-569: Is the standard graduate degree required to practice law. No other qualifications are required. In France , the LL.M. is in English. The LL.M. in International Business Law is available at Panthéon-Assas University ( Paris ), the oldest school of law in France. The entrance requirements are: The course is flexible and allows students to study French . A further 11 institutions in France offer almost 20 other LLM programs taught in English, with specialisms including European Law. In Germany ,

3135-468: The Law Library of Congress is a public access law library; both, however, are government libraries funded by taxpayers, and accountable to the U.S. Supreme Court or to the U.S. Congress respectively. The Law Library of Congress does serve the public through various means, e.g. websites, social media services, and a physically accessible library. New York and California are examples of states that have statutes requiring all their counties to maintain

3230-822: The Law Society of Ireland in partnership with Northumbria University , and Griffith College . University College Dublin also offers the Masters in Common Law (MCL/ Magisterii in Jure Communi, M.Jur.Com) , an advanced two-year programme for non-law graduates. The degree is a qualifying law degree for admittance to the entrance exams of the Honorable Society of King's Inns. Italy offers both master programs in Italian and in English, depending on

3325-627: The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals , the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana , and the Louisiana Supreme Court , all of which are in New Orleans. The school was the first in the country to institute a pro bono program requiring that each student complete legally related community service prior to graduation. Every summer, BarBri , a national bar exam -preparation company, offers New York Bar Exam and Louisiana Bar Exam preparation courses at

3420-672: The United Kingdom is the Bodleian Law Library with a collection of over 550,000 volumes. Outside of England, the largest law library in the Commonwealth of Nations is Osgoode Hall Law School 's at York University in Canada, with more than 500,000 print volumes. The earliest common law law libraries were founded in the late 15th century in London and include Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn . Special collections of legal literature in university and research libraries in England include

3515-542: The United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations ), and a variety of treatises , encyclopedias, looseleaf services , and practice guides. Large law libraries may contain many additional materials covering topics such as: legal education , research , and writing ; the history of the American legal system and profession; the history behind certain high-profile cases; techniques of oral argument; and

3610-527: The University of the Punjab , University of Karachi , Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law , International Islamic University, Islamabad , Government College University, Faisalabad , University of Sargodha are LL.M. degree awarding institutions. Completing a LL.M. qualification in Pakistan consists of studying eight subjects in four semesters. This spans over a period of two years and also requires

3705-556: The '06–'07 school year, Tulane boasted of having 25 joint JD/MBA candidates. In March 2007, Tulane announced that it had hired a new business law professor, whose objectives would include "maximiz[ing]...the growth of the Law School's JD/MBA joint degree," and strengthening ties between the law school and Freeman School of Business . In January 2008, the Tulane JD/MBA Club held a networking event in New York City with

3800-497: The 2015–16 academic year, 32.3% of students received scholarships of 50% or more of tuition and fees. Student organizations sponsor educational programs and social events throughout the academic year. The law school also periodically hosts social events with the Tulane University School of Medicine and the Freeman School of Business . An active moot court program holds trial and appellate competitions within

3895-579: The AALL and specifically the Academic Law Libraries special interest section. In addition to providing library services, many "dual degree" (J.D. / M.L.I.S.) law librarians teach legal research to law students. Public law libraries in the United States exist in many states and in federal jurisdictions, such as federal agencies ; many courthouses also have a law library. Public law libraries are publicly funded but may or may not be open to

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3990-426: The B.C.L. for largely historic reasons, as the B.C.L. is one of the oldest and most senior degrees, having been conferred since the sixteenth century. The M.Jur. was introduced in 1991. At present there is no LL.M. degree conferred by the university. Oxford claims that the B.C.L. is "the most highly regarded taught masters-level qualification in the common law world". Additionally, the University of Oxford introduced

4085-480: The Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners, and 4.9% of the class was seeking employment but not employed. According to Tulane Law School's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 63.3% of the Class of 2016 was employed in non-school-funded, full-time, long-term, bar passage required jobs nine months after graduation, and 6.5% of

