Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree for foreign-trained lawyers

In 1973, Edward de Jaegher of Brussels, Belgium, became the first foreign-trained lawyer to earn a Master of Laws, or LL.M., degree at the University of Georgia School of Law. Since then, the law school and its Dean Rusk International Law Center have produced more than 560 LL.M. graduates, with ties to 75 countries and every continent in the world.

Our LL.M.s include judges and law firm partners, leaders in governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, CEOs and heads of corporate legal departments, and university professors and administrators. They form a valued part of the law school’s vast network of approximately 11,000 J.D., LL.M., and M.S.L. alumni and alumnae.

Graduates of the University of Georgia School of Law are prepared for success -- in courtrooms, boardrooms, or whatever other settings they choose. Opportunities abound for not only the traditional practice of law but for other endeavors requiring the benefits of insight and preparation provided by studying at a law school widely acknowledged as one of the best in the nation.

The quality of instruction distinguishes the University of Georgia School of Law from other outstanding law programs. A number of our faculty have been recognized for their teaching excellence by their peers in the academic community and the broader legal arena. Also, the credentials of the entering students each year are among the highest in the nation. Aided by an outstanding setting for the instruction and study of law, the classroom and extracurricular interaction you will have with your well-qualified classmates and our distinguished faculty will ensure the legal education you receive at UGA School of Law is second to none.