| Name: | Loyola University of New Orleans | Continent: | North America |
| Street: | 7214 St. Charles Ave. | Country/State: | United States |
| City: | New Orleans | County: | Louisiana |
| Postcode: | 70118 | Department: | College of Law |
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work for a more just world. Inspired by Ignatius of Loyola's vision of finding God in all things, the university is grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, while also offering opportunities for professional studies in undergraduate and selected graduate programs. Through teaching, research, creative activities, and service, the faculty, in cooperation with the staff, strives to educate the whole student and to benefit the larger community.
Loyola University New Orleans is one of the 28 Jesuit colleges in the US and is committed to the Jesuit philosophy of education as a tool to developing a person’s talents and human qualities to the full through rigor and academic excellence embodied in critical thinking and disciplined studies.
Loyola is home to 4,858 students, including 2,655 undergraduates. The student faculty ratio is 11 to 1. This ideal size combined with a wide variety of academic programs to provide the choices available in a large university, while giving you more opportunities to succeed individually.
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law was established in 1914. In the Jesuit tradition of academic rigor, pursuit of justice, and service to others, the College of Law has as its mission to educate future members of the Bar to be skilled advocates and sensitive counselors-at-law committed to ethical norms in pursuit of dignity for all. The College of Law offers both civil law and common law curriculums, full time day and part-time evening programs, as well as five joint degree programs. Critical and analytical thinking, ethics and professionalism, and a commitment to serve the community of the 21st century are fostered and encouraged. The College of Law faculty is a community of scholars committed to academic excellence in teaching and scholarship, as well as service for others.
Loyola is strengthening its long history of contacts with civil law colleagues in other parts of the world. For example, Loyola collaborates closely with faculty of prestigious international law schools in conjunction with our summer programs at the University of Vienna, Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Moscow State University, the University of Costa Rica School of Law in San José and the State University of Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Law. These contacts also include “sister school” status under the American Bar Association’s Central and Eastern European Law Initiative with the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor in Slovenia and the University of Belgrade in Serbia. Loyola has participated in faculty/student exchanges with the Faculté de droit, Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, France; the University of Belgrade Law School; the University of Vienna School of Law; Kirkuk University College of Law; Yeditepe University Law School; Moscow State University Faculty of Law; the University of the Netherlands Antilles School of Law; and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Law. Loyola is in the process of negotiating similar exchanges with additional outstanding law schools around the world.
Loyola has recently established partnership agreements with Yeditepe University Law School in Turkey; Kirkuk University College of Law in Iraq; Moscow State University; the University of the Netherlands Antilles School of Law in Curaçao; and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Faculty of Law.
In recent years, Loyola has hosted a number of distinguished visiting professors from such countries as Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chine, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Scotland, Serbia, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Loyola faculty have served as visiting professors and lecturers in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France (including New Caledonia and the French Antilles), Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom. In addition, Loyola faculty members have published books, articles and papers with presses and learned journals in Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Scotland, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
This burgeoning activity produces many opportunities for the study of international and comparative law, including frequent scholarly events such as public addresses and faculty colloquia, and much publication in comparative and international law journals.
Because of the richness and diversity of the College of Law’s international programs, we are uniquely situated to offer an LL.M. in United States Law.
Obtaining an LL.M. from Loyola will open new career options for you in the growing global economy. Because United States corporations and law firms occupy a dominant role in this economy, an LL.M. degree from a U.S. law school will be a valuable credential whether you intend to work in the United States or return to your home country. The LL.M. program the Loyola University New Orleans' College of Law offers is designed to be flexible enough to meet a wide variety of specialties and interests. The LL.M. program is fully integrated with the existing J.D. program, allowing you to choose from a large number of courses.
Because of the increasingly influential position of U.S. business in the world economy, familiarity with U.S. law has become increasingly important for lawyers whose practice includes international or transnational practice and for lawyers who hope to expand their practice into these areas. This could encompass employment with a law firm, corporation or government entity, either in your home country or in the United States.
The LL.M. degree from a U.S. law school is a widely sought after and respected academic credential. This is evidenced by the fact that over two thousand lawyers from other countries enroll in U.S. LL.M. programs.