4180-520: The Government Law Libraries special interest section. Public law librarians who have written books about providing legal research services to the public and managing public law libraries include Anthony Aycock, Roy Balleste, Joel Fishman, Paul D. Healey, Ellyssa Kroski, Laurie Selwyn, and Virginia Tucker. Some law firms and corporate legal departments maintain in-house libraries, the size and content of which vary depending on

4275-610: The LL.B. for postgraduate students was replaced with a more conventional LL.M. to avoid confusion with undergraduate degrees in other universities. Additionally in 2012 the University of Cambridge introduced the M.C.L. (Masters of Corporate Law) aimed at postgraduate students with interests in corporate law. The University of Oxford unconventionally names its taught masters of laws B.C.L. ( Bachelor of Civil Law ) and M.Jur. ( Magister Juris ), and its research masters either MPhil (Master of Philosophy) or MSt (Master of Studies). Oxford continues to name its principal postgraduate law degree

4370-873: The LL.M designation: the LL.M in European and Transglobal Business Law at the School of Law of the University of Minho and the LL.M. Law in a European and Global Context and the Advanced LL.M. in International Business Law, both at the Católica Global School of Law , in Lisbon. In Singapore , the LL.M. is in English. The LL.M. in International Business Law from Panthéon-Assas University is also available in Singapore in Insead campus. In South Africa ,

4465-436: The LL.M. is a postgraduate degree offered both as a course-based and research-based master's degree. In the former case, the degree comprises advanced coursework in a specific area of law as well as limited related research, usually in the form of a short dissertation, while in the latter, the degree is entirely thesis based. The first type, typically, comprises "practice-oriented" topics (e.g. in tax , mining law ), while

4560-713: The LL.M. is generally only open to law graduates. However, some universities permit non-law graduates to undertake variants of the degree. There are nearly 100 LLM courses in Australia across 25 institutions taught in English. Unique variants of the LL.M. exist, such as the Master of Legal Practice (M.L.P.) available at the Australian National University , where students who have completed the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (which law graduates must obtain before being able to be admitted as

4655-416: The LL.M. is seen as an advanced legal qualification of supplementary character. Some graduates choose to undertake their LL.M. directly following their "Erstes Juristisches Staatsexamen " (the "first state examination", which constitutes the first stage of the official German legal training), an alternative postgraduate course, or their "Zweites Juristisches Staatsexamen" (that is, the second and final stage of

4750-416: The LL.M. qualification by starting the master's programme as undergraduates. Students completing this four-year programme graduate with a combined LL.M. and Legal Practice Course professional qualification or BPTC. The University of Cambridge has a taught postgraduate law course, which formerly conferred an LL.B. on successful candidates (undergraduates studying law at Cambridge received a B.A.). In 1982

4845-509: The Law School, to support as many as 30 students each summer in public interest fellowships with a variety of organizations. Journals published or edited at Tulane Law School include: 29°56′07″N 90°07′22″W  /  29.935344°N 90.122687°W  / 29.935344; -90.122687 Law library A law library is a special library used by law students , lawyers , judges and their law clerks , historians, and other scholars of legal history in order to research

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4940-416: The Louisiana Supreme Court Committee. In all, 84.3 percent of Tulane students passed the bar on their first attempt, compared to the state average of 78.4 percent. In scoring that runs from .14 (least ethnically diverse) to .73 (most diverse), Tulane's diversity index, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report Law School Diversity Index, is .33, with Hispanic students the largest minority at 8% of

5035-400: The MSc in Law and Finance (MLF) and the MSc in Taxation in 2010 and 2016, respectively. In the United States, the acquisition of an LL.M. degree is often a way to specialize in an area of law such as tax law, business law, international business law, health law, trial advocacy, environmental law or intellectual property. A number of schools have combined J.D.-LL.M. programs, while others offer

