Harvard University School of law

 
Has a long history of rich exacted a high reputation

Harvard Law School was founded in 1817, although the University Department (HarvardCollege) school (one six three six) almost two hundred years later, is still America the oldest law school. Inheritance of the Ivy League reputation, Harvard University and had planted
The seven term American president, more than forty professors and alumni have won Nobel award, University College Department and law always are listed the top three.

Harvard's main campus is located in Massachusetts Boston suburb of Cambridge (Cambridge) Charlie River (Charles River) River, University Department in the shade shades the day HarvardYard: Twelve Houses elegant construction of University Department
Colorful life, full of celebrity legend; the oldest building - MassachusettsHall (one seven two,), as in the America from military barracks in the war of independence, to the vice president, now president office; visitors are most loved Harvard donors
JohnHarvard's "three lies" statue, MemorialChurch and MemorialHall also shuttle in a richly ornamented building, engraved with the previous war sacrifice harvard man's name. In contrast, is located in the north of the HarvardYard
School of architecture, simple and multiple, different morphology, Areeda, Langdell Austin, Hauser, Pound, GriswoldHall, LewisCenter, series of dormitory to the designer modernist master Gropius name and live
Dynamic HarknessCommons, different style symbols in different generations.

Three university history, a galaxy of talents

As with most USA law school, Harvard Law School offers three main program, JD (Doctorof Jurisprudence), LL.M. (MasterofLaws) and S.J.D. (Doctorof
JuridicalScience). The three program is different admission and degree requirements, but provided in the law school each year two five 0 door of course (course) or small group discussion (Seminar) in different courses, students mingled
Class begins. As for non degree, in addition to research from around the world (visitingresearch), there are cases of short courses, including the study of human rights (HumanRightsProgram), the Islamic law (Islamic
LegalStudies), international tax law research (InternationalTaxProgram), negotiation research (ProgramonNegotiation), the lawyer practice course (ProgramofInstructionfor
Lawyers) etc.. In this paper, the following will be from the point of view of students in Taiwan, to introduce the degree program.

LL.M. (MasterofLaw)
LL.M. student in Taiwan is almost a graduate in law at the beginning of studying abroad is the only choice, the once in American or foreign law education is completed enrollment object, research opportunities, advanced a year. Every year only fall class students, enrollment at the end of section
Check, in addition to fill in the application form, provide two letters of recommendation, Autobiography (personalstatement) and school transcripts, non English speaking countries, students must provide at least six hundred points above the TOEFL (TOEFL) test scores, but obtain the qualification for admission really
Is the key, is a personal academic background, research projects, practical experience and social participation and other conditions. Not the application conditions, but many people are separately provided additional data to highlight the personal characteristics, such as the (profile) published
Academic paper etc.. For example, one hundred and fifty of two students in 00 years from sixty-six countries in the world, the most typical background is diplomats or politicians, lawyers, judges or of judges assistant (clerk), international organization of workers and has been in the national law
School, with more than two countries there are plenty of law degree. In two 00 year students as an example, including nineteen Americans, four Taiwan, more than more than twenty different nationalities. In British Cambridge or Oxford law school No.
The two law degree. Harvard Law School in the policy is not welcome in American other school LL.M. graduates, but because a lot of LL.M. alumni reaction year program is too short, so the former it is considering new design for two years.

LL.M. must be completed within one year 22 to 26 credits, in addition to the spring and autumn season two, and a month winter course (Winterterm), three hours a day on the same course. The LL.M. program is not the individual areas of expertise and fine
Branch, Taiwan students, must meet the following two elective courses in addition to compulsory courses, fairly resilient. The compulsory courses include: (1) at least one door American law course, one must is a basic course to JD students
(FundamentalCourses), such as the constitution, administrative law, company law, tax law, contract law, tort law, criminal law, civil law, property law, etc.. (but if intends to test New York lawyer, in accordance with the provisions of the New York bar exam,
Must take at least two or more basic courses, one door can be in America method introduction foreign students, this course in the past as a compulsory course in LL.M., but after two 000 year students protested strongly against the curriculum is too shallow, has two 00 two
Years to elective). (2) paper writing, including three options: first, to write six credits, one five more than 0 pages of the dissertation (LL.M.Thesis), second, writing three credits, more than seventy-five pages of papers (LLM medium
Paper, third), writing a credit, small paper more than twenty-five pages (Essay). If the paper is not independent research (independentresearch), but taking a course or seminar (course) (Seminar) to
The final report, the fraction is also different, such as: if only 25 pages of writing small papers, in addition to the course or seminar of credits, although already meet the graduation requirements, but no extra credit; in writing seventy-five page paper for a class of medium
Process or seminar final report, in addition to the course or seminar of science especially, can only be another two credits. Students would be the research question of interest, reading and writing ambition to choose must be selected, the professor decided the guidance
The title and signed consent with guidance. LL.M. is the graduation requirements, the result must be above B-, the subject must also be at B- above average scores.

