3/24/06

Korean Students Graduate Exec LLM Program

Twenty-five students will graduate from Northwestern University School of Law's Executive LLM in Korea program on March 24. The students, Korean legal professionals, have spent the past year studying in Seoul, South Korea, with Northwestern Law professors.

During the month of March, students in the program traveled 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. At the end of the two week program, students attended their graduation ceremony, which was held on Friday, March 24, in Lincoln Hall.

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 KAIST Graduate School of Management 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, 9 students chose to participate in the Spring Option Program, which gives them the opportunity to spend the spring semester on the Chicago campus taking three additional courses in 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.