5130-458: The Tulane Law School. Additionally, a California Bar Exam preparation course is offered when demand warrants it, as it did in 2010. Tulane Law School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a foreign summer law program. As of 2008, over 4,000 law students from approximately 140 U.S. law schools attended Tulane Law's summer abroad programs, taught by faculty from Tulane, other U.S. law schools, and universities abroad. Through

5225-438: The United Kingdom, a master's degree in law in India is basically opted to specialize in particular areas of law. Traditionally the most popular areas of specialization in these master's degrees in law in India have been constitutional law , family law and taxation law . With the establishment of the specialized autonomous law schools in India in 1987 (the first was the National Law School of India University ) much emphasis

5320-552: The United States, and also in China, focus on teaching foreign lawyers the basic legal principles of the host country. The length of time to study an LL.M. program depends on the mode of study. Most full-time on-campus courses take one academic year to complete. Other students may complete their LL.M. program on a part-time basis over two years, and courses are increasingly available online. Part-time online courses can take between two and five years to complete. LL.M. programs are usually only open to those students who have first obtained

5415-460: The United States, the largest and most extensive law libraries are those found in countries that follow the English common law which spread throughout the world with the expansion of the British Empire . These countries include but are not limited to Australia , Canada , India , and New Zealand . Law libraries in these countries can be found in law schools, courts, government, private law firms, and barristers chambers. The largest law library in

5510-422: The Viner collection at the Bodleian Library , University of Oxford (the personal library of Charles Viner , bequeathed to the Radcliffe Library in 1756); a collection of English legal manuscripts at Cambridge University Library ; the Smuts collection on Commonwealth law, the Maitland collection on legal history, and the Clark, Roby and Buckland collections relating to Roman law , all in the Squire Law Library,

5605-489: The areas of: civil litigation , criminal defense , juvenile litigation, legislative and administrative advocacy, domestic violence , and environmental law (the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic ). In addition, there is a trial-advocacy program, and third-year students may engage in externships with federal and state judges, with a local death-penalty project, or with certain administrative agencies. The judicial externships are possible because of Tulane's close proximity to

5700-542: The basic graduate law degree in common law countries (e.g., J.D. and LL.B). The last year in the five-year professional Norwegian law degree program is thus considered to correspond to a LL.M specialization. In addition, the universities with legal faculties at the masters level offers several LL.M programmes. For example, Universitetet i Oslo offers tuition-free LL.M courses in Public International Law, Maritime Law, Information and Communication Technology (ICT Law), as well as distinct specializations in human rights. In Pakistan,

5795-431: The campus accessible via public transit. Loyola University is directly adjacent to Tulane, on the downriver side. To complete the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program, a student must finish six semesters in residence, 88 credit hours, an upper-level writing requirement, and a 50-hour community-service obligation. The first-year curriculum comprises eight required courses. The first-year legal-research-and-writing program

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5890-507: The class was seeking employment but not employed. Tulane Law School's Career Development Office has five career counselors, newly recruited. The School also has an office coordinator. According to the 2023–2024 rankings published by U.S. News & World Report , Tulane University Law School is ranked 78th (tied) amongst 196 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association . In March 2018, Law.com ranked Tulane Law 36th among its list of The Top 50 Go-To Law Schools. Tulane Law

5985-426: The completion of Weinmann Hall. The law school was located in Jones Hall from 1969 until 1995, where scenes for The Pelican Brief were filmed. Next to Weinmann Hall on the 6200 block of Freret Street is the Law Annex, a light gray cobblestone building that houses the Center for Energy Law and the Center for Environmental Law. The Law Annex was a faculty residence before being converted for its current use. Nearby

6080-402: The creator of jdmba.com, an interschool JD/MBA networking website. Recent JD/MBA graduates have gone on to work for law firms , management consulting firms, investment banks , and in-house legal departments in New York, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, and other cities. The program does not require highly qualified applicants to have significant full-time work experience. In March 2009,

