Maricela Muñoz (the person behind La Ñoña del Derecho) is putting on a wonderful webinar on August 30 (I’m only involved as a panelist, but I am really happy to support all her efforts!). You can learn more about ticket pricing here.

For those interested, I wanted to share the three major topics I’ll focus my portion around.

Focus for My Portion:

1. LL.M. admissions trends over the past decade. Because I teach a similarly situated group of LL.B. students at the same law school abroad each year, I have had a front row seat to LL.M. admissions and scholarships for a while. I’ll highlight the trends I’ve noticed, especially over the past few years in the post-COVID era. More of my students study in places outside the U.S. than inside the U.S. for their post-LL.B. studies, so I’ll also talk about what I’m seeing in terms of global options. And finally, because of how important Chinese students are to many big U.S. LL.M. programs, I’ll highlight a couple key points I tell my students to focus on.
2. The LL.M. from the U.S. law school perspective. Having worked in three very different positions at three very different law schools, I’ve been open about how my entire career only exists because of LL.M. (and Non-J.D.) programs. I’ll highlight some of the key themes for what this means for you, especially as you think about U.S. legal education, the J.D. v. the LL.M., and bigger picture thoughts on the directions I believe fully residential international LL.M. programs are moving into.
3. The current landscape of bar exams and foreign-educated takers. An area I’ve devoted a lot more energy and attention to in recent years, I’ll highlight what I’m seeing nationally. I’ll also discuss some of my advocacy efforts, new directions I’m moving those efforts into, and considerations for people whose LL.M. decision is in part related to access to a state bar exam like New York’s. I’ll also highlight what considerations you need to consider if you choose to take a bar through an LL.M. degree instead of a J.D. degree.