The legal profession is a popular professional, many students after graduation, will consider to legal professional students graduate USA. So American international legal professionals have the basic situation? USA studying legal professional what conditions apply

   The American University law school offers three degree:JD, LLM, JSD.

    The full name of JD is Juris Doctor.Although the name is Doctor, but in fact in American, because the undergraduate course is no law of the professional, so JD is for the Bachelor of law degree America after, which belongs to First Law Degree, any bachelor's degree students can apply for JD, however USA more hope oneself JD applicants, also is a professional background in a particular the man, in a sense, non legal professional graduates to apply JD advantage.

    The full name of LLM is Master of Laws,The master of the legal profession, it is with a special background of occupation legal professional degree, the applicant for the general law of undergraduate students, master of law and current legal personnel, no law related experience and academic background of the applicants cannot apply for.

    The full name of JSD is Doctor of Juridical Science,It is the law, the true sense, is an advanced degree, the legal profession in general, applicants must have the occupation target engaged in legal research, and must have Master degree or JD degree will be able to apply for the.

   LLM is a master's degree in law, it is with a special background of occupation legal professional degree, the main cultivation of legislation, judicial, administrative law enforcement, legal services and legal supervision and management of the economy, social management and other aspects need high level of legal professionals and management personnel.

   LLM is divided into General and Specialized two. Generally speaking, LLM application is not like other disciplines, to clarify the application which branch at the beginning, because almost all the schools in the curriculum includes almost all his branch.

   LLM is China law professional applicants to the most degree. Big reason for this is because the LLM crash, and apply only to provide a IBT score. For most international students, only need to read 9 months. Although very expensive, in America employment more difficult, but to do not want to engage in academic work to get a degree, returned students, the cost is very high, they can take the Bar, USA 11 states allow LLM students Bar.

Application background

   Because of the application of LLM to IBT results, which is more than for other professionals need to take GRE or GMAT much better, it is a typical study examination, does not involve a lot of professional and unfamiliar vocabulary. So IBT can get high scores if the probability of success is very big, application.

The applicant's GPA is also investigated factors, is best able toMore than 3.5 points. Have work experience or internship applicants, will be more competitive.

The application documents

   LLM application documents and other professional no major distinction. But if the application direction, and have the corresponding professional background, must be reflected in the document. In addition, as a legal professional applicants, social concern and responsibility to reflect your personal qualities, can be reflected in the document.

Scholarship

   USA LLM professional only 9 months tuition fees as high as5~6 thousand dollars a year. Many are eager to apply for LLM students are only deterred forget, so to apply for a scholarship to study to become the most LLM students in a primary consideration, according to the annual LLM Offer application and get a lot of people, a few thousand dollars, more than half of all awards are awards even. This is entirely based on your academic background, academic ability. Excellent students can apply to scholarships so don't think LLM no award. Now we take America 10 elite law school of international students at their own expense, not whether non.

Duke University

   Duck law school is based on whether the applicant outstanding scholarship aid. But if the international students only get AD and after school, it will be impossible to obtain scholarships. Most of the international students, the school will provide them to the university library or as a staff assistant work and get paid to maintain their own learning.

University of Chicago

   The school is also many applicants complain that there is no money to schools, but according to the official announced last year a total of 306 students received economic aid, was $2500. Also provide all kinds of loans or grants to support the students. But the only problem is reduced year by year the school enrollment rate, really baffled many expert. But in general, not what others say no money.

Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania

   The two university although explained clearly limited funding, provides very useful information but for many international students, in addition to the school funding, there are also many non school aid. As of U Penn 644 students received support, including 21 assistantships. Columbia offers detailed methods such as private loans or funds to assist the private fund.

Yale University

   Yale university can be said that many applications that without consideration of the application, the reasons is that the law school has been advocated by various economic assistance to support student learning policy establishment, have half of the students in the school funding. If you meet with their qualification, must have access to economic aid. Yale University also specifically for the other students to a variety of nonprofit organization of work, to ensure that students complete the learning objective.

Stanford University

   Unfortunately, Standford clearly shows that may not offer scholarships to students funding, no other financial aid information. It is recommended that applicants do not hold too much hope, if you are in the company law or the law of science and technology of these two areas very cow words, may apply for.

1. LSAT
   JD applicant currently in China also belongs to a small part of the application group, also belong to one of the more difficult to apply for the degree, the most important point is in addition to the applicant to provide IBT language performance, also need LSAT (Law School Admission Test) score. For international students, LSAT is very difficult to test, this point in previous years statistics most of the candidates for USA native however pass rate of 160 points is less than 83% can be seen, so many want to apply for JD international students choose to read the LLM curve in the way of saving the nation, by this time of the year to exercise their English to test LSAT. Of course, many schools have accepted the LLM students do not apply directly to JD LSAT, compared with the typical such as UPenn, Virginia. Of course, the difficulty is very big, the first to accept LLM not LSAT for the school was very low, and places are limited, competition is fierce, therefore, require the applicant to obtain very good results or LLM has a very outstanding performance, which for most graduated or is just adapt to English teaching and America law education Chinese students, the difficulty is quite large.

   LSAT performance is determined for one of the factors of school grades. In general, the TOP14 school the basic requirements in 170 minutes above, so in the school, can be in reference US News enrolled students LSAT performance data to determine their own school.

2. GPA
   GPA for China students, can be controlled or has some maneuverability, this data can also be in the reference US News admission data. The GPA algorithm is different, some schools can provide, but also their own calculations, choose a relatively high score. Although most schools will be recalculated according to their own school algorithm after receipt of your transcript, but with higher scores always do no harm to the applicants.

3. IBT
   Compared with other professional, factors of the application of JD IBT in the proportion of relatively small, as long as the normal preparation, to apply for the school standard.

4. application documents
   JD application documents and other professional and no what big difference. Because JD is a bachelor degree, right before the specialty and no special requirements, if already graduate students, have some work experience, can get the boss recommended, and have certain social experience, for it, there will be some help.

   American received JSD school is very small, only about 20 of the United States, almost USA domestic applicants have been filled admission quota, and as a research degree, compared with the domestic law of applicants, China students basic does not have any competition.

   Through face to face with the application USA graduate student need some information about American University law professional information interpretation know, believe that for many plans for the American graduate people, can do America graduate application preparation and planning ahead of time to refer to the above information.