Two hundred two school year tuition is two seven, five hundred dollars, single students a year of life miscellaneous support roughly to one eight, 10 dollars estimate school.

S.J.D. (DoctorofJuridicalScience)
S.J.D. applicants must have American law school LL.M. degree, and admission to Harvard graduates for the majority, so even in Taiwan has a master's degree or for doctoral students, can not directly apply for S.J.D. With LL.M.
The same program, S.J.D. only fall semester, enrollment in April 1st of each year by an average annual enrollment, twelve to fifteen people, foreign students in most of the. 00 to two a year as an example, the Harvard college graduates apply for LL.M. 28, fourteen people
Take.

The key to the success of application for the largest, is the plan (DissertationProposal), including the theme and research, should be three to four law specified the subsumes or other related field, specify the appropriate guidance teaching
Granted (often is also writing a letter of recommendation, so people), the applicant's thesis plans at least three more support, have been admitted to the possible. To highlight the research potential, the applicant should be in its LL.M. program in practice and the planning direction
In related subjects, although not expressly conditions, but almost all the students at Harvard, the average score of at least LL.M. between A- and B+, have also written above, at least seventy-five pages of three credits, and the plan is related to the direction of LL.M. paper, in order to show
The preliminary research results of existing. In other words, if you intend to apply for S.J.D., in the LL.M. at the beginning of the term, namely must decide Ph.D. thesis plans the direction, and then plan how classes, how to write LL.M. thesis, and as soon as possible with the main instruction
The professor (usually is LL.M. thesis advisor) discussion, to determine the relevant law professor and support; when the plan is completed, main advisor and other two or three related areas please support professor and recommends modifications immediately. Therefore,
This is a very hard compact process, research direction of the vast majority of students in the United States has a fairly clear or preliminary research, or in the LL.M. after graduation to apply for school research (visitingresearch) a year again
Please.

S.J.D is typically three to four years of the program, the first years must complete the plan (StudyPlan), and three to four professors interview Committee, this thesis plans must be regularly discuss with the instructor, after interviewing members recognized. A
Generally speaking, the first years largely practiced the related fields, eight credits of course. In the first year to second years, must be in writing before the completion of the qualification examination (GeneralExamination), to be oral or written form.
Through the qualification exam, must be composed of S.J.D. candidates and invited Professor Symposium published in two (PresentationsattheS.J.D.Colloquium), the first not later than second years, the second must be
Before graduation. Qualification test must be completed within three years after an average of three to four hundred page doctoral thesis, and then submitted to the Committee for the oral test (OralDefense)

J.D. (DoctorofJurisprudence)

With the same American most law school, J.D. school history is to provide three years America legal education for the purpose, the applicant must have a bachelor degree or above, in principle does not have a legal background, and to America students as the most, a few non American nationality
Yi Jie was educated at University, in American. Since in Taiwan to accept the university education are less likely to attend J.D. course, this paper is not intended to detail. In short, the application key except at academic achievement, personal resume, teacher recommendation, LSAT (LawSchool
AdmissionTest) performance is very important. In the Ivy League, like only Columbia law school (Columbia LawSchool) to accept the school LL.M. graduates to read J.D. program, Harvard law school does not accept this application.

The Harvard admissions a year about five hundred J.D. students, the school grade three J.D. a total of about one thousand five hundred, and one hundred and fifty LL.M. hybrid class, ratio of about ten more than a, still with USA accounted for most of J.D. students
The number of. Of course, compulsory course J.D. the first grade, such as contract law, tort law, property law, criminal law, less LL.M. elective, discuss most of LL.M. concentration are interested in personal grade two or three courses of J.D. or areas of expertise
Lesson. With most USA law school, J.D. is still the mainstream students at Harvard Law School, many took more than a year of well-known traditional activities, such as many professors in the school have participated in the Harvard Law magazine editor (HarvardLawReview), and
The winner will be engraved on the wall simulation Court Competition (AmesMootCourtCompetition), LL.M. students is limited to one year duration, and do not have the opportunity to participate.

The teacher, you have been very kind to me

Harvard Law School in 1999 one four six professors, there are also many world famous visiting professor every year (visitingprofessor) class.

The constitution is one of the most traditional science in: RobertWalmsleyUniversityProfessor, Frank Michelman America eight, in the late 1990s, constitutional theory of the so-called "Republic thought revival movement" (Civic
Republicanrevival) one representative, is also considered a spokesperson for JohnRawls's political philosophy in constitutional theory. The Constitution's famous LaurenceH.Tribe served in President GeorgeW.Bush's disputed election
, president candidate AlGole consultant. The publication in 1978 of AmericanConstitutional Law (now revised to version third) was considered since JosephStory's "Commentariesonthe
ConstitutionoftheUnitedSTates "came out in 1833, the most important America constitution" commentary "(treatise); interestingly, the first professor of justice Story and Harvard Law School. CharlesFried
Served as the Reagan administration SolicitorGeneral, Professor of constitutional law is conservative USA important, that the law is self-contained, with its independent value beyond the rational society. Criminal law professor AlanM.Dershowitz focuses on the constitutional view
Criminal justice, has been involved in many famous cases, in addition to providing legal advice on Bushv.Gore in the process of the proceedings, it is the most important in the Simpson case the defendant legal adviser. ElenaKagan specializes in administrative law theory and law.

