Fordham University School of Law
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| Name: | Fordham University School of Law | Continent: | North America |
| Street: | 140 West 62 Street | Country/State: | United States |
| City: | New York | County: | New York |
| Postcode: | 10023 | Department: | |
- Founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841, Fordham University is a private Jesuit university in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City.
Fordham University is spread over three campuses in New York State: Rose Hill in The Bronx, Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and Westchester in West Harrison.
Fordham awards bachelor's (BA, BFA, and BS), master's, and doctoral degrees. Fordham University is composed of four undergraduate colleges and six graduate schools, including the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service and the Fordham School of Law.
The university offers five-year dual-degree BA/BS engineering programs in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University and Columbia University,and a BFA degree program for dance in partnership with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
- Fordham is located in the heart of New York City's Lincoln Center and has provided a comprehensive legal education for more than 100 years.
Fordham is one of only six schools to have multiple top 20 programs in each of the three broad areas of legal education: critical substantive areas, basic practical skills areas, and theory. - Fordham Law has five LLM degree programmes:
1. Banking, Corporate & Finance Law
2. Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law
3. International Business & Trade Law
4. International Law & Justice
5. U.S. & Comparative Law
Foreign LLM students are offered special courses such as a comprehensive Introduction to the U.S. Legal System and a course in Legal Research and Writing for LL.M. students in order to facilitate their transition. International students are also offered Perspectives U.S. Law (Parts I and II) and New York Civil Practice for LL.M. Students--both cover many areas that are heavily tested on the New York State Bar Examination.
Banking / Finance / Securities
- Master of Laws program in Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law
- English
- Full-Time
- Master of Laws program in Banking, Corporate, and Finance Law
- English
- Part-Time
Intellectual Property (IP) Law
- LLM Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law
- English
- Full-Time
- LLM Intellectual Property & Information Technology Law
- English
- Part-Time
International Trade Law
- LL.M. program in International Business and Trade Law
- English
- Full-Time
- LL.M. program in International Business and Trade Law
- English
- Part-Time
Human Rights
- Master of Laws degree in International Law and Justice
- English
- Full-Time
- Master of Laws degree in International Law and Justice
- English
- Part-Time
American Law
- Master of Laws in U.S. and Comparative Law
- English
- Full-Time
- Master of Laws in U.S. and Comparative Law
- English
- Part-Time
- U.S. applicant:
* Degree from a U.S. accredited four-year college or university or its equivalent; and
* Degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association.
Foreign applicant:
* Degree from an accepted foreign law school, law faculty, or law department that is substantially comparable to the legal education provided by an ABA-approved law school in the United States. Such education should meet the educational requirements for admission to the practice of law in that country.
*Admission to the Bar of any jurisdiction may meet the eligibility criteria.
The following are the admissions requirements:
* Academic performance and class ranking
* Letters of reference
* English-language ability, as demonstrated by performance on the TOEFL or ILEC
* Extracurricular activities
* Occupational and law-related experience and career plans, Journal membership and/or involvement with other law-related publications - The full year tuition, as of 2009, was $44,370. This is subject to change.
New Students applying:
Spring 2010
Full-Time: 22,185
Per Credit: $1,850
For all full-time students the full year fees are $626.00.
For all part-time students the full year fees are $536.00.
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