6175-440: The degree through online study. Some LL.M. programs feature a general study of American law. Degree requirements vary by school, and they often differ for LL.M. students who previously earned a J.D. from an American law school and LL.M. students who previously earned a law degree from a non-American law school. An LL.M. degree from an ABA -approved law school also allows a foreign lawyer to become eligible to apply for admission to

6270-425: The district court for three years. After receiving all the diplomas prescribed by NOVA and under supervision of a " patron ", a lawyer is eligible to have his own practice and is unconditionally written in a court for life. The Norwegian legal degrees master i rettsvitenskap (English for master in jurisprudence) are officially translated to English as Master of Laws (LL.M.), as these degrees are more comprehensive than

6365-420: The education system of English speaking countries, which is based on a distinction between bachelor's and master's degrees. Over the past years, however, specialized LL.M. programs have been introduced in many European countries. A wide range of LL.M. programs are available worldwide, allowing students to focus on almost any area of the law. Most universities offer only a small number of LL.M. programs. One of

6460-435: The faculty. The ABA further sets forth additional requirements, including the requirement that the law library have a full-time director who holds a law degree and a degree in library or information science or equivalent with extensive experience in librarianship. The ABA also requires that the library have sufficient staff and facilities to attend to the needs of the institution. Many academic law librarians participate in

6555-418: The graduation requirements for students with a legal background are lower than for those students who do not have a legal background (to account for fundamental legal subjects that were taken during undergraduate studies). Students studying in an LL.M. program normally take three years to earn the necessary credits and finish a master's thesis. In the United Kingdom , an LL.M. programme is open to those holding

6650-587: The joint JD/MA in Latin American Studies must complete 24 semester hours of coursework in graduate courses approved by the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies . Demonstrated competence in either Spanish or Portuguese is required, and competence in both is encouraged. The Payson Center for International Development , which became part of the Law School in 2008, confers Master of Science, Joint Juris Doctor and Master of Science, Master of Laws (LLM) in Development, and Doctoral degrees. According to Tulane Law School's 2015 ABA -required disclosures, 60% of

6745-410: The last one and a half years are specialization at advanced level (advanced level courses and thesis). It is possible to get a bachelor's degree after three years, but the vast majority of legal practitioners in Sweden have a LL.M. In Taiwan, law can be studied as a postgraduate degree resulting in an LL.M. Some LL.M. programs in Taiwan are offered to students with or without a legal background. However,

6840-1009: The law . Law libraries are also used by people who draft or advocate for new laws, e.g. legislators and others who work in state government , local government , and legislative counsel offices or the U.S. Office of Law Revision Counsel and lobbying professionals. Self-represented, or pro se , litigants (parties to a civil lawsuit or criminal defendants who do not have a licensed attorney representing them) also use law libraries. A law library may contain print, computer assisted legal research , and microform collections of laws in force, session laws , superseded laws , foreign and international law , and other research resources, e.g. continuing legal education resources and legal encyclopedias (e.g. Corpus Juris Secundum among others), legal treatises , and legal history . A law library may also have law librarians who help legal researchers navigate law library collections and who teach legal research . Some law libraries serve scholars from around

6935-740: The law school (rather than the normally-required 88 units) and 46 units in TUSPH&;TM. Students are permitted to skip the course Social and Behavioral Aspects of Global Health which is normally required for the Public Health Core. Students take Health Care Law in the law school instead of the TUSPH&TM version of the course, and the course counts for both JD and MHA. In recent years, the program has enrolled 0–2 students per year and graduating students have gone into health care law practice and health care management in approximately equal numbers. Enriched by Tulane's position of hosting one of

7030-463: The legal community consisting of legislators and other public officials, judges, and lawyers and to the general public, students, and to self-represented litigants. These public law libraries may be affiliated state or local courts. Some academic law libraries provide public access as well, especially in public universities . Many public law librarians are members of the American Association of Law Libraries professional association, and specifically in

