YOUR GATEWAY

TO U.S. LAW AND PRACTICE

LL.M. IN COMPARATIVE LAW

Located in the capital city of Baton

Rouge, along the banks of the

Mississippi River, Louisiana State

University Law Center is a national

and international hub for teaching,

research, and public service in all

aspects of the law. Baton Rouge is

the second largest city in Louisiana

and only a 90-minute drive away from

the historical city of New Orleans.

LSU Law offers a firm foundation in

American law and boasts the only

law school in the nation that has a

fully integrated common law and civil

law legal education.

When combined with a comparative

law focus, LL.M. graduates leave LSU

with a truly global legal education

and the skills needed in today’s

competitive legal market.

• Generous merit-based scholarship opportunities

• Opportunity to work in the U.S. for up to 18 months (for J-1 students)

• A rigorous yet personable learning environment

• Eligibility to sit for the New York State Bar Exam

• Top 10 worldwide LL.M. program for Energy Law for 2017 (LLM Guide)

• Experience Louisiana’s unique and vibrant culture

• Affordable housing and low cost of living

WHY CHOOSE LSU LAW?

A WORLD CLASS PROGRAM IN A

Welcoming Environment

AMERICAN LL.M. PROGRAM

• On average, the cost of tuition and fees paid by our LL.M. candidates is below

$10,000 for the entire year. This makes our LL.M. program one of the most

affordable in the United States.

• While the average passage rate of foreign educated test-takers on the New

York Bar Exam is less than 50 percent, in the past seven years, our LL.M.

passage rate has been 100 percent. Our passage rate for the Louisiana Bar

Exam is also 100 percent.

The LL.M. in Comparative Law requires two semesters in residence (August to May)

and a minimum of 26 credit hours of study.

Students have great flexibility to tailor their coursework to match their individual

interests and have the freedom to explore a wide variety of courses to suit their

professional plans. LSU Law offers a full range of law courses, seminars, and skills

development classes, especially in business, transactional, corporate, commercial,

and energy law.

CURRICULUM

Office of International Programs

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center

W326, 1 East Campus Drive

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

United States of America

LLMadmissions@lsu.edu

www.law.lsu.edu/llm

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