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LL.M. in Energy & Environmental Law

LL.M. in Energy & Environmental Law

Application

Applicants are required to hold or expect to receive a degree from an ABA-approved law school or from a recognized law faculty outside the United States before matriculating in the LL.M. program at UConn School of Law and must also meet the school’s English fluency standards.


Application Checklist
  1. Register with the LLM Credential Assembly Service (LLM CAS) through LSAC; 
  2. Complete the application;
  3. Submit a personal statement describing your educational background, reasons for enrolling in the LL.M. program, planned course of study, and career goals;
  4. Submit a writing sample in English;
  5. Submit a final law school transcript(s) to LLM CAS from your degree-granting institution. The law degree should be the equivalent of the J.D. or LL.B. degree; correspondence course degrees will not be considered for admission;
  6. Submit two (2) letters of recommendation from either present or former law professors or supervisors of your legal work, which the recommender must upload electronically to LSAC;
  7. Submit your official TOEFL/IELTS test score, if applicable (our university code is 3915), as described in our Language Proficiency Policy; and
  8. Pay the application fee in the amount of $75 USD through LSAC.

Application

Applicants are required to hold or expect to receive a degree from an ABA-approved law school or from a recognized law faculty outside the United States before matriculating in the LL.M. program at UConn School of Law and must also meet the school’s English fluency standards.


Application Checklist
  1. Register with the LLM Credential Assembly Service (LLM CAS) through LSAC; 
  2. Complete the application;
  3. Submit a personal statement describing your educational background, reasons for enrolling in the LL.M. program, planned course of study, and career goals;
  4. Submit a writing sample in English;
  5. Submit a final law school transcript(s) to LLM CAS from your degree-granting institution. The law degree should be the equivalent of the J.D. or LL.B. degree; correspondence course degrees will not be considered for admission;
  6. Submit two (2) letters of recommendation from either present or former law professors or supervisors of your legal work, which the recommender must upload electronically to LSAC;
  7. Submit your official TOEFL/IELTS test score, if applicable (our university code is 3915), as described in our Language Proficiency Policy; and
  8. Pay the application fee in the amount of $75 USD through LSAC.

Curriculum

International students enrolled in the LL.M. program on a visa can complete the program in two or (with permission) three consecutive semesters of full-time study beginning in the fall term in late August or in the spring term in mid-January. U.S. students can enroll either full-time or part-time with the expectation that they will graduate within five years.

All courses are open to LL.M. candidates as well as J.D. candidates, and only a few courses have required prerequisites.  LL.M. students may choose to enroll in the CEEL Externship Clinic.  International students are required to take both U.S. Law & Legal Institutions and Legal Research and Writing.

Curriculum

International students enrolled in the LL.M. program on a visa can complete the program in two or (with permission) three consecutive semesters of full-time study beginning in the fall term in late August or in the spring term in mid-January. U.S. students can enroll either full-time or part-time with the expectation that they will graduate within five years.

All courses are open to LL.M. candidates as well as J.D. candidates, and only a few courses have required prerequisites.  LL.M. students may choose to enroll in the CEEL Externship Clinic.  International students are required to take both U.S. Law & Legal Institutions and Legal Research and Writing.