Another Online LL.M. From a ABA Law School

LL.M. in Estate Planning & Elder Law from Western New England College School of Law in Springfield, MA;

http://www1.law.wnec.edu/llm/index.cfm?selection=doc.5727

 

"In addition to a completed application, you must submit an official law school transcript and one letter of reference and recommendation. The application fee is $50".


Great find Bruce. As a side bar - it does appear that one must have a first degree in law. Do all ABA, LLM programs have the same entry requirement? Just curious.

 

I believe that the Western New England program will allow non-lawyers to take individual courses; how many is unknown.

Of course, if they let you take a few......it can't hurt to ask........

 

Virtually every LLM program catalog has graduation from an ABA law school as a condition of admittance. However, in fact, the great majority will admit non-ABA graduates as special students.

Since LLM programs are not covered by the ABA accreditation, schools are free to admit anyone they choose.

 

As a holder of a LLM degree from an ABA school, my opinion is that the degree is realitively useless. I received my via fellowship, so it was a good deal.

It did not get me a job in the legal field, anywhere, and although I broke into academia, my LLM was not the decisive factor. In the legal word, the strength of your JD and scholarship will decide where, and if, you get in.