Fifteen states in the U.S. – most notably New York – allow foreign law graduates with some additional education at an ABA approved law school to take the Bar Examination.
Applicants for the LL.M. program must have earned a first degree in law from an educational institutional which is accredited by the government of the country in which the law school is located or by a recognized regional or national agency.
A complete LLM application file must include the following:
• A completed application form (see below).
• A non-refundable application fee of $45.
• A TOEFL score (see requirements below) or other evidence of English proficiency.
• Transcripts of first law degree translated and evaluated through LSAC or other evaluation service.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Two letters of recommendations.
• A personal statement.
• A signed certification for electronic applications.
Academic transcripts
• Academic Transcripts from all colleges, universities and law schools attended. International applicants to the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law’s LL.M. degree programs are encouraged to register with the LSAC’s LL.M. Credential Assembly Service (www.LLM.LSAC.org). This service will save you time and money, especially if you intend to apply to a number of U.S. or Canadian graduate law degree programs. You will only need to obtain your transcripts and other required credentials one time in order to make them available for all of your law school applications. For a registration fee of $185 (US), LSAC will collect, authenticate, and distribute your university records [and TOEFL score(s)-if required]. You will be able to use this credential-processing service to apply to participating U.S. and Canadian law schools for a period of five years. Five reports to law schools are included in the registration fee. For additional information about this service, go to www.LLM.LSAC.org. Please note that you must still complete the Loyola application and submit all required application fees to Loyola University College of Law. The LSAC service serves only to authenticate non-U.S. or Canadian credentials that are needed in addition to a completed admissions application. If you choose not to register with LSAC’s LL.M. Credential Assembly Service, you will need to send us one set of original transcripts printed in the school’s country’s language and one set printed in English and evaluated by a credential evaluation service such as World Education Services.
• Complete the application form and include the application fee of $40. This may be paid by check or money order made payable to the Loyola College of Law. This amount is not applied to tuition or other expenses or fees. Checks must be drawn from U.S. bank accounts or from banks that have branches in the United States. No money orders in non-U.S. currency will be accepted. You can also pay by credit card using the application form.
TOEFL
• Students whose first language is not English must take the TOEFL and attain a score of 230 on the computerized version of the TOEFL or a score of at least 570 on the paper based version and minimum of TWE score of not less than 5.5 with the understanding that higher score on the TWE could off-set the less than minimum score on the TOEFL. For the internet based version of TOEFL, the following scores will be required: writing 25, speaking 24, listening 20, and reading 20. In lieu of the TOEFL students may provide other satisfactory of English proficiency, such as an undergraduate transcript from a university where classes were conducted in English or extended residence in an English speaking country. The TOEFL code for the Loyola University College of Law is 6374.
• You must have two letters of recommendation and submit a current curriculum vitae.
Completed applications for admission for enrollment in the fall semester will be considered by the admissions committee in mid-March and applications will be notified of the committee decisions as they are made. Applicants who need to have a visa are required to submit their application no later than May 1st, but preferably earlier. Applicants who are not required to have a visa will be considered after May 1st but only a space available basis.
Because of the uncertainty of the economy and budgetary projections, Loyola University reserves the right to change tuition, fees, or other charges listed on this website. The rates for 2011-2012 are listed below:
STATEMENT OF CHARGES FOR FALL 2011 & SPRING 2012
Tuition (Law School)* --- $29,784
Books and Supplies (Approximate) --- $1,600
Room for 2 semesters** --- $6,598
Meals (Approximate) --- $3,902
Fees --- $1,086
Student Insurance (Estimated)*** --- $1,100
SUBTOTAL --- $44,070
Additional Living Expenses (Estimated)**** --- $2,000
TOTAL --- $46,070
*Based on 12 hours per semester for two semesters
**Double occupancy
***Rates for single student; rates for spouse and dependents will be slightly higher. All rates subject to change.
****Conservative estimate of additional living expenses for a single student for nine months at Loyola.
Students are encouraged to make payments by check or money order payable to Loyola University. Cash transactions are discouraged. Credit card payments are also accepted for tuition and fee payments. Wire transfers from foreign banks can also be arranged.
Legal education in the United States is expensive. The Admissions office will work with applicants to explore options for financing their tuition and personal expenses while in the United States.