Master of Laws (LLM) - Bar Track

BENEFITS OF THE BAR TRACK PROGRAM

• Academic Advising with LLM Director Students will have one-on-one counseling with our LLM Director to design a course of study that will maximize their chances of passing the Bar exam. During the first and second semester, students will meet individually to discuss their academic and professional goals. During this time, the Faculty Advisor will select a schedule that will not only prepare student’s prepare for the Bar exam but will also allow the opportunity to take one or two courses of interest.
• LLM Bar Exam Workshops Loyola’s Law Professor, an experts in Bar preparation, will offer workshops on the Bar exam. These workshops will begin with a comprehensive overview of the California Bar exam followed by an introduction to essay writing. The overview will also include preliminary information regarding the New York Bar Exam. Students will focus on the Performance Test examination. These workshops will include an overview of the performance test, including samples of different performance tests, and conclude with simulating a Performance Test.
  • The essay skills will include reinforcement of IRAC, issue spotting and outlining, creating and applying writing approaches, time management strategies and essay writing. Students will be taught how to recognize and analyze fact patterns and how to write essay answers within time constraints.
  • The performance test skills will include creating a well-organized performance test answer outline, learning how to utilize the outline to write a well-analyzed answer, time management strategies and performance test writing. Students will be taught how to recognize and analyze different types of performance tests and how to write performance test answers within time constraints.
• Essentials of Bar Writing Course Loyola’s Bar writing course specifically designed for foreign-educated students. The bar writing course will focus on specific essay writing approaches, outlining and issue spotting techniques, time management strategies and essay writing using actual Bar exam essays. Essays will be reviewed in class and submitted for grading. This course will also serve as a refresher to subjects taken in the first semester.

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR THE BAR?

Many of our international students are interested in enrolling in our LLM program to become eligible to take the Claifornia or New York Bar Exam. Bar Eligibility depends on whether a student is already licensed a practice in her/his own country and changes from California and New York. Students should design the curriculum of their LLM at Loyola to meet the specific requirements of the Bar Exam they are interested in taking.

Bar Exam Application Process and Foreign Legal Education Requirements

In the United States, each state has different rules regarding Bar exam eligibility for foreign-educated students and application deadlines. We encourage students to carefully review the rules of the state where you intend to sit for the Bar exam.

If you would like to find out more about Bar Eligibility, whether you should take the Bar Exam, which bar exam should you take and much more, schedule a Skype call with our Faculty Director, Professor Aaron Ghirardelli. Professor Ghirardelli is an LLM graduate himself and he is licensed in California, New York, and Italy.

Welcome to Loyola Law School.

Loyola is a community where we are making a difference every single day, and we invite you to join us. We are recognized for creating lawyers — indeed, many of the top lawyers in the country — who have the training and the skills to succeed. As a result, we have the highest number of Super Lawyers in the Southern California Top 100. We pride ourselves on providing our students with the tools they need to be their best selves, to be lawyers with the ability to effect positive change. Loyola's LLM is a boutique LLM where you will receive personal attention such as one-on-one tutoring with the Director to ensure your success.

Your LLM at Loyola

At Loyola, we care about our students and we want them to achieve their academic and professional goals. Loyola offers unique learning and networking opportunities for our international students:

• Highly customizable curriculum allows you to choose courses that meet your interests and goals, including first-year JD courses that many other schools do not offer to international students;
• Externship opportunities help our students gain practical experience in law firms, companies, and public interest organizations;
• Moot court and experiential learning programs allow students to practice lawyering skills by assisting clients in a wide-range of cases;
• Network of more than 17,000 alumni and our Career Development Center help students obtain valuable working experience after the program and during the Optional Practical Training Period;
• Los Angeles is the capital of entertainment and technology! Our campus is located in downtown Los Angeles, close to top law firms and courthouses and only 30 minutes away from Silicon Beach.