America legal history master MortonJ.Horwitz wrote two book TheTransformationof American Law, through American from before independence until the middle of twentieth Century, in-depth analysis of interaction between the legal system and economic development.
The first book was published in 1977, is regarded as USA legal history provides a new view.

Critical Legal Studies (Criticallegalstudies) professors to students very enlightening is challenging, especially for DuncanKennedy and RobertoUnger the most worth mentioning. And critical law commonly recognized person is different,
DuncanKennedy and RobertoUnger are starting from the current legal system, expose both value neutral legal claim system. Including DuncanKennedy in the 1979 publication "TheStructureofBlack
Stone's Commentaries ", from the basic system to examine the commonlaw and the basic structure of public and private law, such as the two opposites, the entity and the procedure division of seemingly neutral concept, it includes the status quo value decision; his A
CritiqueofAdjudication is a book which many students love. As for RobertoUnger from the reflection after Enlightenment of Western knowledge system development, points out the thinking of modern western rational law limitations.

The two women began to study the feminist jurisprudence Professor worth mentioning. MarthaMinow from the feminist point of view, analysis the relationship between identity politics and constitutional equal protection, in recent years, the focus of the expanded to transitional justice chase
To explore the possibility of seeking, social conflict and ethnic reconciliation and feasible way from the perspective of restorativejustice. JanetHalley is a combination of feminism and gay criticism theory, both legal system for the female comrade, and its
It is the weak ethnic discrimination.

International law, HenryJ.Steiner is a human rights program (HumanRightsProgram) Professor, also opened the international human rights law courses. Anne-MarieSlaughter is focused on international relations and system theory
(Institutionalism) the guidance of Professor, she also consists of a LL.M. and a S.J.D program consists of Graduateand International LegalStudies, but her two 00 two years autumn leave Harvard, to spring
Houstton (Princeton) as Dean of University's School of international and public affairs (DeanoftheWoodrowWilsonScHoolofPublicandInternatiOnalAffairs). EC law is very popular with students (EULaw)
And the law of World Trade Organization (WTO) Master JosephH.H.Weiler, also in the two 00 year autumn is New York University hire.

Economic analysis of law is also a Harvard is strong, has the economic and law dual, many professors, and each with a different field for the genre of economic analysis of law, LucianA.Bebchuk provided with the economic analysis of law, company law, company merger and re
The whole course, capital market; LouisKaplow is a course of economic analysis of law and tax policy. Economic analysis of law courses StevenM. Shavell is also popular with students.

Company law, law school dean (Dean) RobertC.Clark early in 1985 with the publication of the company law textbook history, ReinierH.Kraakman's company law, corporate finance, corporate governance (CorporateFinance)
(corporategovernance), company law, JohnC.CoatesIV's law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) courses, in the theoretical system and practice are both instructive. Behavioral school (Behaviorism), the act of tort
Company law course was born JonHanson is another one, constantly questioning of capitalism. HalS. Scott international financial systems program (InternationalFinancialSyStemsProgram) advisor, the international
Financial law, international financial law, securities law and other courses are popular. ElizabethWarren is well-known bankruptcy law.

In disease course intellectual property rights and technology law at Harvard Law School, two 00 year spring, the student is required to strengthen intellectual property rights school gathered signatures and technology law teachers. Intellectual property rights, and the comparison of WilliamW.FisherIII with the
The system of international intellectual property law clearly, very popular; JonathanZittrain is the youngest professor School of law (1995 JD graduates), areas of expertise Internet standard, computer, digital property law etc..

The center for East Asian Studies (TheEastAsianLegalStudiesProgram, EALS) was founded in 1965, is one of the earliest USA unit of East Asian Studies, in international law, and comparative law in Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia Law
Cultural studies, often held discussions with Asian issues or academic lectures. WilliamP.Alford is a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies Center of guidance, which has China law, international trade law, East Asian regional law courses. He is proficient in Chinese,
Take great care for Asian students, but also many Asian students writing Professor dissertations or application of S.J.D..

In addition, consultation and training course at Harvard Law School (negotiationworkshop) is very famous, often in the winter program classes, students on the simulated case actual negotiation exercises, quite can reflect the America law education emphasizes the debating negotiation ability
The spirit of. But taking this class must have outstanding English oral ability, so fewer students participate in asia.