7125-625: The legislative history of important federal and state statutes. Smaller law libraries usually hold, at a minimum, one unofficial Supreme Court reporter, selected West national reporters and digests specific to the state in which the library is located, the United States Code, a few state-specific reporters and statutory compilations (if they exist for a particular state), and several state-specific treatises and practice guides. Most academic law library websites also contain legal research guidelines on numerous legal topics that are available to

7220-619: The middle-of-campus buildings are mostly adorned in red St. Joe brick. In all, Tulane's Uptown campus occupies more than 110 acres (0.4 km), facing St. Charles Avenue directly opposite Audubon Park , which features the Audubon Zoo , and a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) pedestrian trail around a public golf course. The campus is also a short bicycle ride from the Mississippi River and a 25+ mile bicycling/jogging trail that runs along it. The St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line makes

7315-460: The most part, use the designation LL.M., being more commonly called Mestrado em Direito (Master's Degree in Law), like the ones at Coimbra University's Faculty of Law and Lusíada University of Porto . Although the classical Mestrado em Direito takes two years to finish and involves a dissertation, there are some shorter variants. A few Mestrados with an international theme have specifically adopted

7410-636: The most popular LL.M. degrees in the United States is in tax law , sometimes referred to as an MLT (Master of Laws in Taxation). In Europe, LL.M. programs in European law are popular, often referred to as LL.M. Eur ( Master of European Law ). In the Netherlands and its former colonies, the title used was Meester in de Rechten (mr.). This title is still widely used in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium), especially by those who studied Dutch or Belgian law respectively. Some LL.M. programs, particularly in

7505-560: The official German legal training). LL.M. degree programmes are offered by the law faculties of The University of Hong Kong , The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the City University of Hong Kong . An LL.B. degree is usually required for admission, but for some specialised programmes, such as the LL.M. in Human Rights programme offered by HKU, require an undergraduate degree in laws or any related discipline. Similar to

7600-518: The other hand, some university law libraries retain extensive historical collections going back to the earliest English reports. Many law libraries also participate in the Federal Depository Library Program which provides access to government information and documents to the public at no cost. This is particularly true of law school libraries as the library at any accredited law school is automatically eligible to become

7695-495: The practice area and needs of the organization. These libraries would rarely, if ever, be available to individuals outside the organization, although in some locales law firm librarians have informal lending agreements between firms. Private law libraries often participate in the AALL's Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals Special Interest Section. Master of Laws A Master of Laws ( M.L. or LL.M. ; Latin : Magister Legum or Legum Magister )

7790-466: The professional legal training course, and pass the professional exams to be called to the bar in a province. The University of British Columbia's LLM in Common Law is an example of one of a few LLM courses that help to prepare students for the professional exams. The LL.M. is available at China University of Political Science and Law, and the entrance requirements are: native English competency, or near native English, with any bachelor's degree. The program

7885-511: The public. In recent years, the advent of online legal research outlets such as FindLaw , Westlaw , LexisNexis , Bloomberg Law , and HeinOnline (or in Canada, CanLII ) has reduced the need for some types of printed volumes like reporters and statutory compilations. A number of law libraries have therefore reduced the availability of printed works that can easily be found on the Internet, and have increased their own Internet availability. On

7980-451: The public. U.S. federal agencies have libraries and librarians who serve the legal research and other research needs of their employees and contractors, but these libraries are not open to the general public without an appointment. The Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C. has a Special Interest Section, Federal Law Librarians. Some state and federal agencies maintain law libraries focusing on their regulatory areas. One prominent example

8075-422: The same building as the general library, but many are either in the law school's building, or in a separate facility altogether. As of 2015, the American Bar Association has propounded rules requiring each law school's law library to include among its holdings the following "core collection": The ABA also requires a library's collection to meet the academic needs of the students and research and teaching needs of

