3/25/05

3/25/05 Korean Students Graduate Exec LLM Program

Thirty students will graduate from Northwestern University School of Law's Executive LLM in Korea program on March 25. The students, Korean legal professionals, have spent the past year studying in Seoul, South Korea, with Northwestern Law professors.

Later this month, students in the program will travel from Seoul to spend two weeks in Chicago to attend their final course and participate in a range of activities designed to help acclimate them to the U.S. legal community. Following the two week program, students will attend the graduation ceremony on Friday, March 25, at 10:45 a.m. in Lincoln Hall at the Law School, 357 East Chicago Avenue.

The Executive LLM degree program is designed for Korean legal and business professionals who wish to earn a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Northwestern Law while continuing their work commitments in Korea.

The class of 2005 began studying in Seoul last March. The 13-month program, by which students earn a Master of Laws (LLM) from Northwestern Law, is made possible through partnership with the Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies (aSSIST) in Seoul.

Members of Northwestern Law's distinguished faculty teach most of the classes, which are scheduled to allow participants to continue their careers while they study and master a broad range of legal and analytical skills.

This year, 17 students also chose to participate in a new Spring Option Program, which gave them the opportunity to spend the spring semester at the Chicago campus taking three additional courses on American law and legal processes. During their stay, students are involved in a variety of events and lectures designed to expose them to the conventions and practices relevant to the American common law structure.

The Spring Option group will be joined by the rest of their classmates in mid-March to complete the final Executive LLM course requirement and graduate.