AN OVERVIEW OF OUR LL.M. PROGRAM

The application deadline for the fall 2012 semester has been extended.
(Applicants requiring visa documents must apply by June 1.)
Contact llm@uh.edu for more information.

Earning your Master of Laws from the University of Houston Law Center is a great way to earn a degree of distinction. Our Tier One law school offers LL.M. students from across the globe a number of advantages. Our faculty are leaders in their respective fields and they blend groundbreaking scholarship with an innate love of teaching.  We have renowned specialty programs with two (Health Law and Intellectual Property & Information Law) ranked in the Top Ten according to U.S. News & World Report.

With more than 200 courses, UH Law Center’s LL.M. curriculum is one of the most extensive in the nation. Located in Houston, students will study in the nation’s fourth-largest city, which is also a global leader in healthcare, energy, international business and other disciplines. We offer six outstanding specialties that allow attorneys to match their specific interests and career ambitions.

• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Law
• Health Law
• Intellectual Property & Information Law
• International Law
• Tax Law
• Foreign Scholars (comprehensive program for non-U.S. lawyers)
• Summer LL.M. Program for Foreign Lawyers
• Options for Foreign Educated Lawyers

Faculty advisors work closely with individual LL.M. students, and all program requirements can be met in two semesters (fall and spring).  LL.M. students have the option of attending on a part-time basis, which allows up to three years to complete the program. Students must be continuously enrolled every fall and spring semester, and foreign students are responsible for complying with all visa restrictions or requirements.

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

It’s easy to see how a master’s degree can quickly help you advance your legal career. The hard part is deciding which school to attend.

Here is my perspective: For more than 35 years, the LL.M. program at the University of Houston Law Center has given practitioners and recent graduates the opportunity to explore their legal interests and enhance their professional expertise in five distinct areas of graduate studies: Energy, Environment and Natural Resources; Health Law; Intellectual Property & Information Law; International Law; and Tax Law.

The Law Center is a Tier One school with professors who are nationally and internationally recognized in their field for their scholarship and appreciated by their students for their teaching ability and dedication to the law. Students can draw upon the resources of our law library with more than 540,000 volumes and benefit from the research and knowledge generated by our eight centers and institutes.

The Law Center is located in the nation’s fourth largest city with the fifth largest legal community, vibrant international connections, and a relatively low cost of living.

I encourage you to get to know us better — and learn more about our terrific LL.M. program.

Raymond T. Nimmer
Dean and Leonard H. Childs Professor of Law
University of Houston Law Center