8170-828: The school and fields teams for a variety of interschool competitions. The Law School has a chapter of the Order of the Coif . The Student Bar Association functions as the student government and recommends students for appointment to faculty committees. Over 40 student organizations are active at Tulane, including Tulane Criminal Law Society, Federal Bar Association, Maritime Law Society, Sports Law Society, Tulane Women In Law, OUTLaw, Black Law Students Association, Latinx Law Student Association (Formally known as La Alianza), Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Energy & Environmental Law Society, and several legal fraternities. The Tulane Public Interest Law Foundation raises funds, matched by

8265-666: The school. They are often called "laurea specialistica", that is, the second step of the Bologna plan (European curriculum), and in this case they last two years. For example, the University of Milan offers a 2 years LLM on Sustainable Development. In South Tyrol programmes are also taught in German, as in Bolzano . In Italy the term "master" often refers to a vocational master, 6 or 12 months long, on specific areas, such as "law and internet security", or "law of administrative management",

8360-601: The second type is theory-oriented, often preparing students for admission to LL.D. or Ph.D. programmes. Admission is generally limited to LL.B. graduates, although holders of other law degrees, such as the BProc, may be able to apply if admitted as attorneys and/or by completing supplementary LL.B. coursework. Masters degree (LL.M) is the standard graduate degree among law practitioners in Sweden. The masters programme takes four and half years to complete. At most universities,

8455-651: The second year is for the dissertation and an online defense is required at the end. Students are required to attend Beijing for an introductory week in September to enroll and meet students and staff. Students also have the opportunity to take work experience at a top five law firm in China. LL.M degree programs are available at many other universities in Mainland China, such as at Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Shanghai International Studies University. In Finland, an LL.M.

8550-479: The student body. By way of comparison, among the top ten of U.S. News & World Report's Best Law Schools, those nearest to Tulane in this category are Duke University, with a score of .42, and University of Virginia, at .37. More recently, Tulane Law's total student population is 76% White, with Students of Color making up 24% of the student body. Tulane Law Faculty's is composed of only 8 Full-Time Faculty members of Color and 9 more Non-full-Time Faculty of color for

8645-714: The student to write a thesis on a proposed topic. A student has to pass in each of the subject in order to qualify for LL.M. degree, and the passing mark is set at 60%. The program is taught in English . Universities in Pakistan teach comparative constitutional law, comparative human rights law and comparative jurisprudence as mandatory subjects. The programs also include research methodology and four elective subjects, which may include company law, taxation law, intellectual property law and banking law. The Master of Laws programmes offered in Portugal are extremely varied but do not, for

8740-678: The top Latin American Studies programs in the United States, the joint degree in law and Latin American Studies meets the need for "lawyer-statesmen" who know the law and who understand the societies of Latin America. The program employs a multi-disciplinary approach intended to enhance appreciation of the economic, social, political, and other forces in Latin America that influence the development of law and legal institutions. In addition to law school requirements, students pursuing

8835-585: The university announced the designation of a $ 1.5 million donation to support in perpetuity a JD/MBA professor of national stature at Tulane. The joint Juris Doctor/Master of Health Administration program with the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (TUSPH&TM) permits students to earn both degrees in 4 years, whereas normally the JD would take 3 years and the MHA, 2 years. Students take 79 units in

8930-513: The world, e.g. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London and the New York City Bar Association Law Library. Law libraries in the United States are usually classified as a type of special library because of their focus on providing specialized resources, as well as their specialized and limited user base. Most law schools around the world have a law library, or in some universities , at least

9025-948: The years, prominent scholars and federal judges have highlighted Tulane's summer faculty, including Supreme Court justices Harry Blackmun , Stephen Breyer , Ruth Bader Ginsburg , Antonin Scalia , and William Rehnquist . In the past, the law school's summer programs have taken place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands ; Berlin in Germany ; Cambridge and London in England ; Paris and Grenoble in France ; Rhodes and Spetses in Greece ; and Siena in Italy . Tulane benefits from having

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